Category: Sport

Gareth Bale needed a new home. This has been true for a while, even when he was still under contract at Real Madrid, where the Welshman became something of an unwanted figure towards the end of a nine-year spell in Spain. Los Angeles should be a more welcoming environment for Bale, not least because California […]

Harry Maguire may not have experienced much love last season but he’s certainly felt it over the past couple of days. Having tied the knot in a lavish wedding ceremony with long-time partner Fern in a French chateau this weekend, he has jetted off on his honeymoon amid a swirl of rumours that Barcelona want […]

Ball one: Siddle in middle but where should fielders be?There was midsummer mayhem at the Oval on Tuesday night as Peter Siddle, on a hat-trick for Somerset, bowled to Conor McKerr needing to hit a boundary to win the match. Everyone, including the Surrey batter, knew it would, like the previous two deliveries, be spearing […]

Glen Ella, the former Wallabies full-back and England’s assistant coach the last time they toured Australia, let out a chuckle when asked if Eddie Jones gets an extra kick out of taking on his home country. “Ah shit yeah,” was the succinct response, which sums up pretty perfectly how someone Ella has known since the […]

Overview As Euro 2022 hosts England qualified automatically but there should be few doubts about their playing credentials. After reaching the semi-finals of the last three major tournaments under Mark Sampson and Phil Neville, the Lionesses appear to have hit new heights, taking their game to a different level under the guidance of the former […]

Brentford have appointed former England and Fiji rugby sevens coach Ben Ryan to a new role of director of elite performance at the club. The former Nottingham scrum-half, who guided Fiji to Olympic sevens gold at Rio 2016, will work alongside the head coach Thomas Frank. Brentford’s director of football, Phil Giles, told the club’s […]

Naoya Inoue has said he is ready to fight the British boxer Paul Butler “any time and anywhere” in his quest to claim a fourth bantamweight title and become the undisputed world champion. Inoue made history this month when he beat the Philippines’ Nonito Donaire in a second-round technical knockout to became the first Japanese […]