Some top players continue to believe Sinner has been given preferential treatment because of his status. Both the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) and Wada flatly reject any suggestion that is the case. But it is clear Sinner – and five-time women’s major champion Iga Swiatek, who received a one-month suspension last year after testing […]
Detractors of the 20-minute red card will have noted how Ireland seemed doubly boosted by Aki’s arrival, lifted by both their restoration to 15 players and how decisively their replacement centre impacted the game thereafter. Easterby later batted away any hypotheticals about how the new law had changed the course of the game but there
Ireland interim head coach Simon Easterby was pleased by how his side found their “way back into the game” to beat Wales and secure the Six Nations Triple Crown despite Garry Ringrose’s dismissal at the Principality Stadium. The centre was shown a 20-minute red card in the 34th minute for a high tackle on Wales’
Wales now travel to face Scotland in Murrayfield on 8 March before hosting England in the final match in Cardiff seven days later. Sherratt will lose his English-based club players next week and knows he will have to battle to maintain the positivity. “I’d love to have all the players in on a fallow week
Each country’s league earns a coefficient ranking based on how their teams perform in Uefa’s three men’s club competitions: the Champions League, Europa League and Conference League. Coefficient points are earned through match results – two for a win and one for a draw. The points earned by clubs from the same domestic league are
It took just 137 days for the two best light-heavyweights of their generation to once again square off. While the first fight was a captivating contest of the highest level, the rematch was even better. With no drawn out ring walks, the fighters raced to the ring. There was no bad blood in the build-up.
When Tottenham Hotspur suffered a fourth consecutive Premier League defeat four weeks ago, it was difficult to see anything but a messy end to the season for Ange Postecoglou. Yet on Saturday his side recorded a third league win in a row with a 4-1 defeat of Ipswich Town at Portman Road – the first
Manchester United considering move for Son Heung-min, Kevin de Bruyne close to MLS move and Real Madrid to rival Premier League trio for Castello Lukeba. Manchester United are considering a move for Tottenham’s 32-year-old South Korea forward Son Heung-min. (Fichajes – in Spanish), external MLS newcomers San Diego FC are close to agreeing a deal
Anna Morris broke her own world record for the third time in a week to win the women’s 4km individual pursuit title at the British Track Championships in Manchester. The Welshwoman had broken her own record twice in one day when winning gold at last week’s European Track Cycling Championships. She made it a hat-trick
For Manchester United, it was yet another day during which their troubles were exposed. For Marcus Rashford, it was the polar opposite. Rashford, who joined United at the age of seven and for so long was an instrumental player for the club, found himself frozen out under new manager Ruben Amorim. So he went on
