Category: Sport

First publishing, then education – now football. Not content with launching his own books imprint and sponsoring a new generation of Cambridge graduates, Stormzy has turned his attention to Britain’s biggest sport, in an attempt to make football as diverse behind the scenes as it is on the pitch. In partnership with Adidas and 10 […]

Squali faliti José Mourinho called them and they await Manchester United. A first goal for 18-year-old Alejandro Garnacho was enough to defeat Real Sociedad but was not enough to progress as winners of the group, so Erik ten Hag’s team will be thrown into a playoff against one of those “failed sharks” from the Champions […]

Ben Chilwell is braced for confirmation that he has been ruled out of the World Cup with a torn hamstring, handing England another defensive headache before they name their squad for Qatar. Chilwell pulled up injured during Chelsea’s victory against Dinamo Zagreb on Wednesday and the left-back expects the results of a scan to confirm […]

Formula One’s budget cap was intended to draw financial lines in the sand. With the furore of its breach by Red Bull still echoing, it appears to have instead become a rallying call to form battle lines in what is an increasingly combative and toxic atmosphere bemoaned by many within the sport. Red Bull were […]

The England forward Beth Mead said on Thursday she would not show her support for this year’s men’s World Cup in Qatar, where homosexuality is illegal. Mead, who is in a relationship with her Arsenal teammate Vivianne Miedema, told BBC Radio 4 the ban on homosexuality in Qatar was “the complete opposite to what I […]

On a chilly night in Canberra, a few days before England’s T20 World Cup campaign started, Matthew Mott was asked if he and Jos Buttler had finalised a first XI for the tournament. “We’ll always rotate because I think that makes sense under different conditions,” the head coach said. “It’s a funny one because no […]

A former psychologist for the San Antonio Spurs is suing the team and their former player Josh Primo. She alleges that the team “ignored her repeated reports of indecent exposure” before he was released by the Spurs last week. Dr Hillary Cauthen says Primo, a former first-round pick, exposed himself to her on nine occasions. […]