Category: Sport

England’s momentum is growing and they will not be worried about facing Spain in the Euro 2022 quarter-finals on Wednesday. They have played them before and know what it takes to get the better of one of the best sides in Europe. At Euro 2017 I was in the England squad that beat Spain 2-0 […]

If several questions remain over England’s progress towards the World Cup next year after a series victory against Australia, that over the future of Eddie Jones has been unequivocally answered. To put it another way, Jones can finally look forward to visiting his elderly mother who, alarmed at speculation over whether he would be sacked, […]

It has been eight years since Rory McIlroy won a major championship, and the Northern Irishman will have to wait a little longer. After losing an overnight lead of four shots over Cameron Smith on the final day of the 150th Open at St Andrews, McIlroy was philosophical as he spoke in the shadow of […]

Sergio García made plain his disquiet with the DP World Tour, formerly known as the European Tour, after his fourth round at the Open. García’s imminent resignation from this tour will remove him from future Ryder Cups as player, vice-captain or captain. There will be further turmoil for the European Ryder Cup scene if increasing […]

Rugby Australia has condemned the “deplorable” behaviour of a Wallabies fan who climbed up the big screen during Saturday’s third Test against England and appeared to urinate from the roof of the SCG. The intruder, who made his way to the roof of the Bill O’Reilly stand during the second half of the series decider, […]

Australian Nina Kennedy has shown nerves of steel, overcoming a horror start to the women’s pole vault final at the world athletics championships to claim the bronze medal. Kennedy missed her first attempt at her opening height of 4.45 metres and ran under the bar with her second, meaning she needed a clutch final-round clearance […]

Jamaica’s queen of the track has her crown back again. And, even at the grand age of 35, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce somehow keeps finding fresh ways to shatter records and defy the laws of sporting gravity. Gold here in Eugene was delivered in classic Fraser-Pryce style. She exploded out the blocks, picked up far faster than […]