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England v India: third men’s cricket Test, day one – live
Posted on Thursday July 10, 2025

Updates from Thursday’s play at Lord’sEmail James | Sign up for the Spin2ndover: England 8-0 (Crawley 0, Duckett 7) Akash Deep opening up from the Nursery End. He was a revelation at Edgbaston. He strays too straight from around the wicket and Duckett flicks away fine for England’s first boundary.“Plenty of examples of teams being rolled for booger all in this scenario” laments Ben Bernards. “A pitch cultivated at England’s request to be “livelier”, Bumrah’s back, Deep in form …. Bazball going full Baz, or Bazball losing its head under pressure? Promises to be fun! Oh, and stop banging on about the bloody heat. Up here in the Nordics we’re flying the flag for shit summers and usually have the UK as a reliable meteorological bedfellow…” Continue reading...

Women’s Euro 2025: England and Wales reaction, Group A finale and more – live
Posted on Thursday July 10, 2025

All the latest news and reaction from SwitzerlandPlayer guide | David Squires’ wallchart | Mail TahaHere’s some reaction from a Dutch perspective, courtesy of Reuters:The Dutch, champions in 2017, suffered their heaviest defeat in a major tournament as the Lionesses dominated at Stadion Letzigrund and neutralised the Netherlands’ all-time leading goalscorer Vivianne Miedema. Continue reading...

Owen Farrell to make Lions tour debut in last chance for players to stake Test claims
Posted on Thursday July 10, 2025

Farrell among replacements against invitational XVBeirne leads Lions against former Aus-NZ Test playersOwen Farrell will feature in his first game of the British & Irish Lions tour on Saturday after being picked on the bench against an invitational XV comprising players from Australia and New Zealand in what will be the touring team’s final game before next week’s first Test.The 33-year-old last played international rugby at the 2023 Rugby World Cup before stepping away from Test rugby to “prioritise his and his family’s mental wellbeing” but is now set to play his 19th game for the Lions across four tours. Continue reading...

‘The decision came as a shock’: Christian Horner’s tearful speech at Red Bull HQ
Posted on Thursday July 10, 2025

Leaked clip shows team principal announcing departureHorner marks ‘incredible journey’ with Instagram postChristian Horner was reduced to tears when he announced to his Red Bull staff that his two-decade spell as team principal had been terminated.The 51-year-old was removed from his role by the British-based Formula One team’s parent company, Red Bull GmbH, on Tuesday. Horner travelled to the team’s Milton Keynes campus on Wednesday to deliver the bombshell news to a stunned 1,500-strong workforce at 10am. Continue reading...

Tour de France 2025: stage six from Bayeux to Vire Normandie – live
Posted on Thursday July 10, 2025

Updates from Thursday’s stage with four late climbsEmail Amy with your thoughts | Stage-by-stage guideStage six of the Tour de France 2025 is under way. The peloton have rolled out from a Bayeux. There’s a 5.2km neutralised section before the racing begins.Tadej Pogačar is collecting jerseys. As the official Tour de France X account puts it:It’s the first time since Philippe Gilbert and his victory on stage one of the 2011 Tour that a rider has the lead in the GC, the sprinter’s classification and the mountain classification. Continue reading...

Djokovic survives Cobolli onslaught to reach record 14th Wimbledon semi-final
Posted on Wednesday July 09, 2025

Serb through to last four after 6-7 (8), 6-2, 7-5, 6-4 winDjokovic will face No 1 seed Jannik Sinner in semi-finalsThe siren call of a record 25th grand slam title grows ever louder for Novak Djokovic. But he was given a scare by the punchy young Italian Flavio Cobolli, as well as a nasty fall on match point, before coming through a pulsating quarter-final to win 6-7 (8), 6-2, 7-5, 6-4.Djokovic’s reward is a record 14th Wimbledon semi-final, one ahead of Roger Federer, and a meeting with the world No 1, Jannik Sinner, on Friday. It is a battle he is clearly relishing. Continue reading...

PSG’s Club World Cup demolition was further proof that perhaps Real Madrid signed the wrong French forwardThe first drinks break was unplanned. It came six minutes ahead of schedule, but Real Madrid were grateful for the respite. They wandered to the touchline, dazed and confused, and reached for the water bottles. They looked to Xabi Alonso and hoped for answers. After 24 minutes of being pummelled by Paris Saint-Germain, though, the thought occurred that the players in white would have been better off asking for smelling salts.It is never a good sign when the emergency team talk takes place with more than an hour left. PSG had just stormed into a 3-0 lead, Fabián Ruiz scoring his second after a stunning combination between the exceptional Ousmane Dembélé and the flying Achraf Hakimi on the right, and to be honest the scoreline felt kind on Madrid. The New Jersey sun was beating down but PSG were merciless. Lads, it’s 33C. Any chance of slowing down? Continue reading...

Iga Swiatek holds off Samsonova to reach Wimbledon semi-finals for first time
Posted on Wednesday July 09, 2025

No 8 seed through to face Bencic after 6-2, 7-5 victory‘It feels great … I got goosebumps after this win’From the moment she first set foot on the grass this year, there has been something different about Iga Swiatek. Where once trepidation would have been her overriding emotion on what has traditionally been her weakest surface, she has looked calm from day one and on Wednesday she held her nerve to reach the Wimbledon semi-finals for the first time, holding off a bold fightback from Liudmila Samsonova to claim a 6-2, 7-5 victory.Leading by a set and 4-2, 40-0, Swiatek was cruising to victory, crunching groundstrokes, moving brilliantly and improvising impressively. However, Samsonova suddenly started going for broke and at 5-5, she had 0-30 on the Pole’s serve. But unlike on several occasions this year, Swiatek did not panic, dug deep and claimed her place in the last four, where she will play Belinda Bencic. Continue reading...