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Jacklin considered himself a winner, always striving for improvements. In 1969 he became first Englishman in 18 years to win The Open. He followed that in 1970 by clinching the US Open. The only other Englishman to win both is Jim Barnes, in the 1920s. But six of his seven Ryder Cup appearances ended in…

After all the talk of a Bethpage “bearpit” in the build-up to this week’s Ryder Cup, Monday’s opening exchanges between the captains in New York could not have been more cuddly. While the home fans are expected to bring a spikiness to Bethpage, Europe skipper Luke Donald and his US counterpart Keegan Bradley will deliver…

1: Aitana Bonmati (Barcelona, Spain) 2: Mariona Caldentey (Arsenal, Spain) 3: Alessia Russo (Arsenal, England) 4: Alexia Putellas (Barcelona, Spain) 5: Chloe Kelly (Manchester City, Arsenal, England) 6: Patricia Guijarro (Barcelona, Spain) 7: Leah Williamson (Arsenal, England) 8: Ewa Pajor (Barcelona, Poland) 9: Lucy Bronze (Chelsea, England) 10: Hannah Hampton (Chelsea, England) 15: Sandy Baltimore…

Poppy Maskill won gold, Bethany Firth silver and Georgia Sheffield bronze as Great Britain clinched the top three places in the women’s S14 100m backstroke at the World Para Swimming Championships in Singapore. Returning to global competition following the birth of her daughter, Firth led into the turn, but Maskill, who won gold at the…

James O’Connor has been many things to many teams over many years. He started out as an Australian prodigy, a Wallaby at 18, who was seen as a “once-in-a-generation talent”. Then there was the ‘bad boy’ who arrived in the English Premiership in 2013 with London Irish and then departed to play in Europe. There…

Mark Allen survived a spirited comeback from China’s Zhou Yuelong to win the English Open in a final-frame decider and claim his first ranking title in 19 months. Northern Ireland’s Allen led Sunday’s final in Brentwood 6-2 and 7-3 before Zhou roared back to win five consecutive frames and lead for the first time. Former…

Tyrick Mitchell (Crystal Palace): He was excellent in the win over West Ham, not only his goal – which was a wonderful finish – but also his ability to go up and down the pitch for 90 minutes and never stop, never complain. Arguably one of the best one-on-one defenders in the country. Really impressive….

England coasted to a six-wicket victory in the third T20 against Ireland to win the series 2-0 thanks to a half-century from Jordan Cox. After Phil Salt led England to victory in the first match on Wednesday, and Friday’s meeting was washed out without a ball bowled, the win secured a 2-0 victory for the…

The USA’s Cole Hocker comes back after being disqualified from the men’s 1500m to win gold in the 5000m with Belgium’s Isaac Kimeli taking silver and France’s Jimmy Gressier claiming bronze at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo. FOLLOW LIVE: World Athletics Championships Available to UK users only. Source link

China’s Zhou Yuelong set up an English Open final against Mark Allen with a 6-3 win over two-time champion Mark Selby in Brentwood. Zhou surged into a 3-0 lead and despite some signs of recovery from Selby, whose 71 clearance stole frame four, he kept the Englishman at bay to reach his fourth career ranking…