'He's done it!' – Root hits first century in Australia

There were empty seats before West Ham took on Brentford in their London derby. And plenty during the game. And even more so as the game drew to a close. The fans who were left booed their team off after a truly miserable 2-0 defeat that could easily have been 5-0. These are toxic times…

Denied the relief of victory, Frank’s Spurs have now played 10 league games at home, winning only two, losing five and drawing three. Spurs were not bad. They were dull, uninspired, lacking spark, wasteful. And therein lies Frank’s problem in forging any sort of bond with Spurs fans. In the modern parlance, the majority are…

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Troy Williamson still remembers the hollow feeling in his stomach as he refreshed his phone again and again, trying to reach his father in Jamaica. Hurricane Melissa had torn across the island where the British boxer’s father, brothers and sisters lived. “When nobody could get in touch we had no idea what had happened,” recalls…

Britain’s Emma Raducanu will not play at Wimbledon after withdrawing on the eve of her home Grand Slam tournament because of a stress fracture in her lower right leg. Raducanu, 23, announced the decision shortly after 22:00 BST on Sunday – about seven hours after telling journalists she planned to play. Raducanu, who is seeded…

Lorena Wiebes was disqualified from the women’s Giro d’Italia for a bike weight violation, just hours after winning the opening stage. The Dutchwoman, riding for Team SD Worx-Protime, had sealed the first maglia rosa – the leader’s pink jersey – of this year’s race by pipping Italian Elisa Balsamo and Irish rider Lara Gillespie to…