England’s Tommy Fleetwood says the support provided by a home Birkdale crowd has “100%” helped push him into Open contention – but he is not the only British player on the leaderboard ready to strike. Fleetwood, who grew up just up the road in Southport, shot a three-under 67 on Friday to move to joint…
To try to chase down a breakaway, the group of differing teams behind must work together to close the gap by using the energy of several riders in the group. The advantage in numbers should close the deficit to the breakway, who must ride into the wind for longer. But peloton politics sometimes prevents riders…
World championship leader Kimi Antonelli was sixth fastest for Mercedes, one place behind McLaren’s Oscar Piastri. The Italian’s title rival and team-mate George Russell was eighth quickest, 0.356secs behind Antonelli. Antonelli leads the championship by 25 points as the season heads into what could be its halfway point, depending on whether the two Middle Eastern…
It is not the first time England have been accused of becoming too defensive in key games. It was a similar situation under former manager Gareth Southgate when they went 1-0 in front against Italy in the Euro 2021 final before conceding an equaliser and losing on penalties. Under Southgate, England also lost a World…
Inter Milan are working on deals for Djed Spence and Cristian Romero, Liverpool lead the race for Kaishu Sano, Arsenal are interested in Ezri Konsa. Inter Milan are working on deals for Tottenham‘s England defender Djed Spence, 25, and Argentina centre-back Cristian Romero, 28. (Corriere dello Sport – in Italian), external Liverpool are leading the…
Arsenal will assess William Saliba’s back injury when he reports back to the club after World Cup duty. The France centre-back has been dogged by a back issue for several weeks and carried the problem into the World Cup. The issue appeared to be exacerbated during France’s semi-final loss to Spain when She was forced…
Louis Rees-Zammit says he has not settled back into rugby as quickly as he would have liked during his first year back in the sport. The 25-year-old announced almost 12 months ago that he was returning to his original sport from American football after trying to break into the NFL. Rees-Zammit has featured in 10…
Carlos Alcaraz has entered next month’s Cincinnati Open as the world number three moves closer to returning from a wrist injury. The seven-time Grand Slam champion last played on tour in April when he suffered an injury at the Barcelona Open. He has since withdrawn from the French Open and Wimbledon, missing the chance to…
England have showed character at this World Cup, coming from behind to defeat DR Congo at the last-32 stage and Norway in the quarter-finals. “The difference is hanging on against Norway or Mexico [in the last 16]. They have not got the quality this Argentina team have got in terms of the ability on the…
Once Gordon put England ahead in this latest stormy episode of an old and bitter rivalry, Tuchel decided on a rearguard action. That had worked for England in their knockout wins over Mexico and Norway – but it would not against a Messi-inspired Argentina. Tuchel replaced goalscorer Gordon with defender Ezri Konsa with 18 minutes…
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