Sport

Sport brings together match reports, results and the stories shaping teams and athletes across football, tennis, athletics and beyond. It covers the moments that decide titles and seasons, from a striker settling into a new manager's side to a player carving out a piece of sporting history, alongside the off-field decisions and pressures that increasingly sit alongside the action itself.

This is where readers can follow the twists of ongoing competitions and the fortunes of major clubs and figures, as well as the wider debates around governance, money and politics that now shape how sport is run and watched. It matters because sport remains one of the few shared cultural touchstones, drawing in millions who follow it not just for the scores but for what it says about ambition, fairness and identity.

Expect a mix of the immediate, results, injuries, transfer news, and the reflective, profiles and analysis of the people and institutions steering the games we watch.

Ben Shelton loses in US Open final to Zverev, but America has found its next big men’s tennis star

September 13, 2026

Ben Shelton fell short of ending America’s 23-year wait for a men’s Grand Slam singles champion, losing the US Open final 6-3, 7-6 (2), 5-7, 6-2 to Alexander Zverev on Sunday in New York. Despite the defeat, the article argues Shelton’s run to his first major final has given American men’s tennis a genuine star…
‘Their intelligence & resilience was key’ – how Man City earned ‘statement win’

September 13, 2026

Manchester City secured a 1-0 win at Old Trafford despite playing more than an hour with 10 men, after Phil Foden was sent off just 23 minutes into the Manchester derby. Former Match of the Day pundit analysis credited new City manager Enzo Maresca’s tactical decisions, but praised the players’ discipline, composure and leadership for…
Wade wins first European Tour title since 2016

September 13, 2026

James Wade claimed his first European Tour darts title in a decade, beating fellow Englishman Ross Smith 8-4 in the final of the Flanders Darts Trophy in Antwerp. The win ended a wait stretching back to his 2016 European Darts Matchplay victory in Hamburg and comes despite the absence of world number one and two…
Carter beats Williams to claim first English Open

September 13, 2026

Ali Carter beat Mark Williams 9-6 to win the English Open in Brentwood, securing his first title in this event and returning to the world’s top 16. The 47-year-old Englishman, playing in front of home supporters, produced a dominant display after trailing at the interval, and the victory carries added significance given his long battle…
Zverev caps transformational year with US Open triumph

September 13, 2026

Alexander Zverev won his first US Open title, beating American Ben Shelton in the men’s singles final at Flushing Meadows to complete a remarkable turnaround in a season that had begun with doubts over whether he would ever claim one of tennis’s biggest prizes. The win, coming just months after his maiden Grand Slam title…
Helen Mirren Says ‘Ripley’ Author Patricia Highsmith Is ‘The Most Difficult’ Real Person She’s Played: “Very Abrasive”

September 13, 2026

Helen Mirren has said that playing crime writer Patricia Highsmith in the upcoming thriller “A Talent for Murder” was one of the toughest real-life roles of her career, owing to how starkly different she found the author’s personality from her own. Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter at TIFF, the Oscar-winning actress said Highsmith ranked alongside…
‘An error of judgement’: Pro Ref admits mistake in awarding Haaland’s derby winner

September 13, 2026

Pro Ref, English football’s elite refereeing body, has admitted that Erling Haaland’s winning goal for Manchester City in Sunday’s Manchester derby should not have stood, conceding that the VAR made “an error of judgement” in allowing it. The goal, initially flagged offside, was awarded after VAR ruled that Enzo Fernández had not interfered with play…
Arteta embraces perfect storm to play the victim of game of his own making | Barney Ronay

September 13, 2026

In this opinion piece, Guardian writer Barney Ronay argues that Mikel Arteta’s public complaints about a penalty awarded against Arsenal at Sunderland are calculated rather than spontaneous, part of a broader culture of managerial media management in the Premier League. While Ronay concedes Arteta had a point—the penalty, given for Ezri Konsa appearing to grapple…
Fantasy football: Giants drag Malik Nabers status down to the wire hours before kickoff against Dallas

September 13, 2026

The New York Giants left star wide receiver Malik Nabers’ Week 1 status as “questionable” right up until three hours before kickoff against the Dallas Cowboys, leaving fantasy football managers who drafted him without a clear answer on whether to start him. Nabers is returning from an ACL tear that ended his rookie season in…
Enzo Fernández’s fortitude shows Maresca was right to crave City reunion | Will Unwin

September 13, 2026

Manchester City’s £125m deadline-day signing Enzo Fernández justified manager Enzo Maresca’s faith in him with a commanding, tireless display in the derby win at Old Trafford, particularly after City were reduced to 10 men by Phil Foden’s first-half red card. The Argentinian, reunited with Maresca after their time together at Chelsea, had faced scepticism over…