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Caitlin Clark vs Paige Bueckers: How two White WNBA stars wound up with vastly different cultural perceptions
Caitlin Clark and Paige Bueckers are both White WNBA stars, but their paths through the sports culture war diverged in dramatically different ways.
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Goodbyes to Beaumont and Knight as India close in on Test win
Tammy Beaumount and Heather Knight brought their England careers to an end on day three of the one-off Test with India, with the tourists needing four more wickets to secure victory at Lord’s heading into the final day.
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Yorkshire into T20 Blast quarter-finals as Hants seal home tie
Yorkshire reach the quarter-finals of the T20 Blast, while Hampshire seal a home tie in the last eight.
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‘We have another level we can reach’ – Kane defends frustrated Tuchel
Captain Harry Kane says England “have another level we can reach” as they bid to win the World Cup for the first time since 1966.
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England facing defeat in Knight & Beaumont’s farewell
England are heading for a heavy defeat in the one-off women’s Test against India at Lord’s, with the match overshadowed by the emotional farewells of retiring stars Tammy Beaumont and Heather Knight. Set a world-record chase of 457 after India declared on 341-7, the hosts closed day three on 130-6, still needing another 327 runs…
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Tuchel and Bellingham need to cool down tension with England so close to history
England reached the men’s World Cup 2026 semi-final with a quarter-final win over Norway, but a public spat between head coach Thomas Tuchel and star midfielder Jude Bellingham has threatened to overshadow the achievement. Tuchel described the performance as sloppy and full of technical mistakes in his post-match analysis, prompting Bellingham to hit back in…
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‘He just wants to see the best version of us’: Harry Kane accepts Tuchel criticism
England captain Harry Kane has publicly accepted Thomas Tuchel’s blunt criticism of the team following their World Cup quarter-final win over Norway in Miami, framing the head coach’s remarks as an attempt to extract a higher level of performance from his players. Kane argued that Tuchel’s frustration stemmed from the gap between England’s excellence in…
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‘That is extraordinary’ – Villiers dismissed after incredible catch
Mady Villiers is caught just before the close of play, after an incredible catch from Richa Ghosh, to leave England 130-6 at stumps on day three, chasing 457 to win the one-off Test against India at Lord’s.
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Former Spanish PM accused of racism in remarks about French football team
The former Spanish conservative prime minister Mariano Rajoy has been accused of racism after writing in a World Cup column for the online newspaper El Debate that the French national football team “does not have any French players”. The remarks, published ahead of Spain’s semi-final against France, drew swift rebukes from political leaders in both…
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England want new coach before Pakistan – who could it be?
England will consider between six and 10 names as they look to replace Brendon McCullum as Test head coach, says ECB chief executive Richard Gould.