CategoriesNews SportsSara Byrne produced a brilliant finish to ensure Great Britain and Ireland fought back to end day one of the Curtis Cup on level terms with the United States. Partnering England’s Lottie Woad against Catherine Park and Zoe Campos in the final fourball match, Ireland’s Byrne holed from long range for birdie on the 16th […]
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CategoriesNews SportsMatthew Potts and Olly Stone took two wickets apiece as England’s pace bowlers made their mark after Gus Atkinson had starred with the bat on day two of the second Test against Sri Lanka at Lord’s. Potts and Stone, who are injury replacements for captain Ben Stokes and Mark Wood respectively, impressed with the ball […]
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CategoriesNews SportsWest Ham attacking midfielder James Ward-Prowse has completed a season-long loan move to Nottingham Forest. The deal struck between the two clubs is for a straight loan. West Ham were not actively looking to sell Ward-Prowse, who is viewed as an integral squad member although he was an unused substitute at Crystal Palace on Saturday. […]
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CategoriesNews SportsWelcome to The Radar, a Sky Sports column in which Nick Wright uses a blend of data and opinion to shed light on need-to-know stories from up and down the Premier League. This week: 🔴 Slot’s solution at No 6💨 Lomu-like Rogers impressing🔎 Another player to track this weekend Gravenberch filling void as Slot’s No […]
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CategoriesNews Sports“If I have to shout at them, I will. And if they have to shout at me, they will. We want everyone to be on their limits and push very hard.” Sat in the sunshine at West Ham’s training ground, Alphonse Areola’s warm demeanour turns to a steely determination when he’s asked about the standards […]
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CategoriesNews SportsDelegates to the 40th Asian Racing Conference heard a world’s worth of accents in delivering mostly positive reports on the status of racing in member jurisdictions on the second day of meetings Aug. 29 in Sapporo, Japan. The more than 800 delegates digested glowing rundowns from jurisdictions such as Saudi Arabia and the United Arab […]
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CategoriesNews SportsTyrrell Hatton made a fast start to his return to DP World Tour action by getting within two strokes of the early lead at the Betfred British Masters. The Ryder Cup star, who is playing on the DP World Tour after appealing against the sanctions imposed for playing LIV Golf League events without permission, carded […]
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CategoriesNews SportsJoe Root showed his class as he hit a record-equalling 33rd Test century at Lord’s to help steady England against Sri Lanka on day one of the second Test. Root equalled former England captain Sir Alastair Cook’s record of hitting the most Test match centuries for England and brought up his milestone in style by […]
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CategoriesNews SportsThe County Championship Division Two match between Gloucestershire and Northamptonshire was abandoned on day one of play on Thursday after the umpires deemed the Bristol pitch too dangerous to play on. A Gloucestershire statement read that the umpires felt there was a “foreseeable risk to the batters” on the hybrid pitch and that they expected […]
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CategoriesNews SportsManchester City have been drawn at home to Inter Milan and away to Paris Saint-Germain as part of the new-look league phase to the Champions League that UEFA hopes will provide a more exciting first stage of the competition. At the draw in Monte Carlo, the revamped 36-team competition threw up a showdown between City […]
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