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Horner defends Verstappen in Russell feud as Formula One rift escalates
King Turgeon can solve Becher Chase puzzle if Storm Darragh stays away
The televised cards at Sandown and Aintree on Saturday are both subject to precautionary inspections, at 7am and 7.30am respectively, with Storm Darragh threatening to bring high winds and rain across the country, but if the elements are kind, Jonbon’s short price for the Grade One Tingle Creek Chase at …
US adds 227,000 jobs in November as Fed expected to cut interest rates again
The US added 227,000 jobs in November, with 54,000 added jobs in healthcare, 53,000 leisure and hospitality jobs and 33,000 government jobs added in the month
The unemployment rate increased to 4.2%, from 4.1% in October.
The final jobs report of 2024 was released prior to the December meeting …
‘I’m loving it’: why so many English players feel the pull of French rugby
It is the matchday bus rides to his new club’s stadium that, for Will Collier, perfectly capture the parallel universe of French club rugby. “You can hear the fans when you’re still a minute away,” says the former Harlequins prop, one of the latest band of Premiership pros to relocate …
Mitchell Starc rules as pink-ball king for Australia in second Test with India
Sporting songs from the outer are usually dross, partly because they’re most often sung tunelessly by annoying drunks, and partly because they usually consist of one cringey couplet jammed with no consideration of cadence or metre into the scarcely heeded melodic line of a mid-tier radio hit. The few that …
Ding and Gukesh miss wins as World Chess Championship nears climax
China’s world champion, Ding Liren, and his Indian opponent, Gukesh Dommaraju, at 18 the youngest ever title challenger, are deadlocked at 4.5-4.5 after nine of their scheduled best of 14 games in Singapore. Game 10 starts at 9am GMT on Saturday.
If they are still level after their 14th and …
The Spin | ‘A spiritual journey’: the story behind cricket’s new Crowe-Thorpe Trophy
In the moments before the first Test started in Christchurch last week the television cameras alighted on the new Crowe-Thorpe Trophy, the prize that awaits the winners of the ongoing series between New Zealand and England. On TNT Sports Alastair Cook grew effusive. “It’s not often that boards get things …
WNBA expansion draft: how do the Golden State Valkyries build a team from scratch?
Next season the WNBA will add a team from the Bay Area, the Golden State Valkyries, before Portland and Toronto start play in 2026, with
another franchise likely to arrive in 2028
.These teams, of course, will need new players. And Golden State will pick their new …