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“The thing with darts,” explains Adrian Lewis, “is you have to be in a happy place. It was for me, anyway. When you’re up, everything’s free, everything’s flowing. You don’t feel like you’ve got a burden on yourself.”

And when Lewis was free, when the darts flowed from his hand …

From an outsider’s perspective, British basketball has never had it so good. It is firmly established as the second most popular participation team sport in the country with more than 1.5 million people playing at least twice a month. In December 2024 the sport received a combined £4,475,000 in two …

When she set sail around the world from the west coast of France three months ago, Violette Dorange was barely known outside her sport. By the time she returned last week, she was a

household name in her country

At 23, Dorange has become the youngest solo …

In the end, then, everyone got something they wanted. For Jannik Sinner, the

three-month ban he has accepted

There are few less pleasant experiences in this sport than playing against Saracens at a wet and windy StoneX Stadium. Exeter Chiefs found out the hard way as they offered plenty of huff and puff but were ultimately shut down by a more ruthless and efficient team. The visitors needed …

After winning an Olympic 800m gold medal and the BBC’s Sports Personality of the Year award, Keely Hodgkinson set herself a bold new challenge: getting a whole new generation of fans into track and field.

Foolish? Brave? Or visionary? The sceptics and gatekeepers certainly had their doubts. But the sight …

When Rachel Reeves stood up in the House of Commons on budget day on 30 October as this country’s first woman chancellor, she was brimming with pride: “To girls and young women everywhere, I say: Let there be no ceiling on your ambition, your hopes and your dreams.”

Four months …

Johannes Thingnes Boe outclassed the field to win gold for Norway in the men’s 10km sprint at the International Biathlon Union World Championships on Saturday, with Campbell Wright clinching a shock silver for the United States.

The New Zealand-born American finished 27.7 seconds behind Thingnes Boe, who won in 21 …

It wasn’t just the way Steve Borthwick used his bench that shaped

England’s victory over France

Wakefield Trinity marked their return to Super League with a surprise victory at West Yorkshire rivals Leeds Rhinos, as an opening weekend filled with shocks continued.

The Rhinos have undergone another expensive off-season overhaul as they enter an eighth season since their last Super League title. The expectation here was …