The Guardian Articles

Noland Arbaugh’s life changed in a fraction of a second in June 2016. He was a 22-year-old student, working at a kids’ summer camp in upstate New York, when he went swimming in a lake. He can’t tell me exactly what happened, but thinks one of his friends must have …

Passengers will face “significant” disruption on busy rail routes this weekend as train managers stage another strike in a dispute over rest day working.

Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) at Avanti West Coast are due to strike on Sunday. In addition to strike delays, vital engineering …

Nine years ago one county chair revealed their club’s finances were so stretched that they were quite literally counting the loo rolls. Even the arrival of the Hundred in its first iteration – bringing an extra £1.3m per county per year – barely made a dent in some cases, the …

When it comes to team selection, it’s important to remember that everything is subjective. Different coaches, five million different fans and the 80,000 people in the stadium will all have different views, different affiliations and different opinions about who should be playing for England. It plays a large part of …

The France captain, Antoine Dupont, has revealed he is surprised by the Rugby Football Union’s policy that bans Steve Borthwick from picking players based abroad and admitted he is glad he will not lock horns with his Toulouse teammate Jack Willis on Saturday.

England host Dupont and co at Twickenham …

Patrick Mahomes

Tax campaigners have joined retailers in urging the UK government to close a tax loophole to prevent a “massive influx” of cheap goods from companies such as Shein and Temu flooding the market.

It comes after the

EU said it was joining the US in phasing out …

Sir Gino, the odds-on favourite for the Arkle Trophy at Cheltenham’s festival meeting next month, will miss his intended prep run in the Game Spirit Chase at Newbury on Saturday after sustaining “a small wound” during routine exercise, Nicky Henderson, the gelding’s trainer, said on Friday.

Sir Gino, who was …

Italy are the biggest favourites of the weekend to win their Six Nations match. And it is highly unlikely that sentence has been written before.

Admittedly, there is barely anything in it. At the time of writing, Italy are widely available at evens with a handicap of seven; for France …

Always eager to keep its readers up to speed, the Guardian marked the inclusion of the French rugby team in the Five Nations by providing a quick glossary of pertinent terms. “Marquer” was one, “plaquer” another, “melee” a third, all familiar enough now after a hundred-and-some years of playing each …