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Brendon McCullum believes England need to be relentless when facing spin after their

4-1 Twenty20 international series defeat

While six-hitting seemed the tourists’ focus regardless of the state of the game, McCullum, England’s head coach, does not want his side to hold back against the …

The Spanish footballer Jenni Hermoso has told a court that “one of the happiest moments” of her life was ruined when the then president of the Spanish Football Federation, Luis Rubiales, grabbed her and kissed her on the lips after Spain’s World Cup win in August 2023.

Rubiales, 47, is …

The Roman philosopher Seneca is credited with saying, “Luck is where preparation meets opportunity.”

In sports, some teams prepare better than others. But some also get more opportunities than others.

Luck can take many forms. It can be a fortuitous bounce, particularly with an oblong-ish football that can go any …

The Yanomami villagers had trekked for days through some of Brazil’s most secluded jungles to reach the assembly, their traditional clothing announcing an existence deeply entwined with nature that stretched back thousands of years.

As they filed into a thatched communal hut to share stories of their lives, the forest …

So farewell then, Eurosport. For 36 years you were the bric-a-brac of satellite channels, dishing up the curios and the comforting, the magnificent and the strange. You were the friend we ignored for weeks at a time, until the Australian Open, the Giro D’Italia, or some esoteric sport from an …

Few annual tournaments lay bare the truth as brutally or swiftly as the Six Nations. There are no play-yourself-in pool games, no one-off-the-mark half-volleys. The opposition want your guts from minute one and, particularly away from home, there is no hiding place. Even in boxing they allow you a pair …

“Inspire and entertain”. Since he took over as England head coach in November 2022, that has been the mantra from Jon Lewis. Players have been encouraged to embrace and defend his philosophy, as Sophia Dunkley did in Sydney, after

England surrendered the Ashes

Ukrainian refugees face losing their jobs and homes due to uncertainty over the Home Office’s visa extension process which will leave some with an eight-week gap in which they are unable to prove their right to live and work in the UK.

Some have already been refused tenancy renewal because …

Good morning.

For over a year, Gaza’s already underresourced healthcare system has faced “

relentless

The Kings, Spurs and Chicago Bulls are putting the finishing touches on a three-team trade that will send De’Aaron Fox to San Antonio and Zach LaVine to Sacramento, ESPN reported Sunday night.

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Per the report, …