The Guardian Articles

Good morning.

South Korea finds itself embroiled in its gravest political crisis since democratisation in the 1980s. Turmoil erupted just over a month ago, when president Yoon Suk Yeol imposed martial law on the evening of 3 December – the first such declaration in 45 years – claiming to shield …

After a hard-fought fifth Test victory over India to clinch the Border-Gavaskar Trophy with a 3-1 margin, the post-series press conference with Pat Cummins, wearing a weary grin under a pink brim, began with a juicy full toss of a question: “As a captain,” the journalist asked, “do you feel …

As we anticipate what sport will bring us in 2025, we might be tempted to look ahead to the major international tournaments in rugby, cricket and football. But there’s another space to consider, less glamorous but absolutely vital, where sport is making an increasingly significant contribution to society – the …

Fin Smith’s last-gasp penalty edged Northampton to a crucial victory over Bath, capped off an individual performance that will have Steve Borthwick purring before the Six Nations – and may just have saved Saints’ season.

It was the final act of a mad-cap match that Northampton had led 19-0 before …

Premiership Women’s Rugby has never seen a debut like Ilona Maher’s for Bristol Bears. The club more than doubled their record crowd attendance with the 9,240 supporters also breaking the crowd record for a standalone PWR regular season match. Maher’s presence was the cause of the influx of fans with …

In her short time as a professional tennis player, even as her career flourished and she established herself as one of the best in the world, Coco Gauff’s great progress was often overshadowed by the match-up she just could not solve. By last June, Gauff had lost 11 of her …

In the very end, it was less fizz than fizzle, though something else had earlier threatened. Mind you, the very end came right in the middle, Australia winning the fifth Test against India halfway through the third day in Sydney.

It wasn’t even the middle if you counted overs bowled, …

Elena Rybakina, the 2022 Wimbledon champion, has insisted that her former coach Stefano Vukov did not mistreat her during their coaching partnership after it was revealed that Vukov is under investigation by the Women’s Tennis Association.

A WTA spokesperson confirmed this week that Vukov is being investigated for allegedly breaking …

“I want you to take a moment to picture the day when, in just a few years’ time, prime minister Nigel Farage triumphantly arrives at No 10 Downing Street, puts his briefcase down on the desk and takes a seat,” Reform UK chair Zia Yusuf tells a rapt audience of …

In the unpredictable world of top-flight rugby here was a result we could all understand. Bristol arrived in north London on a record-­breaking run of 10 away wins but hindered by significant injuries. They rarely looked likely to seriously trouble a full-strength Saracens, hungry to atone for