Category: Sport

It had been, as Frankie Dettori admitted afterwards, “a tough week for me and a tough week for [John Gosden’s] Clarehaven” before the Coronation Stakes here on Friday, but his difficulties on Thursday were largely consigned to history in the afternoon’s feature race, as Inspiral stormed past her field and into an unassailable lead to […]

Barney Ronay is right to criticise the pro golfers taking part in the Saudi-backed LIV events (In their naked self-interest, LIV golfers are being refreshingly true to the sport’s roots, 11 June). However, golf has never been the bastion of elitism that he implies. At my local club in Edinburgh, junior memberships start at £10 […]

Manchester United are confident Barcelona will lower their €85m (£73m) asking price for Frenkie de Jong because of the Catalan club’s difficult financial position and the lack of other suitors for the midfielder. After Barcelona last week rejected an initial United offer of €60m (£51.3m) plus a potential €10m in add-ons, the club may make […]

Royal Ascot’s first £1m race on Wednesday attracted just five runners but the second – Saturday’s Platinum Jubilee Stakes – has drawn a record field of 27, headed by the top-notch Australian sprinter, Home Affairs. Home Affairs is a stable companion of Nature Strip, Tuesday’s impressive King’s Stand Stakes winner, and beat him by a […]

Arsenal are continuing to work on a deal to sign Youri Tielemans from Leicester after reaching an agreement to buy Fábio Vieira from Porto, who confirmed in a statement on Friday that they had accepted a bid. Porto said Arsenal would pay €40m (£34m), including €5m in performance-related add-ons. The Portuguese club said the transfer […]

The Cook Cup, a 25-year-old trophy contested by Australia and England, will be renamed after the two countries’ rugby unions agreed to drop the reference to the British explorer before the upcoming Test series. A new trophy is set to be unveiled in the build-up to the first Test in Perth on 2 July, and […]

With equal participation fees to the men, prize money for the first time and a mainstream platform, this year’s Rugby League World Cup represents a seminal moment for the women’s game. And if it is Emily Rudge and her England teammates lifting the trophy this autumn, there will be one group of women watching on […]