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Sydney Swans v Fremantle Dockers: AFL preliminary final – live
Goal-by-goal report: The Swans are one win from an unlikely grand final berth as they host the minor premiers at the SCG...
Yorkshire beat Somerset, Sussex v Nottinghamshire: County Championship cricket, day four – live
All the latest updates from around the grounds as the County Championship Division One title race nears its climax. Join...
Chess: Nigel Short to play at south pole in event criticised over climate impact
The former world title challenger, 61, will take on representatives from five other continents in a tournament rated by...
Sydney Sweeney’s cartoonish provocation has sparked a culture war but let’s just admit sport can be sexy
Yes sport is about effort, sweat and inclusivity – but it also turns elite athletes into magnificent specimens of humani...
2025 and all that: Red Roses ready to reignite Canada rivalry after World Cup win
One year on from the epic final and women’s rugby is flourishing in both nations while England are aiming to take their...
Wallabies coach Les Kiss: ‘Take your eye off us, we’ll come back and bite you’
As Australia prepare for a monumental clash with the world No 1 Springboks the coach is taking heart from this side’s be...
Record-breaking ultrarunner has 500ml of pus drained from leg: ‘I just didn’t quite feel right’
The 40-year-old Australian undergoes surgery to suck out fluid from his thigh following his 152-hour solo backyard marat...
Balletic hits and bicycle kicks: Teqball comes of age at the Asian Games
Invented a little over a decade ago in Hungary, teqball is a combination between soccer and ping pong
Tom Banton’s six-hitting wins T20 for England after Dawson derails Sri Lanka
England extended their extraordinary hex over Sri Lanka to a 14th game, Tom Banton and Harry Brook leading them to a six...
England defeat Sri Lanka by six wickets: second men’s cricket T20 international – as it happened
Another crushing victory for England, their 14th in a row over Sri Lanka in T20, saw them secure the three series with a...
Raheem Sterling’s bleak tale a reminder of absurd path young footballers face
The winger was one of the first big-money academy transfers, part of a child labour market that has barely been question...
Yorkshire v Somerset, Sussex v Notts, and more: county cricket, day one – live
All the latest updates from around the grounds as the County Championship Division One title race nears its climax. Join...