3+ day, 18+ hour ago   (687+ words) Wednesday 9 September 2026 Twelve years ago at Wentworth, where fellow golfers would call out “you should still be playing for England,” Kevin Pietersen looked back on the end of his international career and said: “There has been this incredible machine that’s…...

6+ day, 22+ hour ago   (571+ words) Sunday 6 September 2026 As one crowd drifted out of the stands at the MKM Stadium, in search of a pie or a pint or perhaps a stranger to slap them in the face to make them feel alive after 45 turgid minutes…...

1+ week, 3+ hour ago   (561+ words) Sunday 6 September 2026 Chelsea Women has become the first Women’s Super League (WSL) club to pay for its players to freeze their eggs and undergo fertility treatment. The fund, understood to be worth at least £189,000, has enough money to pay for…...

1+ week, 13+ hour ago   (571+ words) Saturday 5 September 2026 This has been an enthralling Test series, aided significantly by New Zealand striking first at Ellis Park to give South Africa a target to chase. Rassie Erasmus’s Springboks like a challenge: losing in the pool stage of Rugby…...

1+ week, 13+ hour ago   (599+ words) Saturday 5 September 2026 It was supposed to be the start of a brand new era. For the first time ever, Chelsea will be playing all of their Women’s Super League home games at Stamford Bridge, bringing to an end a decade-long…...

1+ week, 13+ hour ago   (323+ words) Saturday 5 September 2026 The opening match of the Women’s Super League will have done­ ­little to dispel any pre-season narratives. As Hayes Lane in Bromley was lit up by the league’s brand colours, courtesy of a sunset, this was a match…...

1+ week, 16+ hour ago   (402+ words) Saturday 5 September 2026 Hands up if you had a humble fourth official triggering the new football season’s first major refereeing row. Reasonable to have assumed, I would say, that on any pitch there would be at least three other people ahead…...

1+ week, 22+ hour ago   (850+ words) Saturday 5 September 2026 It was a moment that supercharged what was already a euphoric celebration. Manchester City were celebrating their Women’s Super League and FA Cup double, only a second ever league title in their history and a first in a…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (615+ words) Friday 4 September 2026 The problem when you become a laughing stock is that it becomes increasingly difficult to separate fact from fiction. Pakistan cricket reached another new low this week. A second heavy defeat in as many matches against England – and…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (135+ words) Thursday 3 September 2026 Root’s mission statement is that he wants his team to be “really good role models, good human beings and put in really strong performances on the field”. In short, don’t get arrested and win cricket matches, perhaps the…...