25 h. ago Aryna Sabalenka v Coco Gauff: French Open 2025 women’s singles final – live

Live updates from the 2pm BST start at Roland GarrosSinner sets up Alcaraz blockbuster | Send John an emailHere’s that 2023 meeting between the pair.Gauff’s opponent is the same player she beat at Flushing Meadows in 2023 to win her first Slam, Sabalenka. What’s she thinking?I have to go out there on Saturday and I have to fight and I have to bring my best tennis, and I have to work for that title. Yeah, I’m ready. I’m ready to go out and I’m ready to fight. I’m ready to do everything it’s going to take to get the win. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Migrant rescues in English Channel meant coastguard was too busy to come to aid of stricken yacht

Border Force, RNLI and several French vessels scrambled with the coastguard at around 5am yesterday to deal with reports of 15 small boats attempting to reach UK shores.

Events

1 week ago Hugo Ekitike transfer news: Liverpool 'open talks' as Chelsea rival Reds for £84m star

Liverpool have opened talks with Eintracht Frankfurt over a potential deal for French striker Hugo Ekitike, who is also a target for Premier League rivals Chelsea

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1 week ago Opponents of home players at French Open deal with insults, whistling and even gum

In all sports, there are advantages to being at home, but Roland Garros offers the home favourites at the French Open a strong advantage

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1 week ago Opponents of French players at the French Open deal with insults and whistling and, yes, even gum

In all sports, there are advantages to being at home

Economics

2 w. ago This new EU deal is great for Britain. Now, Labour, focus on the future, not on Farage | Polly Toynbee

Cheaper food, passport e-gates, youth exchanges – we are finally on a path to repair the colossal damage Brexit has doneCircle the wagons: Europe draws together confronting an enemy to its east and a rogue state to its west. “Everything has changed,” said the prime minister and chancellor, and so it has. Once nestled in the arms of Nato, now alarmingly alone, we have no choice but to embrace neighbours we shunned. Thanks to Vladimir Putin, (nearly) all Europeans now see clearly what was always the case. In danger we need each other, never mind fish or dynamic alignment.But talking about less important things was always the British way. So headlines and the Today programme bang on about the 12-year continuance of the fishing deal struck by Boris Johnson, allowing French boats into our waters. It’s hard on fishing communities, but not worse than before. The Brexiters used and cheated fishers. But a government has to weigh up winners and losers when fishing contributes just 0.03% to UK...

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2 w. ago Starmer's fishy deal: French boats in UK waters but easier EU access for defence firms and farmers that could cut food prices, and tourists can use e

The Prime Minister was accused of 'surrender' after it emerged it includes allowing EU fishing boats, mainly from France and the Netherlands , to trawl UK waters for a further 12 years.

Economics

3 w. ago Oumar Camara 'agrees' Rangers transfer as PSG starlet pens long term Ibrox deal for one main reason

Camara will reportedly sign a long term deal at Ibrox this summer when his contract with the French capital club runs out

Economics

3 w. ago Man City players 'infuriated' FA Cup final opponents even before kick off

Manchester City are preparing to compete in their third FA Cup final in a row, and it was the City players' pre-match conversations in last year's final that motivated Manchester United to victory

Sport

3 w. ago Emma Raducanu’s Italian Open run screeches to halt against Coco Gauff

Fourth seed overwhelms British player in 6-1, 6-2 winAmerican wins last four games to go throughDuring her encouraging journey to the second week of the Italian Open, Emma Raducanu demonstrated her quality and fighting spirit across three wins against solid top 100 opponents.The best players in the world, however, present a completely different challenge. This was reinforced on a difficult Monday afternoon as Raducanu was outclassed by a supreme performance from the fourth seed Coco Gauff. Fresh off her run to the final of the Madrid Open, Gauff played another brilliant match in a contest between two former US Open champions to reach the quarter-finals in Rome with an emphatic 6-1, 6-2 win. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Female rugby player left with sickening injury after horror tackle from transgender opponent asks: 'How was this allowed to happen?

A young female rugby player who was left screaming in agony after a transgender rival tore apart her knee ligaments has accused sporting chiefs of letting her down.

Sport

4 w. ago Marta Kostyuk praises Daria Kasatkina ‘courage’ and shakes hands at Italian Open

Ukrainian lauds former Russian for switching nationalityKasatkina makes point of shaking hands with world No 15Daria Kasatkina’s switch from Russian tennis to play for Australia has been given a stamp of approval from her Ukrainian conqueror at the Italian Open.Marta Kostyuk, one of the women’s tour’s in-form players, has made a high-profile point along with many of her fellow Ukrainian players of not shaking hands with Russian or Belarusian opponents after matches in protest at the invasion of her homeland. Continue reading...

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