3 h. ago Wimbledon star Jannik Sinner's controversial doping ban and famous ex girlfriend

Jannik Sinner is the top seed at Wimbledon and one of the favourites to win the tournament, but he was previously suspended from the sport after failing two drug tests

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8 h. ago Aryna Sabalenka caught in sexism storm as Wimbledon icon slams article on world No.1

Aryna Sabalenka is the heavy favourite to win Wimbledon this year after surging into the quarter-finals without dropping a set, amid the backdrop of a Wall Street Journal headline that has left a former SW19 champion unhappy

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13 h. ago Novak Djokovic names two 'favourites' to win Wimbledon after learning quarter

Novak Djokovic insists he is not the favourite to win Wimbledon despite others suggesting he is - instead highlighting defending champion Carlos Alcaraz as the ones to watch out for

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3 d. ago Women’s Euro 2025: England kick off with French test as Wales make history – live

Holders face France in Zurich as Wales face the DutchPlayer guide | David Squires’ wallchart | Mail JohnFriday’s matches saw a couple of favourites win.Here’s where it all starts for the Lionesses. The beginning of the end or the end of the beginning? A huge test awaits in the challenge of France. A new-look team, though one full of established stars, needs to get out of the group stage, and then perhaps the competition opens up for them. That’s all in the future, perhaps, but for Wales this is history, to quote in the news Noel Gallagher, the end of a long journey to be at a finals. Jess Fishlock leads her team against the Dutch, and Wales could be the wild card. So, a big day awaits, with news from the footbal industry as a whole coming in all day. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago ‘The crosser Jeremy Paxman got, the more we giggled’: what it’s like to come last on a TV show

From scoring so badly at Eurovision it made Terry Wogan resign to having Paul Hollywood call your cake ‘tough as old boots’, here are the contestants who lost big on the nation’s favourite showsWe often hear about the people who win TV contests. As well as the glory of victory, they might earn an enviable cash prize, a lucrative record deal or a life-changing career boost. But what about those who finish last? Are they philosophical in defeat or throwing tantrums behind the scenes? We tracked down five TV losers to relive their failure in front of millions, reveal how they recovered from humiliation and share what they learned. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago ‘Everything is better’: how Rubiales’s unwanted kiss transformed Spanish women’s football

Football’s reigning world champions – and favourites to win Euro 2025 – have become symbols of women’s fight for equalityFor years, they battled multiple fronts: pushing back against the misogyny, misconduct and mistreatment of their football federation while simultaneously seeking to be the best in the world.The duelling conflicts of Spain’s national women’s team exploded into public view after they won the World Cup in 2023 – a historic triumph that was almost immediately overshadowed by an unwanted kiss on the lips from the country’s football chief. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Quel triomphe! Tour de France celebrates 50 years of finishes on Champs

From LeMond’s astonishing comeback to Cavendish’s four victories, the final dash up the great avenue is now part of race folkloreIt is impossible now to conceive of the Tour de France without two things: the race leader’s yellow jersey and the finale on the Champs-Élysées, a spectacle that is half a century old this summer. The finish has moved away from the great avenue once in the last 50 years, during the Olympic buildup in 2024, and the Tour cannot really be imagined without that final dash up the great avenue with its high-end shops and cafes, its gardens and plane trees.The Tour had always finished in Paris, postwar on the velodromes at the Parc des Princes and the Cipale velodrome in the Bois de Vincennes, and it had frequently used the Champs for a ceremonial start; the idea for an “apotheosis” on the great avenue seems to have been inspired by the 1974 Giro d’Italia, which included a circuit race within Milan. The suggestion came from a television presenter, Yves Mourosi, w...

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8 d. ago BORIS BECKER's guide to Wimbledon: Why Emma Raducanu can now win a major again, Jack Draper is one of the favourites... and the SEVEN stars who will carry a new generation alongside him

INSIGHT - BORIS BECKER: I feel for her because I know what she has gone through. It is very difficult to handle the trappings of fame and fortune.

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9 d. ago Womens Euros 2025 Odds: Who are the favourites to win the tournament? England, Spain and Germany chances rated

Here are the latest odds for the Women’s Euros 2025, taking place in Switzerland next month.

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1 week ago Euro 2025 is sure to showcase just how far women’s football has come | Emma Hayes

England, Spain, Germany and the Netherlands are the teams to beat but the tournament in Switzerland will be incredibly tightYou only have to wind the clock back two full major-tournament cycles, to Euro 2017, and there were no fully professional women’s leagues in Europe. Thanks to increased investment in the women’s game, there are now more than 3,000 full-time female players across the continent, and that professionalisation is why my overriding feeling about this summer’s Euros is that the quality is going to be so much higher than we have seen before. And it will be so tight.In Spain, England and Germany there are three strong favourites who are all capable of going on to win it and I would add the Netherlands to the top four. I was so impressed when we [the United States] played the Dutch in December. They will need everybody fit but, on their day, they are a top side. Beyond that, this tournament is going to show the prowess of the Nations League, which was introduced since th...

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2 w. ago England star pays tribute to Young Lions after Euro U21 clash with Spain ends in chaos

England Under-21s defence of their European title continued with a 3-1 quarter-final win over pre-tournament favourites Spain, to book a final four showdown with Netherlands

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2 w. ago Royal Ascot bookie loses £367,000 after five favourites win on Ladies Day

Star Sports described it as ‘a black, black day’ which started with the shortest priced favourite of the week, Charles Darwin, landing the first race

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2 w. ago Who Will Win Wimbledon 2025? Latest odds reveal the 13 men's singles favourites

It’s nearly time for the world’s best tennis players to take to the grass of SW19.

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3 w. ago Love Island's Megan Forte Clarke poses with lookalike mum she calls 'best friend'

Megan Forte Clark is currently favourite to win Love Island and she's previously taken to Instagram to share sweet snaps from her trip to London with her lookalike mum

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3 w. ago Women's Euros 2025 Odds: Who are the favourites to win? England, Spain and Germany chances rated

Here are the latest odds for the Women’s Euros 2025, taking place in Switzerland next month.

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3 w. ago Still sport of the King: Windsor interest keeps Royal Ascot alive and kicking

As attendances at other meetings decline, the monarch’s presence makes Ascot a soft power asset for BritainAscot will mark the 200th anniversary of the first Royal procession at its showpiece race meeting next week. The intermittent noise of jets on the final approach to Heathrow will be one of the few deviations from the sights and sounds when George IV first trundled his way up the course in 1825. The king and queen will ride in the first of the horse-drawn carriages, their liveried attendants will be upright in the saddle and, as they pass the Royal enclosure, the gentlemen’s top hats will be doffed in the familiar mark of respect.There is little else, in sport or the wider world beyond, that remains just as it was in the immediate aftermath of the Napoleonic wars. Demand for the Royal Ascot experience also remains strong. Following a post-Covid surge, attendances are in decline at both the Derby and Cheltenham’s festival meeting in March. At Royal Ascot 2024, though, the year-on...

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3 w. ago Rory McIlroy and Scottie Scheffler’s actions under microscope as CBS star chimes in

Rory McIlroy and Scottie Scheffler are among the favourites to win the 125th US Open, but neither have been able to get to grips with the Oakmont Country Club's troubling greens

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3 w. ago Fans left disappointed following the Race Across the World final

Caroline and Tom Bridge were the first to cross the finish line on series five of Race Across the World, although some fans are not happy about the result.

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3 w. ago Who won Race Across the World today? BBC winners revealed after series 5 final

See which of the four teams managed to win Race Across the World series 5 🏃 ♂️

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3 w. ago Race Across the World final: when is the reunion episode in series 5? How to watch

Race Across the World might have reached the series 5 final - but there is more to come 🚨

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