14 h. ago Scottish Open bosses open up on event's future venue and Muirfield Open dilemma

Seventh edition of event at East Lothian venue attracts record crowd of more than 85,000 fans

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23 h. ago ‘It’ll always need humans’: former Wimbledon line judge laments the Hawk

Pauline Eyre once judged serves from the likes of Jimmy Connors and has watched this year in exasperationThe cloth cap and blazer-wearing line judges of Wimbledon are as much an icon of this famous old sporting event as the manicured lawn courts. But this, the 138th tournament in its storied history, was the year SW19 took a leap into the 21st century – replacing some of their judges with an electronic line-calling system that was supposed to put an end to human error.Now, as the sun sets on this new era at Wimbledon, many of the headlines have been about just that. Mistakes have been blamed on the people operating it, much to the ire of players forced to replay points that were sabotaged by the faltering Hawk-Eye. Continue reading...

Events

68 h. ago US set to be host to biggest sporting events with guests it doesn’t want | Emma John

Donald Trump is closing the borders even though the World Cup and 2028 Olympics will take place in his countryCall it big, beautiful timing. On Tuesday, Fifa announced it had taken an office in Trump Tower. On Wednesday, Donald Trump announced he would attend the Club World Cup final. And who could begrudge the US president a little sporting entertainment after the week he has had? Those Nobel peace prize applications don’t write themselves.Trump’s attendance at a tournament that we can be 95% sure he doesn’t understand is, doubtless, a huge coup and political victory for football. This is a sport that only a decade ago was openly considered un-American, scrawled into the rightwing commentator’s list of pet peeves between meteorologists and Judy Blume. Ann Coulter described soccer’s growing popularity as a “sign of the nation’s moral decay”. Glenn Beck likened it to Obamacare: “It doesn’t matter how you try to sell it to us, it doesn’t matter how many celebrities you get we want not...

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3 d. ago Amanda Holden and lookalike daughter could be sisters in gorgeous Wimbledon snap

Amanda Holden and her daughter Lexi Hughes, 19, recently posed for a quick selfie as they sat on the front row at the sporting event and the pair could be mistaken for sisters

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3 d. ago Crimestoppers Scotland campaign empowering people to speak out against domestic violence

This initiative will specifically target males aged 18 and above, with a focus on reaching those attending sporting events.

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6 d. ago Billion Dollar Playground review – drop everything! Your hate

From moaning about the truffle to complaining their towels are too smooth, everyone is absolutely awful in this wild reality show about the super-rich and their minions. Prepare to lap it upWho among us, as the summer months and dreams of sun and cloudless skies begin and the visions of holidays and freedom take on solid form, does not think: where oh where is my hate-watch of the season?Well, fear not, mes chéris – the wait is over! Billion Dollar Playground has arrived and it is a feast for all. Imagine that The White Lotus’s characters were real, but worse, and that none of them – increasingly unbelievably – ended up murdered. One reprobate complains that the bath towels in their luxury beachfront rental in Sydney are “too smooth”. Another derides the chef for putting smoked salmon in her caviar and asks: “Is that the same truffle as yesterday? Then definitely not.” Mo’ canapes, mo’ problems. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Voices: We banned cigarette ads for the good of public health – fossil fuels must be next

Ahead of a Commons debate that could see oil companies banned from sponsoring museums and sporting events such as Formula One, Jonathon Porritt, a former environmental adviser to King Charles, says it’s a vital next step in breaking our reliance on fossil fuels

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9 d. ago Seaside town to host largest female sporting event ever held in Wales

This summer promises to be an amazing summer of sport for women in Wales

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1 week ago How the tragic events that claimed the lives of Liverpool star Diogo Jota and his younger brother unfolded

Liverpool star Diogo Jota and his younger brother Andre tragically lost their lives in a car accident while driving through northern Spain to catch an overnight ferry to the UK.

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1 week ago Welsh Government ministers to skip Wales Euros match as row erupts

'This match is not only a significant sporting event, but also a moment of national pride,' the letter read.

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1 week ago New name for DP World Tour event at Donald Trump's course in Aberdeen

Scottish Championship will now be called Nexo Championship as part of new DP World Tour deal

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1 week ago A moment to sense the sheer scale of progress: Euro 2025 set for kick

The narrative arc of women’s football in Switzerland is a familiar one: from apathy to hostility to mockery to inertia to change. Now the country will host one of the biggest events in the sporting calendarIn 1957 the Swiss newspaper Sport published a short editorial under the headline “Women’s Football?” Furious that a women’s friendly between Germany and the Netherlands was being hosted in Basel, the writer mocked: “This event is not about football, but rather should be classified as an exhibition or circus performance.”On Wednesday evening, in front of a sell-out crowd, Switzerland will play their opening game of a home European Championship that will be one of the biggest sporting events held in the country. Sport newspaper, sadly, will be unable to chronicle the event, having folded in 1999. Life moves on you pretty fast. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Switzerland hoping for festival of football as hosts get Euro 2025 party started

Enthusiasm is palpable as fans buy in to a tournament where progress should be made on and off the pitchIn any downtime from ensuring Euro 2025 passes smoothly, Uefa staff can take a short walk to watch Nyon’s summer jazz festival in full flow. Rive Jazzy is in its fourth decade and there should be something for everyone. The Greasers will be on stage to set a tone before England face Wales on 13 July; this Friday anyone with a penchant for swing can turn up at Place du Molard to enjoy harmonies by the Hot Shooters.The more pressing hope is that there will be plenty of those on Switzerland’s football pitches across the next 25 days. At its elite level, the women’s game has never before been blessed with the depth of quality it can showcase this month. There is justified optimism that no weak link will stick out like a sore thumb among the 16 contenders in this European Championship; at the top end a valid expectation exists that, while Spain are obvious favourites, at least three or...

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1 week ago How to watch Bandai Namco's Summer Showcase and what to expect

Bandai Namco will hold a Summer Showcase event tomorrow, and it's expected to showcase some big games — here's all we know about the event, including how you can watch

Culture

1 week ago All Scotland matches should be broadcast on 'council telly', Labour Government told

MSPs have written to the UK Culture Secretary to demand Scotland qualifiers are added to the 'crown jewels' list of sporting events shown on TV.

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1 week ago New qualifying event to be introduced for 154th Open at Royal Birkdale

Last-Chance Qualifier will be a winner-takes-all event on Monday of Open week

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2 w. ago Womens Euro 2025: Fixtures, full TV schedule, England fixtures and full list of BBC pundits

Full details of how to watch this summer’s Women's Euro 2025 tournament.

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2 w. ago Your Wimbledon 2025 queue guide: when does it open each day and which tickets are available?

Wimbledon is one of the only sporting events in the world where people can bag show court tickets and ground passes on the day of the event

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2 w. ago Sportsman makes history as first Welshman to win prestigious event

Pembrokeshire-born Joel Makin, who is ranked number four in the world, beat Mostafa Asal, who is currently the world's number one

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2 w. ago Inside the Hurlingham Club and the poshest event on the British sporting calendar

With the days ticking down to Wimbledon, the world’s best players are in action at a club that gives the genteel environs of SW19 a run for their money

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