9 h. ago World Athletics Championships: Kenya’s Chebet wins women’s 10,000m gold, big names impress in 100m heats – live

Updates from Tokyo as the championships get under wayMail John | The stars aiming to break records in TokyoNow for the women’s 100m heats. The first sees the US’s Melissa Jefferson-Wooden win in a time of 10.99. That looked easy for the Olympic bronze medallist. Dina Asher-Smith goes in the second heat. Three to go through, and Asher-Smith makes it, second behind Tina Clayton, the young Jamaican.The women’s long jump was going ahead while those steeplechases were taking place. Tara Davis-Woodhall, the Olympic champion, makes it with her first jump, of 6.88m. It’s 6.75 to qualify, and the others are having their struggles. Continue reading...

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10 h. ago Brisbane crush Gold Coast to remain king of Queensland and book preliminary final spot

Lions 14.16.100 defeat Suns 6.11.47 in second semi-final at the GabbaBrisbane bounce back to set up clash with Collingwood on SaturdayDuring finals sign up for our free weekly AFL newsletterIt was billed as the biggest game in Queensland ever: reigning AFL premiers Brisbane against their state rivals from down the M1. The long-derided Gold Coast had finally arrived as a force, winning an elimination final in an ecstatic finish over Fremantle, via a last-gasp point to retiring club great David Swallow.For a short time, the semi-final looked like it might live up to its billing. And then it fell apart. The Suns barely fired a shot after half-time, overpowered by a manic Lions side desperate to atone after being humiliated by Geelong in Melbourne last week. Brisbane now face Collingwood in a preliminary final at the MCG on Saturday. Gold Coast are done.During finals sign up for our free weekly AFL newsletter Continue reading...

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10 h. ago Brisbane crush Gold Coast to remain king of Queensland and book AFL preliminary final spot

Lions 14.16.100 defeat Suns 6.11.47 in second semi-final at the GabbaBrisbane bounce back to set up clash with Collingwood on SaturdayDuring finals sign up for our free weekly AFL newsletterIt was billed as the biggest game in Queensland ever: reigning AFL premiers Brisbane against their state rivals from down the M1. The long-derided Gold Coast had finally arrived as a force, winning an elimination final in an ecstatic finish over Fremantle, via a last-gasp point to retiring club great David Swallow.For a short time, the semi-final looked like it might live up to its billing. And then it fell apart. The Suns barely fired a shot after half-time, overpowered by a manic Lions side desperate to atone after being humiliated by Geelong in Melbourne last week. Brisbane now face Collingwood in a preliminary final at the MCG on Saturday. Gold Coast are done.During finals sign up for our free weekly AFL newsletter Continue reading...

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11 h. ago World Athletics Championships: big names and Brits impress in women’s 100m heats, women’s 10,000m final and more – live

Updates from Tokyo as the championships get under wayMail John | The stars aiming to break records in TokyoNow for the women’s 100m heats. The first sees the US’s Melissa Jefferson-Wooden win in a time of 10.99. That looked easy for the Olympic bronze medallist. Dina Asher-Smith goes in the second heat. Three to go through, and Asher-Smith makes it, second behind Tina Clayton, the young Jamaican.The women’s long jump was going ahead while those steeplechases were taking place. Tara Davis-Woodhall, the Olympic champion, makes it with her first jump, of 6.88m. It’s 6.75 to qualify, and the others are having their struggles. Continue reading...

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13 h. ago World Athletics Championships: 100m heats, women’s 10,000m final and more on night one – live

Updates from Tokyo as the championships get under wayMail John | The stars aiming to break records in TokyoWe’ll begin the Tokyo evening session with the men’s 3000m steeplechase heats; there’s three of them to come. It’s cloudy but very warm as darkness descends. Armand Duplantis is in the house, and warming up for his pole vaulr qualifier. The serial world record holder, the true successor to Sergei Bubka, is perhaps the star of the entire show.Reuters – Evan Dunfee of Canada and Spanish defending champion Maria Perez prevailed in suffocating Tokyo humidity to win the first gold medals of the 20th World Athletics Championships in the 35-km walks on Saturday. Continue reading...

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52 h. ago What channel is England v Scotland on? TV and live stream details for Rugby World Cup quarter

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62 h. ago Live map shows Tube train desert through central London on final day of RMT strike

Londoners have been forced to use buses and bikes to access the city centre all week

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5 d. ago Carlos Alcaraz produces ‘perfect’ performance to defeat Jannik Sinner and win second US Open title

Alcaraz defeats Sinner 6-2, 3-6, 6-1, 6-4 to win second US Open, his sixth grand slam title and reclaim World No 1

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6 d. ago Jannik Sinner vs Carlos Alcaraz LIVE: US Open men's final result and updates as Alcaraz clinches title

Familiar rivals clash in final for the third Grand Slam tournament in a row in New York

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6 d. ago Carlos Alcaraz v Jannik Sinner live: US Open result as Alcaraz wins thrilling final to reclaim World No 1

Alcaraz defeats Sinner 6-2, 3-6, 6-1, 6-4 to win second US Open, his sixth grand slam title and reclaim World No 1

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6 d. ago Carlos Alcaraz v Jannik Sinner live: US Open latest score from thrilling final as Trump booed after delay

The world’s best two men’s players meet for a third consecutive grand slam final after Alcaraz won at Roland Garros and Sinner triumphed at Wimbledon

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6 d. ago Carlos Alcaraz v Jannik Sinner live: US Open final latest score as Trump booed after delay

The world’s best two men’s players meet for a third consecutive grand slam final after Alcaraz won at Roland Garros and Sinner triumphed at Wimbledon

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6 d. ago Carlos Alcaraz v Jannik Sinner live: US Open final delayed with Trump in attendance

The world’s best two men’s players meet for a third consecutive grand slam final after Alcaraz won at Roland Garros and Sinner triumphed at Wimbledon

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6 d. ago US Open tennis 2025: Jannik Sinner v Carlos Alcaraz, men’s singles final – live

Updates from the men’s final at Flushing MeadowsJannik Sinner v Carlos Alcaraz tennis latest | Email DanielMore from Bryan.An hour before Sunday’s US Open men’s final between Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz, the boardwalk from the Mets-Willets Point subway to the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center was quiet, punctuated only by bursts of fans spilling out of the No 7 train every few minutes. Among them stood Emma Kaplan, a 33-year-old executive assistant from Brooklyn, distributing flyers that read “The Fall of the Trump Fascist Regime.” She was joined by three members of RefuseFascism.org, one hoisting a poster that declared “GAME, SET, MATCH! NOV 5, FLOOD DC. TRUMP MUST GO!”; another’s sign demanded the shutdown of ICE and “the whole Trump fascist regime.” As waves of spectators streamed past, a heavy security presence shadowed the scene – NYPD, Parks Department officers, Homeland Security agents and the Secret Service. Some fans nodded quietly in approval. Others made their ...

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6 d. ago Carlos Alcaraz v Jannik Sinner live: US Open final latest score and updates with Trump set for appearance

The world’s best two men’s players meet for a third consecutive grand slam final after Alcaraz won at Roland Garros and Sinner triumphed at Wimbledon

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6 d. ago What channel is Jannik Sinner vs Carlos Alcaraz on? US Open 2025 final start time and live stream

Jannik Sinner will face Carlos Alcaraz in Sunday's US Open final in New York with both players aiming to win the final Grand Slam tournament of 2025

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6 d. ago Jannik Sinner vs Carlos Alcaraz LIVE: US Open men's final latest score and updates

Familiar rivals clash in final for the third Grand Slam tournament in a row in New York

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6 d. ago Sinner vs Alcaraz start time and how to watch US Open final today

World no1 and no2 meet in the third straight grand slam final

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7 d. ago US Open tennis 2025: Aryna Sabalenka v Amanda Anisimova, women’s singles final – live

The latest from the final at Flushing MeadowsAlcaraz and Sinner in world of their own | Email KatyAlready today, Joe Salisbury and Neal Skupski have fallen agonisingly short in their attempt to become the first all-British pair since 1903 to win the men’s doubles title. They had three match points in the third set, before being edged out 3-6, 7-6, 7-5 by Spain’s Marcel Granollers and Argentina’s Horacio Zeballos, who also won the French Open title together this year. And look who’s celebrating:Tennis, bloody hell. 56 days ago Amanda Anisimova was whitewashed in the Wimbledon final 6-0, 6-0 by Iga Swiatek as she froze in the headlights in the biggest match of her life. It was the most public and painful of humiliations from which most of us, if put in the same position, would not recover, let alone have the character to return to the tour less than three weeks later as she started her preparations for the US Open. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Aryna Sabalenka v Amanda Anisimova live: US Open latest score and updates from women’s final

Anisimova aims for the ultimate redemption after 6-0 6-0 Wimbledon defeat while Sabalenka bids for a US Open repeat

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