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Football Weekly’s summer mailbag: World Cup 2026, the off-season and more, part one – video
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Football Weekly’s summer mailbag: World Cup 2026, the off-season and more, part one – video

Max Rushden is joined by Barry Glendenning , John Brewin and Jonathan Wilson to answer your questions from the mailbag Continue reading...

Leeds’s red button win over Bradford shows stakes are high in Super League’s Sky talks
Leeds’s red button win over Bradford shows stakes are high in Super League’s Sky talks

Rivals Round was broadly a hit but the product needs to look as good as it can to secure a favourable broadcast deal There is still plenty for all 14 Super League clubs to play for as the regular season approaches the final stretch. But as the competition enters a potentially era-defining fortnight, there are arguably much bigger narratives at play for the sport off the field than on it. There is a mixture of familiarity and freshness at the top with seven rounds to go. Two of the competition’s heavyweights, Leeds Rhinos and Wigan Warriors, are split by just a solitary win at the summit after the Rhinos comfortably defeated Bradford on Sunday to close out a successful Rivals Round. Continue reading...

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Tadej Pogacar’s ability to win unopposed stands champion out among Tour legends | William Fotheringham
Tadej Pogacar’s ability to win unopposed stands champion out among Tour legends | William Fotheringham

Slovene is youngest of riders to win five Tours de France and few would bet against him claiming sixth victory next year The 2026 Tour de France served up an epic battle that lasted for day after day between two protagonists of the highest calibre with different skillsets, a tale of epic breakaways, intriguing team tactics and reversals of fortune, building to a spectacular climax on the race’s toughest stage. The contest for the green jersey of points winner between Mads Pedersen and Jasper Philipsen was a classic. Those hoping for something similar in the race for the yellow jersey of overall winner were disappointed, and rapidly . Any suspense was eliminated with 42km of stage six remaining, high above the ski village of La Mongie, when Tadej Pogacar dislodged Jonas Vingegaard and the other putative race favourites on the Col du Tourmalet. It was a familiar stinging attack, and a familiar outcome, with the Slovene opening a lead that looked insurmountable, as indeed it was. Continue reading...

The Guardian Sport 6 hours ago
Jackson Koivun holds off Scheffler to win 3M Open in third professional start
Jackson Koivun holds off Scheffler to win 3M Open in third professional start

US golfer, 21, finished at 25-under par for three-shot win Scheffler closed with 63 to finish second in Minnesota The rookie Jackson Koivun shot a five-under-par 66 to stave off a charging Scottie Scheffler and win ⁠on the PGA Tour for the first time at the 3M Open on Sunday at Blaine, ⁠Minnesota. Koivun, 21, finished ⁠at ​25 under par for a three-shot victory over Scheffler, who closed with a 63 at TPC Twin ⁠Cities. Less than two months ago, Koivun was helping Auburn to its second NCAA championship in a three-year ⁠stretch. He demonstrated more poise while playing the final two rounds ​of his third tournament ‌since turning professional ‌without making a bogey. Continue reading...

The Guardian Sport 14 hours ago
Real Madrid ready to seal deal for Yan Diomande after PSG pull out of move
Real Madrid ready to seal deal for Yan Diomande after PSG pull out of move

PSG formally withdraw from race to sign winger Teenager expected to complete Bernabéu switch Real Madrid look to have won the race for RB Leipzig’s coveted winger, Yan Diomande, after Paris Saint-Germain withdrew from the bidding war. The Ivory Coast international has been the subject of an intense transfer saga this summer, following a breakout season in the Bundesliga and an impressive World Cup campaign. Continue reading...

The Guardian Sport 15 hours ago
Luke Littler retains World Matchplay title after crushing win against Gerwyn Price
Luke Littler retains World Matchplay title after crushing win against Gerwyn Price

Littler sets the tournament’s highest average in 18-9 win Beau Greaves beats Fallon Sherrock to lift women’s title Luke Littler bulldozed his way to a second consecutive World Matchplay title as he crushed Gerwyn Price 18-9 in Blackpool. The 19-year-old averaged 111.53 in the final, setting an average for the tournament as a whole of 111.04 to break Phil Taylor’s record of 106.31. Littler also broke his own competition record for 180s as he hit 12 in the final to reach 66 for the week, as he became only the third man to successfully defend the Matchplay final after Taylor and Michael van Gerwen, who did it most recently in 2016. Continue reading...

The Guardian Sport 15 hours ago
Commonwealth Games 2026 medal table
Commonwealth Games 2026 medal table

Follow the latest standings for the Glasgow Games as 74 countries compete for the 645 medals on offer The 23rd Commonwealth Games are taking place in Glasgow between 23 July and 2 August. There are 74 Commonwealth Games Associations eligible to compete, all of whom are expected to send athletes to the championships. Medals will be available in 215 events, spread across 10 sports. Six of them include Para sport competition: 3x3 basketball, athletics, bowls, cycling, swimming and weightlifting. The other four sports are artistic gymnastics, boxing, judo and netball. Continue reading...

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Adam Ramsay-Peaty armed with ‘battle plan’ for golden revival in 50m breaststroke
Adam Ramsay-Peaty armed with ‘battle plan’ for golden revival in 50m breaststroke

Briton ready to bounce back after 100m bronze ‘The last 24 hours have been a bit of a whirlwind’ Adam Ramsay-Peaty has never been one to hide his emotions. He wears them proudly on his sleeve, next to the striking tattoos of a huge lion and Poseidon, the Greek god of the sea. After his shock defeat in the 100m breaststroke final at these Commonwealth Games, the 31-year-old was back pouring his heart out on Sunday – and insisting he had a “battle plan” to win gold in Monday’s 50m breaststroke final. Continue reading...

The Guardian Sport 17 hours ago
‘Pretty bad’: Lewis Hamilton hits out at Ferrari after dropping points in F1 title race
‘Pretty bad’: Lewis Hamilton hits out at Ferrari after dropping points in F1 title race

Hamilton questions strategy after finishing fifth Briton lost place after penalty for speeding in pit lane Lewis Hamilton expressed frustration with his Ferrari team after he dropped points in the title battle against Mercedes’ Kimi Antonelli at the Hungarian Grand Prix, while Lando Norris returned to form with the defending world champion claiming his first race victory of the season . Hamilton finished in fourth place on the track at the Hungaroring but, with a five-second penalty imposed for speeding in the pit lane, he was classified as fifth in the race won by McLaren’s Norris, with Max Verstappen second for Red Bull and Antonelli third. Continue reading...

The Guardian Sport 17 hours ago
Relentless Tadej Pogacar wins fifth Tour de France to equal record
Relentless Tadej Pogacar wins fifth Tour de France to equal record

Slovene becomes fifth rider to win five Tours Eddy Merckx: ‘He’ll soon break our record’ Tadej Pogacar took a record-equalling fifth win in the Tour de France on Sunday, joining Jacques Anquetil, Eddy Merckx, Bernard Hinault and Miguel Induráin in the canon of the Tour’s most successful cyclists. In a thrilling finale to the Tour, Mathieu van der Poel took his second stage win of the race on the Champs-Élysées, fending off the pursuing pack of sprinters by a tyre’s width, after breaking clear with Pogacar on the final climb of the Butte de Montmartre. Merckx, widely considered the greatest-ever cyclist because of the breadth of his achievements beyond the Tour itself, believes that Pogacar will now go on to win a sixth Tour. “I don’t think he’ll be content just to draw level with me and the other ­champions,” the 81-year-old Belgian said. “He’ll soon break our record for Tour victories.” Continue reading...

The Guardian Sport 19 hours ago
Teamwork, tactics and data: behind the scenes at Wigan’s pre-season training
Teamwork, tactics and data: behind the scenes at Wigan’s pre-season training

Gary Caldwell, who returned to the League One club in February to keep them up, faces a new season with meticulous plans and bright hopes “This is the only rule I’m going to have for yous all season: ‘team first’,” says Gary Caldwell. The Wigan head coach’s Scottish accent booms over the gentle hum of a projector in a darkened classroom at the club’s Christopher Park training ground. “That is the one thing that we cannot ever go against,” he says, pointing to a slide on screen. “The team is the most important aspect of everything we do.” Three rows of professional athletes listen intently, keen to learn not only what the day holds, but about the 10 months ahead. Continue reading...

The Guardian Sport 19 hours ago
‘Do It For Gabe’: Reuben Ward wins gymnastic gold as Langton returns after nasty fall
‘Do It For Gabe’: Reuben Ward wins gymnastic gold as Langton returns after nasty fall

Scotland gymnast secures individual all-around gold Langton cheers for teammates after fall on Friday Surely the most heartwarming sight at these Commonwealth Games came shortly before lunchtime on Sunday, when a young English gymnast hobbled to his seat in the Glasgow ­International Arena. Thirty-six hours earlier, Gabriel Langton had landed on his neck after a horror fall off the high bars, leaving many of his fellow gymnasts in tears. Now, despite spending 24 hours in hospital and sporting a fair few bruises, he was back at the scene – and determined to make himself heard. Continue reading...

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