Category: Sport

The Liverpool forward Luis Díaz has been ruled out until December with a knee injury sustained in the 3-2 defeat against Arsenal on Sunday. Scans have revealed the Colombia international does not require surgery, but the injury will keep him out until after the World Cup. It means the 25-year-old, who left the Emirates Stadium […]

The all-female W Series has cancelled its remaining three races in the US and Mexico for financial reasons and declared Britain’s Jamie Chadwick champion for the third season in a row. The series had been due to support Formula One at the US Grand Prix in Austin, Texas, next week before ending its season with […]

Pep Guardiola has said he cannot field the same back four for Manchester City because Nathan Aké, Rúben Dias, John Stones and Aymeric Laporte are unable to play every three days because of injury problems. Stones and Kyle Walker are unavailable because of hamstring and groin problems respectively, Laporte has just returned after knee surgery, […]

Kepa Arrizabalaga has been here before: a new manager, a clean slate, the chance to start over. By now, after all the trials and tribulations, the Spaniard probably knows not to get ahead of himself. It has been four years since Arrizabalaga turned up at Chelsea, all bristling confidence and youthful innocence as he insisted […]

Sophie Ingle says Wales’s players “have to believe that we can get a result” against Switzerland in their World Cup playoff on Tuesday night. Wales travel to Switzerland bidding to book their finals place in Australia and New Zealand next year having beaten Bosnia‑Herzegovina 1-0 in Cardiff last Thursday. Victory will not automatically secure a […]

Alex Hales may have shut down the debate over the identity of Jos Buttler’s opening partner at the T20 World Cup with his 51-ball 84 against Australia on Sunday but among England’s players any doubt had ended 24 hours earlier when Hales was informed that the position was his to lose. Freed of uncertainty, he […]

British Cycling is facing a backlash from environmental groups and its members after announcing a major new partnership with the oil giant Shell. The governing body claimed it would “help our organisation and sport take important steps towards net zero”. Critics used social media to ask whether it was April Fool’s Day and the mood […]