Why is Borthwick playing it safe for England’s historic Test match in Japan? June 21, 2024 England should beat Japan but at a time when the All Blacks are looming there seems to be little adventure.
Murray wins at Queen’s in 1,000th elite level match June 18, 2024 Andy Murray’s farewell to Queen’s started with his second win in seven years at the London ATP event. In what was the Brit’s 1,000th match in the elite men’s game – becoming the fifth active player to reach that benchmark after Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, Fernando Verdasco and Richard Gasquet – he needed three sets [...]
Michael Johnson announces Grand Slam Track with Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone June 18, 2024 Michael Johnson’s challenger athletics tour was announced yesterday with Grand Slam Track set to contract racers to four Slams per year with prize money up to $100,000 per event. The idea has $30m of backing from a number of sources and will see four Slams between April and September, starting next year, and apparently avoiding [...]
Formula 1 is coming to London this summer… sort of June 18, 2024 Formula 1 will head to London for the first time this summer, in the form of its exhibition, at the ExCeL Centre in the east of the capital. The Formula 1 exhibition heads to the Big Smoke after stints in Madrid, Vienna and Toronto. It opens in August and will allow fans to get up [...]
Steven Finn: Reece Topley can play key role for England at T20 World Cup June 18, 2024 Former international bowler Steven Finn has backed Reece Topley to play a key part in England’s bid to defend their T20 Cricket World Cup title in the Caribbean. England scraped through to the Super Eight second stage of the World Cup, this year being co-hosted by the United States and West Indies, having needed to [...]
Brit gets MLB debut with Los Angeles Dodgers June 17, 2024 Michael Peterson has become the first English Major League Baseball (MLB) player since 2015 to earn a maiden big league call-up. The 30-year-old from Middlesex has joined the Los Angeles Dodgers from AAA affiliate Oklahoma City. He has represented Great Britain in the World Baseball Classic, where last year he left a mark in striking [...]
USA has cricket fever as nation looks to lay sporting foundations June 17, 2024 On social media platform X last week, mid-way through the USA’s T20 Cricket World Cup group game against tournament favourites India, one account explained the complicated scoreboard of cricket to an American using the analogy of a burger eating contest. The 20 overs represented 20 minutes to eat as many burgers as possible, and wickets [...]
Scotland defeat hands England spot in T20 Cricket World Cup Super Eight June 16, 2024 Defending T20 Cricket World Cup champions England breathed a huge sigh of relief over the weekend after Australia beat Scotland to hand Jos Buttler’s men a place in the Super Eight. Having drawn against Scotland, lost to Australia and beaten Oman; England needed a bumper result over Namibia to overtake Scotland in their World Cup [...]
Jack Draper wins first ATP Tour title in Stuttgart, becomes British No1 June 16, 2024 Jack Draper won his first ATP Tour title on Sunday, beating Matteo Berrettini in three sets to take the Stuttgart Open. In the opening tournament of the grass court season ahead of Wimbledon next month, Draper recovered from a set down to beat Italian Berrettini 3-6 7-6 6-4 in Germany. It is the Briton’s first [...]
Paris 2024: Team GB name tennis squad, Raducanu declines spot June 16, 2024 Emma Raducanu has declined an opportunity to represent Great Britain at the Paris 2024 Olympics this summer. The 21-year-old former Us Open champion was offered a International Tennis Federation wildcard to enter the Paris 2024 Olympics, at Roland Garros, but declined the invitation. But Andy Murray, two time gold medalist in the men’s singles, will [...]