Sports

Match reports, transfers, and analysis. Latest stories first using each publisher’s original timestamp.

ESPC

Jack White leads strong seam effort as Yorkshire take upper hand

Four-wicket haul from attack leader sees Warwickshire rolled despite Sam Hain's battling fifty

ESPC

'We were a bit unlucky' - Abbas defends Pakistan's decision to bowl first

"I don't think it was a frustrating day. At some points we didn't bowl well, but at other points we really bowled well"

BBC

Real Madrid in crisis - inside the conflict and chaos at the Bernabeu

BBC Sport examines a torrid week for Real Madrid with the iconic club on the brink of a second successive trophyless season.

ESPC

Somerset sign Jordan Hermann as County Championship cover

South African batter will be available for three fixtures either side of SA A tour

GDN

How reading the Guardian led to a million-pound move for Cornish Pirates

Article about second-tier rugby club last December piqued interest of American private equity firm “I think my family already thought I was crazy so this is nothing new,” says Kenn Moritz from his home office in faraway Pittsburgh. The Moritz family may have a point. Given all those baseball, footba...

GDN

Football Daily | Real Madrid and some truly toxic vibes. Next up … El Clásico

Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now!This feels like a good day to distract ourselves from [gestures in general direction of outside world] … so let’s check in on the latest events at Real Madrid. Have they finally found dressing-room harmony? Ah. Eek. Oh boy. Two statements from the c...

ESPC

Mahika Gaur out of New Zealand ODIs with foot fracture

Alice Capsey also missing for series opener in Durham as she recovers from illness

ESPC

Unchanged KKR bowl first, Vipraj and Mukesh return for DC

Karun Nair and T Natarajan were left out by DC

SKY

Liverpool's worrying lack of creativity under Slot analysed

ESPC

BCCI pulls up IPL teams and owners for misconduct, protocol breaches during the season

The advisory said "unauthorised visitors" in hotel rooms posed risks to players getting "compromised" and limited owner interactions with players during a live match

DAWN

Shakira is back on the football field with 'Dai Dai', the anthem of the 2026 FIFA World Cup

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ESPC

Shanto, Mominul make it Bangladesh's day

Pakistan chose to bowl and got the openers cheaply before two big partnerships kept their bowlers at bay

ESPC

Shanto ton, Mominul fifty frustrate Pakistan in second session of Mirpur Test

Shanto made 101 before falling just moments before the tea break

ET

ITF upholds Belarus suspension

Tennis's body said its stance remained unchanged despite IOC decision

ET

Shanto ton put Bangladesh in command

The hosts reached 301-4 at stumps on day 1

ESPC

'It is frustrating' - Miller waits for his turn as DC risk slipping out of playoff race

"This is not my first IPL, so I kind of understand the make-up," David Miller says of being left out of the DC playing XI

GDN

Chess: Magnus Carlsen enjoys narrow win in Malmö during rare classical outing

The world No 1 lost to Jorden van Foreest, but squeezed into a tie for first and won the blitz playoffThe world No 1, Magnus Carlsen, made a rare return to classical chess this week at the annual TePe Sigeman tournament in Malmö, Sweden, squeezing through to a blitz playoff in Thursday’s final round...

ESPC

Patidar: 'It's a new season, we are not playing as defending champions'

"The way we bowled, the way we controlled the game... we were two shots behind [in the end]," Rajat Patidar says after RCB went down to LSG

ESPC

Prince Yadav rises to third place on IPL 2026 Purple Cap table

Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Virat Kohli had the chance to move up their respective tables, but both returned blobs against LSG

ESPC

Marsh and Prince carry LSG to rare win after drama

RCB nearly pulled off a heist but Prince and Co held their nerve to snap LSG's six-match losing streak

ESPC

Prince Yadav to Virat Kohli, and 'the ball of the tournament'

"A lot of bowlers bowl one or two good balls in an over. This guy bowls about four to five. That's his strength," Ambati Rayudu says after Prince Yadav's match-winning show at IPL 2026

ESPC

Shanto and Mominul take Bangladesh past 100 after early losses

Shaheen Shah Afridi and Hasan Ali struck early, but Pakistan lost the initiative as the first session wore on

ET

No plans for Babar’s T20 captaincy return: sources

Sources say preference will be given to aggressive young players

DAWN

Sinner demands ‘respect’ from Grand Slams in prize money row

ROME: Jannik Sinner called on Thursday for Grand Slam tournaments to show tennis players respect in a row over prize money, but stopped short of calling for a boycott of the sport’s major events. Last year almost all the leading players signed two letters to the four Grand Slam bosses demanding an i...