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  • Kansas City quarterback Patrick Mahomes is looking to guide the Chiefs to the first run of three straight NFL titles in the Super Bowl era.

    NFL
    A three-peat should be impossible. But with Mahomes there is no such thing

    It isn’t a stretch, even at this very early stage, to think this could be the best Chiefs team of the Mahomes-Reid era
  • Europe's Charley Hull smokes on the 17th fairway during a practice round prior to the Solheim Cup golf tournament at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Club, Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024, in Gainesville, VA. (AP Photo/Matt York)

    Golf
    Solheim Cup: Pettersen omits Maguire and turns to Hull

  • David Pleat

    Interview
    David Pleat: ‘The joy of beating a great team – that was a great happiness’

    The former Luton and Tottenham manager tells Ed Aarons about the art of spotting players, the limitations of data and his greatest game
    • Oscar Piastri (left) and Lando Norris before the Azerbaijan Grand Prix

      Formula One
      Norris not expecting Piastri to hand him wins after McLaren back him

    • Tennis
      Nadal runs out of time to prove fitness for Laver Cup

    • Football
      Player guilty of sexually assaulting female mascot

    • Football
      Ten Hag hits back at Ronaldo’s comments

    • Football
      Dyche shrugs off talk over future after Textor remarks

    • County cricket
      Somerset pull off dramatic win over Surrey

    • Rugby union
      Sale’s Hill to meet police and learn fate over fan incident

    • Horse racing
      Constitution Hill has surprise breathing op

News & features

  • Champions League draw

    Hate the new Champions League? Embrace change ...

    Max Rushden
    A 36-team table and playing eight teams instead of three is certainly contentious
  • Europe’s captain Suzann Pettersen (left) and her United States counterpart Stacy Lewis pose with the Solheim Cup

    Solheim Cup
    Controversy and close margins in the contest golf needs

  • Liam Livingstone in action against Australia on Wednesday.

    Cricket
    Livingstone targets England 50-over return after bash

  • Ballon d’Or shows it doesn’t care about women’s football

    Tom Garry
  • Basketball
    WNBA and Las Vegas Aces file motions to dismiss Hamby’s lawsuit

  • NFL
    Joe Schmidt, who helped Detroit Lions to two championships, dies aged 92

  • Anfield Presents Amazon Dome is closer than we think

    Aaron Timms
  • Olympics
    Chiles: losing bronze medal took away the person I am

  • ‘I’m so grateful’
    Wilson breaks WNBA scoring record as Aces down Fever

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Paris Paralympic Games 2024

  • Blind football at the Stade Tour Eiffel during the Paralympics.

    Paris must learn from London’s broken promises for legacy

    Jonathan Liew
  • Guo Jincheng of China dives in

    Picking the best images from the Paris Paralympics

    Tom Jenkins
  • Italy's Valentina Petrillo (left) during the women's T12 400m semi-final at the Paris Paralympics.

    Athletics
    Petrillo hits back after JK Rowling ‘cheat’ claims

  • Clockwise from top left: Catherine Debrunner, Zakia Khudadadi, Lauren Rowles, Gabriel Araújo.

    Debrunner, Araújo ...
    Ten Paralympic stars who lit up the Paris 2024 Games

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In depth

  • Nacho Fernández of Real Madrid lifts the Champions League trophy after the victory over Borussia Dortmund

    European football in rude health but Uefa should not rest on laurels

    Nick Ames
    • Ken Dryden and Rebecca Romero.

      The Joy of Six
      Sporting reinvention: from Dryden to Romero, via Djokovic

    • Ricky Ponting in the Australia A team shirt, dismissed by Craig White.

      The Spin
      Finding a vintage cricket shirt is like unearthing lost treasure

    • The US men’s gymnastics team won bronze at Paris 2024 but a gold still appears a long way off

      Special report
      The long road to make the US a force in men’s gymnastics

    • Australian breaker Rachael Gunn, also known as Raygun, during the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.

      Breaking
      Australia's ‘Raygun’ tops latest world rankings despite Olympic flop

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Football Weekly

Join Max Rushden and the pod squad as they pick over the latest action and news

Football Weekly

Join Max Rushden and the pod squad as they pick over the latest action and news

  • Brighton &amp; Hove Albion v Manchester United - Adobe Women's FA Cup Quarter Final<br>CRAWLEY, ENGLAND - MARCH 09: Nikita Parris of Manchester United celebrates scoring her team's second goal during the Adobe Women's FA Cup Quarter Final match between Brighton &amp; Hove Albion and Manchester United at Broadfield Stadium on March 09, 2024 in Crawley, England. (Photo by Charlie Crowhurst - The FA/The FA via Getty Images)

    WSL
    Brighton hope to sign Parris on deadline day

    Brighton are in advanced talks with Manchester United over a potential transfer
  • Newcastle United FC v Tottenham Hotspur FC - Premier League<br>NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 1: Newcastle United manager Eddie Howe looks on during the Premier League match between Newcastle United and Tottenham Hotspur at St James' Park on September 1, 2024 in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. (Photo by Alex Dodd - CameraSport via Getty Images)

    Newcastle’s solid start can’t mask uneasy truce

    Louise Taylor
  • Lamine Yamal and Raphinha dance in celebration on the pitch

    Flick quietly getting everything right at Barça

    Sid Lowe
  • Serie A
    Nostalgic A five-a-side teams: picking a line-up for … Inter

  • Arsenal
    ‘I want to do much more’: Arteta signs new contract to 2027

  • Women’s Super League
    WSL season preview No 4: Chelsea

  • Tottenham
    Bentancur charged by FA over alleged racist remark

  • Manchester United
    Ronaldo criticises Ten Hag, claims United need rebuild

  • England
    Carsley shrugs off talk of impossible job

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Video

  • Football
    'They need to change': Ronaldo speaks on Ten Hag and United

    Cristiano Ronaldo gave his thoughts on Erik ten Hag and Manchester United during an interview with Rio Ferdinand
  • The event featured a challenging 80-metre, water-based course with obstacles including a drawbridge, cobblestones and a traffic circle.

    1:12

    Cycling
    Enthusiasts tackle fun-filled river course in Netherlands

  • Tyreek Hill acknowledged he 'could have been better' but held firm in his criticism of the police during traffic incident in Miami

    1:17

    NFL
    'Beat the dog out of me': Hill reflects on police traffic stop

  • Footage shows police officers forcefully removing Miami Dolphins receiver Tyreek Hill from his car and throwing him to the ground during a heated traffic stop

    Tyreek Hill
    Footage shows police dragging NFL star from car

  • The World Downhill Skateboarding Championship saw 23 elite riders representing nine nations braving the steep and narrow track of Dolebolion farm in Wales

    1:10

    Skateboarding
    World Downhill Championship: crashes and champions

  • A frustrated Folkestone player got sent off after he kicked the Billericay keeper and stole the ball during piggy in the middle.

    0:35

    Football
    Frustrated player sent off after 'piggy in the middle' feud

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Regulars

  • Yakubu scores for Portsmouth in 2005

    Football Daily
    Barclaysmen: we want something to watch, something to feel

  • Arsenal Training Session<br>LONDON COLNEY, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 03: (L-R) Leandro Trossard, Raheem Sterling and Ben White at Sobha Realty Training Centre on September 03, 2024 in London Colney, England. (Photo by Stuart MacFarlane/Arsenal FC via Getty Images)

    Football Weekly Extra
    Tottenham v Arsenal, plus Pochettino going stateside

    • NFL review
      Patriots may not be the dumpster fire we expected

    • Talking Horses
      ‘Shark’ Hanlon ban reminds of duties in social media age

    • County cricket review
      Epic Finals Day beckons after T20 Blast quarters

    • Sports quiz of the week
      Paralympics glory, US Open and fun with names

    • Leonard Barden on chess
      Pang, nine, beats three grandmasters

    • The Spin
      South Asian Cricket Academy taps fresh talent

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Other sports

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Catch up

  • Ollie Pope watches on as Sri Lanka reach their target with ease on day four.

    England’s slackness forewarns of end of days for this summer sport

    Barney Ronay
  • Jason Dozzell pictured in front of Portman Road in Ipswich

    Jason Dozzell
    At 16 I’d walked into the world's biggest playground

  • Aryna Sabalenka lifts the US Open trophy.

    US Open
    How Sabalenka owned her weaknesses to be world’s best

  • Noah Lyles screams into a TV camera after winning the men’s 100m at Paris 2024.

    TV audiences are falling, so how is sport bucking the trend?

    Sean Ingle

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