As with so much else in his life, fame came late in the day to Darren Stevens. The Kent all-rounder’s extraordinary innings of 190 against Glamorgan last Friday created a very modern sort of buzz, one that has really been possible only...
Stephen Curry became the oldest scoring champion since Michael Jordan in 1998, finishing with 46 points as the Golden State Warriors held off the Memphis Grizzlies 113-101 on Sunday in a regular-season finale that determined the play-in tournament’s eighth and ninth...
The Los Angeles Lakers won’t have home-court advantage in the first round of the Western Conference playoffs. They need help if they’re going to escape the play-in tournament. Worse yet, their invitation to the postseason isn’t even guaranteed. The defending NBA champions might be...
Crowds of up to 10,000 supporters will be admitted to the European finals next month after the tournament organisers announced that Twickenham has been selected as the new venue. Marseille had been due to host the Challenge Cup final on...
This Saturday, UFC 261 will feature three title fights, two of which will see women’s championships contested. In the co-main event of the card, which will be held at a full-capacity Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Florida, Weili Zhang will defend her strawweight belt...
Ronnie O’Sullivan gave the returning Crucible fans a treat by firing three consecutive centuries to wrap up a first round win over Mark Joyce – but fears their overenthusiasm could wreck his bid for a seventh world crown. O’Sullivan revealed...
Premiership Rugby is lining up midweek fixtures next month in an effort to welcome more crowds back into stadiums before the end of the season. The round 19 fixtures are slated for 14-16 May but, with the European finals taking...
Last month’s death of “Miracle on Ice” Olympic hockey player Mark Pavelich was ruled a suicide a Minnesota medical examiner said on Monday. The Midwest Medical Examiner’s Office in Anoka county announced the ruling in a news release that Pavelich died of...
The South Africa Rugby president, Mark Alexander, believes that proposals being presented to the country’s government next week make “a strong case for a safe and sustainable return of supporters”. The British & Irish Lions’ tour of South Africa is scheduled...
Danny Cipriani will begin his Bath career in May after signing an extended one-year contract that includes the end of the current season. The former England fly-half left Gloucester in December having played just one match of the 2020-21 campaign...
