GB curlers slump to defeat against Canada to leave semi-final qualification on a knife edge
Team GB fell to an embarrassing 9-5 defeat by Canada, leaving them with a must-win tie against the USA on Wednesday and needing other results to go their way in order to make the semi-finals
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Winter Olympics live: Team GB curlers lose to Canada leaving medal hopes hanging by a thread
Team GB have two games left to stake their claim for a semi-final spot and face heavyweights Canada in a difficult encounter
How the Henry Pollock factor could help England bounce back against Ireland
Pollock will make his first England start as they look to respond from a Six Nations defeat to Scotland
Austrian football shaken after hidden cameras found in Altach women’s team’s changing room
A man accused of having placed secret cameras in Altach’s changing room is appearing in court next weekA man who has been accused of having videos from secret cameras in the changing room and showers of the Altach women’s team is appearing in court next week in a case that has shaken football in Austria.About 30 women have been identified on the …
Did the USA v World format revive the NBA’s struggling All-Star Game?
Critics say what was once a showpiece for the league has turned into a glorified practice session. But there are signs an updated version may have workedBasketball Hall of Famer Tracy McGrady flashed a look of disdain when recalling last year’s NBA All-Star Game.“The All-Star Game that we witnessed last year was not an All-Star game,” McGrady told the …
‘I’m trying to expand what it means to be a skier’: Mallory Duncan on jazz, freedom and the mountains
The Californian once had ambitions of winning gold at the Winter Olympics. But now he is more interested in what skiing can do for the soulGrowing up in the Hayward Hills, just south of Oakland, California, Mallory Duncan lived a hybrid lifestyle throughout his childhood. Weekdays were spent at school, avoiding homework, disrupting class and getting in …
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Real Madrid need reinvention as special circumstances are needed to rule Europe | Philipp Lahm
Carlo Ancelotti and Zinedine Zidane’s impact is clear but where the Spanish giants go post-Xabi Alonso only Florentino Pérez knowsAll eyes are on Real Madrid again but in a different way than to which the 15-time Champions League winners are accustomed. Every fan expects Real to be among the best eight in Europe but they are in the playoffs for a second …
Coco Gauff: ‘I don’t think people should be dying in the streets just for existing’
The world No 5 says she has been disturbed by events back home, and is not afraid to speak up about issues in the United StatesWhile getting treatment and preparing for this week’s Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships, Coco Gauff has had the news on in the background almost every day.Gauff could be forgiven if she’s not up-to-date on everything that’s …
‘They were like bombs’: Helenio Herrera’s little white pills kept Inter’s players buzzing
In an extract from his book, Richard Fitzpatrick reveals in the early 1960s the grand Italian club was equipped for doping like ‘a small hospital’ The quantity of drugs floating around the campus at Inter in the early 1960s meant the club was equipped like “a small hospital”, to borrow an expression used about the doping culture at Juventus in the …
Tyson Fury says death of Anthony Joshua’s friends prompted his return to the ring
Fury set to step back into the ring after 15 months outJoshua involved in fatal Nigeria car crash in DecemberTyson Fury has revealed the deaths of two of long-time rival Anthony Joshua’s friends in a car crash in December was the catalyst for his return to boxing.Fury will step back into the ring on 11 April after a 15-month absence to face the …
Australia out of T20 World Cup after Zimbabwe’s match against Ireland rained off
Former champions eliminated before final group matchZimbabwe go through to Super 8 phaseAustralia have been knocked out of the Twenty20 cricket World Cup before even finishing their group stage fixtures after Zimbabwe’s match with Ireland in Sri Lanka was abandoned without a ball being bowled.With each side taking a point from the rained-off tie Australia, …
LA mayor calls for Casey Wasserman to step down as Olympics chair over Epstein ties
LA 2028 committee voted last week to keep WassermanEmails with Ghislaine Maxwell were revealed in filesPressure is building on Casey Wasserman, the head of the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics organizing team, after the city’s mayor urged him to leave over his ties to Jeffrey Epstein’s former girlfriend.LA mayor Karen Bass told CNN late on Monday that “my …
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Premier League boosted by 25% rise in South American rights with £450m ESPN deal
South American and Caribbean partnership runs to 2031Substantial rise contrasts with stagnant domestic rightsThe Premier League has secured a 25% increase on the value of its broadcast contact in South America and the Caribbean by agreeing a new deal with the American network ESPN. The Guardian has learned that ESPN has agreed to extend its longstanding …
England’s slow-burn T20 World Cup heads for Super 8s with campaign yet to ignite
England are into the second phase despite struggling for form but Jamie Overton insists ‘there’s plenty more cricket in us’If there was one thing the players of England and Italy agreed on at the end of a hugely entertaining and, from an English perspective, frequently concerning match at Kolkata’s Eden Gardens, it was that the situation …
‘We had fun times’: Dennis Wise on the Crazy Gang, Chelsea and Como
Wise remembers long throws with Vinnie Jones, training in a park with Gus Poyet and scoring in Europe for MillwallBy The Coaches’ VoiceAs a young player I had been told a few times that I wasn’t quite good enough. Wimbledon manager Dave Bassett was the one who looked at me in a different way. He was the man who gave me that all-important opportunity. In …
David Squires on … Jim Ratcliffe’s comments and his need for some home truths
Our cartoonist reflects on the Manchester United co-owner’s recent statements and electioneering, via the prism of Cracker’s DCI BilboroughBuy a cartoon | David’s favourite works of 2025And his latest book, Chaos in the Box: get it now Continue reading...
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Swiss broadcaster pulls Olympic commentary questioning presence of Israeli bobsledder
RTS commentator critical of Adam EdelmanEdelman dismisses ‘diatribe’ during bobsleigh runThe Swiss broadcaster Radio Television Suisse said it had pulled from its website the commentary of an Olympic bobsleigh run in which one reporter questioned at length the presence of an Israeli athlete at the Games because of his alleged support for Israel’s …
Russian woman carried Ukraine team placard at Winter Olympics opening ceremony
Anastasia Kucherova has been living in Milan for 14 years‘It’s important to show not all people think the same way’The woman who carried the Ukrainian team placard at the Winter Olympics opening ceremony was a Russian living in Milan, who chose to perform a small act of resistance to show her support for Ukraine.Anastasia Kucherova, an architect who …
Milano Cortina Winter Olympics 2026 day 11 – in pictures
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