Success for the big two football clubs could mean football overtaking rugby in Wales”Should Cardiff City, Swansea City or both make it to the top flight, it will no doubt raise the profile of Wales among football fans and others” Carwyn Jones, first minister for Wales”The national game in Wales is not rugby. There [...]
Ireland’s homecoming to Lansdowne Road ended in frustration as they slumped to a 23-21 defeat – their fourth successive Test defeat – after their late fightback fell just short.
Nico Hulkenberg caused a sensation in qualifying for the Brazilian Grand Prix by claiming Williams’ first pole position for five and a half years….
• Use the auto-refresher or bash F5 for the latest updates• Send your thoughts to simon.burnton@guardian.co.uk• Click here for all today’s latest scores• And click here for our Stat Centre, including in-running tables4.31pm: Phil Thompson tells me that Cattermole has punched the ball off the line from Kenwyne Jones’ header at the Stadium of Light, [...]
It’s too early to say that Jesse Ryder and Kane Williamson will play leading roles in the resurrection of New Zealand cricket and imprudent to think they have shepherded their team to safety in the first Test here. The two have to pass the test of dur…
Sri Lanka achieved their first ever victory in a cricket series on Australian soil when they beat Australia by 29 runs in the rain-shortened second limited-overs international on Friday to take a 2-0 lead in the three-match series.
• Email tom.bryant.casual@guardian.co.uk with your thoughts• Press refresh or turn on the auto-update button for the latest• Keep up with all today’s rugby union newsClackety-clack: Here come the teams onto the pitch, first New Zealand and then England.2.22pm: There’s an acrobat, suspended from a hot air balloon, flying 50 feet above the Twickenham pitch. Looks [...]
New Zealand 20-34 AustraliaAustralia rained on New Zealand’s parade to strike a huge psychological blow ahead of next Saturday’s Four Nations final.The first rugby league match played at Auckland’s rugby union citadel of Eden Park since the 1988 World Cup final attracted a record crowd of 44,432, but the Kangaroos responded emphatically to suggestions that [...]
• David Hopps’ day two report• Catch up with yesterday’s debate• Please comment or leave links below or email or on TwitterJust in case you want a bit of Ashes chat, here’s a place to do it.Here’s David Hopp’s verdict on the second day of England’s game v Western Australia.This was not a day for [...]
• Coach Steve McNamara admits performance ’scruffy’• Sam Burgess, Kevin Brown and Luke Robinson all injuredTony Clubb was an unlikely hero as England salvaged a face-saving victory from the last match of their Four Nations campaign despite another underwhelming performance. Clubb, a burly 23-year-old Harlequins centre, scored four tries in his first appearance of the [...]
An incredible second shot at the 13th helped Francesco Molinari maintain his one-shot lead over Lee Westwood going into Sunday’s final round at the HSBC Champions in Shanghai.
Manchester United are convinced Wayne Rooney will return from the United States next weekend with his focus back on football.
Warren Gatland needs to check a poor run of results and has taken a pragmatic approach against the WallabiesA year ago it was about hoof but the obsession in Cardiff this week has been the roof of the Millennium Stadium which has been open to the Welsh autumnal rain. It prompted Australia to squelch their [...]
England’s hairy biker says the All Blacks hold no fear after life-changing experience on Route 66If England beat New Zealand this afternoon part of the secret will be traceable to the long, empty highways of small-town America. As Steve Thompson chased his dream down Route 66 this summer on a Triumph motorbike, complete with Easy [...]
A big Indian total on the board, a few wickets lost, the afternoon temperature soaring to around 35 degrees Centigrade, fielders close to the bat and the spinners operating – it’s one of the toughest tests of ability, application, concentration and ch…