Category: Sport

Martin Boyle enjoyed a fairytale return to Hibernian as he stepped off the bench to score a 95th-minute equaliser against city rivals Hearts in front of a full house at Easter Road. Lawrence Shankland’s first competitive goal looked like it was going to be enough to secure a third Edinburgh derby victory in succession for […]

A bright sun, a blue sky, the temperature climbing beyond 20C. The trams packed well over three hours before kick-off, the megastore rammed. The stewards and security men disconcertingly chirpy. The face of the new manager glaring from the scarves stretched out on the stalls on Matt Busby Way. A distinct buzz in the air. […]

The only thing that rises higher than the temperature when we get to this stage of the Super League season are the nerves, and how that was evident here. A fortnight ago, a narrow victory riddled with so many errors would have been unacceptable from a St Helens side in pursuit of an unprecedented fourth […]

Managing the new allowance of five substitutes will be a key factor in the Premier League this autumn and Thomas Frank’s decision to utilise all of his replacements encouraged Brentford to rally from 2-0 down to earn a point courtesy of Josh Dasilva’s late equaliser. Leicester, seemingly cruising to victory with goals from Timothy Castagne […]

This was the worst possible start for Manchester United under Erik ten Hag. All the optimism of pre‑season and a new manager curdled as Old Trafford proved a theatre of the Dutchman’s worst nightmares. Employed on a ticket of “proactive” (his word) pressing football, he served up the precise opposite until a rally that drew […]

Twenty-four hours is a long time in sport. A weekend that held so much promise for an England team who had won every game they had played on the way to the semi-finals ended with a second consecutive defeat. This one against New Zealand in the bronze medal playoff was a much sorrier performance than […]

On the dusty backstreets of Afghanistan, Adnan Miakhel played cricket with whatever he could find. He bowled for hours with a tennis ball and fashioned a bat out of a tree branch. His obsession with the sport grew and grew. “Cricket to me is everything,” he said later. “Somebody said to me: what’s your favourite […]