Katarina Johnson-Thompson times run to perfection for World heptathlon gold August 20, 2023 Katarina Johnson-Thompson produced a personal best in the decisive 800m to win heptathlon gold at the World Athletics Championships for a second time. The Briton, whose career has been ravaged by an Achilles injury since she won this title in 2019, showed remarkable guts to pip American rival Anna Hall today in Budapest. Johnson-Thompson, 30, [...]
English rugby ‘digging its own grave’ with outdated coaching, says Danny Cipriani August 20, 2023 Former fly-half Danny Cipriani has accused English rugby of “digging its own grave” and appeared to compare coach Steve Borthwick to football manager Sam Allardyce after the national team’s Rugby World Cup plans descended further into disarray. England lost 29-10 to Ireland on Saturday in their penultimate warm-up match for the tournament and saw Billy [...]
Sarina Wiegman ‘proud’ as Lionesses beaten by Spain in Women’s World Cup final August 20, 2023 England coach Sarina Wiegman admitted she was disappointed but proud of her Lionesses after they suffered Women’s World Cup final heartbreak against Spain today in Sydney. Olga Carmona’s first-half goal handed Spain’s women a first senior world title – and revenge for their European Championship exit against eventual winners England last summer. Goalkeeper Mary Earps [...]
Hurt goes on for England, but will Spanish women’s football catch up at league level? August 20, 2023 And so the hurt goes on. Like other England teams before them, the Lionesses battled bravely in the Women’s World Cup final but ran aground against technically superior opponents who ruthlessly exploited their mistakes. Still, they have earned great credit along the way. Sarina Wiegman’s team had to overcome adversity before the tournament, seeing Euros [...]
Women’s World Cup: London spots to watch the Lionesses final August 19, 2023 It’s England against Spain, the Lionesses versus La Roja, in the Women’s World Cup final. And while the semi-final was on Wednesday lunchtime the final will be on Sunday at 11am UK time, giving you no excuse not to tune in to England’s first World Cup final appearance. Here are five places to watch the [...]
Non-Brits to watch at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest August 18, 2023 The World Athletics Championships starts this weekend with the best and brightest track and field stars descending on Budapest in Hungary. And while the British contingent will be eager for medals, everyone else will too. Here are four athletes from outside of Britain to take note of over the next 10 days. Shericka Jackson (Jamaica) [...]
EP: 222 Newbury & Ripon August 18, 2023 The Hungerford Stakes (Group 2) and the Geoffrey Freer Stakes (Group 3) are the highlights at Newbury this Saturday afternoon, whilst Ripon stage the Great St Wilfrid Handicap on one of their biggest racedays of the season. City AM Racing editor Bill Esdaile previews the best of Saturday’s racing action. Hosted by Chris Barnett. The [...]
Women’s World Cup final: Is women’s football bigger in England or Spain? August 18, 2023 Ahead of Sunday’s Women’s World Cup final between England and Spain, a look at how the game has grown in the two nations – and who can claim to be bigger. From the success of the Lionesses at last year’s Euros and this summer’s World Cup to the growth of the Women’s Super League, England [...]
Former England forward Theo Walcott retires aged 34 August 18, 2023 Theo Walcott has retired from professional football at the age of 34. Walcott ended his 18-year senior career after playing over 560 games for Southampton, Arsenal and Everton, scoring 129 goals. He was famously named in Sven-Goran Eriksson’s squad for the 2006 World Cup without having played for England and stills holds the record of [...]
Lionesses shirt sales surge 700 per cent ahead of Women’s World Cup final August 17, 2023 The Lionesses’ success at the Women’s World Cup has seen sales on England shirts and other merchandise rocket by more than 700 per cent, new consumer data has revealed. Online sales soared by 710 per cent above average daily levels on Wednesday in the aftermath of England’s 3-1 semi-final victory over Australia, according to figures [...]