Ed Warner: It’s sports awards season, so here’s my team of the year December 5, 2024 ParalympicsGB are my team of the year – they succeeded where others failed and all without the fanfare they deserved, says Ed Warner. Sports award season is upon us. This of the Year and That of the Year, on red carpets and across multiple platforms with misty eyes and banging showreels. Not a vintage year [...]
Black Friday TV deals: Save on Sky Sports, TNT Sports, Amazon and more November 28, 2024 Watching sport on TV in the UK can be eye-wateringly expensive – accessing all the available Premier League games costs a minimum of £740 for a whole football season – but Black Friday sport subscription deals could bring that cost down. If you need to watch absolutely all of the football, such as the Nations [...]
Tennis hit by fresh doping storm as Swiatek hit with ban November 28, 2024 Tennis has been hit by another doping controversy surrounding one of its top players after Iga Swiatek was banned for testing positive for a banned substance. The Pole, the most dominant player on the women’s circuit in recent years, returned a sample containing the prohibited angina medication trimetazidine on August 12. But Swiatek, 23, only [...]
Alcaraz to play at Queen’s ahead of Wimbledon in 2025 November 25, 2024 Reigning Wimbledon champion Carlos Alcaraz will return to Queen’s Club in 2025 as he looks to win the British grass season curtain raiser for the second time in three years. The Spaniard was victorious in West Kensington in 2023 but failed to secure victory earlier this year when he was beaten by Britain’s Jack Draper. [...]
Great Britain dumped out of Billie Jean King Cup November 19, 2024 Great Britain were eliminated from the Billie Jean King Cup on Tuesday with Emma Raducanu the only player to register a win in the semi-finals. The former US Open champion beat Viktoria Hruncakova 6-4 6-4 to put Great Britain 1-0 up in the best-of-three tie against Slovakia. But Katie Boulter was beaten 6-2 4-6 4-6 [...]
‘You made me enjoy the game more’: Emotional Federer’s tribute to Nadal November 19, 2024 Nadal will bring down the curtain on a career that brought 22 Grand Slam titles, 209 weeks as world No1 and Olympic gold by trying to win a fifth Davis Cup with Spain this week.
Tickets to watch Nadal Davis Cup farewell going for £20,000 November 18, 2024 Tickets to watch what could be Rafael Nadal’s last match in professional tennis at this year’s Davis Cup are going for £20,000. Spain’s quarter-final against the Netherlands in Malaga, which will take place on Tuesday, will be the end of Nadal’s illustrious career should his team fail to reach the semi-finals. And tennis fans are [...]
Great Britain through to Billie Jean King Cup semi-finals November 17, 2024 Emma Raducanu and Katie Boulter won their singles ties against Canada as team Great Britain booked a place in the semi-finals of the Billie Jean King Cup. Canada came into finals week in Spain as defending champions but Raducanu toppled Rebecca Marino 6-0 7-5 and Boulter beat Leylah Fernandez 6-2 6-4 to give Britain a [...]
Billie Jean King Cup Finals delayed as Spain braces for more severe storms November 13, 2024 Heavy rain fell in the Andalusian city on Wednesday, causing flooding in the streets and the postponement of Spain’s tie with Poland.
Andy Murray swaps Centre Court for Centre Stage for own theatre show November 12, 2024 Britain’s greatest ever player has announced a four-date run in the lead-up to Wimbledon next year.