Category: Sport

It is time to believe the hype. Arsenal needed to take the scalp of an age‑old nemesis to fully assert their credentials and they answered every question posed by a Liverpool side that, according to a growing body of evidence, face a lengthy period of transition. This was a see-sawing, utterly engaging match but Mikel […]

Iker Casillas has claimed his Twitter account was hacked after a post on it said he was gay. “I hope I’ll be respected: I’m gay,” read a tweet from his account on Sunday morning, a day after Spanish media reported that the former Real Madrid and Spain goalkeeper was in a relationship with a local […]

Kenyan Ruth Chepngetich defended her Chicago Marathon title in a dominant display on Sunday, breaking the tape in 2hr 14min 18sec, as her compatriot Benson Kipruto cruised to victory in the men’s race in 2:04:24. Chepngetich built up an early lead and had established an astonishing 3min 42sec advantage over the chasing pack by the […]

The Formula One driver Pierre Gasly has said he was just metres away from being killed at the Japanese Grand Prix after he came close to hitting a crane on the track at Suzuka. His anger at the incident was echoed across the grid as almost every driver condemned the decision to use the vehicle […]

Max Verstappen admitted he had no idea he had taken his second Formula One world championship as confusion rather than celebration characterised his title-winning victory at the Japanese Grand Prix. Red Bull’s Verstappen won the race at Suzuka, truncated to 28 laps after it had been delayed for over two hours due to rain, but […]

West Ham have seen plenty of expensive misfits come and go down the years. A lot of money has been thrown away during the search for attackers capable of winning a game in the blink of an eye – £45m on Sébastien Haller, say, or £37m on Felipe Anderson – and in that context it […]

Eberechi Eze had waited a long time for this moment. More than 18 months after his last goal here, the Crystal Palace midfielder’s late winner ensured Patrick Vieira’s side picked up only their second Premier League win of the campaign after a spirited comeback against Leeds. Eze missed the majority of last season as he […]