England are in a far better position to beat Japan than when the two sides met in a “painful” World Cup semi-final four years ago, says defender Lucy Bronze. Former champions Japan beat England 2-1 to reach the final in Canada in 2015, where they eventually lost to the USA. The Lionesses have guaranteed their place in the knockouts in […]

PARIS —  Anyone who thought the U.S. women might dial it back or tone it down doesn’t know the U.S. women. While the final score didn’t look nearly as lopsided as the rout over Thailand, the Americans were no less ruthless in their 3-0 rout win over Chile on Sunday afternoon. Carli Lloyd scored twice, setting a World Cup record with […]

Denmark’s Jakob Fuglsang won the Criterium du Dauphine after Britain’s Adam Yates pulled out midway through the final stage with a fever. Yates, 26, trailed Astana’s Fuglsang by eight seconds before stage eight, but was keeping pace with his rivals when he withdrew with less than 50km to go. Team Ineos’ Dylan van Baarle won the 113.5km stage from Cluses […]

Watch that tackle! Paul Gascoigne and Vinnie Jones recreate iconic photo of actor grabbing former England star’s groin during speaking tour of the UK Paul Gascoigne and Vinnie Jones were caught in iconic incident during 1980s   They have been going on a speaking tour of the UK in recent months to discuss it  On Saturday night, they recreated the iconic […]

A spirited second-half comeback built on brick-wall defence has sparked Melbourne Vixens to life and consigned the winless Queensland Firebirds to a 71-60 Super Netball defeat. Led by star goal keeper Emily Mannix, who had a game-high five interceptions, the Vixens consolidated their top-four spot while piling on the misery for the injury-ravaged Firebirds. Emily Mannix starred in defence for […]

The Los Angeles Lakers did more than rock the NBA on Saturday with a deal to acquire Anthony Davis from the New Orleans Pelicans in exchange for Lonzo Ball, Brandon Ingram, Josh Hart and three first-round draft picks. They also created winners and losers. Let's get the losers out of the way first. LOSERS Ball family: Oh, well. So much […]

SPRINGFIELD, Va. — In the 2006 movie "Invincible," Vince Papale is a random bartender in Philadelphia who attends an open tryout with the Philadelphia Eagles and — in classic Hollywood fashion — actually winds up making the team. The film is based on a true story, but it leaves out an important intermediate step. Before he joined the Eagles, the real Papale had […]

AUSTRALIA face Sri Lanka in a World Cup showdown at the Oval. The Aussies are the defending world champions and beat Sri Lanka in a warm-up match before the tournament began. How can I live stream Sri Lanka vs Australia? HERE in the UK, Sky Sports have the rights to show every World Cup game live. As a result you […]

WATER, WATER everywhere and not a drop to drink….. A monsoon lashed us this week but poor old Kempton had to abandon after a faulty stopcock left them drier than the Gobi Desert. Windsor could have loaned them a drop or two after being hit by a deluge that would have had Noah begging for mercy. Mind you, that was […]

YORK 1.50 MISTER MANDURO is the one for the Queen Mother’s Cup. He was a smart stayer on the Flat for Mark Johnston a couple of years ago but lost his way. His debut for current trainer Brian Ellison was promising enough when third at Wolverhampton last year before switching to Ann Hamilton for a couple of hurdles runs. The […]