Red Bull’s dismissal of Liam Lawson after only two races was a ruthless decision, brutal even by their standards. Yet while it was neither unexpected nor particularly surprising, there is more to it than simple dissatisfaction with an underperforming driver. Replacing him with Yuki Tsunoda was a U-turn that indicates fundamental problems the team are … Read more
More than four decades have come and gone since Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean enamoured the world with their epochal Boléro routine at the 1984 Winter Olympics, collecting a slew of perfect 6.0s from the judges and a permanent place in British sporting lore. Their names remain shorthand for excellence in figure skating – especially … Read more
Harry Redknapp called Thomas Tuchel a German spy and appeared to perform a Nazi salute during a discussion about the England head coach at a charity event. Redknapp, the former Portsmouth, Tottenham and West Ham manager, was speaking in front of an audience at a London venue last week. The Guardian has seen footage of … Read more
The Rugby Football Union chief executive, Bill Sweeney, has survived a vote of no confidence in his leadership at a special general meeting at Twickenham. A motion of no confidence in Sweeney and proposal for the RFU directors to terminate his contract was rejected by 466 votes to 206 after an 80-minute meeting. The RFU … Read more
Chris Wood will miss Nottingham Forest’s FA Cup quarter-final against Brighton after sustaining an injury with New Zealand, Nuno Espírito Santo has said. Wood has been in excellent form with 18 goals in the Premier League, where Forest sit third as they close in on Champions League qualification. He scored a hat-trick when Forest thrashed … Read more
Richard Wigglesworth was in the garden with his five-year-old daughter, two days after England’s thumping win over Wales, when the phone rang. It was Andy Farrell and as much as Margot was not happy that her father was on the phone, it was a call he had to take. England’s storming finish to the Six … Read more
Renée Slegers praised her Arsenal players for turning theory into action after they overturned a two-goal first‑leg deficit against Real Madrid to roar into the Champions League semi-finals with a 3-0 home victory. “The result is a credit to everyone, staff and players,” Slegers, the Arsenal manager, said. “We’ve worked incredibly hard to prepare for … Read more
Ellie Kildunne will win her 50th cap for England when she starts against Wales at the Principality Stadium in the Women’s Six Nations on Saturday as one of 13 changes to the starting XV. Kildunne, who made her England debut in 2017 and has scored 36 tries for her country, will start at full-back after … Read more
The father of double Olympic champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen forced his daughter to keep running even though she was struggling to breathe after forgetting to take her asthma medication, a court has heard. Ingrid Ingebrigtsen said that her father, Gjert – who coached her brothers Jakob, Henrik and Filip to international glory and became a TV … Read more
The Exeter manager, Gary Caldwell, has suggested he needs to become more “Englified” after he blamed his Scottish accent for being sent off for the second time this season. The 42-year-old former Celtic and Hibernian captain was dismissed towards the end of Exeter’s goalless League One draw against Lincoln last Saturday. The Football Association charged … Read more