‘I’m a simple guy’: athlete George Mills, son of Danny, on his monastic regime | Athletics

When George Mills is not pushing his body through 120-mile training weeks at his sparse altitude camp in Dullstroom, South Africa, he could teach Benedictine monks a thing or two about abstinence. Last summer, when he won a­­­ ­European Championships 1500m ­silver medal in Rome, his ­celebrations consisted of nothing but a kombucha followed by a … Read more

Kate Cross fears England have lost fans after debacle in Women’s Ashes | England women’s cricket team

Kate Cross has admitted there are cultural issues within English women’s cricket and said she fears the national team have lost fans after a disastrous Women’s Ashes series in which the side were whitewashed 16-0 by Australia amid a sea of glaring fielding and batting errors. Cross, an unused squad member on the tour, also … Read more

‘We swap ideas in the canteen’: Sunderland united with men’s and women’s teams | Women’s football

Melanie Reay is leading the way through the maze of corridors inside the Academy of Light when a corner is turned and she almost collides with Régis Le Bris. The managers of Sunderland’s women’s and men’s teams stop for a brief, friendly chat. It is a commonplace occurrence at this fully integrated, Premier League standard, … Read more