After being five down, it wasn’t easy out there, says Rajapaksa on his match-winning knock in Asia Cup final
Dubai: Some scintillating batting from Bhanuka Rajapaksa (71 off 45 balls) adopted by a 4-wicket haul by Pramod Madushan and...
Cup
My favourite game: when Blackburn stunned Arsenal in the 2013 FA Cup | Michael Butler | Sport
It is a wonderful thing to live next to a football ground. Every other week my road, bordering the Emirates...
England’s first World Cup adventure was a voyage of the damned | Neil Duncanson | Football
Roll back 70 years to a grey, austere postwar Britain, still in ruins, still enduring food rationing, queues and misery,...
FA Cup final to be held on 1 August with quarter-finals resuming on 27 June | Football
The FA Cup final will be held on 1 August with the quarter-finals givenprovisional restart dates of 27 and 28...
When Nottingham Forest retained the European Cup 40 years ago | Football
“You win something once and people say it is all down to luck,” reflected Brian Clough after Nottingham Forest had...
Ascot has to cancel Shergar Cup because of international dimension | Sport
This year’s Shergar Cup, the competition involving jockeys representing regions of the world along with an international women’s team, has...
World Cup questions: why did gifted England not beat Argentina in 1998? | Barney Ronay | Football
History, Stephen said, is a nightmare from which I am trying to awake. Back in the early days of the...
My favourite game: Crystal Palace make history in the ZDS Cup final | Ed Aarons | Football
Let me start with a confession: I haven’t always supported Crystal Palace. Growing up in Croydon at the same time...
Australia and NZ’s Women’s World Cup bid highlights a global shift | Samantha Lewis | Football
Fifa has confirmed the vote to award hosting rights for the 2023 Women’s World Cup will take place on 25...
Who will get a kick out of Champions Cup silence when rugby returns? | Robert Kitson | Sport
This should have been one of the grand weekends of the rugby year. The Champions Cup final was due to...
