Category: Sport

Every day at 5pm, Samuel boards the company bus that takes him to his night shift as a guard at a luxury high-rise tower near Qatar’s capital, Doha. When his shift ends 12 hours later, he says he will have earned £9, just 75p an hour. Samuel, who is from Uganda, says he almost never […]

Cricket does love a tradition, and one of them is that batsmen last longer than bowlers. Batting may be mentally tougher (one mistake and you’re gone), but physically it’s far easier. You just stand there and let the ball come to you; if you time it and place it, you can make runs without having […]

St George Illawarra have confirmed they will play Jack de Belin in the NRL at their first opportunity, naming him to come off the bench against Brisbane. De Belin impressed in his return to rugby league via reserve grade last week after 987 days on the sideline through the NRL’s no-fault stand-down policy while he […]

Barcelona have confirmed deals to sign Sergio Agüero and Eric García when the pair’s contracts at Manchester City expire this month. The Spanish club also have an agreement to bring in Georginio Wijnaldum after his deal at Liverpool ends on 31 June and intend to take up an option on the right-back Emerson Royal. Agüero […]

Last month, just two days after releasing his sixth studio album, J. Cole made his professional basketball debut in the NBA’s Basketball Africa League (BAL). The Grammy Award winner, regarded as one of the most influential rappers of his generation, played for the Rwanda Patriots Basketball Club, where he scored three points, secured several rebounds […]

England’s squad for Euro 2020 began to take shape on Tuesday morning when Mason Greenwood withdrew to “recover fully from an underlying injury” and James Ward-Prowse and Jesse Lingard were informed they would not be in the final 26. All three players were in Gareth Southgate’s provisional 33-man squad that is being trimmed on Tuesday. […]

Gareth Southgate will tell six players on Tuesday that their hopes of representing England at Euro 2020 are over, after deciding to wait until the last possible training session to finalise his 26-man squad. The England manager has until 11pm BST to submit his list to Uefa and will oversee a final session for the […]