Author: Tristan Wells

The Lions head to the Adelaide Oval on Saturday for what will be their final warm-up fixture ahead of the three-Test series against Australia that begins at Brisbane’s Suncorp Stadium on July 19.It will be Farrell’s 19th Lions appearance and first match of any kind since May 4, when he suffered a concussion during Racing 92’s Challenge Cup semi-final defeat by Lyon.His disappointing lone season in France was also hampered by a lingering groin injury that required surgery in November.Farrell, who has now returned to former club Saracens on a two-year contract, has not played Test rugby since stepping down…

Preston have been discussing with the reigning Premier League champions how best to honour Jota on the day.Paul Heckingbottom’s PNE side narrowly avoided relegation from the Championship last season, with a draw against Bristol City on the final day of the campaign enough to see them finish 20th in the division, only a point above the bottom three.Date, kick-off time and venuePreston vs Liverpool is scheduled for a 3pm BST kick-off on Sunday July 13, 2025.The match will take place at Preston’s Deepdale stadium.Where to watch Preston vs LiverpoolTV channel: In the UK, the game will be televised live and…

Wimbledon this year will see the hottest temperatures in the tournament’s 147-year history.There is a ‘heat rule’ in place at Wimbledon which will see a ten-minute break taken between the second and third set when the heat stress index is at or above 30.1C.Temperatures are expected to soar into the low 30s, and could peak at 36C. That would be 7C hotter than the previous warmest start to the Championships, when 29.3C was recorded on June 25, 2001.A record high for the tournament was the 35.7C recorded on July 1, 2015.The weather will cool somewhat later in the first week…

With not long to go until this year’s Championships conclude, day 11 marks the arrival of the much anticipated ladies’ singles semi-finals.Women’s top seed Sabalenka kicks us off on Centre Court as she looks to reach a fourth successive Grand Slam final when she faces the rejuvenated Amanda Anisimova.Then eighth seed Iga Swiatek, who has dropped just one set all tournament, takes part in her first-ever Wimbledon semi-final against Belinda Bencic, also making her maiden appearance in the last four at SW19.There’s also a range of doubles matches scheduled for day 11, with Brit Joe Salisbury teaming with Luisa Stefani…

The Club World Cup final is upon us as the new-look tournament is fast approaching its end.It will all be on the line as Chelsea face Paris Saint-Germain in a must-watch final at MetLife Stadium on Sunday.Chelsea put their shaky group stage behind them to beat Benfica 4-1 in an extraordinary encounter in Charlotte, North Carolina before edging past Estevao Willian’s Palmeiras to reach the semi-finals, where they will face Fluminense on Tuesday evening.PSG were relentless as they cruised beyond XabiAlonso’s depleted Real Madrid in the semi-final, racing to a 3-0 lead with not even 25 minutes on the clock…

Enzo Maresca’s Londoners are bidding to become the first English team to win the Club World Cup twice, having hoisted this trophy once before by beating Palmeiras in the 2021 final.PSG, meanwhile, are making their Club World Cup debut this year. As well as possibly etching their names in this tournament’s history, should they emerge victorious on Sunday, Luis Enrique’s crew have already surpassed their club record wins tally from 2015-16 under Laurent Blanc, their semi-final win over Real being the team’s 48th win of the season. A win for Chelsea, who also finished runners-up in 2012, would lift them…

Xabi Alonso has enjoyed a strong start to life on his return to the Spanish capital, failing to win in just one of his five Club World Cup matches so far. That is in spite of Kylian Mbappe’s case of acute gastroenteritis, which saw him hospitalised ahead of the group stage. The 21-year-old Gonzalo Garcia has impressed in his absence, though, hitting four goals and one assist in five appearances. Source link

No10 seed Shelton reached the Wimbledon quarter-finals for the first time by coming from behind to beat Lorenzo Sonego in four sets. And in doing so he bettered his father, and coach, Bryan who 31 years ago reached the round of 16 at the grass-court tournament which proved the high-point of his Grand Slam career. Follow along for game-by-game updates from Standard Sport’s Dom Smith, LIVE from Court No1! Source link

England are in a spot of bother at Euro 2025. The Lionesses are the defending champions in Switzerland, but they are perilously close to an embarrassing early exit after they were dealt a blow on matchday one. That result leaves England second-bottom of Group D, spared only by Wales’s 3-0 defeat to the Netherlands in the other opening fixture. But what does that loss do for England, and what do they need to reach the last 16?Group D table as it standsPosTeamPWDLGDPts1Netherlands1100+332France1100+133England1001-104Wales1001-30Simply, if England lose to the Netherlands, and France were to draw with Wales, their title defence would be…

Wimbledon this year will see the hottest temperatures in the tournament’s 147-year history.There is a ‘heat rule’ in place at Wimbledon which will see a ten-minute break taken between the second and third set when the heat stress index is at or above 30.1C.Temperatures are expected to soar into the low 30s, and could peak at 36C. That would be 7C hotter than the previous warmest start to the Championships, when 29.3C was recorded on June 25, 2001.A record high for the tournament was the 35.7C recorded on July 1, 2015.The weather will cool somewhat later in the first week…