theguardian.comadded August 2026
Sport | The Guardianby Martin Pegan22 Aug 2026
A third woman who joined five Sydney Swans players in a Melbourne hotel room on Monday morning is exploring legal action, with her lawyer saying she is navigating “an incredibly traumatic...
Sport | The Guardianby Ed Aarons at the Emirates Stadium21 Aug 2026
Mikel Arteta has warned there is plenty more to come from Arsenal’s established stars this season after they began their Premier League title defence with a convincing victory over Coventry.
Sport | The Guardianby Aaron Bower at the Brick Community Stadium21 Aug 2026
If you are a Wigan Warriors supporter and a keen believer in omens, it may be wise to cancel any plans you had for the first weekend of October.
Sport | The Guardianby Agence France-Presse21 Aug 2026
Britain’s Amy Hunt, who won a historic four golds at the recent European Athletics Championships, had to be happy with second behind the American Kayla White in the 200m at the Lausanne Diamond...
Sport | The Guardianby Emma John21 Aug 2026
Pull. Breathe. Kick. Glide. Three decades since my last swimming lesson, I found myself sitting in a lecture theatre chanting these words with a few dozen strangers, all of us trying not to take...
Sport | The Guardianby Giles Richards at Zandvoort21 Aug 2026
The Dutch Grand Prix may be hosting its final meeting on the Formula One calendar this weekend but its farewell heralds the opening of a championship run-in that is far from over.
Sport | The Guardianby Greg Wood at York21 Aug 2026
His name is the Italian for a kiss but there is little delicacy or tenderness about Bacio, the front-running winner of the Nunthorpe Stakes here on Friday.
Sport | The Guardianby Scott Murray21 Aug 2026
HERE. WE. GO A brand new season of the Premier League is already upon us. Yay? It seems like it’s been barely a month since the Geopolitics World Cup final for goodness sake … though that’s because...
Sport | The Guardianby Tanya Aldred21 Aug 2026
No they can’t. Callum Parkinson hoikes with freedom and is caught behind off Dal. They will take tea, Durham 283-10, with 48 over left to be play today. Yikes, it’s nearly all over at Headingley.
Sport | The Guardianby Rob Smyth (now), Tim de Lisle (later)21 Aug 2026
To win a Test, you (nearly always) have to take 20 wickets. Joe Root’s new-look England managed it in 85 overs, 84 of them bowled by their four seamers, who took all 20.
Sport | The Guardianby Tom Garry21 Aug 2026
A year after taking up golf, Rachel Daly has already reached a handicap of 19. “I think that’s too generous, I was playing really well in the summer,” she point outs before politely declaring that...
Sport | The Guardianby Gerard Meagher21 Aug 2026
The problem with Test weeks is that they can feel long. Cricketers can play for days on end, footballers every few nights, but rugby players step on to the international stage for just 80 minutes...
Sport | The Guardianby Agencies21 Aug 2026
An Alabama jury has awarded $9.25m in damages after finding that the New York Times defamed a college basketball player by incorrectly reporting that he was at the scene of a fatal shooting.
Sport | The Guardianby Reuters and PA Media21 Aug 2026
The legal action over brain injuries in rugby has been brought back from the brink of collapse after the high court ruled to give a reprieve to hundreds of claimants who had been struck out from...
Sport | The Guardianby Jamie Jackson21 Aug 2026
Ed Woodward to MUTV in July 2015: “When people see Bastian Schweinsteiger on the team sheet, that’s going to send some shivers down the spine.” This prediction by Manchester United’s then executive...
Sport | The Guardianby Ross Heppenstall21 Aug 2026
On a baking spring bank holiday, Sergej Jakirovic basked in the glory of Hull’s fairytale promotion to the Premier League in an address to 40,000 ecstatic supporters from the balcony of Hull City...
Sport | The Guardianby Bryan Armen Graham21 Aug 2026
For more than a decade, Teófimo López’s friendship with Rolando ‘Rolly’ Romero endured through amateur tournaments, Las Vegas sparring sessions and the mismatched peaks and troughs of two volatile...
Sport | The Guardianby Aaron Timms21 Aug 2026
For years, the NBA was built on the alliance of patient money and marketing pizzazz, and no team captured that curious mixture better than the Los Angeles Lakers.
Sport | The Guardianby Jeremy Whittle21 Aug 2026
Who’s coming second? That’s the question being most frequently asked as the peloton convenes for the final Grand Tour of 2026, the Vuelta a España, which rolls away from the start line in Monaco on...
Sport | The Guardianby Leonard Barden21 Aug 2026
Magnus Carlsen, Norway’s world No 1, triumphed again last weekend when he won the 2026 Esports World Cup, staged over four days at the prestigious venue of the Paris Expo Porte de Versailles.
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