Category: Sports

Carlos Alcaraz vented his frustration at the China Open umpire after he was given two time violations in the first set of his win over Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard. Despite the reigning French Open and Wimbledon champion typically being very quick between points, he was penalised twice in Beijing where an automatic shot clock is in […]

Team USA captain Jim Furyk has joked that Xander Schauffele and Patrick Cantlay were split up at the Presidents Cup because they ‘don’t really like each other’. The 54-year-old made the surprise call to break up the pairing at a press conference before the start of the action. Schauffele and Cantlay are good friends and […]

Teenage cyclist Muriel Furrer has died following a serious head injury at the Road and Para-cycling World Championships in Switzerland. Furrer was competing in her home country in Zurich when she crashed during the road race and had to be airlifted to hospital on Thursday. The following day, governing body Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) released […]

Red Bull driver Sergio Perez admitted that he thought about his retirement from Formula One this season, but quickly dismissed the idea and is fully focused on seeing out his contract with the team. Perez is tied down until 2027, having penned a new deal with Christian Horner’s outfit in June, but currently sits eighth […]

World champion Kyren Wilson has hit out at the World Snooker Tour (WST) after defeat at the British Open, claiming that his status as the most recent Crucible winner isn’t properly recognised. On his second match of the day, which started well into the evening, Wilson was defeated 4-2 by Elliot Slessor in Cheltenham as […]

Liam Lawson will start the United States Grand Prix next month with an unfortunate handicap with VCARB set to take a new power unit, giving him a 10-place grid penalty. The New Zealander’s return to the F1 grid was confirmed on Thursday with Daniel Ricciardo making way for the final six races of the 2024 […]

One of snooker’s most iconic voices, Clive Everton, has passed away at the age of 87. The player, broadcaster and journalist devoted his life to snooker and reported on some of the sport’s greatest-ever moments during his illustrious career.  Everton founded the much-loved ‘Snooker Scene’ magazine, which he edited for over 50 years. He was awarded […]

Judd Trump has backed fellow snooker star Mark Allen in slamming conditions at the British Open. The world No.1 will face Allen in the quarter-final of this year’s event in Cheltenham, but the pair have been left unhappy by the tournament organisers. Allen blasted the playing conditions at The Centaur, labelling it ‘embarrassing’, before later […]

Lewis Hamilton has joined a whole host of F1 stars in paying tribute to Daniel Ricciardo, who lost his VCARB seat to Liam Lawson yesterday. The seven-time champion wrote in a social media post: “It’s been an honour to compete with you over the years. I’ll never forget the battles, the laughs and drinking out […]

Swiss cyclist Muriel Furrer is in a ‘very critical’ condition after suffering a head injury in a crash at the UCI Road World Championships. The teenager was taking part in the women’s junior road race in Zurich when the incident took place. Furrer was airlifted to hospital almost immediately by an emergency helicopter, but it […]