Former New Zealand all-rounder Doug Bracewell has admitted using cocaine after the first day of Essex’s final County Championship match last year. Bracewell returned the positive test on 25 September – the second day of the match against Somerset at Chelmsford. He was notified by the Cricket Regulator in November and responded on 8 December,…
Former Formula 1 driver Allan McNish has been named racing director of the Audi F1 team. The move follows the departure of Jonathan Wheatley as team principal last month. McNish, 56, is a long-time Audi employee who has had a role advising the company’s board for many years. The Scot has been involved in the…
Gianluca Prestianni is given a six-game ban by Uefa for homophobic conduct during Benfica’s Champions League knockout play-off matched with Real Madrid in February. Source link
Former winner Shaun Murphy produced a superb performance to thrash China’s Xiao Guodong 13-3 and become the first player into the 2026 World Championship quarter-finals. Murphy, a winner at the Crucible in 2005 and runner-up in 2009, 2015 and 2021, led 6-2 overnight against China’s world number nine Xiao Guodong, before winning seven of the…
The Belgian Grand Prix, for example, is starting a new contract where it hosts four races in six years between 2026-31. Turkey’s president Recep Tayyip Erdogan said: “Formula 1 ranks among the world’s foremost sporting events, distinguished by its spectacle, its young fan base, and its leadership in automotive technologies. “In our country, too, Formula…
Injury-hit Ulster will hand debuts to three academy players in Saturday’s crucial United Rugby Championship trip to inter-provincial rivals Munster. Flankers James McKillop and Tom Brigg and winger Aitzol Arenzana-King will make their senior bow for the derby at Limerick’s Thomond Park (17:30 BST). Faced with a raft of injuries and with one eye on…
Argentina international Martinez missed the away win against Chelsea last weekend and will also sit out of the home games with Brentford on 27 April and Liverpool on 3 May. While hair pulling is not specifically mentioned in the Laws of the Game, it is categorised as ‘violent conduct’ because it cannot be considered as…
Danny Rohl hopes captain James Tavernier can bring his Rangers career to a close with a “beautiful moment” by lifting the Scottish Premiership trophy. The 34-year-old right-back announced on Wednesday he is to move on this summer after 11 years at Ibrox. Tavernier led Rangers to the title in 2021 and has won the Scottish…
Head coach Eddie Howe says he is looking forward to sitting down with Newcastle United‘s owners next week to “express things from my perspective”. Chairman Yasir Al-Rumayyan and a delegation from Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) are due to visit the north east of England next week. The meetings at Matfen Hall in Northumberland…
That record high in points being scored has come despite teams keeping the ball in hand less. Over the past five years, the ball has been kicked more than ever in the Women’s Six Nations, with a steady and consistent rise from an average of 26.1 kicks per game in 2021 to 44.7 in 2025….