Euro 2024 qualifying: VAR confusion reigns as Scotland lose in Seville
Scott McTominay’s free-kick flies into the net for what Scotland thought was a momentous goal Every Scottish soul in the place knew what was coming. The two giant screens inside Seville’s Estadio de La Cartuja, a pair of roja harbingers of doom, flashed up ‘VAR check in progress’. Beneath one of them, a navy blue […]
Fight climate change or lose funding, warns Sport England
Chris Boardman, the Sport England chairman, won gold in the individual pursuit at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics Sport England will ask sports to do more to fight against climate change as a condition of receiving funding. The body invests more than £300m of public money every year to numerous organisations, including the England and Wales […]
Baseball European Championship: Great Britain lose 11-2 in final to Spain
Great Britain’s Nick Ward scored two runs in the final Great Britain lost 11-2 to Spain in the gold medal match at the Baseball European Championship 2023 in the Czech Republic. It is Britain’s third silver medal in the competition after 1967 and 2007. Spain raced into a 5-0 lead in the first innings with […]
New Zealand v England: Roses lose second Test to set up series decider
The Roses have travelled to New Zealand without any of the players who reached the World Cup final New Zealand thrashed England 57-36 to level the series at 1-1 and take the Taini Jamison Trophy to a decider. The Roses, who narrowly won Sunday’s opening game, trailed by four at half-time before a dominant second-half […]
Southend United lose appeal against deduction of 10 points
Southend were relegated out of the English Football League in 2021 Southend United have had their appeal against a 10-point deduction rejected. The club was docked points in August after failing to clear an HM Revenue & Customs debt before a deadline imposed by the National League. Southend, who were founded in 1906, felt the […]