Lamar Jackson Lamar Jackson: from a running back disguised as a QB to potential MVPThe Guardian - Melissa JacobsAfter his Week 1 masterpiece against Miami, which included five touchdowns and a perfect passer rating, Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson mocked the long-held notion that he is an NFL running back disguised
Owen Farrell Owen Farrell changes tackle technique amid fear of red and yellow cardsThe Guardian - Gerard Meagher in MiyazakiThe England captain, Owen Farrell, has had to change his tackling technique amid fears of a flurry of red and yellow cards at the World Cup. Farrell was involved in two high-profile incidents where no-arms
Sports Farewell summer of sport 2019, you were truly one for the agesThe Guardian - Sean IngleSo, farewell then to this glorious and elongated summer of sport, which has captivated and enthralled ever since the clocks skipped forward. Truly, you were one of the finest. Lord’s 2019 is already shorthand
Pan American Games Brazil fire warning shot to surfing rivals in Olympic qualifierThe Guardian - ReutersPowerhouses Brazil showed just what a threat they will be at surfing’s Olympic debut in Tokyo next year, claiming gold and bronze in the men’s division and silver in the women’s to win top overall team
AFL GWS Giants scrap into preliminary final after awaking from slumberThe Guardian - Craig Little“Restraint, soberness, the matured thought, the unselfish act, they are necessities of the barbarous state, the life of dangers,” wrote HG Wells in The Sleeper Wakes. It is also a necessity when Brisbane
Sports NFL round-up: Brown catches TD in Patriots debut; Roethlisberger hurt in Steelers lossThe Guardian - Associated PressAntonio Brown caught a 20-yard touchdown pass in his debut for the New England Patriots, and they scored twice on interception returns in a two-minute fourth-quarter span Sunday to beat the Miami Dolphins
Play buttonEngland Joe Root hails Ashes series draw, urging England on to better thingsThe Guardian - Ali Martin at the OvalJoe Root claimed to have found the blueprint for his Test side and hailed the summer as a success after England followed up the World Cup triumph in July by denying Australia an outright Ashes win. A victory
Rugby Union England’s Joe Cokanasiga and Mark Wilson are doubts for World Cup openerThe Guardian - Gerard MeagherJoe Cokanasiga and Mark Wilson have emerged as potential doubts for England’s opening match of the World Cup against Tonga next Sunday with both players carrying knee problems. They have been unable to
Cricket Jonny Bairstow’s role in the middle order is key to England’s futureThe Guardian - Barney Ronay at the OvalIn the end a losing draw felt about right. England and Australia have finally left the building. Although at times during this fifth Test Australia seemed to have checked out some time early last week.
Vuelta a España Primoz Roglic seals Vuelta a España triumph as race ends in MadridThe Guardian - Associated PressPrimoz Roglic was confirmed as the winner of the 2019 Vuelta a España after completing Sunday’s processional final stage into Madrid. The 29-year-old became the first Slovenian to win a Grand Tour at end
Play buttonCricket Weary Steve Smith is just for once unable to rise to the occasionThe Guardian - Geoff Lemon at the OvalIn a tour match against Derbyshire before the fourth Ashes Test there was a version of Steve Smith who looked nothing like Steve Smith. The match was ostensibly his chance to get back into the batting
Play buttonMatthew Wade England win fifth Test to draw Ashes series but Australia keep urnThe Guardian - Vic Marks at the OvalThe defining moment – there is always one of those at this time of year – came in mid-afternoon. Up strode the noble Stuart Broad from the Pavilion End, a gallant, gnarled old warrior in this campaign,
Sports Suzann Pettersen makes putt on final green to win Solheim Cup for EuropeThe Guardian - Ewan Murray at GleneaglesDiscussion raged for two days over how long players were taking to play Solheim Cup shots. The event has waited 29 years for this, its finest conclusion. If women’s golf, especially in Europe, cannot upon
Horse Racing Frankie Dettori at his best as he guides Star Catcher to Prix Vermeille winThe Guardian - Greg Wood at LongchampFrankie Dettori equalled his best ever season at the highest level and did so with a flawless front-running ride as Star Catcher added the Prix Vermeille to her win in the Irish Oaks in July. It was the
Play buttonRugby Union Gareth Thomas revealing HIV status will 'tackle stigma'The Guardian - Mark BrownGareth Thomas’s decision to reveal he is living with HIV will have a “massive impact” in helping to dispel myths and stigma around the condition, the head of the Terrence Higgins Trust has said. The former
Rugby League Canberra Raiders spook Melbourne Storm on NRL's weird weekendThe Guardian - Matt ClearyRugby league has an endless capacity to surprise. Funny things keep happening. Odd things. Weird things. Things that shouldn’t happen, happen. And when they do, pundits sit back and stroke their imaginary
Rugby Union Welsh rugby legend Gareth Thomas reveals HIV diagnosisThe Guardian - PA MediaWelsh rugby star Gareth Thomas has revealed that he is HIV positive. Thomas, who came out as gay in 2009, is thought to be the first UK sportsman to go public about living with the virus, and has revealed
FIBA World Cup Marc Gasol adds World Cup to NBA title as Spain beat Argentina in finalThe Guardian - Associated PressSpain have captured their second Basketball World Cup, defeating Argentina 95-75 on Sunday to give Marc Gasol a rare double-title year. Ricky Rubio scored 20 points and Sergio Llull added 15 for Spain,
Rugby Union Japan has one eye on the Olympics as it waits for Rugby World Cup kick-offThe Guardian - Rich Freeman in TokyoA recent social-media post summed up the mood among rugby lovers in Japan days before the World Cup kicks off in Tokyo. “RWC flags are all over streets of Shibuya. It was kind of [a] ‘dream may come true’
Ireland Joe Schmidt’s powerplays can break Ireland’s World Cup jinxThe Guardian - Brendan FanningPerhaps the greatest weakness of the Rugby World Cup is its predictability. Look at the way the pools are filled and from a distance it is possible to see who will be clambering out in first and second
NCAA Will a California bill give players a slice of college sports' $14bn pie?The Guardian - Melissa JacobsThis week LeBron James, Bernie Sanders and countless other heavy hitters lent their support to a monumental bill in California that, if passed, could forever alter the business of collegiate athletics
Cricket World Cup Champagne moments have popped up everywhere in an intoxicating summerThe Guardian - Emma JohnThere has been some suggestion, when analysing the individual performances at the Oval Test, that certain players are looking tired from their long summer of international cricket. It is easy to empathise
Steve Hansen All Blacks’ supremacy shaped by Steve Hansen’s search for inner peaceThe Guardian - Liam NapierOf all the qualities the All Blacks will miss when Steve Hansen’s eight-year tenure, and one of the great world rugby eras, comes to a close at the World Cup, his ability to turn Zen-like master is possibly
Otto Wallin Tyson Fury survives Otto Wallin scare to stay on course for Wilder rematchThe Guardian - Bryan Armen GrahamTyson Fury stayed on course for a hotly anticipated rematch with Deontay Wilder after surviving a dramatic upset bid from Otto Wallin on Saturday night in Las Vegas. The 31-year-old heavyweight from Manchester
Australia Australia cruise to T20 victory over West IndiesThe Guardian - AAPThree wickets to Megan Schutt and an unbeaten half-century by skipper Meg Lanning have helped Australia seal a six-wicket win in their opening Twenty20 International against the West Indies in Bridgetown,
Netball Swifts thrash Lightning in Super Netball grand finalThe Guardian - Erin Delahunty at the Brisbane Entertainment CentreLike a Claude Monet painting, the NSW Swifts’s 2019 Super Netball season – punctuated with a dominant grand final win in Brisbane today over Sunshine Coast Lightning – has been a thing of beauty, all and
Joe Denly Joe Denly misses out on century but steers England to dominant positionThe Guardian - Vic Marks at the OvalSuddenly Joe Denly is a Test batsman. Actually, he has been tiptoeing in this direction throughout this series, when he has failed to reach double figures on two occasions. But here on a serene September
Sports Europe stay level-headed as Hall and Boutier dig deep in Solheim CupThe Guardian - Ewan Murray at GleneaglesCatriona Matthew can take solace from the fact golf is not played on paper. Bare statistics heavily suggested a gap in quality in favour of the United States over Europe in the 16th Solheim Cup, meaning
Ben Stokes Ben Stokes’ epic summer with the bat ends in polite fashionThe Guardian - Ali Martin at the OvalAt 4.17pm on Saturday Ben Stokes’s work with the bat this summer came to an end. Nathan Lyon, the bungling henchman to his superhero at Headingley, got one to dip into the pads, rag past the outside edge
