There was a time when the concept of ‘All Four Cups’ was considered the holy grail of rugby league, with only three clubs ever achieving the feat of capturing the league championship, county championship, Challenge Cup and county cup in one season. The abolition of the county leagues and cups in 1970 and 1993 respectively…
Iga Swiatek said her fourth French Open win was “emotional” after emphatically keeping her Queen of Clay title at Roland Garros. The world No 1 from Poland brushed aside Italian underdog Jasmine Paolini 6-2 6-1 in and hour and eight minutes. King of Clay Rafael Nadal may have played his last French Open this year…
Jasmine Paolini faces mission impossible when she takes on world No 1 and defending champion Iga Swiatek in the French Open final on Saturday from 2pm [UK and Irish time]. While few would have bet against Swiatek reaching a third successive Paris final, Italian Paolini’s emergence from the other side of the draw was a…
Carlos Alcaraz recovered from a poor start to beat an inconsistent Jannik Sinner 2-6 6-3 3-6 6-4 6-3 to reach his maiden French Open final after a see-saw encounter on Friday. The third seed was a shadow of his brilliant self in the opening set before making the most of his Italian opponent’s premature cramps…
Shona Hoyle was a Betfred Women’s Challenge Cup winner with St Helens and a try-scorer in their victory over Leeds Rhinos at Wembley last year. On Saturday, however, she will be part of the Rhinos team trying to stop Saints making it four in a row. The England forward moved across the Pennines to Leeds…
Iga Swiatek will face Jasmine Paolini in the French Open final after a teary Coco Gauff and teenager Mirra Andreeva were swept aside in the semi-finals. Gauff wiped away tears early in the second set of her 6-2 6-4 defeat to Swiatek after an argument with umpire Aurelie Tourte over a contentious line call decision….
James Maddison has been left out of England’s 26-player squad for Euro 2024 and has departed the Three Lions camp. The Tottenham midfielder is the first name from Gareth Southgate’s 33-player provisional squad to not make the final cut for the tournament in Germany. Southgate has to cut his extended squad down to 26 names…
Saturday’s men’s Challenge Cup final between Wigan Warriors and Warrington Wolves will kick-off at 3.07pm in honour of former Leeds Rhinos scrum-half Rob Burrow CBE. Burrow died aged 41 on Sunday after a four-and-a-half-year battle with motor neurone disease and the Rugby League will pay homage at Wembley to one of its all-time greats. A…
Even Josh Thewlis struggles to believe how long he has been a Betfred Super League player for. Still only 22, the Warrington Wolves winger is in his sixth season and now has his first major final to look forward to this weekend. A product of renowned community side Waterhead, a club which has produced Super…
Rob Burrow urged people not to waste a moment and expressed his hope for a world one day free of motor neurone disease in his final message recorded prior to his death. The Leeds Rhinos great died at the age of 41 on Sunday, having dedicated the last four-and-a-half years of his life to raising…
