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Jack Draper eager to ‘compete with the best’ as Taylor Fritz test awaits

Briton was No 4 seed a year ago before injury struck but is working back to fitness with Andy Murray’s help

Land of the free movers: how jookin street dancer Lil Buck’s 1776 reframes independence

In a collaboration with young British dancers, supported by Oxford’s new Schwarzman Centre, the Memphis dancer tackles US history’s ‘broken promise’ of equality in a performance filled with spark

‘Street football on world stage’: Morocco and Netherlands face off in last-32 tie with a backstory

Moroccans began moving to the Netherlands in the 1960s, lending match in Mexico a feeling akin to ‘a derby’

George Russell holds off Max Verstappen to win Austrian F1 Grand Prix for Mercedes

Kimi Antonelli claims third behind Red Bull’s Verstappen

World Cup schedule today: How to watch, TV channels & live stream

Live blog: the latest news from around the tournament

Garth Brooks review

BST Hyde Park, London The country star is deeply moved by the reception at this sold-out event, as a growing UK fanbase shows its love for his songs

Iran narrowly knocked out of tumultuous World Cup on Austria's last-second goal

Iran has been eliminated from the World Cup, narrowly failing to advance past the group stage in a politically charged tournament where the team played its matches amid tight restrictions imposed by the United States.

Iran needed help to save their ‘disaster’ World Cup. Instead they got more heartbreak

Team Melli’s agonizing exit after other results failed to break their way is a moment of anguish that rises to the top of a football history full of them

World Cup glory could all come down to penalties. What’s the best strategy?

As the knockout stages begin, penalties are inevitable. What do the stats say about the best ways to take them?

'I loved it': Jaron Ennis says hostile crowd fueled biggest win of career

Ennis shrugs off scare and eyes undisputed at 154lb

World Cup 2026 power rankings: France still kings but who has climbed 26 places?

From Algeria to Uzbekistan, we assess the standing of the 48 nations after the group stage of the tournament

Germany trapped between past and future with team lost in identity malaise

The ghosts of 2014 and Jürgen Klopp dominate the debate, leaving Julian Nagelsmann’s side caught between two eras