Sports

Iraola says Liverpool have work to do as familiar frailties in defence prove costly

Andoni Iraola told his Liverpool team they have work to do after squandering a 2-0 lead against Monaco to lose a second successive pre-season friendly.

'I’m not ready to compete': Jannik Sinner pulls out of Cincinnati Open

Italian trying to stay fit for US Open which starts 30 August

La Liga president Javier Tebas says ‘Infantino era is over’ at Fifa

Tebas says Swiss is ‘destroying essence of football’

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The Mysterious Art of Conducting

An inside look at music’s widely misunderstood profession

Nas / The Roots review

Crystal Palace Bowl, LondonNas performs his gritty but intricate 90s classics, sharing the bill on the first London edition of the Roots Picnic festival with Questlove and co’s exuberant funk

Where are the Ugandan boxers? Four are latest athletes to vanish after UK sports events

Team manager has ‘no idea’ why they disappeared, after reports one of Commonwealth Games athletes said they intended to claim asylum

How Trabzonspor shocked Turkish rivals to make Mohamed Salah their Black Sea saviour

Never before has a big name rejected Istanbul for Trabzon, but former Liverpool striker was offered more than riches

Is your ill fate bad luck or a curse? You could ask Ted Lasso, but why not consider the psychology

The hit TV show confirms that sports lore is rife with powerful hexes. But there’s really nothing mystical about the dread and self-doubt they can induce

Fred Richard coasts to first national title at US gymnastics championships

22-year-old finishes two points clear of Shane Wiskus

Sky's DiJonai Carrington posts 'white privilege' after ejection for hard foul on Sophie Cunningham

DiJonai Carrington of the Chicago Sky was ejected Saturday after being called for a Flagrant 2 foul on Sophie Cunningham of the Indiana Fever. Minutes later, Carrington posted on social media the words “WHITE PRIVILEGE” and tagged the Fever.

Saturday Sessions: Houndmouth performs "Tiger Blood"

Indiana rock band Houndmouth is acclaimed for their rich harmonies and electric live performances. Their latest record, "Lordy," is a stripped-back, raw return, five years after their last album. Here's Houndmouth with "Tiger Blood."