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‘It’s a gamechanger’: Lewis Hamilton’s groundbreaking Mission 44 recruits working in F1

Foundation set up by F1 great is beginning to address the lack of representation of black people and those from disadvantaged backgrounds in motorsport

Shakhtar Donetsk’s European Odyssey Heads to Palace After Marathon Campaign

Conference League semi-finals pit Ukrainian side against Premier League opposition, with the club still reeling from the affects of war

‘Like cutting the head off a hydra’: how Mary Cain exposed Nike’s disgraced coaching team

The track prodigy made it to world championships at 17 and joined Nike’s Oregon Project. At 29, Cain is detailing the hellish years under coach Alberto Salazar in her new memoir

David Squires on … Chelsea’s Wembley trip amid more managerial chaos

Our cartoonist on BlueCo’s ‘self-reflection’ as another normal week ended with a place in the FA Cup final

Wild Foxes review

Valéry Carnoy’s striking film brims with unsynchronised ideas and images, but the physicality and performances of the young cast are undeniable

'An uprising against loneliness': why have football ultras become a cultural obsession?

A new documentary travels around the world to identify the roots of ultra-mania – the fan movement that’s part progressive and sometimes criminal

Sabastian Sawe's sub-two marathon feat is the Roger Bannister moment of our time

Sunday's landmark in London was not only unexpected, dramatic and historic – it was a once-in-a-generation moment

A new long-distance walking trail in Wales takes in gorges, ruined abbeys and sweeping sands

From the Cambrian Mountains to Cardigan Bay, the 83-mile Teifi Valley Trail is a grassroots initiative designed to revive a once-thriving area

Is It the Shoes?

The marathon’s impossible barrier was broken.

Manchester United 2-1 Brentford: Premier League

“Personally I’d find room for Kanté and Cantona in their respective XIs,” says Kári Tulinius.

Manchester United see off Brentford to close in on Champions League return

This swashbuckling Manchester United victory moves them to within two points of Champions League qualification and is prima facie evidence of the job Michael Carrick has executed since his appointment as interim manager.

Refereeing scandal brings back unhappy memories of Calciopoli to Italian football

Allegations of ‘sporting fraud’ against Gianluca Rocchi arrive at an especially messy moment for Italian football