Sports

The Uprising review

Andrew Garfield’s charisma can’t save Paul Greengrass’s grim and depressingly generic period piece

An embattled Donald Trump is increasingly using sports as prop

Sports is the rare topic in which the president has succeeded in shifting the conversation to his preferred terms

NFL 2026 season predictions: which teams can bring down the Rams juggernaut?

The new season kicks off on Wednesday night. Our writers have their say on the MVP, rookies to watch and the disasters waiting to happen

Europe’s wildest pilgrimage route: a trek through the mountains of north-west Sweden

A remote 18th-century chapel deep in Sami lands is the goal of the Präststigen, a 37-mile trail that traverses some of the country’s most spectacular scenery

US Open 2026 quarter-final: Ben Shelton v Carlos Alcaraz

First set: *Shelton 2-2 Alcaraz (*denotes next server)

Tiafoe completes epic comeback to break Michelsen’s heart at US Open

No 11 seed rallies for 5-7, 3-6, 7-5, 6-3, 7-6 (6) win

Real Madrid somehow cling on to beat Inter on José Mourinho’s big night

Sometimes football is silly, sometimes it doesn’t make much sense, and sometimes it’s fun for it. On a night when there were 37 shots and the goalkeepers shared 13 occasionally absurd saves between them, José Mourinho’s current side beat his former team Inter on his Champions League return to Real Madrid. Just don’t ask exactly how. Except perhaps to cite Thibaut Courtois, whose astonishing 89th-minute stop from Henrikh Mkhitaryan explained much and allowed them, just, to hold on to the first-half lead they had been given by goals from Kylian Mbappé and Fede Valverde.

Haaland double gives Manchester City ideal Champions League start in Porto

Enzo Maresca admitted a liking for the “boom-boom” of house music, then oversaw a gritty performance that ended with Manchester City enjoying the sweet notes of victory.

LIV Golf files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection

As part of the proposed bankruptcy deal, the upstart golf venture is expected to be majority owned by its players.

Sabalenka shows fighting spirit to deny Noskova and reach US Open semis

It seemed for some time that Aryna Sabalenka would be consumed by the rage and anxiety that has smothered her for so much of the year. At 2-2 in the final set of her brutal quarter-final against Linda Noskova, a second double fault of the game damned Sabalenka to a 0-40 deficit. She instantly fell to her knees, bowed her head and screamed. She soon trailed 2-4 in the set.

County cricket: title race hots up while Leicestershire charged by ECB

The three leading contenders for the Division One title, Somerset, Warwickshire and Nottinghamshire, each had a profitable day, though Warwickshire swung the biggest hammer after dismissing Glamorgan for 69 at Sophia Gardens.

England seek calm end to chaotic Test summer against penitent Pakistan

Late-night drinking incidents and a post-Bazball reboot have given the hosts plenty to think about, while the tourists have their own problems to sort out