Sports

Apple TV eyes US broadcast rights to the Open as foray into sports broadcasting continues

Apple TV has joined the battle to win US rights to golf’s Open Championship in the streaming platform’s latest move into sport.

Record-breaking El Capitan climber dies in Sierra Nevada fall

Jacob ‘Jake’ Whisenant died in Sequoia and Kings Canyon wilderness in ‘climbing-related incident’, authorities say

Infantino, Trump, Bezos and Mourinho: together at last: Football Weekly

Max Rushden is joined by Nicky Bandini, Lars Sivertsen and Paul Watson to discuss Donald Trump’s nice words about the struggling Fifa boss, plus returning Madrid boss José Mourinho’s new Netflix documentary

The last lap at Lloyd Center: how America is losing its mall ice rinks

The Portland rink where Tonya Harding first skated was an affordable community institution for six decades. Its closure echoes the disappearance of mall ice across the US

Does Sophie Cunningham benefit from white privilege? Of course she does

One of the player’s WNBA rivals said the Fever guard is treated differently from her Black peers. There’s plenty of evidence to back that statement up

Mourinho Review

Football manager José Mourinho stars in a three-parter from the creators of Bros: After the Screaming Stops. Don’t expect it to be quite so entertaining…

WNBA faces new controversy after Sky's DiJonai Carrington ejected over foul on Sophie Cunningham

WNBA star Sophie Cunningham, already at the center of a fight over transgender participation, took a flagrant foul from an opposing player who was ejected from the game. Jan Crawford has more details.

Yeehaw! Bring on the tap-dancing cowgirls! How the Edinburgh Military Tattoo suddenly got cool

With its marching bands, billowing flags and precision drills, the Tattoo has never exactly been cutting edge. But now an experimental theatre-maker has been let loose on it …

Donald Trump says it would be a ‘terrible mistake’ to replace Fifa’s Gianni Infantino

US president backs ‘fantastic’ Infantino in Truth Social post

Panathinaikos owner says he attempted to lure three-time NBA MVP Nikola Jokić to Europe

Dimitrios Giannakopoulo says he tried to buy out contract

Are Manchester United returning to relevance under Michael Carrick?

In a mailbag edition of his newsletter, Jonathan Wilson answers questions about Michael Carrick, VAR and the Premier League’s new teams

Liverpool owners close to £1.35bn sale of 30% stake to consortium including Jeff Bezos

Group including Amazon founder has held talks with FSG