At the Australian Open, serve and volley is back – and tennis is the better for it

The match could be taken as a vindication of Cressy’s personal slogan, which he writes on a notepad three times a day and underlines for extra effect….

George Ford v Marcus Smith – who should start at No 10 for England?

While Jones is right to renew his squad with a view now to building specifically for the World Cup in France next year, losing their opening game…

Chelsea forced to spend thousands on expanding away dressing room after Liverpool and Brighton complain

Chelsea have been forced to spend thousands of pounds to expand the away dressing rooms at their ageing Stamford Bridge ground following coronavirus complaints from Liverpool and…

Dissecting Lewis Hamilton: will he really walk away from Formula One?

Everything else regarding the 37 year-old’s current mental state has come from others. We have heard Wolff saying how “angry” and “disillusioned” Hamilton was; how he would…

Watford make shock approach to Roy Hodgson after sacking Claudio Ranieri

Watford’s reasoning is clear, however. Sources indicated that they were not only intent on hiring a readily-available and therefore out-of-work head coach but that the new rules…

The transfer window – our writers’ predictions for a frantic final week

With just one week remaining in the January transfer window, Telegraph Sport’s football writers have analysed the deals that Premier League clubs are focusing on – from…

England’s Six Nations plans dealt new blow with Courtney Lawes unable to train and Jonny May ruled out

Eddie Jones will make an 11th-hour call on his Six Nations captain after a concussion ruled Courtney Lawes out of training this week.  The England head coach’s…

David Gower exclusive: How it felt to be back on TV – and why I avoid saying ‘batsman’ or ‘batter’

The county structure is one obvious starting point and Gower was struck last week to read about the simple yearly cost (estimated at £1,000) of being a…

Withdrawing less than £300? Then head outside to the cashpoint, banks tell customers

Banks have been preventing customers from withdrawing less than £300 from inside branches and telling them to use cashpoints instead, it has emerged. A number of high…

How to contact the Telegraph’s consumer champion  

Dear Readers, If you have turned to this column and wondered what has happened to Katie Morley, I can tell you that she is investigating parenthood for…

Elon Musk faces losses on Bitcoin investments

Tesla is facing a loss on its Bitcoin investments after a slump in the cryptocurrency’s price. Bitcoin fell to a low of $33,046 on Monday and has…

Facebook owner Meta builds world’s most powerful AI supercomputer

Facebook has built what it says is the world’s most powerful supercomputer devoted to artificial intelligence, which the social media company believes will drive previously-impossible advances in…

The aviation tech on the trail of saving the planet

Stripy cloud formations left in the wake of aeroplanes may look picturesque, but are in fact thought to trap heat in the earth’s atmosphere. Scientists believe that…

Jack Dorsey’s Bitcoin bet turns sour

While Elliott’s campaign failed in the short term, Dorsey’s interest in Bitcoin intensified. He changed his Twitter biography section – a keenly-watched piece of internet territory, to…

The BBC can conquer the world if it breaks free of the licence fee

However, the Conservative Party still lacks the courage to act. Historically two views define the party. One is the paternalistic, patrician Tory wing, which likes to think…

There will be no great rush back to the office – commuting is just too miserable

Rail fares in England are due to rise by 3.8pc in March, the biggest rail fare rise for almost a decade, meaning the cost of an annual…

Bank of England has to ‘move faster’ on rate hikes

Analysts now fear the likely peak could be above 7pc in April as energy prices spike. Experts predict another rate hike to 0.5pc from the MPC next…

Covid ‘levels down’ Britain as richest cities suffer most

Boris Johnson is arguably suffering the roughest month of his political life. As a seemingly endless series of lockdown parties in number 10 haunt him, his popularity…

‘Hostage diplomacy’: The case of the Western executive held in China for three years

Irish businessman Richard O’Halloran has been held against his will in China for close to three years. In February 2019 he travelled to Shanghai to try and…

Rishi Sunak has room to delay national insurance raid, says IFS

Borrowing this year has so far been much lower than expected, as a feared spike in unemployment following the end of the furlough failed to emerge amid…

Why billionaire activist Nelson Peltz is set to put Unilever in a spin

It has launched campaigns at the likes of Heinz, Cadbury, Mondelez, PepsiCo and Danone, all sprawling empires where Peltz has seen opportunities for “streamlining” by pooling together…

Staff at City watchdog ballot for strike action over pay and bonuses

Staff at the City watchdog could go on strike in the coming months as a row with bosses over pay and bonuses escalates. Unite, the union representing…

Arrogant Unilever has blundered its way to a cliff edge

Yet it’s worse even than that. His decision to pursue a bid of this size, in an area where Unilever has little expertise, at a time when…

UK to import record levels of liquified natural gas as Ukraine tensions mount

Tom Marzec-Manser, an analyst at the market intelligence group Icis, said the UK is on track to beat the previous monthly record for LNG imports – 2.1…

ITV bolsters evening news as Piers Morgan prepares attack

Mr Murdoch will once again attempt to prise viewers away from traditional broadcasters with hourly news bulletins, sports, entertainment and current affairs shows. It marks a return…