Jonny Bairstow stakes claim for extended run at No 6 for England with second century of the winter
Even Jonny Bairstow would struggle to work out which phase of his Test career he is currently on given the shaky hold he has had on an…
Meet Hansjorg Wyss and Todd Boehly: The billionaires looking to buy Chelsea
Wyss has no known track record in major sport but he might have been able to buy Chelsea alone – had he not pledged to give away…
Who is England’s next Manu Tuilagi? Six Premiership contenders to boost Eddie Jones’ midfield
Replacing Manu Tuilagi, as you have probably already realised watching England over the last few years, is not straightforward. Their best performances almost always come with him…
Footballers on the front line: How stars made escape from the ‘worst place on earth’
Eventually, the 23-year-old and his friends arrived at the border, but soon found out that crossing to Poland would be virtually impossible. For four days, they tried…
‘Bifurcation’ is the only solution to golf’s distance row – pros and hackers play a different game
The romanticists see the rolled-back ball as the key to a return to the eras when shot-making was an art, when the spectacle was not so one-dimensional,…
Juventus chief Andrea Agnelli will vow to fight Uefa over Super League breakaway plan
The Juventus president Andrea Agnelli will say on Thursday that he is prepared to take the fight back to Uefa over the European Super League, although it…
Tiger Woods ridicules Phil Mickelson after pipping old rival to PGA Tour’s £6m popularity prize
Kick a man when he’s down… Mickelson is on a break from the game in the wake of his recent Saudi Arabia controversy which cost him the…
IPC bans Russian athletes from Winter Paralympics in policy reversal after boycott threat
Russian athletes have been thrown out of the Parlaympics – hours after escaping the sanction – after “multiple” countries threatened to boycott the Games. The International Paralympic…
Wladimir Klitschko: BBC risks peddling Russian propaganda over foreign nationals fleeing Ukraine
Former world heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko on Wednesday said the BBC risked peddling “Russian propaganda” after Geeta Guru-Murthy raised the plight of foreign nationals trying to flee Ukraine….
What is the point of the Championship if there is no pathway to England’s top flight?
Stuck in the dark ages. That was the damning verdict of Joe Marler, the England prop. Commercial commitments ensure it is usually a rare occurrence for any…
Roman Abramovich goes down in history as the great disruptor of English football – but he had to go
Except the past seven days have changed everything. The missiles that Vladimir Putin has rained down on Ukraine have not just united the Western world in a…
What life without Roman Abramovich could mean for Chelsea
Prospects This is the ‘64,000 dollar question’ – or the £4billion question, as Abramovich would have liked it to be. Chelsea appear to be a well-run powerhouse…
Roman Abramovich confirms he is selling Chelsea – donating net proceeds to victims of war in Ukraine
Abramovich has attempted to distance himself from Russian president Vladimir Putin, but, speaking to Swiss newspaper Blick, Wyss said: “Like all other oligarchs, he (Abramovich) is also…
My plan for pool tables in prisons will give inmates a better shot at rehabilitation, says Dominic Raab
“Because all of these things are linked. You are not going to get offenders doing courses or into work if they have got high-level dependency and addictions…
China refuses to impose financial sanctions on Russia
China has refused to join the West in sanctioning the Kremlin over its invasion of Ukraine as Russia’s largest bank withdrew from Europe after facing a run…
The case for rethinking the Bank of England’s mandate is strong
It’s therefore worth asking: is an annual inflation target of 2pc even a desirable framework to begin with? If followed to the letter, central bankers are encouraged…
Oligarchs’ exit takes the heat out of London’s high-end property market
Yet Tom Bill, head of UK residential research at Knight Frank, says interest from Russian buyers is no longer what it used to be. “There was a…
Vladimir Putin’s central bank chief faces an impossible choice
Furthermore, about half the CBR’s foreign exchange reserves are in US dollars and euros. Limiting the bank’s ability to transact in such currencies will considerably restrict its…
Ryanair aims to end face masks for summer holidays, says Michael O’Leary
Ryanair passengers will not have to wear face masks on flights this summer, the airline’s boss has predicted. In a move that will come as a relief…
The assets Roman Abramovich could put under the hammer
Roman Abramovich has built up a global empire spanning businesses, luxury properties, artwork, cars, private jets and superyachts, alongside his investment in Chelsea Football Club. On Wednesday,…
BP and Shell’s long-standing Kremlin links expose the ‘ethical’ investing charade
As Moscow’s bombs rain down on cities across Ukraine, triggering a potential refugee emergency, the tolerance for BP and Shell’s Russian operations suddenly looks like an astonishing…
Athlone House, Mikhail Fridman’s monument to the power of Russian oligarchs
Sprawled over five acres of land, Athlone House is one of the grandest Victorian properties in the Highgate enclave beloved by the super-rich. The prime real estate,…
Why Cyprus is a ‘Russian bank with dirty money posing as an EU state’
“Londongrad” may have become the playground of Russia’s ultra-rich, but Cyprus has long played an integral role in helping oligarchs make moves to the West. The island,…
Ex-Soviet colonel can keep flying his jumbo jets to Britain
A cargo airline owned by a former Soviet military colonel and one-time ally of Vladimir Putin is free to fly its jumbo jets into the UK, The…
Amazon shuts dozens of its book shops and electronics outlets
Amazon is closing a raft of electronics and book shops in Britain and the United States after they failed to take off. The online retail giant is…