Rugby’s great wanderer Christian Wade: ‘You don’t say no to Wigan’
Having previously swapped rugby union for NFL, Wade tells Aaron Bower of his excitement for a fresh challenge after a ‘humbling’ start to life in rugby league
Raids and fear cast a large shadow over Club World Cup’s big launch
Football’s governing body cannot avoid the dark political backdrop to its tournament opening as Trump’s authorities flex their muscles
Xabi Alonso seeks meaning of ‘Madridismo’ on return to chaotic and toxic Real Madrid
Club World Cup offers the new coach a first chance to measure the task ahead at a club that has become angry and unmoored
Need for speed: how sport’s risk takers recognise deadly danger and do it anyway
In a stable and affluent society, it is possible to declare that ‘life is for living’ through pursuits that shorten your odds of dying
Gilgeous-Alexander blows up late as Thunder see off Indy to level NBA finals
The Thunder stormed back from a 10-point second-half deficit to beat the Pacers 111–104 on Friday night, evening the NBA finals at two games apiece
US Open golf 2025: big names toiling at Oakmont during second round – as it happened
Hole-by-hole report: Sam Burns shot 65 on a day Oakmont took a chunk out of the rest of the field
US Open: Rory McIlroy makes cut as defending champion DeChambeau bows out at Oakmont
Northern Irishman makes birdie on 18th to finish with a six-over-par 72 on a day where the big names toiled
Why Verstappen the Villain and Verstappen the Vulnerable are great for F1
The Dutch four-time world champion rose to fame as something of a scoundrel and has showed signs of reverting to type
Welcome to the Gallagher Prem: English rugby’s top flight rebrands and targets US
Premiership Rugby has rebranded England’s top division as the Gallagher Prem as part of a reboot that includes plans to take a fixture to the United States in the coming years
ECB likely to continue as host of World Test Championship finals until at least 2031
England is likely to host the World Test Championship final for another three cycles, with the decision set to be ratified next month
Your Guardian Sport weekend: Club World Cup, US Open golf, tennis and rugby finals
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Australia learn cricket’s oldest lesson as South Africa turn the tables in WTC
An Australian win looked inevitable after setting 282 to win, but Aiden Markram and Temba Bavuma defied the odds
Borrowed culture and a plasticine burger – welcome to the Club World Cup and almost-football
Lionel Messi’s Inter Miami play in Saturday’s opening game but people still look blank when asked about Fifa’s $1bn tournament
Cordon conundrum leaves Australia in trouble and Steve Smith in world of pain
Vice-captain fractured finger with drop at slip to give Temba Bavuma another life and South Africa control