Dan Brown gets fast start at Open but may not make fag end of tournament

Dan Brown, who also impressed at the 2024 Open, made an excellent 66 on the first day while his smoking caught the eye

Marinakis, seafood and ‘sweet honey’ of Europe led Glasner to join Nottingham Forest

Oliver Glasner was persuaded to take the Nottingham Forest manager’s job over a seafood platter by the owner, Evangelos Marinakis

World Cup 2026: UK government backs calls for Fifa to investigate Argentina over Falklands banner; Tuchel takes blame amid criticism of tactics – as it happened

All the reaction from England’s semi-final defeat, as the UK government calls for Fifa to investigate Argentina over a Falklands banner displayed after the game

Local hero Tommy Fleetwood treads familiar ground in early Birkdale ‘battle’

Born and bred in Southport, the golfer used to have to sneak on the course’s hallowed turf as a kid, but now ‘Tommy Lad’ is very much in the limelight

‘The post-Kane era isn’t really one I want to contemplate!’ – your World Cup questions answered

England reporter Nick Ames answered your questions about World Cup referees standards, England’s hopes for the future, and the looming shadow of Saudi Aramco

‘Part of the fun’: Mateo Pulcini feels fans’ love despite risky Fernández celebration

Mateo Pulcini, the only Argentinian in the Open field, imitated Enzo Fernández after sinking a 40-foot putt on the last, but there was no major repeat of recent crowd trouble

England had Lionel Messi under control … until one decisive and subtle shift

It was a statistically weird game for Argentina’s talisman against England, full of outliers. It didn’t matter

Tour de France 2026: Merlier completes hat-trick on stage 12 as big crash mars sprint – live

Join Tom Bassam for updates as the riders make their way to Chalon-sur-Saône in the penultimate sprint stage

Move over Soccerey Bally: how Striker the dog became a 1994 World Cup hero

The tournament’s mascot came to herald the ubiquitous, commercial aims of a growing international spectacle

Nearly one in five World Cup matches reached heat levels players’ union warns against

Guardian analysis finds 19% of games reached heat levels warranting delays, as Fifa defends its player safeguards

Joe Schmidt era staggers to a close as shellshocked Wallabies face Italy

Australia have lost their last two against the Azzurri and if they fall again, the departing coach’s win-loss record will fall below 36%

It’s the end of the World Cup as England know it

In today’s Football Daily: Argentina knock out England, again

Keir Starmer wants Fifa investigation into Argentina players who held Falklands banner

The prime minister supports the idea of Fifa investigating Argentina players who displayed a banner touting their country’s claim to the Falklands Islands

Cheltenham festival crackdown aimed at stalling significant rise in false starts

The British Horseracing Authority will introduce a series of measures before next year’s Cheltenham festival to tackle a significant rise in the number of false starts at National Hunt’s showpiece meeting

Stars, stakes and still some controversy: Gotham’s record-setting night sums up state of NWSL

The Queens Classic – Kerr’s return, Lavelle’s stunner, wildfire smoke and all in between – shows how far the league has come and also where it can still improve