Zak Crawley stokes flames and sparks India’s fury in tetchy heatwave Test | Andy Bull

Shubman Gill takes issue with England opener’s delaying tactics at end of gruelling day of blood and sweat cricketAs recently as 1878, a crowd of about 15,000 people paid to watch 18 men spend six days walking in endless circles around the Royal Agricultural Hall, in a 500-mile race for the inaugural Astley Belt for endurance pedestrianism. The competitors were made to eat, sleep and go to the toilet in little tents set up by the side of the track.According to the reports, by the fourth day there were three “forlorn, destitute, ragged” men left in contention. “Their boots were hanging to their feet by shreds.” Everyone else had been finished off by injuries, irritation and exhaustion

Stokes conjures England magic to halt India and put third Test on knife-edge

It has been a tough old series for England’s bowlers. As well as wrestling with docile pitches and doughy Dukes balls in a lengthy heatwave, they have come up against an India batting lineup that is rich with talent and seriously gutsy with it. The upshot has been perspiration outstripping inspiration for long passages of play.Not that those two elements are mutually exclusive and in Ben Stokes, England have a cricketer who thrives on delivering both. On a gripping third day of this third Test, as India were bowled out for 387 in 119

England v India: third men’s cricket Test, day three – as it happened

Righto, another enthralling day of Test cricket in this series. There is nothing to split these two sides at the moment (okay, two runs). I’ll be back on the tools in the morning. Have a good evening, bye.In comes Bumrah in his inimitable fashion – stuttering daintily like a shire horse in tap shoes

No Half Measures leaves trainer Richard Hughes in tears after July Cup success at 66-1

The July Cup, sprinting’s midsummer championship race, came up with a boil-over to match the soaring temperatures as No Half Measures, at 66-1, gave the former champion jockey Richard Hughes a first Group One success as a trainer to add to the dozens he won in the saddle.Notable Speech, last year’s 2,000 Guineas winner, set off as a warm favourite despite racing at a sprint trip for the first time, but he could not find an extra gear in the closing stages after Neil Callan on No Half Measures hit the front a furlong out. The four-year-old filly stayed on strongly to the line to beat Big Mojo (12-1) and Run To Freedom (40-1), a tricast that paid out at nearly 28,000-1.No Half Measures is the biggest-priced winner in the July Cup’s 149-year history, and left her trainer in tears in the winners’ enclosure. “It’s brilliant,” Hughes said

Wimbledon 2025: Swiatek wins title after crushing Anisimova 6-0, 6-0 – as it happened

Right, that’s it from us for today – and from me for this Wimbledon. Many thanks for your company this fortnight, it’s been a blast as always. Do join Daniel tomorrow for coverage of Jannik Sinner v Carlos Alcaraz – after their nearly neverending French Open final last month, we can be sure it won’t be as rapid as today’s Wimbledon whitewash. Bye!Here’s Tumaini’s match report:Amanda Anisimova arrived in her first grand slam final in some of the best form of her career, but she fell apart under pressure in front of one of the greatest big-match players the sport has ever seen as Iga Swiatek inflicted a historic 6-0, 6-0 victory in 57 minutes to claim her long-awaited first Wimbledon title.This is the first time in the open era that the Wimbledon title has been won with a double bagel

Iga Swiatek races to first Wimbledon title with 6-0, 6-0 thrashing of Anisimova

Amanda Anisimova arrived in her first grand slam final playing the best tennis of her life but, under the stifling pressure of such a significant occasion against one of the greatest big-match players the sport has seen, her afternoon turned into the most difficult day of her career as a supreme Iga Swiatek dismantled the American 6-0, 6-0 in 57 minutes to claim her first Wimbledon title.This is the first time in the open era that the Wimbledon title has been won with a double bagel. The last 6-0, 6-0 result came in 1911, when the sport barely resembled its current form, with Dorothea Lambert Chambers’s win over Dora Boothby in the challenge match era, a time when the defending champion played just once. Steffi Graf’s 6-0, 6-0 win over Natasha Zverev at the 1988 French Open is the only other grand slam final to be decided by a double bagel in the Open era. Swiatek has now won each of her first six grand slam finals, a reflection of her mental toughness and her readiness to produce her best in the biggest moments