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Lewis Hamilton cool on relations with F1 rival Max Verstappen

Lewis Hamilton said he had ‘limited communication’ with F1 title rival Max Verstappen as he prepares for Sunday’s US Grand Prix

Tom Dart in Texas

21, Oct, 2021 @7:12 PM

Jo Coates and Sara Symington leave UK Athletics roles as crisis deepens

The UK Athletics chief executive, Jo Coates, has stepped down from her role while Sara Symington has left for British Cycling

Sean Ingle

21, Oct, 2021 @6:53 PM

Former jockey alleges that weighing-room abuse drove him from racing

A former National Hunt jockey has said that his life was ‘made hell’ by the bullying he endured from a valet in the late 1990s

Greg Wood

21, Oct, 2021 @6:31 PM

England and David Willey handling wet balls in T20 World Cup buildup | Simon Burnton

With dew and sweat set to be factors in the United Arab Emirates and Oman, players are preparing for a slippery ball

Simon Burnton in Dubai

21, Oct, 2021 @6:04 PM

Jeannette Altwegg obituary

Last British woman to win an individual ice-skating gold medal at the Winter Olympics

Peter Mason

21, Oct, 2021 @4:40 PM

Mix-and-match Australia face tough assignment at T20 World Cup | Geoff Lemon

The world’s best have been honing their 20-over games since 2016 but it is hard to draw the impression that Australia have done the same

Geoff Lemon

21, Oct, 2021 @4:30 PM

Celtics’ China broadcasts erased after Kanter attacks ‘cultural genocide’ in Tibet

Highlights of Boston Celtics games have been erased from the NBA’s Chinese broadcast partner after one of the team’s players attacked government policy in Tibet

Guardian sport

21, Oct, 2021 @4:15 PM

Sport England warns increase in activity levels will take ‘collective effort’

Efforts to improve the nation’s activity levels must move away from placing the onus on the individual, Sport England has warned, as the body’s annual study showed the pandemic has hit hardest those already struggling the most to exercise

Paul MacInnes

21, Oct, 2021 @2:43 PM

The Miami Dolphins look doomed to languish in NFL’s lower middle-class

The team developed a plan to rip apart the roster and build for long-term success. But that success doesn’t look any closer to being realised

Oliver Connolly

21, Oct, 2021 @9:00 AM

Culture first and talent later as Wayne Bennett stamps his mark on Dolphins | Emma Kemp

As the 71-year-old was unveiled by the newest NRL club he again proved he is a coach of tactics but also a coach of people

Emma Kemp

21, Oct, 2021 @7:05 AM

Stefano Domenicali: ‘What Mandela said is understandable but it was a different time’ | Giles Richards

F1’s chief executive defends taking the sport to controversial countries and thinks it can help change the world for the better

Giles Richards

21, Oct, 2021 @7:00 AM

T20 World Cup memories, forgotten goals and indoor mountain biking | Classic YouTube

This week’s roundup also features barefoot marathon gold, swimming the Channel and the wastage of Dan Marino’s talent