No 1-ranked Australia are favourites on home soil but through a forest of caveats for England, there is still a path to the urn

Pakistan are suffering in short-form cricket but the World Test Championship and its two-year cycle could work in their favour

Once teams promote a country, are owned by states or have to reflect government policy, sport becomes a playground for power

New stadium is hopefully on the way but Irish cricket needs boost after postponed T20 league and run of cancelled series

Hampshire signing and England hopeful on the season ahead, getting to know Andrew Flintoff and learning from other quicks of the past

The Essex wicketkeeper-batter, currently dazzling in the Hundred, has the self-belief he can put past setbacks behind him

The Israeli government has admitted to killing five Al-Jazeera journalists and media workers in an airstrike on a tent outside the al-Shifa hospital in Gaza last night.

The 2005 Ashes was special. The Queen said it was ‘cricket at its best’. The prime minister said it ‘lit up the summer’. For one writer and England fan it was more than that: it was the storied series...

On-field drama may compete with host of off-field questions as tournament hands control over to crop of global investors

Seeing more balls threaten his already broken foot raises question of whether Test cricket should have replacements

County apologise to visitors who struggled to get into ground on first day of fourth Test because of problems at the gates

England’s titanic tussle with Australia enthralled a nation but then the Test game vanished from UK free-to-air TV

The vicious reaction to his New York mayoral success tells us this: the establishment will not countenance mainstream voters making common cause with Muslims, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

If Palestine Action becomes a proscribed group, writing these words of support could become a serious offence. It’s vital we fight this alarming attack on free speech, says writer Sally Rooney

Former England bowler has motor neurone disease and his new autobiography vividly describes his daily experience

Champions League final features opposing tactical approaches and two radically different ownership models

After four years reporting from Israel and Palestine, our correspondent is returning to the UK. She reveals the grief, horror and hope that defined her time there

Myles Hippolyte’s goal in first-half stoppage time gave AFC Wimbledon a 1-0 win over Walsall in the League Two playoff final at Wembley

England’s titanic tussle with Australia enthralled a nation but then the Test game vanished from UK free-to-air TV

The suspension of the IPL has ramifications for the game worldwide, but it has allowed itself to be too in thrall to the Indian money machine

Josep Borrell also criticises EU response to what he calls largest ethnic cleansing operation since second world war The former EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has launched a blistering attack on Israel, accusing its government of committing genocide in Gaza and “carrying out the largest ethnic-cleansing operation since the end of the second world war in order to create a splendid holiday destination”. Borrell, a former Spanish foreign minister who served as the EU’s top diplomat from 2019 to 2024, and president of the European parliament from 2004 to 2007, also criticised the bloc’s failure to use all the means at its disposal to influence Israel, saying expressions of regret were simply not enough. Continue reading...

The terror I felt after coming out as a trans woman was assuaged by the acceptance I encountered in the real world. Someone should let our policymakers know, says football writer and broadcaster Nicky...

Concerns about the club’s ownership remain strong despite the euphoria of ending a 70-year wait for a domestic trophy