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World Cup 2026 qualifying begins

Extra places throws qualifying wide open, but next summer's Copa America will disrupt things

Carla Overbeck

In 1999, Carla Overbeck captained the United States to their second World Cup triumph after a penalty-shootout victory over China in front of 90,185 supporters - the biggest-ever crowd to attend a Women's World Cup match.

SUPER WORLDS

Ably filling the Tour de France-shaped hole in our lives in early August, the 2023 UCI Cycling World Championships were a triumph

Hot ticket

Rookie Anna Gardiner straps in for ride of her life at a scorching L'Étape du Tour, the world's biggest and arguably best mass participation event

"I'm just trying to inspire people to play golf”

Golf Monthly meets social media sensation Mia Baker, who is on a mission to get more people into golf... and smiling all the way

GET READY FOR A GOLDEN MONTH

Sky Sports Racing's front man is glad silly season is over and there's lots to look forward to

FUERTE COMES TO THE FORE

lan Heitman sees a new star who has plenty of targets still to come

AN ITALIAN JOB

Xander Brett takes in the Palio di Siena, reportedly the oldest continually running horse race in the world

OBITUARY - Jim Hendry 1939-2023

Tributes have been paid to Jim Hendry, former Chief Executive and General Secretary of the British Cycling Federation (later British Cycling), who died on Sunday, 20 August, at the age of 83.

Vuelta a España, stage 17 22 September, 1999

Belgian Frank Vandenbroucke, one of the most talented yet tragic riders of his generation, leads the peloton on stage 17 of the Vuelta en route to Guadalajara just outside Madrid.

Vitus Venon EVO-RS 105 Di2 £3,599 | 7.8kg

Paul Grele tastes freedom on an all-road bike that comes in two flavours

Dr Hutch

The Doc reflects on the more left-field events at the Glasgow Super Worlds and realises it’s not the cycle-ball that is the most peculiar

DANCE IS STRUTTING HER STUFF

Paul Jacobs believes the Oaks heroine is the one to beat at Doncaster

AUTUMN DRAWS NEAR AT HQ

David Youngman is waiting for future stars to appear as the mornings get a little darker

EASTER BY CLOSES IN ON ANOTHER CENTURY

Nick Townsend meets a trainer with a name that's synonymous with horseracing in Yorkshire

JUMPING MARES TO WATCH

Paul Ferguson starts his National Hunt preview with 15 key females to follow

CROWD PLEASER

Graham Buddry reflects on the career of a Jekyll & Hyde character who always thrilled racegoers

A CHANCE TO BE A PART OF HISTORY

Andy Newton takes a look ahead to the last and most historic of the season's Classics, the St Leger at Doncaster

EYECATCHERS FROM A BUMPER GALWAY GALA

Karl Hedley has pinpointed his runners to follow from the big summer Festival jamboree

Close and yet so far at Glasgow Worlds

It’s funny being at a bike race and not racing. I don’t mean funny in the ‘ha ha’ way, more the strange way.

Peden takes maiden 25-mile championship

Northern Irish rider emulates his hero with blue riband TT victory

The unbreaking of a record-breaker

Long-distance record-setter Christina Mackenzie tells us about her biggest challenge yet - returning to racing following a devastating hit-and-run crash

MiND oVer MisHaP

Returning to cycling after a crash involves not only healing the body but also calming the mind. Dr Marianne Trent explores the psychology of getting back on

De Rosa

Italian thoroughbred from the heart of pro racing

Chaos marks Vuelta a España opening weekend

Remco Evenepoel led after three rain-hit and incident-packed opening stages, reports Chris Marshall-Bell in Barcelona

TRUE PRO DAVID HAS LEFT US LASTING LEGACY...

IN JANUARY 2003, my Ryman Premier League team at Farnborough Town knocked League Two’s Darlington out of the FA Cup to earn a home tie with the Double winners from Arsenal.

WREXHAM ALWAYS IN MY HEART - BEN

BEN Foster says Wrexham will always have a 'special place in my heart' after hanging up his gloves for the second time.

Tomasson out to stun Watford

JON Dahl Tomasson wants his Blackburn side to get back on track this afternoon and 'create an upset' against Watford.

MILLERS ARE MUCH APPIAH...

ROTHERHAM United have swooped to sign winger Arvin Appiah on a season-long loan from Almeria.

FOUR-MIDABLE!!

Canaries on song as the goals fly in