Australia v England: Women’s Cricket World Cup 2022 final – live!

Australia v England: Women’s Cricket World Cup 2022 final – live!

5.38am BST 05:38 Australia 356-5 Megan Maurice Well if you’re just waking up in England, I don’t have great news for you. This has been pure domination from Australia. Some late wickets from England stemmed the flow of runs the tiniest little bit, but they have an absolutely huge chase on their hands. As I … Read more

Australia v West Indies: ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2022 semi-final – live!

Australia v West Indies: ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2022 semi-final – live!

6.01am BST 06:01 22nd over: West Indies 91-3 (Taylor 19, Campbelle 0) Matthews had the right idea, at least. Might as well swing for it as sputter out. 6.00am BST 06:00 WICKET! Matthews c King b Jonassen 34, West Indies 91-3 The demand takes its toll. The number one bowler in the world hasn’t even … Read more

India v Australia: ICC Women’s World Cup – live!

India v Australia: ICC Women’s World Cup – live!

2.07am GMT 02:07 17th over: India 76-2 (Yastika Bhatia 23, Mithali Raj 18) Tahlia McGrath gets her first over now and she starts it very well, with four dot balls. Bhatia is eyeing her cautiously and is happy to block it out for a few balls before taking a single and handing the strike to … Read more

Beijing Winter Olympics 2022 day three: women’s giant slalom, curling semi-finals and more – live!

Beijing Winter Olympics 2022 day three: women’s giant slalom, curling semi-finals and more – live!

5.23am GMT 05:23 There’s also a women’s prelim round ice hockey match going on: Canada leading I Can’t Believe It’s Not Russia 2-0. 5.21am GMT 05:21 In the women’s Big Air qualifiers, Canada’s Megan Oldham finished top. For Great Britain, Kirsty Muir qualified but Katie Summerhayes missed out by one spot. 5.18am GMT 05:18 On-course … Read more

Beijing Winter Olympics 2022: biathlon, curling, ski jumping and more on day one – live!

Beijing Winter Olympics 2022: biathlon, curling, ski jumping and more on day one – live!

8.05am GMT 08:05 USA v Russia It’s not quite the Miracle on Ice, or even Rocky 4, but with the world on tenterhooks right now, the Russia-USA clash in the women’s ice hockey should have some added intrigue. The Russian President is expected to attend. His region’s on the brink, but he’s handy on the … Read more

Beijing 2022: Winter Olympics opening ceremony – live!

Beijing 2022: Winter Olympics opening ceremony – live!

11.57am GMT 11:57 Harry Pearson Of all the sport I watched in the 1970s nothing – not Gordon Banks’s save in Mexico, the Rumble in the Jungle or Emlyn Hughes hugging Princess Anne on a Question of Sport – made such an impression on me. Thinking about it now I realise something: I remember the … Read more

Ash Barty v Danielle Collins: Australian Open women’s singles final – live!

Ash Barty v Danielle Collins: Australian Open women’s singles final – live!

Seven days after a video went viral of two activists being forced to remove their T-Shirts by Melbourne Park security, the group made good on their promise to print 1,000 shirts they hoped spectators would wear inside Rod Laver Arena during the women’s singles final. About 20 people were voluntarily stationed at each entrance, where … Read more

Australian Open day two: Stephens v Raducanu, Murray and Kyrgios win – live!

Australian Open day two: Stephens v Raducanu, Murray and Kyrgios win – live!

12.02pm GMT 12:02 On Rod Laver, Stefanos Tsitsipas took the first set 6-2 against Mikael Ymer – but it’s been a tougher test in the second, the Greek recovering from a break down to level at 4-4. Alex Popyrin’s hopes are over – he’s lost in five sets to France’s Arthur Rinderknech. 12.00pm GMT 12:00 … Read more

Australia news live update: ‘significant decrease’ in NSW Covid cases predicted for coming month; rapid test price gouging referred to police

Australia news live update: ‘significant decrease’ in NSW Covid cases predicted for coming month; rapid test price gouging referred to police

Here’s a summary of all the Covid numbers from the day so far: Victoria reported 22,429 new Covid cases and six deathsRoughly half the positive cases were reported from PCR test results, and half from rapid antigen tests. There are 1,229 people being treated in hospital with Covid in Victoria, including 129 in intensive care. … Read more