The first half was dreadful. The pass completion rate was a meagre 72.8%, although it felt lower. There were only two shots on target. The sun kept popping out from behind the clouds to take a look, and then going back in again, appalled. And the really bad news for Crystal Palace is that, for them, that was the good…

Australia is in the grip of a housing crisis but, in the heart of the outback, the opal town of Quilpie is looking to expand its tiny populationOut the swing doors of either of this town’s two pubs, past the old railway tracks and the one-strip airport, vast plains stretch beyond all horizons. Tin-roofed houses…

25-year-old sets new global mark for race walk marathonRising star slices 19 seconds off previous record despite rainRebecca Henderson walked her way into the history books in Japan by becoming the first Australian track and field athlete in a generation to set a senior world record in a championship event.The rising…

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Downing Street will allocate a further £432m in this week’s budget, bringing total funding for finding a ‘lasting solution’ to nearly £900mAndy Burnham is to double spending on ending rough sleeping to almost £900m by the end of the current parliament, as he steps up efforts to get people off the streets by…

Championship leader wins from Leclerc and Verstappen20yo should become youngest F1 champion next weekKimi Antonelli took a dominant victory at the US Grand Prix, with a controlled and composed drive to beat the Ferrari of Charles Leclerc into second place, but it was not quite enough for the Italian to seal his first…

Romola Garai and Dominic Cooper are far too good for this by-the-numbers tale of two people having an affair. It is a clattering bag of clichesHere are a few valuable life lessons to be gathered from the new six-part series Adultery, which is about adultery.One, don’t bother. Continue reading...

Thirteen years later, José Mourinho led Real Madrid into the Camp Nou, and he led them out again with a late, late victory that opens up a whole new world. With three minutes remaining and the energy with which they had played dropping, a wonderful piece of skill from Jude Bellingham found Eduardo Camavinga and set…

Nefarious doings, tiny-headed henchmen and sockless villains – the mob saga is back. And it’s as lovable as it is bloodyJust when we thought we were out, they pull us back in. Seventeen months after it huffed off in its Toyota Omertà, This City is Ours is back for a second series of high-stakes gangland…

The Hollywood star is so grumpy in this new travelogue it’s like he wishes he wasn’t there. Think sulky car journeys, strained encounters and the sense of a TV series implodingA Course Called Ireland is a new documentary in which Bill Murray golfs his way around the “Emerald Isle” while reflecting on…