Andrew McDermott 
Andy Murray’s victory at Nottingham took him to his highest singles ranking in over five years and raised hopes of a Wimbledon seeding. When Murray was ranked 839th in the world in July 2018 as he recovered from his first hip surgery, challenging at grand slams again seemed a forlorn hope but he has fought back into the world’s top 40.
Pep Guardiola has cemented his status as one of the best managers of all-time by winning the treble with Manchester City. City’s victory over Inter last Saturday earned Guardiola a third Champions League title and a second personal treble.
Manchester City’s opening-day reunion with Vincent Kompany and Burnley forms part of a friendly-looking start to the 2023-24 Premier League fixtures list for the treble winners. The top-flight schedule was released on Thursday morning, with Kompany’s side hosting City on August 11 in the opening match of the season.
The 2023 Ashes is set to be one of the most exciting in history, with a resurgent England taking on Test champions Australia. Ben Stokes and Brendon McCullum have led England to 11 victories in 13 matches since their appointments as captain and coach last summer, while Australia cemented their status as the best five-day team in the world by thrashing India by 209 runs in the World Test Championship final.
Golf’s third major championship takes place at Los Angeles Country Club from June 15-18 and we have picked out the leading contenders in the US Open 2023 betting odds. England’s Matt Fitzpatrick is the defending champion and is 33/1 to join Brooks Koepka (2017-18) in winning back-to-back title as the US Open returns to LA for the first time since 1948.
Edgbaston is the venue for this week’s Ashes opener and has been a happy hunting ground for England over the years, though they will be out to avenge 2019’s loss to Australia. England have won six and drawn five of their 15 Tests against Australia in Birmingham, losing four, while they have 29 wins there overall and only 10 losses.
The major championships are the pinnacle of golf as the world’s best players go up against each other on the sport’s toughest courses. We look back at the history of the game’s four biggest tournaments and pick out the 10 best performances in golf majors.
Netherlands reached the inaugural Nations League final in 2019 and will hope home advantage helps them get there again on Wednesday night. The Dutch are hosting this year’s finals and head into the first semi-final as favourites in Rotterdam but they are up against Croatia.
Manchester City reached the pinnacle of the European game with victory in the Champions League final on Saturday, which also saw them complete the treble. Here we look at what could come next for the club and the latest Man City betting odds.
England will attempt to end a miserable past few years in the Women’s Ashes and topple Australia for the first time since 2013-14 when the multi-format series starts next week. Here we assess some of the burning issues ahead of the curtain-raising one-off Test at Trent Bridge which begins next Thursday.
Ange Postecoglou will be the first Australian to manage in the Premier League after taking up the reins at Tottenham. Australia will be the 25th nation to provide a permanent Premier League boss and one of nine to be represented by just a single manager.
Saudi Arabia and sport have become increasingly intertwined in recent years and the growing influence of the country took arguably its most significant step yet last week. The LIV Golf series, backed by the finances of the Saudi Public Investment Fund (PIF), is merging with the PGA and DP World Tours to create a new vehicle which will manage the commercial interests of top-level golf.
Los Angeles Country Club is a largely unknown venue in professional golf but is now the centre of attention as it hosts the US Open. It has staged the Los Angeles Open five times but not since 1940, and is ready to host the world’s best golfers after the North Course’s restoration in 2010.
Manchester City emulated Manchester United’s 1999 trophy treble with victory in the Champions League final against Inter Milan. Having seen off United at Wembley to add the FA Cup to their Premier League title, City’s 1-0 victory over Inter Milan means they have matched the feat previously only achieved in English football by their cross-city rivals.