How ‘oppressive’ FSU revenue-sharing deals show continued exploitation of college football players

Revenue sharing is now a feature of college athletics. Thanks to the house settelement signed in May, schools are permitted to spend $20.5m annually across sports, including through expanded scholarships and direct payments (of which it appears football will generally receive approximately 75%). This would seem to mitigate the longstanding problem of exploitation in college football.However, in a sport still defined by extreme injury, recently disclosed provisions in the new Florida State University (FSU) revenue-sharing contract show that schools appear to simply be finding new ways to extract value from players, as ever at startling personal cost

Archer back to face India at Lord’s as Wood eyes surprise return in time for fifth Test

Jofra Archer will start his first Test match in more than four years after being named as the only change in the England team to face India in the third Test at Lord’s on Thursday.Chris Woakes and Brydon Carse are both retained after the defeat by India at Edgbaston that squared the series 1-1, with Josh Tongue making way for Archer.Meanwhile, fellow fast bowler Mark Wood, who has been nursing a knee injury, was seen training at Lord’s and is understood to be targeting the final Test at The Oval.An ECB statement read: “The England Men’s selection panel has made one change to our XI to take on India at Lord’s. The series is finely poised at 1-1 following India’s 336-run victory at Edgbaston on Sunday

The Spin | Dear cycling: a letter and a warning from cricket’s golden free-to-air summer in 2005

Dear cycling, hello from 2005. It’s dusty back here, piles of unloved pagers, a cityscape of VHS towers and chest freezers packed with turkey twizzlers.It’s been a strange sort of summer – switchbacking in mood. On 6 July, London won the rights to hold the 2012 Olympics, a last-minute heist from under the Parisian nose; the next day terrorists murdered 57 people on the London transport network. The country was in a state of high alert, but the Australian cricket team, who had landed in early June, stayed to play in the Ashes

Christian Horner sacked by Red Bull after 20 years as principal at F1 team

Christian Horner has been released from his operational duties as Red Bull’s team principal with immediate effect. Horner, who has been in charge of Red Bull since the team was formed in 2005, will be replaced by the principal of sister team Racing Bulls, Laurent Mekies.Horner’s surprise removal as principal and chief executive of Red Bull Racing was confirmed in a statement from Red Bull’s parent company on Wednesday morning and comes just over 17 months since Horner was embroiled in a scandal involving accusations of inappropriate behaviour by an employee, though he was later cleared by an investigation.The statement read: “Red Bull has released Christian Horner from his operational duties with effect from today [Wednesday 9 July 2025] and has appointed Laurent Mekies as CEO of Red Bull Racing. Oliver Mintzlaff, CEO Corporate Projects and Investments thanked Christian Horner for his exceptional work over the last 20 years

Mid-season AFL competition is a thought bubble, but major fixture reform is still needed

The Age’s exclusive this week on a proposed mid-season competition was quickly torpedoed in the race for readership by the guilty verdict in the mushroom murder trial.The AFL usually saves its strategic leaks and thought bubbles for the middle of summer. Several years ago, they dropped their fixture at 6am as the Socceroos prepared to take on Argentina. There’s nothing like a code war at the crack of dawn while Lionel Messi is slicing through your defence.This announcement came on the back of the most lacklustre round of the season and talk of a two-speed competition

‘He was too good’: Norrie upbeat despite Wimbledon exit at hands of Alcaraz

Cameron Norrie said he leaves the All England Club proud of his performances and fight after falling 6-2, 6-3, 6-3 to an imperious Carlos Alcaraz in the quarter-finals of Wimbledon on Tuesday afternoon.“Amazing, amazing experience,” Norrie said. “He played a very high level. I think if you asked him, he would agree with that.“It was good fun