with Jamie J

How soaring prices, celebrity spectacle and political hypocrisy are overshadowing the beautiful game on the sport’s biggest stage, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER

Snippets of news from the sporting world with JAMIE J

JOHN WIGHT writes about the shared love of the ring that strengthened two icons in their struggles against racism and injustice

F1 admits pit-lane measurement discrepancy as Russell fumes over penalty fallout

Zohran Mamdani pushes an inclusive vision for football, but basketball still dominates the city’s imagination, writes JAMES NALTON

Including races at Chester, York and Sandown

In the second of his Canadian World Cup diaries, LAYTH YOUSIF finds Toronto buzzing with anticipation ahead of the forthcoming global tournament

Omar Artan was questioned for hours and refused entry to the US despite his Fifa appointment and valid documents, writes OMAR FARUK and GERALD IMRAY

For the first of LAYTH YOUSIF’S Canadian World Cup diaries, he discovers a Gunners’ haven in Oshawa, Ontario, and explores the town’s role in the historic 1937 labour strikes

Snippets of news from the sporting world with Jamie J

As World Cup begins, the sport’s authority does nothing to protect or free two Palestinian women football stars arrested by Israeli authorities, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER

Unite Here members in the US are taking action against Trump’s vicious Ice agents during football’s biggest tournament, reports MARK GRUENBERG

Including races at Epsom and Doncaster

Players stress importance of unity and describe how war affects their preparations for the tournament

Free Lions fan group accuses governing body of prioritising profit over supporter safety

Shaw and Greenwood star as champions thrash Brighton to lift FA Cup

Grassroots competition in Greece offers a rare moment of unity amid tightening European migration rules

Wharton impresses for Crystal Palace in Leipzig while Tuchel’s squad selection comes under scrutiny, writes JAMES NALTON

Richard Dunn’s remarkable journey took him from Yorkshire building sites to boxing’s biggest stage amid the upheaval of the 1970s, writes JOHN WIGHT

Including races at Carlisle, Chester, Beverley and Lingfield

A tiny Caribbean nation with just 156,000 people is preparing to take on football’s global powers, write JUAN ARRAEZ and TIM REYNOLDS

Legendary manager departs following a decade of domestic dominance