NEW/EXCLUSIVE and BREAKING: The UFC star Conor McGregor took powerful performance-enhancing drugs after he broke his leg in 2021. McGregor did so with the support of Dr. Neal ElAttrache, the Dodgers and Rams team doctor and one of the most high profile sports doctors in the world. McGregor then engaged in an active effort to evade scrutiny from antidoping officials. nytimes.com/2026/06/11/us/po…

Thanks @LewisMoody7 for a special interview as he spoke so openly about dealing with MND. The disease is harsh and cruel but Lewis, who turned 48 yesterday, is full of hope as he made this telling point: “MND is not incurable; it’s just underfunded.” theguardian.com/sport/2026/j…

Cliff Jones, the last surviving member of our 1958 World Cup squad, has today been awarded an MBE. 🎖️ Llongyfarchiadau, Cliff! 👏

While Sir Keir Starmer carries on as if his premiership isn't burning to the ground, Al Carns took to the morning media round today to offer up some home truths. Fresh from quitting his gig as a defence minister, Carns finally said the quiet bit — in Labour circles, at least — out loud: the Prime Minister is prioritising handouts over keeping the country safe. ✍️ Steerpike Article | spectator.com/article/al-car…

This 🇬🇧 government is proving to be perhaps the most incompetent in history of a long list of contenders

Sadly, now a circus fuelled by banned doping products with track & field athletes receiving bans on a virtual daily basis. May as well allow a free for all but it wouldn’t last cos the number of likely deaths would result in a rapid return of doping controls

Collegiate athlete Adaejah Hodge, recently returned from a drugs ban - she tested ve for the cancer-causing metabolic modulator GW501516 - becomes the 5th fastest woman in history.

Brilliant words today from Rob Baxter @ExeterChiefs - attacking the endless demands from England for yet more access to players. The clubs should go to court to protect their employees. Baxter said: "the only thing I ever see is [England saying] we don't get enough access to our players."

Is T&F the world's least trusted sport? People are looking at the records falling this week and blaming the track, timing systems, doping, you name it.

In WADA commissioned studies in 2011, between 30%-45% of elite athletes admitted to doping bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/41…

I was always sceptical that the Enhanced Games would smashed WRs because my assumption is that many of the world's elite in disciplines such as sprinting and swimming are already, erm, taking advantage of the most advanced assistance available.

From the lead investigator in Operation Puerto on anti-doping since 2017: “After the WADA investigations into Russia, I think the real fight against doping practically ended. Today it's difficult to recall any exemplary sanctions against major athletes or teams”.

Three cheers for The Bish and his skilful ghost writer Brendan Gallagher. Grand to see a rugby book of such searing honesty win this coveted prize. 👏 👏

So richly deserved. Many congrats @gallagherbren58 and @dbish09

How many of them were better than English born players? Not many IMO

Super player and put so much back into the grassroots game

After eight wonderful years of living by the sea in Southern Spain we have decided to sell the house. Do you know anyone looking for either a relocation, a second home, an investment property or even a business as a luxury b&b. Please Rt for us. blucee.com/property/impressi…

Norway and the UK drilled the same North Sea. 🇳🇴Norway got $2 trillion. 🇬🇧The UK got tax cuts. Same basin,Same era.... Completely different outcomes. Norway captured $30 per barrel in government revenue. The UK captured $11. That gap, compounded over 50 years of production, is the entire difference. Norway's model was simple: tax heavily (78% marginal rate), take direct equity stakes in fields via the SDFI, own part of Equinor, and put everything surplus into a fund invested abroad. The Government Pension Fund Global now holds over $2 trillion in assets. That's $390,000 per Norwegian citizen about 1.5% of all listed equities on earth. The fiscal rule: only spend the 3% annual real return. Never touch the principal. The UK started producing earlier, at lower prices, with a lower tax rate (40%) and no saving mechanism. North Sea revenues flowed straight into the general budget. Economists estimate the UK missed out on roughly £400 billion compared to a Norwegian style regime. The windfall largely financed tax cuts in the 1980s rather than a fund. Where things stand in 2026? Norway's petroleum sector will generate $63 bn in net cash flow this year alone feeding a fund already large enough to cover 10-15% of the national budget from returns alone. The UK is a net energy importer. Since 2021 it has paid countries like Norway more than £100 billion for gas. One country treated oil as a finite resource to convert into permanent financial wealth. The other treated it as income. image source:eia

That’s him, put the Williams up me, thought I’d dropped Ronnie our on tour copper right in 💩 #topWindup

For years, Wales has discussed health, prevention and wellbeing largely without sport properly in the room. Maybe that has been a mistake. Should sport be part of Wales’ health strategy? #WelshRugby #MentalHealth #Wales #Sport #Prevention open.substack.com/pub/andymo…