Core fans priced out already . . . imagine if Gianni Infantino got his way Nothing beats the experience of watching sport live, but top-level events are increasingly becoming the preserve of the most affluent ✍️ @DavidWalshST thetimes.com/sport/football/…

Tadej Pogacar is the world’s best athlete — and team-mate Unstoppable Slovenian closes in on fifth Tour de France title but proves the ultimate team player as he chaperones team-mate Isaac del Toro to podium place By @DavidWalshST ⬇️ thetimes.com/sport/cycling/a…

‘Better to lose sleep than credibility’ — fallout from Vingegaard’s crash after his 2am drug test cast a shadow over stage 16 and Pogacar's overall lead cut ✍️ @DavidWalshST thetimes.com/sport/cycling/a…

Yannis Voisard, aged 27, is riding the Tour de France for the first time but is close enough to the top ten to be creating excitement within his team ✍️ @DavidWalshST thetimes.com/sport/cycling/a…

"Pidcock kept fighting and you can bet he will continue to do so. It is at times like this, when he’s not at his best, that he discovers who he is. He will take a lot from this third place." ✍️ @DavidWalshST thetimes.com/sport/cycling/a…

Iconic moment as Tadej Pogacar gifts stage win to team-mate and friend Isaac Del Toro Emotional scenes after young Mexican is encouraged to win on only his second day on the Tour de France as Jonas Vingegaard retains yellow jersey By @DavidWalshST ⬇️ thetimes.com/sport/cycling/a…

Paul Seixas will end France’s long wait — this Tour will tell us when Read @DavidWalshST's column ⬇️ thetimes.com/sport/cycling/a…

"Forty years ago I had the greatest summer. Well, at least of my working life. It involved two events, two Frenchmen and two deserved outcomes." ✍️ @DavidWalshST thetimes.com/sport/cycling/a…

Racing needs underdog to beat top dog more — at Royal Ascot, it could happen ✍️ @DavidWalshST thetimes.com/sport/horse-rac…

Today in Dublin, Ireland and Scotland will play for the Siobhan Cattigan Trophy. This occasion, this recognition of what Siobhan contributed to Scottish rugby means a great deal to her family, writes @DavidWalshST Column 🔽 thetimes.com/sport/rugby-uni…

One thing LIV Golf got right? It didn’t treat caddies like ‘rats’ Read @DavidWalshST's column below ⬇️ thetimes.com/sport/golf/arti…

Carl Hayman on life with dementia: Success now is doing one job in a day Once rugby’s greatest tight-head prop, the former All Black shares his experience living with the symptoms of brain injury for more than a decade ✍️ @DavidWalshST thetimes.com/sport/rugby-uni…

Ipswich’s Premier League promotion is a triumph of old-fashioned values Sir Bobby Robson has long gone but in Kieran McKenna the Suffolk club have a visionary manager whose loyalty and self-restraint are a throwback to bygone era ✍️ @DavidWalshST thetimes.com/sport/football/…

Two best friends, two suicides. How did rugby let this happen? Shane Christie’s former partner Holly Parkes relives harrowing decline that led to his death, which eerily echoed that of team-mate Billy Guyton two years earlier ✍️ @DavidWalshST thetimes.com/sport/rugby-uni…

"Imagine if you’d been at the game and someone had told you three of the players would be dead within nine years. All from the same team. Impossible, you would have said" Two best friends, two suicides. How did rugby let this happen? ✍️ @DavidWalshST thetimes.com/sport/rugby-uni…

🚴 Paris-Roubaix is a risk for Tadej Pogacar and we love him for taking it on ✍️ @davidwalshst thetimes.com/sport/cycling/a…

"A friend remarked on the sadness of a sporting icon dragged so low. It isn’t just sad. It's bad" @DavidWalshST says fans are always eager to forgive Tiger Woods, but another car crash reveals an alarming spiral for a man who remains a hero to many ⬇️ thetimes.com/sport/golf/arti…

🚓 'Nan got nicked on a regular basis' ⚽ The phone call that led to Spurs departure 🏇 Chance of winning the Gold Cup 🗣️ Harry Redknapp speaks to @DavidWalshST about life and Cheltenham ⬇️ thetimes.com/sport/football/…