Manchester United, Ryder Cup and Lions tour: 12 sport storylines for 2025
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Everton’s new stadium, Women’s Rugby World Cup and potentially close Ashes series – new year has much to offer. Next season one narrative will surely dominate F1 when Lewis Hamilton dons his new scarlet race suit and climbs into a Ferrari for the first competitive session at the opening race in Australia. His move from Mercedes after 12 seasons and six titles was a huge shock and this new start could not be more gripping. How will he fare in a new team at the age of 40, a new culture at Maranello, a team that has a history of making and breaking drivers? Better still the prospect of him ending Ferrari’s drivers’ title drought that now stretches back to 2007 and in so doing claiming a record-breaking eighth world championship across three different teams. Or will it be a testing and turbulent opening year, far from his comfort zone? One way or another Hamilton and Ferrari will be impossible to ignore and it’s mouth-watering stuff. Giles Richards.
![[Everton’s new stadium at Bramley Moore Dock, Liverpool.]](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/d1808353fcdd08e012826dd683343f4ac2baf248/0_0_7473_4976/master/7473.jpg?width=445&dpr=1&s=none&crop=none)
Everton’s successful achievements under the ownership of Farhad Moshiri can be counted on one finger but that digit can point to a genuine and potentially transformative legacy in the form of a magnificent new stadium at Bramley Moore dock. Costs have risen from £500m to £800m and several burdensome loans have been taken to get this far, but there is no disputing the end result is a spectacular addition to the Liverpool waterfront. If only other developments in the city were of the same architectural standard. Bramley Moore will open at the start of the 2025-26 season and more than compensates for the closure of Goodison Park. Andy Hunter.
![[Sarina Wiegman oversees and England training session in Coventry.]](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/27407ad6dcda33d49b40d9f6f33b739507a4d184/0_249_5298_3179/master/5298.jpg?width=445&dpr=1&s=none&crop=none)
