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⚽️ Premier League updates from the 8pm BST kick-off ⚽️ Latest table | Premier League review | Email Michael What was a bad weekend for Tottenham Hotspur could get a whole lot worse at Selhurst Park. Spurs could and probably should have beaten Brighton to leapfrog West Ham in the relegation but a late, late equaliser for the south-coast side – compounded by wins for Leeds and Nottingham Forest – h…

After making a spectacular punt on racing and bloodstock, the football super-agent will be hoping for a swift return There was an unexpected, jarring moment in the winner’s enclosure at Newmarket last week as Kevin Philippart de Foy, the principal trainer for the football super-agent Kia Joorabchian’s Amo Racing operation, prepared to discuss his win with Sovereign Spell in the opening race on Cr…

Coach comes out of five-man shortlist to land role Will aim to help England lift Rugby League World Cup The former Leeds Rhinos coach Brian McDermott will be named as Shaun Wane’s successor as head coach of the England men’s national team later this week. McDermott, the most successful coach in Super League history having guided Leeds Rhinos to eight major honours during his time with the club, h…

Rose signs three-year deal that starts in the summer His previous clubs include Borussia Dortmund Bournemouth have confirmed Marco Rose will replace Andoni Iraola as their head coach this summer. Iraola is stepping away at the end of his contract and Rose has signed a three-year deal to take his first Premier League job. The German, out of work since leaving RB Leipzig in March 2025, managed in t…

The way a weakened side flattened Scotland brings to mind the Chicago Bulls of the 1990s and Pep Guardiola’s peak Manchester City Is this England side the most dominant sporting team to have existed? That is the question many are now asking after watching the Red Roses demolish Scotland 84-7 in the Women’s Six Nations, despite having a thoroughly depleted squad, to extend their winning run to 35 …

Sharon Lokedi wins women’s race again Marcel Hug win’s men’s wheelchair for ninth time GB’s Rainbow-Cooper wins women’s wheelchair race There was Kenyan joy at the Boston Marathon for a second year in a row as Sharon Lokedi and John Korir retained their titles. Korir broke the Boston Marathon course record in the men’s race, riding a tailwind to outrun the strongest field in event history in a ti…

Circuit of approximately 18km to finish on the Mall GB’s Cat Ferguson among favourites for yellow jersey London will provide the backdrop for a landmark moment in cycling history as it hosts the first team time trial in the women’s Tour de France next year. The best riders in the women’s peloton will race against the clock, as teams, on a central London circuit of approximately 18km, passing the …

Ex-US youth international injured in collision v Palermo Further tests with specialist to take place Sign up for the World Behind The Cup newsletter Goalkeeper Jonathan Klinsmann, the son of former Germany striker and US national team head coach Jürgen Klinsmann, is recovering from a broken neck sustained playing for second-tier Italian side Cesena on Saturday. The former US youth international, …

Manchester City eked a win by the slimmest of margins on Sunday, setting up a season finale that will be determined by nerves Sign up for the World Behind The Cup newsletter It was probably Arsenal’s best performance in two months, but that will be scant consolation. Manchester City’s win on Sunday leaves Pep Guardiola’s side in control of the title race; they will go top of the Premier League on…

Mercedes principal confident F1 will find way forward Changes have come in for heavy criticism this year The Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff is confident Formula One will find a constructive way forward in an approach of using a “scalpel rather than a baseball bat”, as the sport’s leaders meets on Monday to agree changes to the new regulations which have come in for considerable criticism over…

Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now! A penny for the thoughts of Mikel Arteta, who it seems can’t do right for doing wrong. Widely derided all season for the largely risk-averse, belt-and-braces approach to football matches that has his team perched atop the Premier League, the Arsenal head coach defied expectations and went comparatively gung-ho for Sunday’s potential season-defin…

Max Rushden is joined by Barry Glendenning , Barney Ronay and John Brewin to discuss a wild weekend in the Premier League Rate, review, share on Apple Podcasts and join the conversation on email . On today’s pod: Manchester City take control of the title race with a huge win over Arsenal . The panel ask just how decisive this result is, did City win it, or did Arsenal lose it in the margins? What…

The Uzbek 20-year-old won first prize unbeaten but his girlfriend, Bibisara Assaubayeva, finished second to the lowest seed in the Women’s Candidates Javokhir Sindarov finished with a record total in the world championship Candidates in Pegeia, western Cyprus, as the 20-year-old from Uzbekistan won the competition with a record 10/14 total, 1.5 points clear of his nearest rival, Anish Giri. The W…

Hagi takes national job for second time, 25 years later ‘I was born to win, not just to exist,’ says 61-year-old Gheorghe Hagi has taken over as manager of the Romanian national team for a second time, with the former Barcelona star announcing ambitious targets for his new charges. “Our goal is to win every game. Our goal is to win the Nations League. Our goal is to qualify for the European Champ…

Bill Foley – who also owns Bournemouth – thinks he can do better than Olivier Pantaloni but he may prove mistaken By Get French Football News “Why can’t we beat everyone?” asked Lorient owner Bill Foley earlier this month. It’s not the kind of fighting talk you are accustomed to hearing from a newly promoted side but, given that they have already beaten Lens, Lyon, Monaco, Rennes, and now Marseil…