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Champions League semi-final delicately poised at 1-1 ‘We are so hungry to get the game we want tomorrow’ Mikel Arteta promised that Arsenal’s players will turn into “beasts” as they attempt to reach the Champions League final for the first time since 2006. Arsenal drew 1-1 in the first leg of their semi-final against Atlético Madrid last week and will be confident of overcoming Diego Simeone’s si…

Carrick has taken side into Champions League as interim Matheus Cunha feels Carrick has Ferguson-era ‘magic’ Michael Carrick is expected to be offered the chance to continue as Manchester United’s head coach after qualifying for the Champions League. Carrick has not held talks regarding turning his interim role into a permanent one because the executives were intent on waiting to see whether he c…

A three-horse race looks like it has been reduced to two. This most magical of Hearts seasons has edged closer to delivering the ultimate prize, an outcome that would shake Scottish football to its very foundations. This was a game Rangers and their manager Danny Röhl dare not lose. They did, courtesy of a stirring second-half comeback from Hearts. Rangers now trail the Edinburgh club by seven po…

⚽ Premier League updates from the 8pm BST kick-off ⚽ Scores | Tables | Read Football Daily | Mail Taha A reminder that Erling Haaland leads by two goals. He’s already won the golden boot twice – another would take him level with Alan Shearer and Harry Kane. Over to another title race: Continue reading...

Bath unhappy with collision between Barbeary and Lucu Some camera angles were unavailable to TMO in semi-final An independent broadcast director is set to be in position for this month’s Champions Cup final in Bilbao after disquiet about the lack of crucial replays available to match officials during Bath’s 38-26 semi-final defeat against Bordeaux-Bègles on Sunday. Johann van Graan, Bath’s head o…

A second-string Nottingham Forest served up the shock of the Premier League weekend as they ran through an insipid Chelsea side in west London to keep their dual bid for Premier League safety and European glory alive. After Vítor Pereira announced eight changes from the team that beat Aston Villa in the Europa League semi-final first leg on Thursday night, and with the second leg just three days …

It took six years and a lot of soul-searching for the coach nicknamed Salvador Milagros to return in 2023. After more miracles, he is off again In the final minutes before Villarreal met Copenhagen in December, they came down the tunnel, marched on to the pitch, lined up before the ballboys holding out that starry tarpaulin like firemen waiting for a leap from a burning building, and listened to …

Positions fourth to sixth are separated by goal difference as Hoffenheim rue being out of the Champions League spots “This is perhaps the most difficult moment of my career.” It was not, it is fair to say, what Andrei Kramaric had expected on a day – and a week – that was going along like a dream. Two days after he had extended his expiring contract for two years at “my second home”, Hoffenheim’s…

Norris and Piastri call for long-term changes to sport Mercedes’ Wolff suggests battery needs to remain Formula One is under increasing pressure to consider immediate changes and the long-term future of its new engines, with the world champion Lando Norris reiterating after the Miami Grand Prix that the only answer to address sport-wide dissatisfaction was to “get rid of the battery”. At the meet…

Sunday’s edition of the famous rivalry felt like the least important in years, except for the uncertain futures of both managers Sign up for the World Behind The Cup newsletter It’s been a long time since a Manchester United v Liverpool game felt of less consequence. These are the two most successful sides in English league history, hailing from neighbouring cities and they have a rivalry that st…

Max Rushden is joined by Barry Glendenning , Jonathan Wilson and Barney Ronay to discuss all the weekend’s Premier League action Continue reading...

Broadcaster called 5,420 regular-season games Native New Yorker won 12 Emmys for his work John Sterling, whose voice became synonymous with the New York Yankees, has died at the age of 87. Sterling, a native New Yorker, started broadcasting Yankees games on radio in 1989 and continued until he retired in April 2024. During that span, he called 5,420 regular-season games and 211 in the postseason.…

Only Alexis Sánchez and Thierry Henry have had more prolific first seasons for Arsenal in the Premier League era By Opta Analyst Viktor Gyökeres was at the heart of one of Arsenal’s best attacking displays of the season at the weekend, scoring twice and grabbing an assist as Mikel Arteta’s side dismantled Fulham 3-0 at the Emirates on Saturday. The Swede’s opener, a close-range tap-in following e…

A host of stars have gone down with injuries this postseason. For as long as the league resists change, its players will pay the price Should we just cancel the rest of the NBA playoffs and declare injuries the winner? They’ve already dominated this postseason far more than a team possibly could. The Oklahoma City Thunder are playing without their second-best player, Jalen Williams, after what fe…

Inter’s manager was not first choice to replace Simeone Inzaghi but has created a juggernaut that could not be stopped It all felt inevitable, by the end, Internazionale becoming champions of Italy for the 21st time with a win over Parma they did not even need. A draw would have sufficed: in this game, or the next one, or either of the two after that. Their rivals for the Scudetto yielded one-by-…