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Captain says it is a ‘good factor’ in Premier League push Arsenal ‘not good enough’ against Manchester United Martin Ødegaard says that Arsenal’s near misses in the Premier League over the past three seasons are on the players’ minds – but only in a way to motivate them to go all the way this time. The captain sought to push a line that Mikel Arteta has also mentioned – the need to stay in the mo…

Inter and Juventus exchanged remarkable home victories, while dominant Roma were held to a draw at home by Milan Lady Gaga’s electropop banger Born This Way is 15 years old, but by the standards of some Serie A stadium DJs that makes it positively modern. Thumping out at the Olimpico on Sunday night it somehow felt timely. Roma were on the right track, baby, after a first half in which they thoro…

Team with an average age of just under 29 finally ended their losing streak since turn of the year The biggest cheer of the afternoon at the BayArena was a result from elsewhere. A stunning first league defeat of the season for Bayern Munich at home to Augsburg was not important in any sort of title race context – any faint thoughts of that disappeared a while back, and not just for Bayer Leverku…

Former Scotland defender, who played for Manchester United and Leeds during a 16-year career, died at his home in 2023, aged 70 Heading a football “likely” contributed to the brain injury which was a factor in the death of the former Scotland defender Gordon McQueen, a coroner has found. McQueen – who was capped for Scotland 30 times between 1974 and 1981, and played for both Manchester United an…

Qualifier leaves with $480k after 0-6, 3-6 defeat Inglis exit ends Australian interest in women’s singles Maddison Inglis leaves Melbourne Park with a lot, including the high-end toaster she’s always wanted. There is pride, having reached the round of 16 at the Australian Open, but also disappointment. In the biggest match of the local qualifier’s career, the world No 2 Iga Swiatek proved too pol…

With Chelsea stumbling at the hands of Arsenal at the top, bottom club Liverpool finally ended their long wait The Arsenal head coach, Renée Slegers, was effusive in her praise of her players’ ability to make things happen when their backs are firmly against the wall. After a dominant 2-0 win over Chelsea at Stamford Bridge she was asked about the Gunners’ ability to defy the odds and win against…

Liverpool have no cover for Robertson and Milos Kerkez Left-back, whose deal ends in June, has not asked to go Liverpool have pulled out of talks with Tottenham over their approach for Andy Robertson. Spurs made their move late last week as Thomas Frank sought to add much-needed experience to his squad. Liverpool listened to the approach in recognition of Robertson’s contribution to the club in t…

On the whims of Fifa’s Peace Prize winner, a life usually so focused on sports has found anything but peace It’s Saturday morning, and news breaks shortly after the Premier League kickoff window; another member of your community has been brutally killed in the streets by ICE. There are already a few videos on social media, depicting multiple angles of the grotesque scene. This killing, like the o…

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Casemiro is thriving under Michael Carrick, Newcastle look short of ideas and Sean Dyche takes aims at … towels? Casemiro will depart Manchester United this summer . His four years in English football have been mixed but he may yet go out on a high. At one point in his first season, such as his performance in the 2023 League Cup final , he was hailed as the club’s best signing since Eric Cantona.…

The Seattle Seahawks quarterback has endured a rocky NFL career. But in the biggest game of his career, he delivered the performance of a lifetime Moments after clinching a Super Bowl berth, Sam Darnold strolled over for his obligatory television interview. He was thrilled; the Seahawks had just toppled the Rams in a 31-27 thriller . But he was also measured. Unlike receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba, w…

Swirling force of subcontinental politics and a governing body lacking in credibility has led to a far from joyous situation The R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo may be hosting a one-day international series at the moment, but the real show begins in less than two weeks. The venue has been dressed with branding for the upcoming men’s T20 World Cup, co-hosted by Sri Lanka and India: a banner hangs o…

Multi-club owner’s Women’s Champions Cup sponsorship creates a conflict of interest, whatever her motivation You can imagine the meltdown across social media, if Stan Kroenke, Todd Boehly or the Glazer family were to enter into a partnership with the Football Association. Well, women’s football in the United States already took a similar unusual step in November 2024 when US Soccer announced “a h…

Sixth seed marches into quarter-finals with 6-3, 6-4 victory while the defending champion must pay forfeit agreed on with her podcast co-host While speaking on a podcast before her big match against Madison Keys, Jessica Pegula was discussing their battle last January in the Adelaide final. Keys’s performance, Pegula recalled, had prompted Pegula to accurately predict to their mutual friends that…

US 18-year-old dismantles Putintseva in dazzling win Alcaraz to face De Minaur in men’s quarter-finals Iva Jovic became the youngest American woman to reach the quarter-finals of the Australian Open since Venus Williams in 1998, by dismantling the Kazakhstani veteran Yulia Putintseva 6-0, 6-1 on Sunday. At 18, Jovic arrived in Melbourne as the youngest player inside the top 100 and the 27th seed …