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Forward scores twice in 2-0 win at Pisa Villarreal edge out Real Sociedad in thriller Inter ’s Lautaro Martínez scored a second-half double to earn his side a 2-0 at Pisa that kept the visitors very much involved in the Serie A title race despite a less than convincing performance. Cristian Chivu’s Inter are third in the standings on 27 points, level with second-placed Roma, who host Napoli later…

Arsenal would surely have taken a draw beforehand against a Chelsea team that have emerged as surprise title rivals in recent weeks – and especially when they realised they had to play without William Saliba, who injured himself in training on Saturday. It was a different story when everything changed in the 38th minute, Chelsea reduced to 10 men after Moisés Caicedo’s X-rated challenge on Mikel …

With each Wolves near-miss, it was impossible to ignore the growing stench of a smuggled Aston Villa victory. For so long Unai Emery cut an agitated figure but by the end he could celebrate a seventh league victory in eight matches, Boubacar Kamara dispatching an unerring left-foot strike into the top corner midway through the second half to move up to third, for a few hours at least, and within …

Australia opener ‘preparing for anything’ in Brisbane He agrees with Pat Cummins that batting orders are ‘overrated’ Having swashbuckled Australia to victory after vaulting to the top of the order in the first Ashes Test, Travis Head arrived in Brisbane on Sunday to begin his preparations for the second, saying that the future of the format lies in the hands of batters who can flex into a variety…

Norris only fourth in Qatar, making Abu Dhabi decisive McLaren failure to pit on safety car costs their drivers Max Verstappen won the Qatar Grand Prix to ensure he remains squarely in the world championship fight which, with title leader Lando Norris in fourth and his McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri in second, will now be a three-way fight to the finish at the season finale next week in Abu Dhabi…

Updates from across seven 6pm GMT Sunday games The Super Bowl Shuffle at 40 | Mail Graham Buccaneers 0-0 Cardinals 10:42, 1st quarter Baker Mayfield has is left arm in a large sleeve looking like he has been hitting the gym rather lop-sidedly. The shoulder injury on his non-throwing arm doesn’t appear to be affecting him though. He moves the Bucs to midfield with a short pass to rookie Emeka Egbu…

Saracens 29-36 Bath Champions recover from 14-0 down in bonus-point win Henry Arundell settled this thrilling contest in Bath’s favour, crowning an individual performance that should make Steve Borthwick take notice with a second try to finally sink Saracens. In a gripping match-up that could easily be repeated at Twickenham come June, Bath edged home thanks to their 23-year-old flyer, who was on…

O’Neill to get another game; Engels goal crucial in win Hearts drew 0-0 at Motherwell on Saturday; Rangers 0-0 Falkirk Martin O’Neill continued his resuscitation of Celtic ’s season by overseeing a fourth consecutive Premiership victory, away to Hibernian , on the day it emerged his caretaker stint is set to last a while longer. The hard-fought 2-1 win, earned by first-half goals from Daizen Maed…

For long spells nothing happened. At one point it was so quiet you could hear a distant plane droning by. But Liverpool will not care. Sometimes you have to get back on the horse however you can, and if that requires a stepladder, an awkward bunk from a scornful stablehand and an ungainly scramble into the saddle, so be it. Any sort of victory is welcome after six defeats in their last seven leag…

It seemed fitting that a left-back playing on the wing set great innovators Brighton on their way to fifth. Maxim De Cuyper opened the scoring as the Seagulls enacted revenge on Nottingham Forest for last season’s 7-0 defeat on a bitingly cold day. Forest had their chances to equalise, something that seemed unlikely after a dreadful opening quarter of uncharacteristic lethargic play. Brighton fai…

That he stayed after relegation in 1978 and lifted the FA Cup with the team still in Division Two typified his commitment Some players embody a club but few have ever embodied their side more than Billy Bonds, who died on Sunday at the age of 79. He was not a one-club man but by the time he finally retired, aged 41, in 1988, he felt like one, having racked up a record 799 appearances for West Ham…

Just when Ruben Amorim must have thought his luck would never turn. Somehow Manchester United managed to inflict Crystal Palace’s first home defeat in the Premier League since February and end their own five-year wait for a victory at this ground after a first half when their opponents should have been out of sight. Oliver Glasner’s side had been rampant and deservedly took the lead through Jean-…

Rookie also holds record for assists for 18-year-old Mavericks rally to beat Clippers on Saturday night Cooper Flagg became the youngest-ever player to score 35 points in an NBA game as he helped the Dallas Mavericks rally to a 114-110 victory over the Los Angeles Clippers on Saturday night. The 18-year-old went 13 for 22 from the field in his 20th career game. The top pick in this year’s draft a…

‘A series like this, does it need it? I don’t think so’ Root’s head-to-head with Starc may be decisive battle It rarely takes much for an Englishman to be accused of whinging in Australia but when Joe Root was asked a simple question on Sunday – whether a series such as the Ashes actually needs day-night Test cricket – he simply gave an honest answer. “I personally don’t think so,” replied Root, …

As we prepare to launch our eighth edition of our global list we present the members of this year’s voting panel, our biggest ever After another gripping year of women’s football we are ready to launch our list of the best 100 female footballers in the world in 2025. Our biggest ever panel includes familiar faces such as the outgoing Kansas City Current head coach Vlatko Andonovski, the new OL Ly…