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Chelsea intend to cooperate with the investigation Emery plays down title talk after 11th consecutive win Aston Villa lodged a complaint to Chelsea after a bottle of water was thrown at their bench at the end of their 2-1 victory at Stamford Bridge. There were jubilant scenes at full time after a stunning comeback moved Villa three points off Arsenal at the top of the Premier League. However, the…

City second after six straight Premier League wins ‘We have to improve but this mindset is better’ Pep Guardiola believes Manchester City have regained the energy that eluded them last season and lifted the “fog” that clouded a disappointing campaign. City finished without a major trophy for the first time since 2016-17, Guardiola’s first in charge, but are hunting a seventh Premier League title …

Manager may have taken club as far as he can while Archie Gray offers hope to Tottenham and Thomas Frank Perhaps it’s appropriate that the last Premier League game of the Christmas weekend shouldn’t be a thriller. You’ve spent four days eating and drinking, the belly is straining at the belt, work is looming on Monday and there’s a dreadful sense that the holiday is over and you’ll soon have to g…

Exeter 24-10 Leicester Chiefs move to within a point of leaders Northampton There is still a long way to go but Exeter would have settled for their current position back in the summer. Second place in the Prem table heading into 2026 with momentum building nicely is a very different story from last season’s grim struggle and, in front of a 15,000 capacity crowd, here was another example of exactl…

United close in on 28-year-old forward Miyazawa extends contract with club Manchester United are set to complete the signing of the Germany striker Lea Schüller on a permanent transfer from Bayern Munich. Schüller, who has six months left on her contract, has been a prolific goalscorer for club and country, scoring more than 100 goals for Bayern and 54 times in 82 games for her country, and she w…

Eighteen months can be a very long time in football – especially if you are still a teenager. After a mixed start to life in north London, Archie Gray could not have picked a better occasion to score his first Tottenham goal since joining from Leeds in the summer of 2024 than his 60th appearance. With Thomas Frank already showing signs of not being the first Spurs manager to have been overwhelmed…

Nick Kyrgios won 6-3, 6-3 against Aryna Sabalenka in an intriguing Dubai contest with celebrity interruptions Nick Kyrgios won the latest Battle of the Sexes against Aryna Sabalenka in a contest that veered between intriguing sporting exhibition and outright circus. It was a more even match than many feared. But the Australian, who had only won one competitive singles match since the end of 2022,…

Shiffrin fastest on deteriorating second run Rast denied by 0.09sec in tight Semmering finish Colturi claims third as season dominance rolls on Mikaela Shiffrin rebounded from a sluggish opening run with a fluid, attacking second to continue her domination of the women’s World Cup slalom under lights in Semmering, Austria, on Sunday. “It did not feel that good,” said Shiffrin. “I didn’t expect to…

While the Melbourne curator had to face the media and say sorry, some of the players owe him an apology in return You know that something has gone wrong when the man in charge of the cricket pitch is giving a post-match press conference. Australian pitches are celebrities in their own right, each with a distinct perceived personality. Perth – gasoline, bounce. Sydney – intrigue, spin. Adelaide – …

If Josh Tongue and Brydon Carse can repeat their MCG displays, this may be more than a marriage of convenience What does it mean? How should we feel? What are the roots that clutch? What branches grow out of this stony rubbish? For most of its combined 142 overs, watching England’s fourth Test victory in Melbourne felt like drifting in and out of a drunken sleep while trying and failing to follow…

Playoff places up for grabs in penultimate week Drop Graham a line with your thoughts Some other encounters that should provide some sparks are rivalry games between the Jets and Patriots and Colts and Jaguars. The 44-year-old Philip Rivers is aiming for a first win against Jacksonville after two defeats to keep Indy’s playoff hopes on life support. It might be tough going against Trevor Lawrence…

Seven-year-old makes Leopardstown breakthrough Galopin Des Champs and Inothewayurthinkin beaten The two most recent winners of the Cheltenham Gold Cup were among the 11 runners for the Grade One Savills Chase at Leopardstown on Sunday but neither could match the strength and resilience of a resurgent Affordale Fury, as Noel Meade’s seven-year-old made his breakthrough at the highest level after a…

Cross beats Damon Heta 4-0 to book last-16 meeting Anderson holds off Wattimena, Ryan Searle through Rob Cross thrashed Damon Heta 4-0 at the PDC World Championship to set up a last-16 clash with the reigning champion, Luke Littler. Cross, who beat Phil Taylor in the 2018 final , lost only two legs against Australian No 1 Heta as he cruised into the fourth round. Continue reading...

Dominic Calvert-Lewin’s starling metamorphosis from an almost forgotten man to a striker on the brink of an England recall continued as his seventh goal in the last six games earned Leeds a potentially important point by the River Wear. There were moments when Calvert-Lewin and company threatened to end Sunderland’s unbeaten Premier League record here but Régis Le Bris’s side are no pushovers the…

Morris was diagnosed with bowel cancer in 2022 Glamorgan lead tributes to ‘fine human being’ Hugh Morris, the former England and Glamorgan batter who went on to hold senior positions with country and county, has died at the age of 62. Born in Cardiff in 1963, Morris became Glamorgan’s youngest ever captain at the age of 22 before returning to the role later in his career, leading them to the Sund…