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⚽ Premier League updates from Old Trafford; KO 8pm GMT ⚽ Live scores | Table | Read Football Daily | Mail Scott Manchester United make three changes to the starting XI named for the 2-1 win at Crystal Palace. Matheus Cunha returns from injury, stepping up along with Noussair Mazraoui and Ayden Heaven. Leny Yoro and Mason Mount drop to the bench, while Matthijs de Ligt misses out altogether. West …

A tale of two Yorkshiremen, one keeping England in the series, the other a scarecrow batting without a brain In the end even the celebration was perfect, out there under that strange deep-blue southern sky, in the frenzy of the game-state – manic Baz energy, England’s lower order scything away death cult-style at the other end, the way even the grass seems lacquered and glazed by the lights. So y…

Lock sent off in Cardiff during Springboks’ 73-0 win Suspension covers matches until end of March South Africa’s Eben Etzebeth has been suspended for 12 matches for eye-gouging against Wales last weekend. The suspension covers matches for the Durban-based Sharks starting from this weekend to the end of March. The Sharks deregistered Etzebeth this week in anticipation of a lengthy ban. Continue re…

Hislop had surgery for ‘fairly aggressive prostate cancer’ Cancer has spread to pelvic bone of 56-year-old The former Newcastle, West Ham and Portsmouth goalkeeper Shaka Hislop has revealed he has prostate cancer, which has spread to his pelvic bone. Hislop said he had been diagnosed with “a fairly aggressive prostate cancer” about 18 months ago, which required surgery. Further tests showed the c…

Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now! A perusal of the listings for the John F Kennedy Centre for the Performing Arts in Washington DC reveals that weekend visitors to the national culture centre of the US can sit through a playful bilingual production of the Philip Eastman children’s book ‘Go Dog! Go!’ or the presumably excruciating ad libbed stylings of the Improvised Shakespeare …

Amid all the hoopla circling its Washington backdrop, Friday’s event must be all about firing the starting gun on football’s biggest show When the sculptor Joel Shapiro created Blue, the piece that stands around the back of the John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, looking out over the Potomac River in Washington, he wanted to tap into a number of elements. The giant matchstick figure de…

Injury expected to keep him out for up to a month Preliminary scans ruled out achilles damage Comes amid ESPN report on his future with Bucks Milwaukee Bucks star forward Giannis Antetokounmpo is expected to miss around two to four weeks with a right calf strain, according to an ESPN report . The injury occurred less than three minutes into Wednesday night’s win over the Detroit Pistons. Antetoko…

Since 2021, five successive Top 14 sides have have been crowned Champions Cup winners and any side looking to challenge that status quo needs a fast start There was a time when the European Cup had an overwhelmingly Irish flavour. The organisers’ headquarters were in Dublin and between 2006 and 2012 either Munster or Leinster lifted the trophy five times in seven seasons. Everyone else was forced…

Before Friday’s event we also examine a possible overall group of death and where geopolitics could meet football Croatia are the highest-ranked potential Pot 2 opponents (10th) and reached the final and the semi-finalis at the past two World Cups respectively but, with a maximum of two European teams in each group, drawing them would eliminate for England the possibility of facing Erling Haaland…

Frenchman’s epiphany after a missed penalty at San Mamés in 2024 has led to a sensational 2025. Real Madrid are purring again Kylian Mbappé returned to the Cathedral where he experienced his epiphany in 2024, his resurrection born after hitting rock bottom, and delivered something like salvation. Exactly a year since he missed a penalty there, a bad moment he later said was a good one, the French…

Defender will miss Real Madrid match against Man City Injury hurts slim hopes of making England squad Trent Alexander-Arnold is expected to be out for at least two months after a scan confirmed the Real Madrid full-back has torn his left thigh muscle. Alexander-Arnold was withdrawn just before the hour in a 3-0 win at Athletic Bilbao on Wednesday night having provided his first assist of the seas…

The collaborative report said a lack of clear standards across borders creates confusion for big events like the World Cup and Olympics With the draw for the 2026 Fifa World Cup set to take place on Friday, a report examining the participation of athletes convicted of sexual offences at major sporting events has highlighted significant distrust of international sports governing bodies in how they…

Broadcaster ‘absolutely gutted’ to be gazumped by Paramount but walked away from international rugby as it seeks to balance the books It has been a tough couple of weeks for TNT Sports, with the loss of three days of Ashes cricket due to England’s two-day defeat in Perth following on from some bruising rights negotiations. On the eve of the first Test, the Guardian revealed TNT had lost UK rights…

Leader will not ask Piastri for help against Verstappen McLaren to discuss all relevant scenarios in Abu Dhabi Lando Norris has said he would not want McLaren to have to use team orders to aid him in winning his first world championship at the season finale in Abu Dhabi this weekend. Both he and his teammate, Oscar Piastri, insisted they had not yet discussed the potential use of orders for the d…

The League One club have teamed up with sustainable sportswear brand Reflo to do their bit for the planet By The Football Mine When Gideon Kodua came off the bench and scored a 92nd-minute winner for Luton Town in their seven-goal thriller against Forest Green Rovers in the FA Cup last month, the impact was felt far beyond Kenilworth Road. The 4-3 win did not just take Luton into the second round…