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⚽ Updates from Sunday’s four WSL fixtures ⚽ Scores | Tables | Mead sparks Arsenal win | Mail John Aston Villa v Man Utd teams Aston Villa: Roebuck, Maritz, Patten, Parker, Wilms, Staniforth, Taylor, Deslandes, Mullett, Hijikata, Hanson. Subs: D’Angelo, Jean-Francois, Salmon, Sallaway, Nighswonger, Maltby, Round, Lea. Continue reading...

Joe Root also praises Brendon McCullum’s coaching Sri Lanka win was Brook’s first ODI win abroad as captain Joe Root has lavished praise on Harry Brook and Brendon McCullum after the pair celebrated their first one-day international victory abroad while in charge of England’s white-ball teams. Root’s 75 was the guiding hand in England’s five-wicket win against Sri Lanka on Saturday, ending a losi…

NBA postpones Wolves-Warriors game after shooting Alex Pretti, 37, killed by border control near arena Game rescheduled for Sunday amid safety concerns The NBA game between the Minnesota Timberwolves and Golden State Warriors was postponed on Saturday afternoon following another fatal shooting by a federal officer in Minneapolis. The game was rescheduled for Sunday afternoon. The Timberwolves and…

Updates from the evening session at Melbourne Park Alcaraz beats Paul | Follow us on Bluesky | Mail Katy First set: De Minaur* 1-1 Bublik (*next server) De Minaur is playing in the fourth round for the fifth consecutive year - a feat that not even Hewitt, Mark Philippoussis and Pat Rafter achieved at their home slam – but he’s never been past the quarter-finals. Which largely sums up his career: …

⚽ News, discussion and buildup before the day’s action ⚽ Jonathan Wilson’s column | Fixtures | Email us here Talk of Arsenal being champions-elect ‘takes focus to wrong place’, says Arteta Mikel Arteta says nobody is more driven than him to win the Premier League this season as he promised his Arsenal players would not be distracted by talk of them as champions-elect. I don’t think anybody has pr…

Honnold climbs 508m Taipei 101 without ropes Netflix airs climb live after rain delay Feat sparks awe – and ethical unease American rock climber Alex Honnold climbed the Taipei 101 skyscraper on Sunday without any ropes or protective equipment. Cheers erupted from a gathered crowd as he started climbing the 508-metre (1,667ft) tower earlier Sunday, using the horizontal metal beams to pull himself…

Leicester cope remarkably after illness swept through their squad but Quins cannot bring Champions Cup form to the Prem English rugby long ago gave up trying to explain the phenomenon that is Harlequins. Quantum physicists would struggle. Two weeks ago here, we watched this same team put 60 past the hitherto unbeaten Stormers from South Africa on the way to qualifying from the Champions Cup, a co…

EFL regulations mean guests at the Blackpool Football Club Stadium Hotel can’t watch the game – our writer checks in for a trip into the dark It seems perfectly reasonable that anyone booking a “Superior Room with Pitch View” at the Blackpool Football Club Stadium Hotel, located inside the Bloomfield Road Stadium, would expect a hotel room with a view of the pitch. And that is exactly the case ex…

The 32-year-old midfielder was taken to hospital after the incident in Rose Bay on Saturday night The Sydney Swans midfielder Taylor Adams was taken to hospital after being knocked unconscious in an incident outside a popular club on Saturday night. The 32-year-old Adams was allegedly assaulted after an argument with two men at a venue in Sydney’s eastern suburbs, New South Wales police said. Con…

Batter will not be going to India and Sri Lanka despite fine form in the Big Bash but he does have an eye on the 2028 Olympics Considering that Steve Smith was once observed changing gloves after facing eight balls, it is no surprise to see him throw down a gauntlet. The surprise is that he is doing so in 20-over cricket, the format where his batting has historically made the most modest impressi…

Once dismissed as a basement game, table tennis is enjoying an unlikely US revival as the Oscar-tipped biopic Marty Supreme collides with a wave of new players For decades in the US, table tennis has lived a double life: one of the most widely played sports in the country, yet still dismissed by many as a basement pursuit. Now, unexpectedly, it is having a cultural moment. The release of Marty Su…

Head coach highlights away game in Champions League Slot questions fixture list after difficult away trip Arne Slot conceded his Liverpool side ran out of steam in defeat at Bournemouth , after Amine Adli’s 95th-minute winner condemned his side to a first loss since November. Liverpool pulled level from 2-0 down late on courtesy of Dominik Szoboszlai’s sensational free-kick, but Bournemouth respo…

Head coach targeted in draw at Burnley Frank: ‘You can’t say we didn’t do everything to win’ Thomas Frank has called for “calm heads” after Tottenham fans urged the club to dismiss him during their draw at relegation-threatened Burnley. The away end sang “You’re getting sacked in the morning” at full time, making their views clear to the hierarchy and head coach. Cristian Romero salvaged a late p…

Derby victory was undeniably impressive but how will club assess caretaker manager’s suitability to permanent job? The problem Manchester United have – after 13 years and seven managers of failure – is that for whatever action they take now, there is a bad precedent. Keep Michael Carrick on, and it’s just another Ole Gunnar Solskjær situation. But replace him and, for almost whoever they appoint …

Trump tells New York Post he will skip Super Bowl NFL stands by Bad Bunny amid rightwing backlash Donald Trump said he will not attend next month’s Super Bowl in northern California, citing the distance to the game, amid an ongoing culture-war backlash over the NFL’s choice of half-time and pre-game performers. Trump told the New York Post he plans to skip the 8 February championship game at Levi…