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⚽ Updates from the 8pm BST KO at the Emirates Stadium ⚽ Table | Top scorers | Football Daily | Email Taha Preview reading to get stuck into: First against 19th, the visitors already down. This should be straightforward but it just isn’t, is it? Arsenal are two victories away from their first league title in 22 years, maybe even just one if Manchester City fail to beat Bournemouth tomorrow night. …

Gambling Commission set to rubber-stamp new regulations which could inflict irreparable damage on the racing industry James Noyes, one of the initial proponents of affordability checks for gamblers, has issued an urgent call for a pause in their implementation. Stuart Andrew MP, the gambling minister in the last government and also a former supporter of checks, agrees with him. The British Horser…

One of the greats of Scottish rugby who went on to have a successful broadcasting career Scott Hastings, the most capped centre in the history of Scotland’s rugby union side, played a key role in his country’s epic 1990 grand slam victory over England at Murrayfield. Scott, whose name will be forever linked with his elder brother Gavin, was a defensive bulwark of the Scottish team and his astonis…

Red Roses showed the hunger needed to defend World Cup in 2029 by clinching an eighth successive Six Nations If the top of the pyramid is defending their Rugby World Cup title in 2029 then this Women’s Six Nations has formed the base from which England can build. The world champions won their eighth straight Six Nations and proved they can succeed even when they have to stretch their squad to the…

North America will host this summer’s tournament European fans encouraged to visit Canada for World Cup Canada’s sports minister, Adam van Koeverden, has expressed confidence that hosting the World Cup this summer could be the key to agreeing a new trilateral trade deal with the United States and Mexico. The three World Cup hosts are facing a deadline of 1 July for a mandatory review of the exist…

Unheralded coach has presided over a remarkable turnaround as club navigates La Liga’s epic relegation battle Luís Castro was 11 when he started vomiting blood. Taken to hospital and diagnosed with purpura, initially doctors told his parents there was no chance of him living and even when he was cured they said he couldn’t do any physical exercise ever again. But three lonely years later, driven …

Forward was dropped after a previous attempt to undermine coach, but doing so now could spark mutiny We can safely say how Arne Slot would like to respond to Mohamed Salah’s latest attempt to undermine him . The Champions League trip to Inter in December, when Salah was left at home as punishment for his incendiary interview at Leeds three days earlier, provides as clear an indication as any. But…

Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now! An occasionally contrary but invariably entertaining studio regular on Jim White’s TalkSport show before and between stints at Celtic this season, Martin O’Neill made himself available this morning to discuss his side’s dramatic weekend title heist. It’s not often a game of fitba completely overshadows the FA Cup final but Saturday’s denouement …

The Gunners seemingly have the easier end-of-season schedule, but Manchester City are clinging to hope that anything can happen Sign up for the World Behind The Cup newsletter The title race should be done. All logic says it’s already over. Arsenal lead Manchester City by two points which means two wins in their final two games of the season would seal the title – and those two games are tonight …

Hard work, respect and family values made Englishman a popular winner of the Wanamaker Trophy among his peers By the time Aaron Rai was walking to the 18th tee, 71 holes into the week, 17 holes into the round of his life, three shots clear, Rory McIlroy was already in the clubhouse doing the media rounds. “Looks like he’s going to win,” McIlroy said, as he glanced at Rai on one of the TV monitors…

Max Rushden is joined by Barry Glendenning , John Brewin , Dan Bardell and Ewan Murray to discuss Manchester City’s FA Cup win and Celtic’s chaotic title celebrations On today’s pod: Manchester City complete a domestic cup double after Antoine Semenyo ’s brilliant backheel seals a drab FA Cup final against Chelsea . The panel discuss Pep Guardiola’s future, Chelsea’s astonishing seventh straight …

Three European finals restricted to TNT Sport customers Uefa understood to be unhappy with the decision The Champions League final will not be available to watch for free in the UK for the first time since the competition’s modern rebrand 34 years ago when Arsenal face Paris Saint-Germain in Budapest . The rights holder, TNT Sports, is understood to have irritated Uefa by opting to charge fans to…

Cricketer who captained England for 25 Tests and amassed 39,832 runs across his first-class career The cricketer MJK Smith, who has died aged 92, was a well-regarded captain of England in the mid-1960s and a remarkably consistent run-gatherer for Warwickshire. His even-tempered approach was one of the keys to his success as a skipper not just with England, whom he led between 1964 and 1966, but w…

The WSL Golden Boot winner looks to have played her last game for the champions, while there are definite goodbyes at Arsenal and Chelsea The focus was less on the performance and result and more on Khadija Shaw and her future. Manchester City had wrapped up the title after Arsenal dropped points against Brighton 10 days prior, so the game against West Ham was somewhat irrelevant. That Shaw score…

Benhard Janse van Rensburg in 42-man training squad England consider resting Itoje and other senior players England have called up the former South African U20 centre Benhard Janse van Rensburg to train with the national squad ahead of this summer’s inaugural Nations Championship. The Bristol Bears midfielder has been picked ahead of the omitted Bath pair Ollie Lawrence and Max Ojomoh despite not…