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This was Tottenham’s second defeat to Aston Villa this season and it is becoming increasingly hard to imagine Thomas Frank being in charge when the teams come together a third time in May. A performance that put an end to any realistic chance of a trophy fell well below the expectations of a furious crowd. That their opponents currently offer the diametric opposite of Tottenham’s dysfunction can …

Liverpool forward will face his former teammate Sadio Mané in Afcon semi against Senegal after arguably the Pharaohs’ best performance since 2008 It is a long time since Egypt had a night this good. There have been two World Cup qualifications since their golden age of three successive Cups of Nations came to an end in 2010, and they’ve got to the finals of two Cups of Nations since, but this had…

England’s best performances came when the players didn’t follow the coach’s rhetoric and that highlights the problem with his one-dimensional approach The curtain came down on the Ashes in Sydney with England again being outplayed in the basics of the game. But it is one thing to have a weak team, and another to have a talented one that just looks muddled. I was very optimistic going into the ser…

⚽ All the latest ahead of Saturday’s football action ⚽ Link in here | Fixtures | Mail us Hello and welcome to Sunday’s matchday live . It’s another big day in the men’s FA Cup with Leeds, Arsenal and West Ham all facing Championship opposition, while Manchester United take on Brighton. The WSL is back this weekend after its winter break with 10 out of 12 teams in action today, including Chelsea a…

League One club offered behind-the-scenes access for FA Cup tie and manager Gary Caldwell will not let crushing loss at Manchester City define them “Take the win today, lads,” begins Gary Caldwell. Exeter City are two hours from kicking off against Manchester City in the FA Cup third round, and their manager is addressing his players at a hotel shortly before they travel to the Etihad. “You know …

Williams engineers late comeback in playoff debut Bears erase 18-point hole to stun rival Packers Chicago earn first playoff win in 15 years Caleb Williams hit DJ Moore with a 25-yard touchdown pass with 1:43 left in the fourth quarter as the Chicago Bears overcame a 15-point, fourth-quarter deficit for an improbable 31-27 victory over the visiting Green Bay Packers in an NFC wildcard game betwee…

Lioness will leave German club at end of season Aston Villa set to sign Chelsea’s Oriane Jean-François Arsenal are among the leading candidates to sign Georgia Stanway this summer after Bayern Munich confirmed the England midfielder would leave the German club when her contract expires. According to sources, the north London club are understood to be one of a number of teams interested in acquiri…

Pepi injured after scoring in Eredivisie rout PSV confirm surgery and two-month absence US striker faces race to be fit for World Cup United States men’s national team striker Ricardo Pepi is expected to miss roughly two months after suffering a broken forearm while playing for PSV Eindhoven on Saturday, the Dutch club confirmed. Pepi, 23, was injured after landing awkwardly after scoring PSV’s s…

It sums up the uneasy state of affairs at Chelsea that the new head coach winning his first match in charge was not enough to stop the mutiny. This was a controlled, clinical performance from Liam Rosenior’s second string, who strolled into the fourth round of the FA Cup after a 5-1 win over a game but limited Charlton Athletic, but once again the big talking point was the travelling support spew…

Why is the film of Ireland’s 2002 World Cup falling-out not a documentary but a drama that takes liberties with events? All history is to some extent narrative. You cannot tell a story without in some way editing it, reducing it, compressing it. Which means that anybody telling a story about a historical event, particularly one from the relatively recent past, risks outraging those who have studi…

Kerr says video contradicts federal account of shooting Timberwolves held moment of silence before home game Killing sparks protests and scrutiny of ICE tactics Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr delivered a blistering condemnation of the US federal government on Friday, criticizing official accounts of the fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis and praising the Minnesota Timberwo…

Rob Smethurst’s resurrection of a troubled but proud club is timely reminder that football can still be the people’s game From extinction to the impossible dream of becoming the greatest FA Cup giantkillers of all, Macclesfield’s story reminds that community will forever be football’s greatest asset. As fans celebrated victory over the holders, Crystal Palace , many took their time to peel away f…

Aaron Ramsdale was Newcastle’s hero as they edged past Bournemouth into the FA Cup fourth round on penalties. The on-loan Southampton keeper saved from Evanilson, Álex Jiménez and Bafodé Diakité to seal a 7-6 shootout win after a pulsating encounter had ended 3-3 after 120 minutes on a bitterly cold afternoon. Marcus Tavernier had taken the tie to penalties with an equaliser in the second minute …

Celtic win 4-0, equalling biggest victory of the season Bowie scores equaliser as Hibs and Motherwell draw 1-1 Normal service was resumed at Celtic Park as Celtic secured a 4-0 win over Dundee United and their first clean sheet since Martin O’Neill’s previous game in charge. Two first-half goals in five minutes, from Yang Hyun-jun and Arne Engels, sent Celtic on their way as O’Neill returned to t…

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