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Six Nations updates from the 4.40pm GMT kick-off France 36-14 Ireland | Follow us on Bluesky | Mail Sarah Alan Dickens will leave his role as Newcastle Red Bulls head coach at the end of the season, the Gallagher Prem club have announced. Dickens joined the club in the summer of 2024 and was appointed head coach in October last year following the departure of Steve Diamond. In a statement on the …

Welsh Grand National winner shortens to 7-1 for Cheltenham Haiti Couleurs wins by seven lengths from L’Homme Presse Eight years after Native River’s success in the Cheltenham Gold Cup, hopes were on the rise here on Saturday that the next British-trained winner could now be imminent. Jango Baie, the shortest-priced runner from a British yard in the antepost betting, was steered around the Denman …

Michael Carrick’s Manchester United revival has a fourth consecutive league win, while Thomas Frank’s Tottenham sink further, with still no victory in the competition in 2026. Bruno Fernandes’s 81st-minute strike was a feathered touch off a shin – from Diogo Dalot’s cross – that beat Guglielmo Vicario to the left of the Spurs goalkeeper, and confirmed a miserable day for Frank. Continue reading...

⚽ Premier League and EFL updates from the 3pm GMT kick-offs ⚽ Live scores | Tables | Follow us on Bluesky | Mail Emillia Full-time: Manchester United 2-0 Tottenham Carrick earns his fourth successive win as United’s interim head coach. Continue reading...

Time has never seemed to slow the US skiing star down. Entering Sunday’s Olympic downhill medal race, a ‘100% gone’ ACL hasn’t either It was all going a little too easy for Lindsey Vonn, wasn’t it? All of the nervous apprehension, the paternalistic concern, the arch skepticism and hushed snickers that had rippled through the sports world when she announced her comeback from a six-year retirement …

Six Nations updates from the 2.10pm GMT kick-off France 36-14 Ireland | Follow us on Bluesky | Mail Lee There’s plenty to look forward to in the match, as well as plenty in my preamble for Scotland fans to take issue with. Feel free to let me know about this and anything else on the email . Pre match reading Continue reading...

Head coach says champions were ‘outplayed for large parts’ in 3-0 reverse last November, but are now more dangerous The test for Liverpool against Manchester City on Sunday is not of their title credentials. That ship has sailed. Instead it is of how far Arne Slot’s side have truly progressed since their title defence was holed. Slot feels Liverpool’s displays have warranted defeat only occasiona…

The Seahawks quarterback was once seen as just another high-profile quarterback bust. But now he is one win from clinching the NFL title For the teams, the reality of the Super Bowl hits like deja vu: a ritual they’ve watched and fantasized about for years suddenly arrives, sucking them into its vast, chaotic center. For Sam Darnold, though, it’s a reality come full circle. San Francisco, after a…

Events at San Siro and the other venues were a visual treat and a joyous celebration of the host country and the Games Continue reading...

Milano Cortina Games: updates from day one’s action Schedule | Results | Medal table | Briefing | Email Barry Curling mixed doubles: Team GB are currently in action against Canada and having won their opening five matches before today, Bruce Mouat and Jen Dodds are not so much knocking on the door to a place in the semi-finals as battering it down. They lead 5-2 against Canada at the break, with …

England T20 captain eager to move on from furore ‘It’s not been a very nice time of my life,’ he says Harry Brook wants to draw a line under a “pretty horrendous” past few weeks when revelations about his conduct in Wellington cast doubt on his leadership as he prepares to lead England at the T20 World Cup. More than three months on from Brook being punched by a nightclub bouncer in New Zealand, …

Lightning-fast attacker lines up at full-back against England insisting that his gridiron tilt will only help his rugby The late, great Tom Petty wrote the song that, ultimately, defined Louis Rees-Zammit’s American football adventure. “Runnin’ down a dream, that never would come to me … ” Twelve months ago Rees-Zammit was in New Orleans watching the Superbowl and still hoping to carve out a mult…

Coach should not ‘stick to football’ when football strays into politics and death but his role as fluffer for his club’s autocratic owners cannot be ignored You may find yourself living in a glass and steel yak-fur-lined penthouse. You may find yourself with six Premier League titles and a sport refashioned in your image. You may find yourself in front of a large advert board covered in words suc…

After the euphoria of the FA Cup triumph the south London club are suffering turmoil and recrimination in 2026 Crystal Palace supporters are not used to this attention. After an unforgettable 2025 that broke new ground for the south London club as they won their first major trophy, the first few weeks of 2026 have thrust Palace into the headlines for all the wrong reasons. Dumped out of the FA Cu…

Drawing on opera, music, art, fashion, dance and more, the events at San Siro and beyond were spectacular The curtain rose on a moment of myth and magic: Cupid’s kiss awakening Psyche, a tender beginning that blossomed into a dazzling tribute to Italy itself. From opera and art to fashion, music and dance, the Milano Cortina opening ceremony unfolded as a vibrant celebration of culture. An explos…