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Nico O’Reilly was superb for City while it was another Wembley performance to forget for Kepa Arrizabalaga Kepa Arrizabalaga Howler dropping Rayan Cherki’s cross for Nico O’Reilly’s opener started rot: his inclusion poses question of Mikel Arteta’s selection policy. 3 Continue reading...

Alvaro Folgueiras nails three-pointer in final seconds Gators are first No seed to exit this year’s tournament Alvaro Folgueiras nailed a three-pointer with 4.5 seconds remaining and Iowa eliminated the defending national champion, Florida, sending Gators home with a 73-72 victory on Sunday in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. Under first-year coach Ben McCollum, Iowa reached the Sweet 16 …

American beats No 1 seed 6-3, 5-7, 6-4 at Miami Open ‘Sebi was incredible today. Played such a great game’ An hour after his first catastrophic attempt at snuffing out the best player in the world, Sebastian Korda stepped up to the baseline to serve for his rollercoaster third-round match against Carlos Alcaraz once again. It would have been reasonable for the American to feel his tension even mo…

1500m runner claims silver medal to add to 3000m bronze Adam Spencer wins bronze in men’s event on final day in Poland Jessica Hull won a medal for the second time in a weekend and cracked another national record as the Australian middle-distance ace claimed silver in the 1500m at the world indoor championships in Poland. With Adam Spencer winning a surprise maiden global medal in the equivalent …

Finals are supposed to be close but Arsenal’s internal architecture collapsed and City walked them around in a headlock When the first Manchester City goal went in, with the Wembley clock on 60 minutes, Pep Guardiola’s response was to attack a pitchside hoarding – but to do even this in a very Pep kind of way, methodically, relentlessly trousers billowing, brown lace-ups whirring in perfect conce…

17-year-old took time off high school to win gold Beats Belgium’s Eliott Crestan by 0.14 seconds US teenager Cooper Lutkenhaus made history on Sunday when he won gold in the 800m to becomes the youngest ever champion at the world indoor athletics championship. The 17-year-old, who took time off from his classes at Northwest High School in Texas to compete at the championships, won gold with a tim…

Paul Robinson, who at 20 was picked by Ruud Gullit ahead of the England captain for a critical 1999 derby, looks back It was the final shot in a brutal civil war that left Newcastle reeling for a year. For Paul Robinson, though, Ruud Gullit’s decision to start him over Alan Shearer in the Tyne-Wear derby felt like a natural progression. Tensions between Gullit and Shearer had been brewing since t…

Keely Hodgkinson caps famous night for British team Georgia Hunter-Bell and Molly Caudery also take glory Shortly before 8pm here in Torun, Georgia Hunter-Bell, Molly Caudery and Keely Hodgkinson were jumping in delight and pure delirium after what was undoubtedly greatest 29 minutes for Britain in world indoor athletics championship history. Not one gold medal. Not two. But three. All in under 3…

Sunderland’s Lutsharel Geertruida allegedly abused Referee stops game per anti-discrimination protocol Sunderland’s Tyne-Wear derby victory at Newcastle was overshadowed by reports that Lutsharel Geertruida had been the subject of racist abuse from home fans. The Premier League will now investigate after the referee, Anthony Taylor, stopped the match in line with the league’s on-field anti-discri…

Leicester 33-19 Bristol Victory lifts Leicester into third place in Prem table Swapping the bright Saturday night lights of the Stade de France for the rusty old Crumbie Stand can be a real mental challenge. There is certainly less demand for foie gras in Aylestone but for certain people nothing beats a constant diet of rugby. England’s Ollie Chessum did occasionally look a tad weary during anoth…

It seems that no matter what Tottenham do, they are unable to stop themselves plummeting towards the Championship Crises do strange things to people. Some ignore the danger as though they can make it go away by pretending it doesn’t exist, which is how teams sleepwalk into danger as Tottenham appeared for much of this season to be doing. Once the cliff edge is acknowledged, there are those who fi…

While Ollie Watkins gave the most articulate response to his omission from the England squad with the goal that clinched this confirmation of Aston Villa’s place in the top four, ending their three-game losing sequence in the Premier League, the most rousing noise around Villa Park arrived when Youri Tielemans replaced John McGinn a minute earlier. The whole of the ground took to their feet and c…

Flamengo player accused singer’s security of speaking ‘in an extremely aggressive manner’ to his wife and stepdaughter at hotel in São Paulo The American singer Chappell Roan has responded to claims that her security guard made the stepdaughter of the Flamengo footballer Jorginho cry, saying the situation makes her feel “really sad” and she “did not deserve that”. On Saturday, the former Premier …

Ronald Araújo scores only goal in hard-fought 1-o win Como thrash Pisa in Serie A for fifth straight victory Ronald Araújo’s header helped Barcelona extend their lead over Real Madrid at the top of La Liga to seven points with a tight 1-0 win over Rayo Vallecano on Sunday. Álvaro Arbeloa’s Real Madrid host Atlético Madrid, who are fourth, later on in a derby clash. Araújo nodded home João Cancelo…

Oisin McEntee hits late Hearts winner against Dundee Rangers cruise to comfortable 4-1 win over Aberdeen Slipshod Celtic stumbled in this season’s compelling Scottish Premiership title race with a damaging 2-0 defeat by Dundee United at Tannadice. The pressure was on Martin O’Neill’s side after leaders Hearts and title-challenging Rangers both won on Saturday, but they meekly failed to meet the c…