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Former coach says player was ‘complete joy’ Teammates pay tribute after Moore’s death Former NFL wide receiver Rondale Moore died on Saturday at the age of 25, his former college coach, Jeff Brohm, has confirmed. “Rondale Moore was a complete joy to coach,” Brohm, who coached Moore at Purdue, said in a statement . “The ultimate competitor that wouldn’t back down from any challenge. Rondale had a …

American given rousing reception by crowd in Milan Alysa Liu and Mikhail Shaidorov among other performers Alysa Liu had the opportunity to cherish skating on the same Olympic ice where she won two gold medals one more time. Ilia Malinin had the chance to replace some disappointing memories with much better ones. The two Americans were among more than 40 Olympic figure skaters who took part in the…

Select committee says ‘late’ decision to overturn exclusion of fans ‘did little more than inflame tensions’ The government’s response to West Midlands police’s ban on Maccabi Tel Aviv fans was “clumsy”, “late” and “did little more than inflame tensions”, a group of MPs has found. A report by the home affairs select committee, published on Sunday, analysed the original decision to ban away fans fr…

Brook urges four Indian-owned sides to think again England captain will play for Sunrisers Leeds Harry Brook has called on teams in this year’s Hundred to embrace Pakistan players after it was reported that they would not be considered by the tournament’s four Indian-owned sides. Brook, England’s white-ball captain, is contracted to Sunrisers Leeds, owned by the Indian media corporation the Sun G…

Late Wolves leveller means seven dropped points from winning positions in 2026 – and Manchester City are lurking It was left to Bukayo Saka to sum up the mood in Arsenal’s dressing room. “Very flat,” admitted the England forward after watching his side surrender a 2-0 lead at Wolves on Wednesday night. A couple of hours earlier, Saka’s first goal in 15 games in all competitions – his longest drou…

Manchester City are timing their title run-in perfectly, to give Pep Guardiola a fine chance of a seventh title in a decade and to break Arsenal’s hearts yet again. For fans of each team squeaky posterior time is officially entered. For the neutral the final 11 matches for City and the Gunners promise to be a cannot-miss spectacle. Continue reading...

Fofana’s first of two bookings was for fouling Hannibal Burnley: ‘There is no place for this in our society’ Hannibal Mejbri and Wesley Fofana have both been racially abused on Instagram in the wake of the former’s Burnley side drawing 1-1 at Chelsea after the latter was sent off. Hannibal, who was fouled for the first of the two yellow cards that led to Fofana’s dismissal, posted the abuse he ha…

Long-time rivals play for gold on Sunday at 2026 Games Tensions are high between two teams Status of Canada’s Sidney Crosby still uncertain The US and Canada are prepared for a stormy men’s ice hockey final on Sunday as the long-time rivals face off for Winter Olympic gold . This year’s Olympics mark the first time NHL players have competed at the Winter Games since 2014, meaning many of the best…

Lando Norris second fastest; Max Verstappen third Aston Martin completed just six laps after problems Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc took the bragging rights with the quickest time at the final Formula One test before the season proper begins in Australia in just two weeks, while Aston Martin endured a horror show. At the end of the final day of the third test, some of the cars were let off the leash …

Great Britain 6-9 Canada Mouat’s side take silver after falling short in last end Sometimes the silvers you win feel more like the golds you lose. After an excruciatingly tense three-hour final, there’s no doubt which way Bruce Mouat and the British men’s curling team will see this one. They were beaten 9-6 by Canada, in a game that took several twists and turns on its way to the very last stone …

This felt like the day Aston Villa’s faint title hopes were extinguished despite Tammy Abraham’s late equaliser against Leeds. Unai Emery’s side have won only once in their past four Premier League home games and fell short again to leave them seven points behind leaders Arsenal. They were punished for a sloppy opening 45 minutes when they failed to get almost anything right against their more ag…

18-year-old runs 10.00 (+0.9) seconds in first race of 2026 Equal-fastest legal 100m run by an Australian on home soil Sprint sensation Gout Gout has clocked the equal-fastest legal 100m run by an Australian on home soil, notching 10.00 (+0.9) seconds in his first race at the distance in 2026. Teenage superstar Gout is edging closer to legally breaking the magical 10-second barrier after a wonder…

Tottenham have rolled the dice and an injury-ravaged side’s anxiety may only get worse as West Ham close the gap When did the reality dawn? Perhaps it was towards the end of the first half of West Ham’s game at Chelsea at the end of January with the away side leading 2-0. Or perhaps it was when West Ham took the lead against Manchester United 10 days later. As it turned out, West Ham won neither …

25-year-old says she is ‘doing okay’ after injury Athlete posts update to Instagram after scary crash Polish short track skater Kamila Sellier says that she is “doing okay” after suffering a bad cut to her face in a crash on Friday. Sellier went down along with 14-time Olympic medalist Arianna Fontana of Italy and American skater Kristen Santos-Griswold, who was penalized for an illegal lane pass…

Fifth round: Birmingham 8-0 Chatham Hurtré 26 59 68, Sarri 53, Louis 65 89, Lee 70, Leidhammar 76 For just under an hour, Chatham kept themselves in this contest at 1-0 down. Given they are paid only their travel expenses, while their opponents are full-time professionals chasing promotion to the Women’s Super League, that was an admirable effort from the lowest-ranked side remaining in the Women…