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Manchester City defender led Crystal Palace to Wembley triumph last season and is back to take on Chelsea Marc Guéhi’s whirlwind 12 months in the FA Cup: captaining Crystal Palace to glory at Wembley last season, experiencing the competition’s greatest shock via the holders’ third-round elimination at sixth-tier Macclesfield and, on Saturday, aiming to claim the trophy again when Manchester City …

Dane goes for broke 5km from top for stage seven win Decathlon’s Felix Gall is only other rider to get close Jonas Vingegaard, the pre-race favourite, proved his Giro d’Italia credentials by going alone to conquer the Blockhaus summit finish and win stage seven on Friday as the Dane made his first telling move of this year’s race. The Visma-Lease a Bike rider, on his Giro debut, went for broke wi…

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Colorado coach blasts negative reporting over draft fall Cleveland QB made seven starts, earned Pro Bowl invite Shedeur Sanders “went through hell” during the draft process and his 2025 rookie season with the Browns, his father Deion Sanders has said. The Colorado head coach blamed what he said was untruthful reporting during his interview with “The Barbershop” posted on YouTube on Thursday. Cont…

Captain has been offered coaching role at club Coleman may continue playing elsewhere Séamus Coleman will end his distinguished 17-year career with Everton when his contract expires next month, but he has yet to decide whether his playing days are over. The Everton captain, famously signed for £60,000 from Sligo Rovers in January 2009, has been hampered by injuries in recent years and has announc…

Constitution River heads Aidan O’Brien’s Derby contenders but Maltese Cross is one to watch, while Legacy Link has pedigree for the Oaks 1. Constitution River Timeform rating: 124p. Derby odds: 6-1. Trainer: Aidan O’Brien. Pedigree: Wootton Bassett x Chuppy (Le Havre) There’s no doubt about the “wow” performance of trials season: tactical speed, balance and a finishing kick, Constitution River ha…

Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now! While the rest of the known world is humming along to videos of former Bilbo near-hitmaker Colin Chisholm belting out the Hearts song , down south there’s an FA Cup final to be played. The romance of the Cup? About that: private equity Chelsea underdogs versus nation-state owned Manchester City? Be still our beating heart. Sure, there’s narrativ…

Transfer window could include merry-go-round of forwards as division’s top three clubs bid farewell to icons Saturday’s finale to the Women’s Super League season marks the end of an era, and not only because it is the final time the division will operate with 12 teams before the expansion to 14. A multitude of players synonymous with their clubs in recent years are all making end-of-contract depa…

Gary Lineker called it possibly the worst VAR decision he has seen. Celtic’s win against Motherwell is another reason to ditch the system This moment was inevitable. One when observers from Gorgie to Guadalajara ponder how Scottish football got itself into such a tangle with the video assistant referee system. Sadly for Hearts, the incident in question may prove fatal in their push to make histor…

Discussion over racing should include those working in the sport and fans, along with MPs and animal rights campaigners The Green party surged to record results at local and national level in last week’s elections, prompting Zack Polanski, the party’s leader in England and Wales, to suggest that two-party politics is “dead and buried”. Ladbrokes, meanwhile, subsequently cut the odds about the Gre…

️ Latest news from second round at Aronimink Golf Club ️ Official live leaderboard | Follow on Bluesky | Mail Scott Block party. It’s happening again. He’s happening again. Michael Block, the club pro who lit up the 2023 tournament with three rounds of 70 and a 71 that included an ace with Rory McIlroy in attendance, is doing it again. A round of 70 yesterday, and now a 20-foot putt for birdie at…

Quins’ resident New Zealander has some fascinating and forthright views, not least regarding England’s World Cup prospects After 18 years it is almost time to say farewell to Harlequins’ resident Kiwi. Not every overseas recruit becomes part of the fabric of a team thousands of miles from home but that has long been the case with Nick Evans, a Prem winner with Quins as a player and a coach in 201…

TNT will show live action having outbid BBC for rights Corporation indifference sparked by poor viewing figures Channel 5 has agreed a deal to show a daily highlights programme from the Commonwealth Games this summer, with the BBC opting not to broadcast any coverage of the event in Glasgow. TNT Sports secured live rights for the Games last year by outbidding the BBC , which declined the opportun…

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Andrew Richardson helped her win slam as an 18-year-old Partnership to start at Strasbourg in French Open buildup Emma Raducanu has rehired Andrew Richardson, the coach who helped guide her to her sensational US Open triumph in 2021, on a formal basis as she prepares to return to competition next week in Strasbourg in the buildup to the French Open. Richardson will accompany Raducanu at the WTA 5…