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50-year-old was snowboarding in Switzerland on Sunday Kestenholz won bronze in giant slalom at Nagano 1998 Snowboarder Ueli Kestenholz, who won a bronze medal in the sport’s first Olympic race, has died after being trapped in an avalanche, the Swiss Ski federation said on Tuesday. He was 50. Kestenholz was third in snowboard giant slalom at the 1998 Nagano Olympics – a debut event that became a s…

Top seed was leading Osorio 6-3, 2-4 when play called off Venus Williams lost 6-4, 6-3 to Tatjana Maria in Tasmania Emma Raducanu cut a frustrated figure on Tuesday at the Hobart International as her first round match was suspended for the night due to rain with the Briton struggling to hold on to her precarious 6-3, 2-4 lead. Raducanu, the top seed in Hobart, will return to the court on Wednesda…

UK Sport aims for ‘greatest performance’ at Winter Games British hopes in snowboarding, skeleton and ice dance Team GB believes it can achieve “the greatest performance we have ever seen at a winter Games” and is targeting a record-breaking eight medals at next month’s Winter Olympics. Britain’s previous best at a winter Games is the five medals secured in Sochi in 2014 and Pyeongchang in 2018. H…

Faye Carruthers is joined by Suzy Wrack , Sophie Downey and Freddie Cardy to discuss the WSL’s return from the winter break On today’s pod: the WSL returns from the winter break with a muted start at the Emirates as Arsenal and Manchester United play out a goalless draw that all but ends both sides’ title ambitions. The panel assesses familiar attacking issues for Arsenal, United’s defensive reso…

Former Liverpool teammates meet for the fifth time in international football, with Salah still waiting for meaningful victory The Olembe Stadium, Yaoundé, 6 February 2022, the Africa Cup of Nations final. Senegal and Egypt drew 0-0. Penalties followed. The first three kicks were scored, then Egypt’s Mohamed Abdelmonem hit the post. Mohamed Abou Gabal immediately saved from Bouna Sarr but Eduard M…

Club furious after being sanctioned for paperwork error regarding Canada international Florianne Jourde Paris Saint-Germain have lost only one league game all season yet are still only fifth in the Première Ligue. How is that possible? On Monday 22 December, just after the final league game of 2025, the French Football Federation issued a bombshell statement: three of PSG’s wins this season had b…

Today’s rumours are misty-eyed The fun has only just begun at Old Trafford where Michael Carrick will become the head coach until the end of the season. As someone who knows a thing or two about central midfielders, Carrick will immediately realise Manchester United are desperately in need of one. Al-Hilal’s Rúben Neves is on the radar, as is Atlético Madrid’s Marcos Llorente . The 30-year-old is…

Max Rushden is joined by Barry Glendenning , Jonathan Wilson and Osasu Obayiuwana as the Africa Cup of Nations reaches its last four. On today’s pod: it’s an Afcon special as the final four are decided. Hosts Morocco look increasingly like favourites after seeing off Cameroon ; the panel asks whether Brahim Díaz’s remarkable form is a surprise, and questions how far long-term investment has taken…

Numbers may point towards a more formulaic product but there is plenty of evidence that risk and style can win out The Six Nations championship is fast approaching but, ahead of rugby union’s beloved annual fiesta, two recent away club victories are worth contemplating. The first was Northampton’s stunning win at Bath last month with a supposedly weakened team: the sharp attacking angles, deft ha…

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When the NCAA tied eligibility to standardized test scores in 1986, hundreds of recruits were barred from competition. But its legacy is still a subject of debate Tony Rice noticed the looks and smirks during his first week of freshman classes in the fall of 1986 at Notre Dame. He had accepted his fate a few months earlier when standardized test results led to the decision that he would not be el…

Former England midfielder needs to avoid the same pitfalls as Ruben Amorim, but he showed a dogmatic streak at Boro In many ways Michael Carrick is the antithesis of Ruben Amorim but Manchester United’s soon-to-be-appointed interim head coach does have something significant in common with his Portuguese predecessor. Like Amorim, Carrick has proved remarkably resistant to tactical change. So much …

Carrick to be confirmed as interim manager on Tuesday Darren Fletcher returns to job with United’s under-18s Michael Carrick has handed Steve Holland and Jonathan Woodgate roles on his staff at Manchester United. Carrick will be confirmed on Tuesday as the club’s interim manager until the end of the season and four spots on his backroom team have been filled. Holland was the assistant to Gareth S…

Biopic charting Naseem Hamed’s rise has reopened old wounds but is also a reminder of what was and what might have been The first time I watched Prince Naseem Hamed train, my jaw couldn’t have dropped any faster if he had hit me with one of his lassoing uppercuts. I had followed all his fights on TV, of course. But to see him in the flesh in September 1994, a year before he became world champion,…

Spurs make Atlético Madrid offer worth £25m upfront Former Chelsea man keen on Premier League return Tottenham look to have beaten Aston Villa to the signing of Conor Gallagher from Atlético Madrid after agreeing a transfer fee of up to €40m (£34.6m) for the England midfielder. Talks with Atlético have progressed rapidly and Gallagher is understood to be keen to move back to the Premier League to…