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The unfamiliar sensation coursing through West Ham is hope. Seemingly down and out after their devastating defeat to Nottingham Forest earlier this month, the prospect of Nuno Espírito Santo masterminding the unlikeliest of escapes feels far from outlandish after seeing his side treat the London Stadium to the rare sensation of a performance full of craft, desire and tactical intelligence. Sunder…

A strike from Beth Mead and a second from Mariona Caldentey earned Arsenal a cathartic 2-0 win over Chelsea and pulled them to within a point of their London rivals in the WSL table. A first victory for Arsenal at Stamford Bridge, and first away win against Chelsea in eight years, dented the holders’ title hopes in the process. The Blues now sit six points behind league leaders Manchester City, w…

Shiffrin returns to GS podium weeks before Cortina Hector wins first giant slalom since January 2025 Moltzan second, O’Brien fifth and Hurt eighth for US Mikaela Shiffrin earned a place on the podium of a World Cup giant slalom for the first time in two years Saturday, finishing third in the last GS before the Milan Cortina Olympics. The race was won by defending Olympic champion Sara Hector, who…

Boro put pressure on Coventry with 4-0 win at Deepdale Millwall keep up playoff pace with 4-0 win over Addicks Middlesbrough moved to within three points of Championship leaders Coventry by heaping more misery on 10-man Preston at the Riverside. Alan Browne returned to haunt his former club by putting Boro ahead, while Tommy Conway and Morgan Whittaker exploited defensive lapses to put Boro three…

The native of Thunder Bay, Canada, has been compared to Pablo Escobar and El Chapo – but is he really as big a figure as US prosecutors have claimed? To compete at the highest levels of snowboarding, racers must master carving, edging and balance at speeds stretching the limits of imagination. They can fluently read the nuances of snow and fine-tune their bodies to cross the finish line faster th…

Join us for updates from the 3pm kick-offs Share your thoughts with Rob via email Kevin and Alex Iwobi come into the Fulham XI. Brighton bring in Olivier Boscagli , Carlos Baleba and Yasin Ayari . It’s not clear who will start at right-back for them, possibly Pascal Gross. Fulham (4-2-3-1) Leno; Castagne, Andersen, Cuenca, Robinson; Iwobi, Berge; Wilson, Smith Rowe, Kevin; Jimenez. Continue readi…

The Super Bowl match-up will be set this weekend as a weakened Denver take on New England and two NFC West rivals clash in Seattle What New England need to do to win: Clean up their act. Last week against the Houston Texans , Drake Maye was blindsided too often by edge rushers Will Anderson and Danielle Hunter. The pair wreaked havoc, sacking Maye five times and forcing him into three of his four…

Bangladesh have refused to travel to co-hosts India Scotland will face England in group-stage match Bangladesh have been replaced by Scotland for next month’s Twenty20 World Cup after the South Asian side refused to travel to co-hosts India, according to reports. The decision follows weeks of uncertainty, during which the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) repeatedly insisted it would not play its sc…

Scottish links last staged championship 13 years ago ‘It’s one of the best courses on the rota and in the UK’ Rory McIlroy has endorsed Muirfield’s case for an Open revival despite reaching a golfing nadir there when the major was last staged at the Scottish links in 2013. McIlroy famously declared he felt “unconscious” and “brain dead” while en route to a missed cut in East Lothian 13 years ago.…

Serb ‘stressed’ in win over Botic van de Zandschulp Djokovic almost struck ball girl with one wild shot Novak Djokovic chalked up his 400th grand slam victory with a 6-3, 6-4, 7-6(4) defeat of Botic van de Zandschulp to reach the fourth round, but the Serbian player was fortunate not to receive a code violation after losing his cool. Djokovic opened the evening session on a steamy day in which pl…

If Bruno Guimarães is out, the 19-year-old should get his chance in midfield for game that could decide Champions League spot For Eddie Howe, the darkest hour really did come before the dawn. It was early November 2021 and the then unemployed manager headed to bed one Tuesday night reeling from a late phone call informing him that he had not, after all, landed a new job at Newcastle United. If th…

Manager insists praise from outside ‘does not add value’ Arsenal, seven points clear, host Manchester United next Mikel Arteta says nobody is more driven than him to win the Premier League this season as he promised his Arsenal players would not be distracted by talk of them as champions-elect. The signs for Arsenal are extremely promising despite the inevitable anxiety among their fanbase, which…

Once dismissed as a basement game, table tennis is enjoying an unlikely US revival as the Oscar-tipped biopic Marty Supreme collides with a wave of new players For decades in the US, table tennis has lived a double life: one of the most widely played sports in the country, yet still dismissed by many as a basement pursuit. Now, unexpectedly, it is having a cultural moment. The release of Marty Su…

Form of former Crystal Palace loanee has been huge plus amid fan unrest at relentless recruitment of young players Trevoh Chalobah appeared to be fighting a losing battle during the summer of 2024. He was exiled from the Chelsea first team, omitted from the pre-season tour and put up for sale. Being diplomatic, it was made very clear to Chalobah that he had no future at his boyhood club. A soluti…

Two-time champion says ‘my body needs attention’ Third-round match with Maddison Inglis scrapped Naomi Osaka withdrew from the Australian Open before her scheduled third-round match against the Australian qualifier Maddison Inglis because of an abdominal injury, ending a campaign noted for fashion and friction . The two-time Australian Open champion announced her decision on social media, posting…