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⚽ Updates from the 2pm BST kick-off (agg 1-2) ⚽ Live scores | Read Moving the Goalposts | Mail Taha OL Lyonnes: Endler, Lawrence, Renard, Engen, Bacha, Heaps, Dumornay, Yohannes, Diani, Hegerberg, Brand Subs: Belhadj, Marchal, Becho, Shrader, Katoto, Egurrola, Sombath, Svava, Tarciane, Rafalski, Ouazar, Olivier Continue reading...

Newmarket’s 2,000 Guineas starts at 3.35pm (BST) Get in touch: email Greg about today’s racing Good afternoon from Newmarket on the first Saturday in May – 2,000 Guineas day, in other words, and a date that has been circled on the calendars of Flat racing fans since the 2025 turf season concluded in November. The first Classic of the new campaign – one of just five all season – has a long and sto…

Tokyo Dome hosts biggest fight in Japanese history Naoya Inoue is the greatest show in sports today Inoue and Nakatani slated for 1pm BST/8am EDT Reach out to Bryan on Bluesky or by email Takuma Inoue, Naoya’s younger brother, has just defended his WBC bantamweight title with a 12-round unanimous-decision win over Kazuto Ioka on the undercard. Ioka recovered nicely from a pair of early knockdowns…

⚽ Updates from a crucial afternoon of football action ⚽ Ten things to look out for | Scores | Tables | Mail John Derby v Sheff Utd teams Derby: Zetterstrom, Ward, Langas, Clarke, Forsyth, Ozoh, Travis, Brereton Diaz, Szmodics, Banel, Morris. Subs: Vickers, Batth, Salvesen, Johnston, Sanderson, Fraulo, Eames, Clark, Allen. Wrexham AFC, the football club part-owned by Hollywood stars Ryan Reynolds …

Former major winner ‘committed to making team golf work’ Rebel tour now working on a junior golf initiative, he says Bryson DeChambeau, the two times US Open champion, has denied reports he is seeking a way out of the beleaguered LIV Golf, the rebel series whose future looks bleak after Saudi Arabian backers indicated they are pulling their multibillion-dollar sponsorship at the end of the 2026 s…

Updates from day two of the latest Championship games Sign up for the Spin | Mail Tanya or comment BTL Surrey stepped up security at the Oval following the knife attack at Golders Green as off-field decisions took the headlines on day one of round five of the County Championship . In a statement, the club said: “Surrey are in communication with the Met police and will adjust our own security meas…

Italian driver lost both legs in high-speed cart race crash Went on to win four Paralympic gold medals Alex Zanardi, the former Formula One driver who lost both legs in a racing crash and went on to win Paralympic gold medals, has died at the age of 59, his family said on Saturday. Zanardi, from Bologna, made his F1 debut in 1991 and later achieved success in the cart series in the United States,…

Midfielder broke a Barça Dutch record last week and is potentially one win from a third league title with team he visited as a teenager for fun A warm sun bathes the Barcelona training ground as Frenkie de Jong arrives to chat. The midfielder’s work is done for the day and the Netherlands international is in his comfort zone here, the first team’s longest-serving player, a regular captain and eff…

England head coach survived Ashes review but going missing for 43% of the county season is straight out of Seinfeld George: Right now I just sit around pretending I’m busy. Jerry: How do you do that? George: I look annoyed. Think about it. When you look annoyed all the time, people think you’re busy. [Rolls his eyes, slaps his forehead, does look busy.] Does anyone remember Brendon McCullum? You …

The 34-year-old midfielder will leave Old Trafford after conclusively proving high-profile doubters wrong It was two years ago that Jamie Carragher offered Casemiro a rather withering piece of advice: “Leave the football before the football leaves you.” Fast forward to this season and the Brazilian’s record for Manchester United reads: nine goals (second only to Benjamin Sesko), two assists, and …

Can LIV find new backers and what are the options for Bryson DeChambeau, Jon Rahm, Lee Westwood and others? Confirmation that Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund will cease funding the LIV Golf tour will have huge ramifications, for the future of the tour itself, the players and across golf’s traditional heartlands. Where does PIF’s withdrawal leave them all? Continue reading...

Arteta: ‘The difference in the leagues is night and day’ Ødegaard likely to miss Fulham game with knee problem Mikel Arteta has dismissed suggestions that Premier League sides are incapable of matching the levels hit by their European rivals, saying that freshness was key to Bayern Munich and Paris Saint-Germain producing arguably the game of the season in the first leg of their Champions League …

Leeds 40-22 Wakefield Rhino half-back Jake Connor masterminds bruising win Leeds Rhinos solidified their position at the Super League summit, with Jake Connor underlining his credentials as England’s starting half-back for this autumn’s World Cup as Brad Arthur’s side proved too strong for Wakefield Trinity. Despite spending almost half an hour with 12 men thanks to three separate sin-binnings, t…

It was the night all the nerves vanished into the ether, replaced by every track on the Leeds United soundtrack as Premier League survival was all but confirmed. It was all too easy to defeat rudderless and relegated Burnley, to put Leeds nine points clear of the relegation zone, with their rivals having four games remaining. Anton Stach’s smart shot started the festivities before Noah Okafor and…

Season resumes in Florida after five-week break Ferrari and McLaren aim to close gap on Mercedes With Formula One returning after its early season enforced break, the Miami Grand Prix is proving an ­enticing prospect given most of the teams used the time to work ­furiously on upgrades to their cars. Many of which are being deployed here. Intriguing enough were it not also for the updated regulati…