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Manchester United head coach admits to ‘aggressive’ feelings Holland defender De Ligt could miss remainder of the season Michael Carrick has admitted to getting angry with his Manchester United players and said that was the emotion after the late defeat at Newcastle. United lost 2-1 at St James’ Park this month after conceding a 90th-minute William Osula goal. This is the only defeat in Carrick’s…

Only two of the Premier League’s last-16 teams made it to the quarter-finals while European giants are coming into form when it matters Another traumatic week for the self-worth of the Premier League, one in which Europe’s big beasts got into their stride. The defending champions, Paris Saint-Germain , put on a devastating display at Chelsea. Bradley Barcola’s goal, their second, was the highligh…

Former Norwich defender lived for years in an LA motel, cut ties with his family for more than three decades and is now the subject of a documentary “I hated it,” Tony Powell says on a spring afternoon in Los Angeles of his past as a secretly gay professional footballer for Bournemouth and Norwich in the 1970s. Powell is 78 and now lives in a very different world compared with when he was a husba…

Progress to the quarter-finals of the competition that made Unai Emery’s reputation, the Europa League ­continues to offer ­sanctuary for Aston Villa. The second leg was completed without too much drama, via the ­welcome sight of John McGinn scoring a fine goal. Villa have sorely missed him, though the ­contributions of Emi Martínez, in making a save then launching an attack, and Jadon Sancho wer…

Josh Kerr and Georgia Hunter Bell are also among the medal contenders making up a strong British team in Poland Due to a fault in their plane’s GPS, the British team for the world indoor championships arrived at their hotel in Torun late on Wednesday night. Perhaps they should have asked Keely Hodgkinson to guide them. After all, she knows this place better than most, and she is absolutely locked…

Wigan 23-22 York Wigan recover from half-time deficit to stay unbeaten Wigan Warriors survived a major scare from newly promoted York Knights to maintain their position as Super League’s only unbeaten side at the start of the new season. The Warriors, undoubtedly the standard-bearers in the opening month of 2026, were considered huge favourites against a York side making their first trip to Wigan…

Well, it wasn’t supposed to be like this. For Nottingham Forest, this was anything but the meek surrender widely feared, Vítor Pereira’s side advancing to the Europa League quarter-finals after triumphing 3-0 on penalties at Midtjylland, who missed all three spot-kicks. The goalkeeper Elias Ólafsson had celebrated his captain, Mads Bech Sørensen, winning the toss to decide that penalties would be…

Brit overcomes seven-time grand slam champion 7-5, 7-5 25-year-old secures first victory since January In her first training session back on-site at a tournament after injury put an end to her Australian Open, Francesca Jones found herself in an unusual, delightful situation. Her training partner across the net was none other than Venus Williams, the most successful active female tennis player. B…

Tiny North Carolina university stuns Wisconsin No 1 Duke survive upset scare against No 16 Siena Nebraska ends NCAA drought with rout of Troy Chase Johnston made his first two-point basket of the season, a fast-break layup with 11.7 seconds remaining that gave No 12 seed High Point an 83-82 victory over fifth-seeded Wisconsin on Thursday in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. Johnston finishe…

Crystal Palace’s first taste of European competition has already taken them to Norway, Poland, France, Ireland and Cyprus. After Ismaïla Sarr finally broke down a stubborn Larnaca defence that had only conceded once in their previous seven matches in this competition, they needed more magic from their top scorer in extra time to set up a mouthwatering meeting with Fiorentina in the quarter-finals…

Theories range from obvious mismatches to Premier League clubs not being able to defend from open play There were 68 goals in the last 16 of the Champions League, which is not only a lot but goes against the trend of the previous four seasons. What’s going on? Has football suddenly become more attacking again? This surely can’t all be down to Premier League sides struggling to defend against team…

Jones was vice-captain in Red Roses’ World Cup triumph Centre to lead team in Six Nations opener against Ireland Meg Jones has been chosen to lead England’s world champions in 2026 after the regular Red Roses captain, Zoe Stratford, announced her pregnancy on Wednesday. Jones, who was vice-captain when England beat Canada to lift the World Cup last September, will take over from Stratford for the…

Clubs may be able to roll over squad cost ratio allowance £30 price cap on away tickets extended until 2027-28 season The Premier League is poised to amend its new spending rules before they are introduced next season to give clubs greater flexibility in the transfer market. Under squad cost ratio (SCR) rules approved last November clubs will be restricted to spending 85% of their revenue on play…

Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now! Another night in Bigger Cup and the hopes and dreams of another two teams from The Best League In The World™ were brought to an end in varying degrees of ignominy. Of the six teams that advanced to this season’s Round of Arsenal, only two (including Arsenal) made it into the quarter-finals. This state of affairs has prompted all manner of existe…

Nellie Pou’s bill follows ICE chief, Todd Lyons, refusing to rule out enforcement near stadiums and fan festivals A New Jersey congresswoman introduced legislation on Thursday to block immigration enforcement from conducting raids within a mile of a Fifa World Cup soccer match or fan festival in the US this summer. The Save the World Cup act, introduced by Nellie Pou, a Democrat, is meant to assu…