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Updates from 2.10pm kickoff (GMT) at Twickenham Follow us over on Bluesky | And you can email Lee Henry Pollock starts his first international game today, and Rob Kitson has thoughts on it. And the dropping altogether of Sam Prendergast is given some historical context here here by Brendan Fanning Continue reading...

⚽ Latest updates from the Premier League and beyond ⚽ Live scores | Follow us on Bluesky | And email Dom Championship Hull 1-1 QPR Stoke 1-0 Leicester Swansea 1-0 Bristol City West Brom 0-2 Coventry Plymouth 3-2 Cardiff Rotherham 1-0 Doncaster Wycombe 1-0 Stevenage Fleetwood 0-2 Barrow Swindon 0-1 Crewe 28 mins – Lorent Tolaj makes it 1-0 Plymouth 31 mins – Aribim Pepple doubles the hosts’ lead 3…

Victory in 50km mass start breaks record from 1980 Teammates Nyenget and Iversen lock out podium At the end of the great races in the history of the Winter Olympics, there was the greatest athlete in the history of the Winter Olympics. After a little over two hours of racing Johannes Høsflot Klæbo won his sixth gold medal of these Games when he beat his Norwegian teammate Martin Loewstroem Nyenge…

Wax technicians apologise after mass-start failure Sweden’s trio finish 18th, 21st and 26th in event Sweden’s biathletes have struggled to deliver medals at the Winter Olympics and on Friday they finally ran out of patience with their waxing team, blaming a bad job on their skis for an embarrassingly poor performance in the men’s mass start. Often among the favourites in biathlon events, the Swed…

In tandem with Game Day Vision, the Premier League club are improving the matchday experience for supporters with a variety of conditions Thomas Clements’ eyes begin dancing as he recalls in vivid detail his first trip to Highbury. It was 1995 and Ian Wright was among the scorers as QPR were defeated. Clements – named after Michael Thomas, scorer of Arsenal’s decisive second goal against Liverpoo…

LIV rebel rejects European Tour Group’s offer Tyrrell Hatton has settled over seven-figure fine Jon Rahm’s Ryder Cup future is in serious doubt after the Spaniard failed to join his teammate Tyrrell Hatton in settling a dispute over a seven-figure fine with the European Tour Group over participation in LIV Golf. Hatton is one of eight golfers who have agreed to settle all outstanding fines due in…

18-year-old runs 10.00 (+0.9) seconds in first race of 2026 Equal-fastest legal 100m run by an Australian on home soil Sprint sensation Gout Gout has clocked the equal-fastest legal 100m run by an Australian on home soil, notching 10.00 (+0.9) seconds in his first race at the distance in 2026. Teenage superstar Gout is edging closer to legally breaking the magical 10-second barrier after a wonder…

The Brazilian has seen this before, football has seen this before, and yet why does it feel like nothing ever changes? José Mourinho: against provoking opposition fans. José Mourinho: in favour of restrained celebrations. José Mourinho, once of the poke‑in‑the‑eye, sprint‑down‑the‑touchline, accost‑the‑referee-in-the-car-park school of footballing expression: now apparently very big on showing re…

Row between Sweden and Canada over accusation of double-touch continues to cast shadow over Winter Games Well hell’s bells, who knew the ice could get so hot? The Olympic curling community is still all in a twist about everything that’s gone on in the sport since a row broke out between the Sweden and Canada sides on Friday. “The whole spirit of curling is dead,” Canada’s Marc Kennedy said on Mon…

England are into the second phase despite struggling for form but Jamie Overton insists ‘there’s plenty more cricket in us’ If there was one thing the players of England and Italy agreed on at the end of a hugely entertaining and, from an English perspective, frequently concerning match at Kolkata’s Eden Gardens , it was that the situation favoured their opponents. England felt the Italians, unbu…

Steve Borthwick’s response to stinging defeat in Scotland is to hand a first start to English rugby’s young tyro A week can be a long time in the Six Nations, never mind in politics. One minute England are contemplating title showdowns in Paris, the next they face a must-win game against Ireland to remain in contention. A swift riposte to the defeat in Scotland last weekend is required urgently a…

The Winslow pub closed last month after serving pints to Everton players, managers and fans for 140 years By When Saturday Comes On Saturday January 24, Duncan Ferguson walked into the Winslow Hotel pub on Goodison Road and handed licensee Dave Bond £1,000 to put behind the bar. Ferguson, the former Everton centre-forward, was there because the Winslow, 140 years old and standing in the shadow of…

• Medal table | Live scores and schedule | Results | Briefing • Follow us over on Bluesky | And you can email Tanya Hang about, how many German teams are there? Germany two and Germany three are next in their bobs, but neither are as quick as Lochner’s quad. We’re off, immediately , to the Cortina Sliding Centre. The first German team, under pilot Johannes Lochner, are ready: four of them sprinti…

Although the weather in Kandy looks precarious, England have been dealt a good draw and can make the last four with a fair wind Late on Friday morning, after the entire playing surface had spent most of the preceding few days shrouded in plastic sheeting, the sun broke out. The covers were peeled back and the ground staff – a huge team of about 70 people, those covers don’t move themselves – set …

Updates from the T20I cricket at Adelaide Oval Any thoughts? Get in touch with an email 2nd over: India 14-0 (Smriti 5, Shafali 3) Gardner comes in for the second over to open from the other end. Shafali attacks immediately, coming down the pitch and attempts to drive it back over Gardner’s head, but the ball catches the edge instead. It falls safely, just past Litchfield and Shafali is off the m…