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Max Rushden is joined by Barry Glendenning, Jonathan Wilson and Nedum Onuoha to chew over Manchester City’s late win at Liverpool. On the podcast today: a game packed with incident at Anfield. Dominik Szoboszlai’s free-kick, Alisson’s reckless tackle and a hilarious disallowed goal in injury time. All that meant Manchester City remained just six points behind Arsenal and the title race remains on…

Briton forced to pull out when 2-0 down in deciding set Qualifier Camila Osorio into Qatar Open second round Emma Raducanu retired during the third set of her first-round match with qualifier Camila Osorio at the Qatar Open, having tried to play on after taking a medical timeout. The British No 1 was looking to swiftly move on from the disappointment of losing in straight sets to home favourite S…

RFU trying to tackle antisocial behaviour after games It wants residents to allow more Twickenham events Unruly spectators at Twickenham felt the force of a crackdown on antisocial behaviour at the match between England and Wales last Saturday , with Richmond council issuing 24 fixed-penalty notices for public urination, the Guardian can reveal. The Rugby Football Union is trying to persuade loca…

Athletes report medals are chipped, cracked or damaged ‘We are aware. We are looking into what the problem is’ They are among the most prized possessions in sport, yet embarrassingly for Olympic officials the medals in Milano Cortina keep breaking. On Monday organisers promised to launch an investigation into why it was happening after Winter Olympic medallists, including the American downhill sk…

Heraskevych held up ‘No War in Ukraine’ sign in Beijing IOC have contacted Ukrainian officials over his protest Ukrainian skeleton athlete Vladyslav Heraskevych trained on Monday at the Winter Olympics in a helmet with images of compatriots killed during the war in Ukraine, delivering on a promise to use the event to keep attention on the conflict. “Some of them were my friends,” Heraskevych, who…

American was competing with ruptured ACL Vonn fractured leg after crashing in Sunday’s race Lindsey Vonn’s fellow skiers have defended her decision to compete in the women’s downhill at the Winter Olympics while dealing with a ruptured ACL. The American crashed out early in her run on Sunday. She suffered a fractured leg and was airlifted from the course. Some users on social media said she shoul…

Referee Craig Pawson sent off Dominik Szoboszlai by the letter of the law; the only way it should be done Sign up for Soccer with Jonathan Wilson here Refereeing is the most thankless of jobs. There are times when you can get a decision absolutely right and still you get criticised on all sides. In the final seconds at Anfield on Sunday, with the Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson caught upfield, Rayan…

Successful reruns are rare in the NFL. And New England showed enough holes on Sunday to suggest making it back to the big dance soon will be tough The greatest lie a fanbase tells itself is that there is always next year. It is the softest landing spot in sport, a comfort blanket after a crushing defeat. Next year, we’ll be healthier. Next year, we’ll fix our offensive line. Next year, we’ll add …

Roberto De Zerbi’s team has stood up to PSG this season, but they were humiliated at the Parc des Princes on Sunday By Get French Football News To understand Marseille’s season, you need not watch all of their games; those played against PSG will suffice. After Marseille’s 1-0 win over the European champions in September – their first at the Vélodrome in the league in 14 years – the word “finally…

The NFL appeared keen to welcome the sport’s non-Maga contingent back into the tent. But the theater and violence of capitalism was still there Roger Federer smiling wolfishly to the crowd: a return to woke? Adam Sandler hangdog in the Levi’s Stadium stands, Jon Bon Jovi mooching on the sideline like a retired dentist on a cruise, Billie Joe Armstrong belting out American Idiot during the pre-gam…

Green Streets failed to turn up for last game of season Team stayed up on goal difference, rivals relegated There is uproar in the Dhiraagu Dhivehi Premier League, the leading football competition of the Maldives, after it was alleged one of the tropical archipelago’s leading clubs sought to escape relegation by failing to turn up for a match. The Premier League side Green Streets beat the drop l…

Having held their nerve against Nepal, Harry Brook’s side are building belief they can be genuine contenders at the T20 World Cup Another win, and if England emerged from the Wankhede after Sunday’s fraught victory over Nepal without much of a strut to their step, they did so with two points in their pockets and the bandwagon still rolling. They have now won 11 of their 12 completed T20s in the l…

Win against Stuttgart was a reminder that unity remains St Pauli’s greatest strength in defying the odds again It had begun to look like a lost cause. In a season where the Bundesliga’s relegation battle increasingly promises a richness that the title race may lack (with all due respect to Borussia Dortmund’s efforts to stalk Bayern Munich at closer quarters in recent weeks), it has felt like St …

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VAR’s application has been a divisive topic everywhere it has been introduced. It was more of the same in Serie A You might not be shocked to learn that Daniele De Rossi thinks football has gone soft. Since retiring and moving into management, the man with the “beware the sliding tackle” tattoo has acknowledged he sometimes misses getting to stick the boot in. But would the stick figure seen flyi…