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American stars clash at sold-out Madison Square Garden Stevenson rises to 140lb in bid for title in fourth division Teófimo López interview: ‘Always choose the hard route’ Reach out to Bryan on Bluesky or by email Here’s how López and Stevenson measure up ahead of tonight’s main event. The naturally bigger López has slight advantages in height and reach over Stevenson, who is moving up to challen…

American still preparing for Milano Cortina Games ‘Thank you for the love and support I have received’ Lindsey Vonn sat out a World Cup super-G race on Saturday after crashing and injuring her left knee a day earlier, but remains on track for the Milano Cortina Winter Olympics, her coach said. “No, she is not racing today but preparing for Cortina as usual,” Chris Knight, Vonn’s personal head coa…

Harry Wilson, Igor Thiago, Dominic Calvert-Lewin, Jack Grealish and Antoine Semenyo have shone for their clubs By WhoScored Harry Wilson was often a spectator rather than a player in his first three seasons at Fulham. He made 89 appearances in the league, but 48 of them were from the bench and he was taken off 34 times. Having scored just 12 league goals in three years, he was nearly shipped off …

Pep Guardiola’s No 2 sought Klopp’s blessing for role Lijnders: ‘Jurgen said he would take the job if I didn’t’ Pep Lijnders has revealed Jürgen Klopp convinced him to take the job as Pep Guardiola’s assistant at Manchester City, despite the German spending almost a decade at their fierce rivals Liverpool. He said Klopp had joked about taking the role if Lijnders didn’t. Lijnders joined Guardiola…

WSL side host Brazilian champions in Sunday showdown Slegers wary of complacency against a ‘very good team’ Renée Slegers praised the impact of trailblazing hijab-wearing footballer Nouhaila Benzina after Arsenal’s defeat of Moroccan side AS Far earned them a place in Sunday’s Champions Cup final against Corinthians. Asked about the impact of Benzina competing in the new cross-continental club co…

Despite an estimated outlay of $6bn since 2022, LIV appears to be far away from establishing itself in the manner of PIF projects in other sports In one sense, it is difficult to detect anything warm and cuddly in all of this. Elite golfers, who were already obscenely rich, take the bounty on offer from a Saudi Arabian-backed disruption model before shuffling back whence they came – essentially f…

While the desperation to keep Trinity Rodman is understandable, tweaking the salary cap could be a big mistake Perhaps it was all worth it in the end. As a tearful Trinity Rodman signs the most lucrative contract in the history of women’s football – flanked by the Washington Spirit owner, Michele Kang , and a young fan called Emma in pink braids – the internet is already burning white hot. The po…

The joy of the game is that big moments are rare – the climax of the UCL group phase felt like too much of a good thing It’s half an hour after attempting to watch 18 football matches at the same time on the final match day of the Champions League group stage, so it’s still a little early to tell whether I think it was a brilliant night of football or not. The information overload from a TV, lapt…

Nerveless batter is a master of building an innings on spinning wickets and his form suggests he could have prospered in India and Sri Lanka The final night was Harry Brook’s but Joe Root still took the series, as he usually does in Sri Lanka. It was here that he began his stratospheric run against the red ball, a double hundred at Galle in 2021 the first of 24 Test tons in the next five years. G…

Pakistan 198-5; Australia 108 (15.4 overs) | Pakistan win by 90 runs Australia lose series with 11 days to go before T20 World Cup begins World Cup-bound Australia have been given a hiding in Lahore, bamboozled by Pakistan’s spinners as they crumbled to a 90-run defeat and a T20I series capitulation. Just hours after their squad for the World Cup in India and Sri Lanka was announced , Mitch Marsh…

Kaboré strikes twice in 3-0 win for Premiership leaders Maswanhise double keeps Motherwell on Celtic’s tail Landry Kaboré scored a double as Premiership leaders Hearts cranked up the pressure on title rivals Rangers and Celtic by easing to a 3-0 away win over nine-man Dundee United . The Jambos struck early through Kaboré and then doubled their lead with an Alexandros Kyziridis penalty shortly af…

You could say Hugo Ekitiké was the one who got away from Newcastle last summer, except there were so many. The Liverpool striker gave Eddie Howe further cause for regret with a gamechanging, match-winning performance at Anfield, however, as Arne Slot’s side found the consistency that has eluded them too often this season to record a second impressive win in succession. Ekitiké struck twice agains…

Kane scores 36th goal of season in leaders’ 2-2 draw Napoli hold off Fiorentina to post 2-1 victory Harry Kane scored his 36th goal of the season but Bayern Munich let a second-half lead slip to draw 2-2 at Hamburg . Bayern moved to 51 points from 20 games, nine ahead of Borussia Dortmund in second, though the latter have played a game fewer. Hamburg climbed to 13th with 19 points from 19 games. …

The FA Cup triumph has had little impact on a club caught in the mid-table loop, their best assets always slipping away Ask a Crystal Palace fan what price they would have paid at this time last year to win the FA Cup. Would they have taken a run of 11 games without a win, Eberechi Eze and Marc Guéhi sold , Oliver Glasner disillusioned and on his way out of the club, and a probable relegation bat…

Stamford Bridge was mutinous at half-time and in disbelief at the end. A pattern is developing under Liam Rosenior. Chelsea’s new head coach messed up his starting lineup against Napoli on Wednesday but turned it around . He did it again when his side were 2-0 down and in danger of unravelling against West Ham. Nuno Espírito Santo’s side were on course for a major win in their fight against releg…