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Chelsea offer for Jennifer Echegini rejected by PSG Leicester looking at loan for Chelsea’s Lexi Potter Everton are working on a deal to sign the Slovenia midfielder Zara Kramzar from Roma on a relatively quiet-looking Women’s Super League transfer deadline day. The 20-year-old is in Merseyside hoping to finalise a loan for the remainder of the season to Everton, who have made two other loan sign…

Vonn confident despite ACL rupture before Olympics Will decide after testing knee at race speeds soon fast Olympic downhill scheduled for Sunday at Cortina Lindsey Vonn said she is “confident” she can compete at the Milano Cortina Winter Games despite revealing she has been managing a ruptured ACL, maintaining that her Olympic comeback remains on track after a crash last week raised fresh doubts …

Six venues outside of LA will be used for games Men’s and women’s gold medal games set for Rose Bowl Organizers of the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics on Tuesday named six stadiums across the United States set to host matches in the men’s and women’s Olympic soccer tournaments, expanding the competition footprint well beyond Southern California. LA28 said group stage and knockout games will be played i…

Tonali linked to Arsenal on last day of transfer window ‘Almighty challenge’ to reach Carabao Cup final Eddie Howe has admitted he is “not in control” of Sandro Tonali’s future, but Newcastle’s manager believes the Italy midfielder remains happy on Tyneside. A quiet transfer deadline day at St James’ Park featured swiftly crushed suggestions that Arsenal were poised to bid for Tonali. There were …

Organisation formed by journalist Miriam Walker-Khan is taking the next step in making sure South Asian women and girls feel welcome in football at all levels There was a different kind of energy in an upstairs room at Stamford Bridge after escaping the buzz of the match-going crowd before Arsenal’s 2-0 defeat of Chelsea in the Women’s Super League 10 days ago. There was a celebratory, empowering…

The Test captain will follow the men’s T20 World Cup from home but is confident the team can shake off their lacklustre warmup matches The sea is angry today and so is Pat Cummins. A back injury ruled him out of four of five Ashes Tests this summer and it has now kiboshed his T20 World Cup hopes. “It’s annoying,” he says, sitting by Bronte beach, just a cover drive from his home. “I was very keen…

Team GB’s world champion will face off against China’s Eileen Gu for gold in Milano Cortina having conquered her fear of flying high above a 22-foot wall of ice As part of Zoe Atkin’s degree at Stanford University she is learning how the brain conquers fear. The Team GB freestyle skier is about to put theory into practice in one of the most dangerous – and dazzling – sports at the Winter Olympics…

ITV Sport opts for studio in Brooklyn BBC will stay in UK until at least quarter-finals ITV has gained an early advantage over the BBC before their ratings battle at this summer’s World Cup by securing a studio in Brooklyn with views of the Manhattan skyline and Brooklyn Bridge. ITV Sport will be basing all of its World Cup coverage, to be presented by Mark Pougatch and Laura Woods, from its New …

Updates from the final T20 in Kandy, 1.30pm GMT start Sign up for The Spin | Follow us on Bluesky | Email Tim Afternoon everyone and welcome to something you don’t come across very often: a game that has little riding on it because England’s white-ball team have been playing too well. With their calculated hitting on Sunday, Tom Banton and Harry Brook won the match and spoiled the series. Sri Lan…

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Palace did not sign Everton winger after he had medical McNeil’s partner criticises ‘cruel’ football world Dwight McNeil’s partner has claimed Crystal Palace provided no explanation for pulling out of a move to sign him from Everton on transfer deadline day and accused them of toying with the winger’s mental health. McNeil stayed at Everton after Palace decided not to proceed with a £20m deal at …

In the professional era, there is a common denominator that suggests France and Ireland might be worth backing All that performance data, all those fixture permutations. All the gym sessions and marginal selections. Not to mention all those finger-in-the-wind tournament previews. But what if identifying the winner of the 2026 Six Nations basically involves overlooking all of that – and is shaped …

Will Arsenal regret Nwaneri move? Have Sunderland traded brilliantly again? We run the rule over every team’s business The foot injury sustained by Mikel Merino made the last few days of the window a bit more interesting for Arsenal supporters, although in the end there was no big signing. Deadline-day links to Sandro Tonali of Newcastle and Leon Goretzka came to nothing, and Arsenal missed out t…

The last time the Seahawks and Patriots met in a Super Bowl, a dramatic interception by an undrafted rookie changed the history of both franchises When the New England Patriots faced off against the Denver Broncos in this season’s AFC championship , Malcolm Butler was at home in Houston. He had considered attending the game in Denver or watching on TV in a No 21 Patriots jersey, which he wore in …

Itoje missed start of camp to attend mother’s funeral Jamie George to captain against Wales, Itoje on bench Steve Borthwick has called on England supporters to give Maro Itoje “the roar he deserves” when he comes off the bench in his side’s Six Nations opener against Wales on Saturday. Borthwick has taken the decision to omit Itoje from the starting lineup after his captain missed the start of En…