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Wolves beat Shrewsbury 6-1 to continue revival Leicester win 2-0 at Cheltenham to avoid giantkilling David Moyes refused to criticise the players who missed all Everton’s penalties in a 3-0 shootout defeat to Sunderland in the club’s first FA Cup tie at Hill Dickinson Stadium. Unconvincing efforts from James Garner, who had scored from the spot in the 89th minute to cancel out Enzo Le Fee’s first…

Celtic win 4-0, equalling biggest victory of the season Bowie scores equaliser as Hibs and Motherwell draw 1-1 Normal service was resumed at Celtic Park as Celtic secured a 4-0 win over Dundee United and their first clean sheet since Martin O’Neill’s previous game in charge. Two first-half goals in five minutes, from Yang Hyun-jun and Arne Engels, sent Celtic on their way as O’Neill returned to t…

After 52 minutes, joy for Antoine Semenyo on his Manchester City debut. Rayan Cherki’s pirouette presaged him threading the ball in behind Exeter’s defence for the wideman to run in and beat Joe Whitworth to cap a memorable display. A little later Semenyo was replaced to an ovation and, from his seat in the stands, the suspended Pep Guardiola, in a flat cap and winter coat, surely approved as muc…

Nicholls laments loss of Grade One-winning Kalif Du Berlais Peso and Wertpol euthanised after fatal injuries The Lanzarote Hurdle card at Kempton Park was marred by the death of three horses, including the Grade One-winning Kalif Du Berlais, whose loss Paul Nicholls described as “a big kick in the teeth” and a “sad day”. Kalif Du Berlais – whose ownership group includes Sir Alex Ferguson – unseat…

⚽ Updates from the FA Cup tie kicking off at 5.45pm GMT ⚽ Scores | Read Football Daily | Mail John It’s of course been an emotional week for Spurs following the death of Martin Chivers – a League Cup and Uefa Cup winner with the club and a bonafide legend. So Spurs make five changes to the team that lost 3-2 to Bournemouth last time out, while Villa make six changes to the XI to the side that dre…

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Macclesfield etched themselves into the FA Cup history books by pulling off arguably the greatest giantkilling of all time, as they stunned Crystal Palace, the holders, in front of a disbelieving and delirious Moss Rose crowd. Despite 117 places in the English football pyramid separating the sides, Palace became the first holders to crash out to non-league opposition since 1909. Palace were a sha…

⚽ Updates from the last-eight tie; kick-off 4pm GMT ⚽ Live scores | Read Football Daily | Mail Xaymaca Nigeria were starting to click before Osimhen’s outburst. Osasu Obayiuwana wrote about the importance of Nigeria’s talisman. Algeria XI: Zidane, Belghali, Mandi, Bensebaini, Aït-Nouri, Boudaoui, Bennacer, Chaïbi, Mahrez, Maza, Amoura Continue reading...

Manchester City and Chelsea were the real winners, as Arsenal and Manchester United played out a goalless draw and lost further ground in the title race. United played the final 25 minutes with 10 players after Jayde Riviere was sent off for a second bookable offence, a late challenge on Caitlin Foord, but United were able to see out the remainder of the game without succumbing to Arsenal’s late …

Bears score nine tries to clinch place in the last 16 Noah Heward scores a hat-trick in Pretoria Bristol ran riot in a remarkable first half to secure their place in the Champions Cup knockout phase with a 61-49 victory over the Bulls in Pretoria. The South African hosts fielded 10 Springboks in their starting XV in the hope of registering a first win of the group campaign yet were still swept as…

The NFL playoffs kick off with ground-game battles, QB duels and a high-stakes edition of the Packers v Bears rivalry What the Rams need to do to win Hold on to the ball. Across five regular-season defeats, Matthew Stafford gave the ball away seven times with six interceptions and a fumble. In the Rams’ worst loss of the season, to the Panthers in November , Stafford held his team back from takin…

41-year-old American wins in Zauchensee, Austria Veteran skier leads World Cup standings Lindsey Vonn continued her age-defying comeback with a downhill victory on Saturday to take her career World Cup tally to 84 wins. The 41-year-old American’s second success and fourth podium from four downhills this season increased the veteran skier’s lead in the standings and cemented her favourite status f…

Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now! Some British managers who have chanced their arm on the continent have won trophies and the adoration of supporters. Others have at least provided the Daily with plenty of content. For every Bobby Robson, there’s a Tony Adams , or to meet somewhere in the middle, Steve McClaren – who can deliver you a league title while still making an arsche of…

World No 1 will face Marta Kostyuk on Sunday Alcaraz beats Sinner in Korean exhibition match Aryna Sabalenka advanced to the Brisbane International final for the third year in a row after defeating Karolina Muchova 6-3, 6-4. The world No 1 clinched her fourth match point at Pat Rafter Arena to advance to Sunday’s final against Marta Kostyuk, who beat the fourth-seeded Jessica Pegula 6-0, 6-3. It …

Brainless moments, moral victories and tough lessons were abundant during a series that still provided plenty of drama Player of the series Travis Head was the boxing kangaroo at the top of the Australia order. But this one goes to the other animal on the baggy green crest, Mitchell Starc bounding in like an emu, slicing through England during the live bit, and playing all five to finish with 31 …