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Nottingham Forest leave Anfield as 3-0 winners Slot: ‘I should look at myself first and my team’ Arne Slot said he needed to “look at myself” after Liverpool suffered a sixth defeat in seven Premier League games at home to Nottingham Forest and insisted he would find a way out of the champions’ slump. Forest, in the relegation zone before kick-off, produced the biggest win at Anfield in their his…

Springboks are the standard-bearers in world rugby but Steve Bothwick has developed a side that is improving in all the key areas Be careful what you wish for. That would be my message to England supporters getting a little bit ahead of themselves and wishing South Africa were due at Twickenham on Sunday. By all means get a little carried away – that’s the beauty of following a team on a winning …

Newcastle’s recent slide left them 15th in the Premier League at kick-off but, by the end of an always absorbing, sometimes almost anarchic, eveningthey had ascended to Cloud Nine. It is very hard to argue that Eddie Howe is not an elite coach but, until this watershed win, his record against Pep Guardiola was pretty dismal. In 18 Premier League matches against Manchester City, with Bournemouth a…

Ireland 13-24 South Africa Home side have five players sent to sin bin The IRFU may be disconnected from a chunk of their audience on the price of Test rugby at Lansdowne Road but at least those who ponied up large can claim to have witnessed a truly crazy event. Back in the 2013 Six Nations in Rome Ireland had their backline sundered by a freakish run of injuries, leaving holes being filled by m…

Whatever doubts there are for Arsenal, at Tottenham they are far greater – and the similarity between these old rivals is stark Two goals for Harry Kane, another for Son Heung-min and, to compound Arsenal’s misery, Rob Holding sent off. Tottenham had won the derby and would go on to win their last two games of the season to take fourth place and the final Champions League qualification spot from …

Wales 26-52 New Zealand Wing becomes first to score three tries against All Blacks Another week, another Welsh defeat. This latest one was 52-26, and if you missed it, it will look like just another in their long list of losses to New Zealand, which now stretches back 34 matches to 1953. But it’s just possible, too, that, for the men who coached it and played in it, for the tens of thousands in t…

German champions win in style; Undaz stuns Dortmund Torres strikes twice on return to revamped Camp Nou Bayern Munich raced from two goals down to crush visitors Freiburg 6-2 in the Bundesliga, with Michael Olise scoring twice and setting up three more goals, to maintain the champions’ unbeaten run and lead the title race. Bayern, who saw their 16-match winning run in all competitions end with a …

Bart Verbruggen was the hero for Brighton after his stoppage-time penalty save from Igor Thiago earned a dramatic 2-1 home victory over Brentford. The Seagulls had looked like tasting defeat in Fabian Hürzeler’s 50th match in charge after Thiago’s ice-cool first-half spot-kick had the visitors in front. Danny Welbeck’s 71st-minute leveller sparked a grandstand finish for Brighton and substitute J…

Uncertain times at Fulham. The word is out that the club’s ownership would like to extend Marco Silva’s stay. The manager himself has been non-committal, having previously been explicit about a lack of summer transfer business. Raúl Jiménez’s winner, coming when it seemed Fulham were incapable of scoring, should at least still choppy waters for now, and lifted Silva’s team away from the increasin…

It was in the 69th minute when Yeremy Pino wheeled away in celebration after doubling Crystal Palace’s lead, his delicious shot from the edge of the area crashing in off the underside of the crossbar. In the away technical area, Oliver Glasner was also on the move, the Palace manager briefly dancing on ice as he almost lost his footing. By the end, the delirious away supporters were asking their …

Enes Unal scored moments after climbing off the bench to snatch a point for Bournemouth. The Turkish forward, making his second substitute appearance after recovering from a second ACL injury, struck nine minutes from time to deny West Ham a first away win under Nuno Espirito Santo. Callum Wilson had marked his return to his former club with two first-half goals, but when he went off West Ham’s m…

Hunt backs Turning Point USA’s rival half-time show Goodell stands firm despite Trump-driven backlash Gracie Hunt, the daughter of Kansas City Chiefs owner Clark Hunt, is throwing her support behind Turning Point USA’s plan to stage an alternative Super Bowl half-time show, a direct counter to the NFL’s decision to feature Bad Bunny at Super Bowl LX . Hunt said in an appearance on Fox News Channe…

In a week when domestic accidents troubled Chelsea, they had no such issues at Burnley. Without the injured Cole Palmer, who fractured a toe after colliding with a door at home, they avoided a slip here, escaping without even a fissure. There was the occasional early threat of a bloody nose, but even not at full speed, Chelsea were able to halt Burnley’s industry. Pedro Neto and Enzo Fernández we…

A year and a half after his unstoppable rise was hijacked, the 26-year-old boxing star aims to become a three-weight champion against big-punching Brian Norman Jr Rain falls in thin, needling lines over Hell’s Kitchen as Devin Haney walks into the Victory Boxing Gym. Somewhere along Ninth Avenue an ambulance threads through the congestion, its siren drawn out into a long, mournful ribbon that sli…

Australia’s bold call as replacement for creaking Usman Khawaja in second innings set up a Test-winning 69-ball ton, the second-fastest in Ashes history In short, England tried to play a certain style of Test cricket. Travis Head succeeded at it . As his numbers grew on the second afternoon here, what they represented grew more astonishing. A normal 16 runs from 20 balls became brisk at 26 from 2…