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London-born fighter wins easily on points Harper was knocked down in sixth round Caroline Dubois added the WBO world lightweight title to her WBC crown with a unanimous points victory over her fellow Briton Terri Harper. The London-born younger sister of heavyweight Daniel Dubois scored a 98-91, 97-92, 98-91 win to see off Harper at London Olympia on Sunday night. Dubois struggled to get to her o…

Gabriela Jaquez scores 21 points in rout Victory margin is third-largest in NCAA history Gabriela Jaquez scored 21 points, Lauren Betts added 16 and UCLA routed South Carolina 79-51 Sunday to win their first NCAA championship in women’s basketball. The near-record lopsided victory completed the Bruins’ journey through this year’s March Madness that started after a loss to UConn in last season’s F…

Captain deserves good farewell, says assistant manager Silva has interest from Barcelona as contract ends in June Pep Lijnders has revealed that Bernardo Silva will leave Manchester City in the summer, with the assistant manager hoping the captain is given a fitting farewell. The 31-year-old Silva, whose contract expires in June, has been in impressive form this season but Lijnders stated it will…

Hearts point clear of Rangers with six games left Celtic stay in contention with 2-1 win at Dundee Hearts reclaimed their status as Scottish Premiership leaders but missed the chance to restore their three‑point cushion after being held to a 2-2 draw by the bottom side, Livingston. The Jambos had been knocked off the top for the first time since September after Rangers edged ahead of them on goal…

The Uzbek grandmaster has scored 3.5/4, including an impressive victory against the world No 3 and Candidates favourite, Fabiano Caruana Javokhir Sindarov is already the clear favourite to win the 2026 Candidates in Cyprus and to challenge India’s Gukesh Dommaraju for the world crown after the Uzbek grandmaster, 20, began the tournament with a commanding 3.5/4, including an impressive victory aga…

The familiar London Stadium rush for the exit has never been so misjudged. A lot of West Ham fans decided they had seen enough when Dominic Calvert-Lewin put Leeds within touching distance of a first FA Cup semi-final since 1987, but how wrong they were. The non-believers reckoned without their side forcing extra time with a wild fightback from 2-0 down and were not allowed back in to see a ridic…

The quadruple dream may be dead but Arsenal are now just four games from achieving an unprecedented nonruple And then there were two. As the clock ticked down at St Mary’s Stadium on Saturday night even the stray yellow balloons on the pitch had begun to take on a weirdly mocking quality. The balloons were almost too much, like metaphors-for-hire in an arthouse film, popping up in shot every time…

PSV hold 17-point lead to clinch title with five games left Second-placed Feyenoord draw 0-0 against Volendam PSV Eindhoven were crowned on Sunday as Dutch champions for the 27th time, with five matches left of the season, after second-placed Feyenoord’s 0-0 draw with Volendam. PSV hold an unassailable 17-point lead at the top of the table after bouncing back from successive defeats with a 4-3 vi…

Healthy crowds, a five-way title race and some stunning action give NRL executives plenty to be encouraged by Super League’s possible takeover by the NRL could gather pace in the coming weeks as executives head to the UK for talks to thrash out a deal. Had the NRL’s chief executive, Andrew Abdo, or anyone associated with the game in Australia watched watched the last few days, they would have bee…

Saudi investment shows no sign of reducing LIV’s scale Plan likely to compete with DP World Tour Tournaments as opposed to players could become the next key domain in elite golf’s power struggle, with the Saudi Arabian-backed LIV circuit exploring the staging of national opens. Any such approach is likely to cause anxiety within the corridors of power at the DP World, formerly European, Tour give…

Don Garber spoke to reporters at Miami’s stadium debut ‘It’s going to be a premier event and premier pricing’ The commissioner of Major League Soccer, Don Garber, said Fifa has been “smart” about its ticket pricing strategy for this summer’s World Cup, the effect of which has raised prices significantly across all games of the tournament to be held in the US, Mexico and Canada this summer. Garber…

Bordeaux 64-14 Leicester Bégles set up Toulouse quarter-final next weekend Even at full-strength, Leicester would have struggled against the most potent attack in Europe. But without a string of first-choice forwards, including Ollie Chessum, Joe Heyes, Tommy Reffell and Nicky Smith, the result at a sun-drenched Stade Chaban-Delmas was never in doubt. So it proved as Bordeaux Bégles tore their En…

Adell stole homers from Raleigh, Naylor and Crawford Zach Neto hits solo home run for game’s only run Los Angeles Angels outfielder Jo Adell is known for his power bat but he put on a show for the ages with his glove in the middle game of the three-game series with the visiting Seattle Mariners. Adell performed three home run robberies in a single game on Saturday and will look to help the Angels…

Brighton two wins away from first major trophy Charlton and Liverpool play in second quarter-final Arsenal made a surprise exit at the quarter-final stage of the Women’s FA Cup for the second successive season as Brighton stunned the record 14-time cup winners at Borehamwood. The shock result extends Arsenal’s decade-long wait to lift the Women’s FA Cup, just four days after they knocked Chelsea …

Slovenian secures second Monument victory this season Remco Evenepoel finishes third; Wout van Aert fourth Tadej Pogacar won a record-equalling third Tour of Flanders on Sunday after the world champion dropped his main rival Mathieu van der Poel with 18km to ride. Van der Poel was himself aiming for a record fourth victory in the second Monument of the season, but instead Pogacar made it two from…