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⚽️ Premier League updates from the 4.30pm BST kick-off ⚽ Live scores | Tables | Top scorers | Follow on Bluesky Mikel Arteta will go all out for victory in today’s Premier League title showdown at Manchester City and has not thought for “one second” about setting up for a draw. Arsenal are six points clear of City, albeit they have played an extra game, and a stalemate could move them decisively …

The two clubs are struggling to relive former glories and fans are not happy as the overlords make them foot the bill English football’s two best teams are from London and Manchester. On Sunday, they meet to decide this season’s Premier League title . Chelsea and Manchester United are not those clubs. Both have dropped from the local prominence they once commanded. If United have a top-four place…

Jack Clarke fired home an 87th-minute penalty to save a point for Ipswich in a pulsating 2-2 draw with promotion rivals Middlesbrough. Jarred Gillett awarded the spot-kick when he adjudged Adilson Malanda had tugged the substitute George Hirst in the box. Middlesbrough, who are on a seven-match winless run, went ahead through David Strelec only for Kasey McAteer to equalise five minutes later. Th…

⚽ Today’s games | Latest tables | Premier League top scorers ⚽ Everton v Liverpool live | Get in touch with Tom by email OK, so it was all building to this, then. The slow‑burn plotlines. The room‑temperature action sequences. The winter afternoons on the sofa watching men wrestle unhappily, staring out of the window as the frigid wind tousles the clouds, wondering about the death of all things, …

Club taking ‘immediate action’ over social media posts Danso was at fault for Brighton’s late equaliser in draw Tottenham have condemned the “vile, dehumanising racism” aimed at defender Kevin Danso following Saturday’s 2-2 draw with Brighton. Danso was at fault for Georginio Rutter’s stoppage-time equaliser which left Spurs languishing in the relegation zone. The club say they have reported raci…

Pressure grows after defeat by Manchester United ‘People don’t want to hear me say how well we played’ Liam Rosenior admitted that Chelsea have a mountain to climb after a 1-0 defeat by Manchester United put another dent in their hopes of qualifying for the Champions League. Matheus Cunha scored the only goal as United tightened their grip on third place by overcoming their defensive problems at …

⚽️ Premier League updates from the 2pm BST kick-off ⚽ Live scores | Latest tables | Top scorers | Email Daniel Baking cookies or making stock with the lid off; visiting the smallest room and making use of all the rooms; we each have ways of turning a house into a home. Generally speaking, though, we tend to refrain from inviting round hated former neighbours in the hope of smashing them up in fro…

Updates from the third day’s play in the latest round Sign up for The Spin | Mail James or comment BTL We’ve got ten minutes to go until play begins. The first whiff of a victory might be in Bristol where the evergreen Jimmy Anderson could well force an early win against struggling Gloucs on their home patch. The 43 year old will scent blood in the water and will be accompanied by an impressively…

The league hasn’t had a repeat champion since the 2017-18 Warriors. The level-headed, consistent Thunder may be the ones to change that The NBA has not seen a reigning champion take its title defense as far as the conference finals, let alone hoist a second consecutive Larry O’Brien trophy, since the Golden State Warriors were cut off at the ankle and calf by the Toronto Raptors in the 2019 Final…

Lawrence dealt in blockbuster draft-week trade Giants now hold the fifth and 10th picks overall Trade follows tackle’s push for a new contract The Cincinnati Bengals acquired three-time Pro Bowl defensive tackle Dexter Lawrence from the New York Giants for the 10th overall pick in next week’s NFL draft, two people with knowledge of the trade told the Associated Press on Saturday night. Both peopl…

As excitement mounts for the 2026 event on 26 April, fraudsters are cashing in by trying to persuade disappointed hopefuls they can run after all You didn’t get a place for the London marathon on the ballot and had given up on the hope of taking part this year. But then someone in a discussion group on your running app posts that they are injured and are selling their place. After contacting them…

Winning robot records faster time than Jacob Kiplimo’s world record More than 100 robots run in parallel tracks to avoid collisions with humans Dozens of Chinese-made humanoid robots showed off their fast-improving athleticism as they whizzed past human runners in a half-marathon race in Beijing on Sunday, having lagged far behind a year earlier. The race’s inaugural edition last year was riddled…

Atlético Madrid 2-2 Real Sociedad (aet: 3-4 on pens) Lookman 19, Alvarez 83; Barrenetxea 1, Oyarzabal 45+1pen History has a pair unexpected heroes. Unai Marrero, a 24-year-old substitute goalkeeper, born in San Sebastián and raised at Real Sociedad, saved two penalties in the shootout to put his boyhood club within a single shot of victory on the what his captain had called the night of their liv…

American dismisses Dubois as ‘not on my level’ Baumgardner targets bouts with Taylor or Serrano British stablemate touts fight as ‘best versus best’ A dismissive Alycia Baumgardner said Britain’s Caroline Dubois still has more to prove before the American will entertain a fight between the two unified champions. That was the curt assessment from Baumgardner early Saturday morning after she retain…

Chiefs’ new owner will be Black Knight Sports and Entertainment Michael B Jordan has stake in company that owns Bournemouth Bill Foley, owner of AFC Bournemouth, is poised to take control of Exeter Chiefs in a multimillion-pound deal that will bring Premier League and Hollywood glamour to English club rugby. The Guardian revealed this week that Exeter’s chair, Tony Rowe, had agreed to sell the cl…