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⚽ Championship spot on offer at Wembley (1pm BST) ⚽ McBurnie sinks Boro and sends Hull up | Mail Emillia 7 min: Stockport just appeared to give the Bolton players a bit too much time and space there in the build-up to that goal. They cannot afford another lapse of concentration. 4 min: Gale cuts inside from the left and goes for a long-distance strike from distance. Addai gets down to make the st…

Swimmer says event is in ‘safest environment possible’ Wada, however, insists it is ‘dangerous and irresponsible’ The former Team GB swimmer Ben Proud has denied that young people will be tempted to dope after watching him in the Enhanced Games. The 31-year-old is on a mid six-figure salary after joining the controversial event and could earn another $1.25m on Sunday night if he swims faster than…

Updates from Sunday’s first-round action in Paris French Open agrees to player talks in row | Mail Daniel Salut et bienvenue à Roland-Garros 20126 – jour un! Notre été starts here, and it’s going to be a jazzer – or, to keep on theme, le jazzeur. It’s fair to say we’ve a strong idea of how the men’s tournament might resolve, but the fun in getting there means we can ignore the inevitability for n…

Brazilian unleashes full rotation aerial with two seconds of hang time Reigning world champion flies into New Zealand Pro semi-finals Australian Morgan Cibilic has produced a last-gasp special to book a spot in the New Zealand Pro semi-finals, but the day belonged to Yago Dora after the defending world champion pulled off one of the best aerials in World Surf League history. Dora was in deep trou…

⚽ News, discussion and buildup before the day’s action ⚽ Fans’ verdicts: the season review | And email us here It’s not just the Premier League on today. The final weekend of May is always fun as the weekend of play-off finals continues. Yesterday, Hull nabbed a dramatic win against Middlesbrough to win a final that had the shadow of spygate hanging over it. Read Jonathan Wilson’s piece from Wemb…

From the No 1 goalkeeper Jordan Pickford to the shock call-up Ivan Toney, a player-by-player guide to the 26 bound for the US Spence and Toney in, Alexander-Arnold out Continue reading...

Within days of new parenthood, cricket tragics often find themselves mapping out futures for their offspring in the game. I’m no different Every cricket-loving parent will know the feeling. Not a feeling, exactly, more a tiny flicker of hope. A ridiculous, irrational hope that the gods who once reached down and gently kissed the likes of Sachin Tendulkar and Ellyse Perry might one day do the same…

The crowd that gathered late into the night to celebrate on the streets reflected an idea of London where all are welcome The mounds of detritus pile up outside Finsbury Park station, like an offering to a vengeful deity. A deity gone rogue for the evening, demanding tribute specifically in the form of empty food cartons and abandoned Lime bikes. A deity that has finally decided to break the habi…

Ukrainian keeps unbeaten record with 11th-round TKO Dutch kickboxing great threatened to cause huge upset Oleksandr Usyk, Ukraine’s unbeaten heavyweight world champion , stopped the Dutch former kickboxer Rico Verhoeven with one second remaining in the penultimate round to avoid what would have been one of the greatest boxing upsets of all time on Saturday. The WBC title fight at the Pyramids of …

Arsenal’s party heading south, fights for Europe – and survival – and London taxpayers cheering on West Ham Premier League top scorers: the latest standings Last week’s costly defeat at Leeds means Brighton must overcome Manchester United on the final day to ensure they secure a place in Europe for the second time in their history. The good news is that Michael Carrick’s side have nothing to play…

Mercedes lock out front row; Russell fastest by 0.068 McLaren’s Norris third and Piastri fourth; Hamilton fifth George Russell took pole position for the Canadian Grand Prix to set up a fascinating battle with his Mercedes teammate Kimi Antonelli who was in second in Montreal, after the pair endured a feisty flashpoint having clashed with one another on track in the sprint race that preceded qual…

Leinster could not contain a team backed by tens of thousands of French supporters chanting with exuberance They are in danger of running away with rugby, these French. The Springboks may have something to say about that, but South Africa do not have the Top 14. And they definitely do not have Union Bordeaux-Bègles. Leinster tried to contain them. Leinster, packed with experienced internationals,…

Federation chief says team will train in Tijuana Iran had planned for Arizona base before war Move is said to resolve potential visa issues The president of the Iranian football federation said Saturday the team’s World Cup training base has been moved to Mexico from the United States after getting approval from Fifa. Mehdi Taj, president of the Iran Football Federation, announced the decision Sa…

British Horseracing Authority’s email sent to all trainers aims to reduce the risk of a shutdown, as happened in 2019 The British Horseracing Authority has emailed all British trainers to underline the need for vigilance during a surge in equine flu, to prevent any possibility of a shutdown of racing, as reported cases of the disease rise in the general horse population. An outbreak of equine flu…

Stuttgart beaten 3-0 in DFB-Pokal Cup final Inter fight back to draw thriller in Bologna Harry Kane cut through the smoke of the DFB-Pokal cup final with a hat-trick for Bayern Munich to beat defending champion Stuttgart 3-0 and complete another domestic double on Saturday. Kane’s goals in the second half set off fireworks among the Bayern fans who had joined their Stuttgart rivals in protesting …