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Tax exile has already proven himself a terrible club owner; now his ill-informed diatribe about immigration has poured fuel on wider flames Well I, for one, am shocked. Shocked to learn that a tax-exiled English expat who made his billions squeezing chemical plants doesn’t have liberal, let alone accurate, views on immigration. Or at least, in public anyway. It seems highly likely Sir Jim Ratclif…

Juventus lost 3-2 in dramatic fashion away at Inter Santos scores on debut to earn Napoli draw with Roma Serie A’s referee designator Gianluca Rocchi said the match official Federico La Penna was “clearly wrong” in showing the Juventus defender Pierre Kalulu a second yellow card during Saturday’s loss at Inter , and apologised over the incident. Kalulu was sent off after Inter’s Alessandro Baston…

American fractured tibia in downhill last week Vonn reiterates she has no regrets over crash Lindsey Vonn is preparing to fly back to America after she fractured her tibia in the Olympic downhill last week , according to the CEO of the US Ski and Snowboard Association. Sophie Goldschmidt says her team’s medical staff has been coordinating Vonn’s recovery and hopes to accompany her back home to th…

Australian produces some fine tennis to win Rotterdam Open First indoor title comes after 6-3, 6-2 win over Felix Auger-Aliassime Alex de Minaur sealed a landmark week by delivering a masterful performance to defeat the red-hot Felix Auger-Aliassime and finally land one of the biggest titles of his career at the Rotterdam Open. The Australian produced some of his finest tennis on Sunday (Monday A…

Keeper did not think Guardiola would sign Italian ‘It’s football, you’ve got to keep grafting every day’ James Trafford has admitted he did not expect Manchester City to sign Gianluigi Donnarumma after his transfer from Burnley last summer, with the deputy goalkeeper potentially leaving this summer. Trafford returned to City after two years at Turf Moor on 31 July in a deal worth £31m before Pep …

Britain win mixed snowboard cross then mixed skeleton Eve Muirhead lauds ‘just incredible’ performance Team GB chiefs have hailed Britain’s greatest day at a Winter Olympics after celebrating two gold medals, in the mixed snowboard cross and mixed skeleton in Milano Cortina. Super Sunday started with Charlotte Bankes and Huw Nightingale storming to a surprise victory in Livigno, with Bankes drama…

Wing to learn fate after red card in Scotland Immanuel Feyi-Waboso also out with injury Steve Borthwick is set for a major selection headache as England seek to get their Six Nations campaign back on track against Ireland on Saturday with Henry Arundell facing a suspension after his red card against Scotland . England have promised an “honest and emotional” review into their dismal Calcutta Cup d…

British pair triumph in mixed team skeleton event Bankes and Nightingale win mixed snowboard cross Great Britain had their greatest day at a Winter Olympics, after Matt Weston and Tabby Stoecker won gold in the mixed team skeleton in a combined time of 1min 59.35sec. It was the British team’s second gold medal in the space of just a few hours, following the victory by Charlotte Bankes and Huw Nig…

It has been a testing few months for the man who scored the winner for Crystal Palace in last season’s FA Cup final. But after being hooked at half-time during the disappointing draw with Brentford on Thursday when Mikel Arteta said he is still adapting to life in north London, perhaps this competition could help breathe new life into Eberechi Eze’s Arsenal career. As well as providing assists fo…

This proved the game of Scotland’s top-flight season. The seriousness given to it by Rangers, plus their scale of full-time celebration, said much about the progress of their opposition. Hearts’ lead at the summit has been cut to two after the Edinburgh side lost out by two goals. As the scoreline suggests, this was pulsating stuff. Youssef Chermiti was once ridiculed in these parts. His £8m arri…

Dutch star’s years of dominance culminates in gold Jutta Leerdam wins silver in Dutch one-two USA’s Erin Jackson misses out on retaining title Speed skater Femke Kok had admitted that anything but gold in her signature 500m race would be a disappointment after opening her Olympic account last Monday with silver in a Dutch one-two alongside Jutta Leerdam in the 1000m. On Sunday evening, she perfor…

Head coach must make changes for Ireland’s visit after his error-strewn side lacked the nous to fight back after the hosts’ fast start England arrived at Murrayfield announcing their intentions to be “bulletproof”. Truth be told this was Scotland shooting fish in a barrel. Punishing mistakes, of which there were a litany, Gregor Townsend’s team exposed the glaring limitations of Steve Borthwick’s…

Group A: India, 175-7, bt Pakistan, 114, by 61 runs Opener’s 77 proves decisive on tricky pitch A day of no handshakes, and for Pakistan many head shakes. India coasted to victory in what became global cricket’s most lucrative mismatch after a superlative innings from the opener Ishan Kishan skewed it definitively in their favour. In its second half a game that was dramatically off and then on ag…

Azu adds 200m gold to 60m title in Birmingham Issy Boffey wins 800m after Hodgkinson withdrawal Amid a raft of high-profile absentees from Birmingham this weekend it was quite the surprise to see Jeremiah Azu’s name on the 200m start list for the UK Athletics Indoor Championships on Sunday. The 200m is not contested internationally during the indoor season so elite athletes almost never race it, …

Wales 12-54 France Wales slump to 13th consecutive Six Nations defeat We are running out of ways to describe this. Another match in what used to be rugby’s most passionate cauldron, another dismantling, another humiliation. France are good, really good, but we might as well have been in Paris, so loud was the travelling support, so gaping the rows of empty seats. The official attendance was just …