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Wales 23-26 Scotland Finn Russell scores 11 points in second-half turnaround Scotland pulled off a dramatic comeback win against Wales to back up their impressive Calcutta Cup success the previous week. Hosts Wales had the lead at half-time thanks to a spark lit by the wing Josh Adams but the visitors managed to fight their way to victory with a feeling they were lucky to come away with five poin…

⚽ Premier League updates from the 8pm GMT kick-off ⚽ Live scores | Follow us on Bluesky | And email Scott That aforementioned 16-game winning run in this particular fixture isn’t the only statistic skewing hope in Manchester City’s favour. They’re unbeaten in 21 stagings of this match, and in English top-flight history, that’s a winning home run only bettered by Everton, who had the hex over Fulh…

James Milner showed he can still contribute during his record-breaking 654th Premier League appearance as Brighton won at Brentford. Milner’s inclusion meant he moved past Gareth Barry’s record tally in the competition and it proved an occasion to remember for the Seagulls after first-half goals by Diego Gomez and Danny Welbeck. The pressure had mounted on Fabian Hürzeler after one league win in …

‘Given the opposition too many points,’ says head coach ‘We have let everyone down,’ admits Ellis Genge Steve Borthwick says England have only themselves to blame for their steep decline in this season’s Six Nations. After his side’s record humbling by Ireland on Saturday, Borthwick said his side are being punished for their poor starts to games and are leaving themselves “a mountain to climb” ag…

New signing makes mark as leaders see off Falkirk Dundee win at Aberdeen; Kilmarnock snatch draw Hearts got their Premiership title push back on track with a 1-0 win over Falkirk at Tynecastle. The Jambos, beaten 4-2 at rivals Rangers last weekend, broke the deadlock just before half-time when the January signing Islam Chesnokov lashed home his first goal for the club. Hearts held out to move fiv…

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A whole haberdasher’s worth of experience, led by the peerless Gibson-Park, fairly tormented their younger and more hopeful hosts So it looks as if it might have been a bubble. England’s 12-match winning run came to a shuddering halt last week , but it was possible to believe that flop might prove a one-off – a chastened Scotland at home, after all, has been the downfall of many an England team. …

Infielder hit historic shot in 1960 World Series’ Game 7 Pirates pay tribute to ‘one of a kind’ Hall of Famer Bill Mazeroski, the Hall of Fame second baseman who won eight Gold Glove awards for his steady work in the field and the hearts of countless Pittsburgh Pirates fans for his historic walk-off home run in Game 7 of the 1960 World Series, has died at the age of 89. Pirates owner Bob Nutting …

⚽ Updates from the 5.30pm (GMT) kick-off ⚽ Live scores | Follow us on Bluesky | And email Taha West Ham make one change from the side that drew against Manchester United: Freddie Potts is suspended after receiving a red card against Burton Albion in the FA Cup, so in comes Soungoutou Magassa. Eli Junior Kroupi and Tyler Adams are back in for Bournemouth. West Ham : Hermansen, Wan-Bissaka, Mavropa…

Chelsea got what they deserved here. They had been coasting to fourth courtesy of an early João Pedro goal, but the second-half dismissal of Wesley Fofana gave a glimmer to a Burnley team previously clinging on. Liam Rosenior’s side desperately tried to run down the clock, only to allow an unmarked Zian Flemming to nod home a James Ward-Prowse corner in added time. It might have been worse, as Ja…

It felt like the day Aston Villa’s faint title hopes were extinguished despite Tammy Abraham’s late equaliser. Anton Stach’s incredible free-kick looked set to secure the win for Leeds until the 88th minute but it felt like another important point in their fight for survival. Unai Emery’s side have only won once in their past four Premier League home games and fell short once more to leave them s…

Dutch skater claims his first gold since 2014 Jordan Stolz misses out on fourth medal of Games Jorrit Bergsma, the mullet-wearing 40-year-old speed skating legend from the Netherlands, won the men’s mass start on Saturday afternoon for his second medal of the Milano Cortina Games and his first Olympic gold since 2014. Bergsma crossed first in 7:55.50, ahead of Viktor Hald Thorup of Denmark and An…

Bundesliga leaders go nine clear at top with 3-2 win Fàbregas’s side round off damaging week for Juve Harry Kane scored twice as Bayern Munich beat Eintracht Frankfurt 3-2 in the Bundesliga on Saturday to move nine points clear of Borussia Dortmund at the top of the table. Bayern took the lead in the 16th minute when Aleksandar Pavlovic volleyed in from the edge of the box and Kane made it 2-0 fo…

England 21-42 Ireland Ireland run riot to condemn England to successive defeats So much for all those expectations of a tight two-horse race. For the second week running England were barely in the frame, comprehensively second best to opponents who started well and kept on galloping to a five-try rout. This was a record Irish win at Twickenham and it is Andy Farrell’s side who remain in the hunt …

Leaders Coventry win 2-0 at struggling West Brom Leicester draw 2-2 at Stoke in Gary Rowett’s first game Championship leaders Coventry won away for the first time since 25 November and their 2-0 victory at the Hawthorns left West Brom , who have not won in nine league games and not scored a league goal in 360 minutes, deeper in relegation trouble. Coventry took the lead with their first attack of…