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Striker expected to return to NWSL and join ambitious new club Australian pours doubt on transfer with cryptic social media post Matildas captain Sam Kerr will reportedly leave Chelsea at the end of the Women’s Super League season to return to the United States and join expansion club Denver Summit. Kerr’s future at Chelsea has come into doubt in recent weeks with the striker’s contract set to ex…

Chelsea dare not lose, West Ham and Leeds play out a survival dress rehearsal, while Phil Foden urgently needs to make an impact Phil Foden made two starts for England over the international break as Thomas Tuchel experimented with how the Manchester City attacking midfielder could be used at the World Cup. He played in a couple of positions but was ineffective in two collectively subpar performa…

Thomas Tuchel played down the significance of latest friendlies and history suggests team lineups can have little bearing on actual tournament “It’s just March,” Thomas Tuchel said after a winless international break. March doesn’t matter. March is for winding up the Wembley crowd by playing Ben White. For Phil Foden as a false 9. For Dominic Calvert-Lewin agonising over narrow misses. For Jason …

New tickets released for some group games and final Fans attempting to buy tickets encounter glitches Fifa has raised the top ticket price for this year’s World Cup final to $10,990 as it released a new batch of tickets for sale on Wednesday. The news, which came after the 48-team field for the World Cup was set , will do little to quell claims that Fifa is pricing fans out of the tournament. The…

Three-time champion ‘out for extended period’ ‘It is the most special week. I will be watching’ Phil Mickelson has announced he will not compete at next week’s Masters due to an ongoing “family health matter”. The six-time major winner Mickelson, who won the Masters in 2004, 2006 and 2010, missed the first four LIV Golf events of the year and said he will remain “out for an extended period of tim…

Difficult spell for Liam Rosenior’s side has not been helped by interventions from two of their senior players Trust the process. Ignore the haters. Promise that the trophies will come. Stay on brand. Disappear on international duty and issue a brazen come-and-get-me plea to Real Madrid. Suggest a move to Barcelona would be difficult to reject. Don’t silence the noise. Increase the noise. Questio…

Fifa has not agreed tax exemption with US government Burden will fall disproportionately on smaller nations More than half the countries that have qualified for the World Cup are facing additional costs and potential losses due to Fifa’s failure to agree a blanket tax exemption with the United States government and significant variance in the host country’s international tax treaties. As a not-fo…

Wizards apologize over half-time April Fools’ prank Promotion that appeared to trick fan draws backlash Team issues statement saying stunt was pre-planned The Washington Wizards apologized on Thursday after an April Fools’ Day in-game promotion during their loss to the Philadelphia 76ers prompted criticism on social media. During Wednesday night’s game at Capital One Arena, a fan was brought on t…

Golfer has pled not guilty to DUI charges Hydrocodone pills found in pocket after arrest Bodycam footage of Tiger Woods’s arrest for DUI shows the golfer looking surprised when he was handcuffed by police officers at the scene of a vehicle crash last week. “I do believe your normal faculties are impaired, and you’re under an unknown substance, so at this time you’re under arrest for DUI,” Martin …

County Championship kicks off on Good Friday ECB and Ben Stokes say England places are up for grabs With more of a sparkle in its eye than for years, the County Championship shimmies into life on Good Friday, coat done up, gloves fastened. After years of wrangling, the schedule has been settled (for now), and the three-year Kookaburra ball trial, which had seam bowlers weeping into their Weetabix…

‘I didn’t meant to take a stance,’ says Spurs head coach Fan groups had opposed De Zerbi’s appointment The new Tottenham head coach, Roberto De Zerbi, has apologised for his past comments on Marseille forward Mason Greenwood and insisted he would never intentionally downplay the issue of violence against women. Spurs turned to De Zerbi after interim head coach Igor Tudor was sacked on Sunday with…

Heavyweight fixture that featured icons such as Kevin Sinfield and Lesley Vainikolo returns after 12-year hiatus It will almost feel as if Super League has stepped back in time on Friday night as the rivalry that defined the competition’s early years returns after a 12-year hiatus, and it will not just be across West Yorkshire that eyes will be on Odsal Stadium for Bradford Bulls’ derby with Leed…

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Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now! The Championship – a league so chaotic it makes a piano falling down some stairs resemble a Zen garden – resumes with an old-fashioned Easter weekend double header. Automatic promotion, playoff places and the drop into the abyss all remain up for grabs, with only beleaguered Sheffield Wednesday’s relegation rubber-stamped as the contenders jocke…

Surrey look well placed to reclaim the title after their runner-up finish last season while all eyes are on promotion for Lancashire Continue reading...