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This felt a hugely significant victory in the Scottish title race. Celtic require only two more of them to successfully defend the league. For the Rangers manager, Danny Röhl, yet another second-half capitulation will only increase murmurings about his capability of delivering success at Ibrox. Rangers will end this season trophyless and third in a two-horse race – remarkably, given the tens of m…

⚽ FA Cup semi-final updates from the 3.30pm BST kick-off ⚽ Liverpool 2-3 Brighton | Follow us on Bluesky | Mail John Brighton will the opponent for whomever wins at Stamford Bridge in this game. They have beaten Arsenal and now Liverpool to get to Wembley. Continue reading...

Brighton fought back from 2-0 down away against Liverpool to win a classic Women’s FA Cup semi-final and book a place at Wembley for the first time in their women’s team’s history. The substitute Nadine Noordam’s 95th-minute winner sparked wild celebrations for Brighton, who had been on top throughout the second half before her last-ditch strike made it 3-2 and left Liverpool with a feeling of de…

Fàbregas’s team up to fourth in Serie A before later action Roma head to Parma, Milan host Atalanta on Sunday Como kept up their stunning bid for Champions League football on Sunday by beating relegated Verona 1-0 and moving to within two points of Serie A’s top four. Tasos Douvikas rattled home the only goal of the game in the 71st minute at the Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi as Como moved up to f…

⚽ Premier League updates from the 2pm BST kick-offs ⚽ Live scores | Tables | Follow on Bluesky | Email Simon There’s a trio of Sunday afternoonly Premier League fixtures for us to get our teeth into today, which should be enough to keep us busy and is just as well given that there’s not much going on elsewhere in the football world to distract from them. Nottingham Forest, top of a last-six-games…

Experts warn of ‘soft target’ vulnerabilities and intelligence gaps as federal agencies prepare to secure 78 matches across 11 cities Fifa World Cup matches set to be held across the United States face heightened terrorism risks, with experts warning that vulnerabilities are being amplified by the US-Israel conflict with Iran and a depletion of counter-terrorism expertise within federal law enfor…

Yates found to have concussion in addition to ear injury Jay Vine and Marc Soler still under medical observation The British rider Adam Yates has been pulled out of the Giro d’Italia after sustaining a concussion as a result of a crash on stage two . The 33-year-old sustained abrasions and a laceration to his left ear during an incident involving almost 30 riders on Saturday’s rain-soaked 221km r…

Over-by-over reports from the action at Durham County cricket: day three – live | And mail James Teams: England hand ODI dayboos to Jodi Grewcock, Tilly Corteen-Coleman and Dani Gibson. Continue reading...

Updates on day three from the latest round of games England v New Zealand – live | Mail Tanya or post BTL Eighteen-year-old Tom Norton charged about Sophia Gardens chased by cock-a-hoop Glamorgan teammates, who clapped his back and rubbed his beard, as he became the youngest County Championship debutant to take a hat-trick, ruining Somerset ’s innings in the process. Norton first removed James Re…

Aston Villa and Crystal Palace’s runs to European finals are historic achievements, but symptomatic of a worrying trend There will be no doubting Unai Emery’s supremacy in the Europa League if he is reacquainted with the trophy in Istanbul this month. A fifth title would add to the Aston Villa manager’s legend and it would show he can do it with an English club. The latter achievement, though, ma…

Sparta keeper Surovcik says he will pursue legal action Slavia chairman Tvrdik calls incident in derby ‘disgrace’ The derby between Slavia Prague and Sparta Prague was abandoned on Saturday after hundreds of home fans stormed the pitch in the closing minutes, when Slavia were leading 3-2 at their Fortuna Stadium and seconds away from clinching the Czech League title. Slavia supporters breached se…

Dubois recovers from knockdown in opening seconds Wardley knocks him down again but stopped in 11th Daniel Dubois completed his latest resurgence with brutal efficiency when he became the WBO world heavyweight champion after stopping Fabio Wardley early in the 11th round of a dramatic and blood-soaked contest. Howard Foster, whose pale blue shirt had turned crimson as if he worked in an abattoir …

Teenager had performed well in 1-1 draw with Chelsea Coach: ‘He said that was enough … he was playing well’ Arne Slot said he understood the boos that greeted Liverpool’s draw with Chelsea and his decision to substitute Rio Ngumoha but remains “100% convinced” he can win back the Anfield crowd next season. Anfield’s frustrations at an underwhelming season came to the surface as Liverpool were hel…

The eggheads can argue the head coach is merely an interchangeable cog in a team’s fortunes – but emotion counts in an ever-changing game Your manager has fallen out with the sporting director and results have gone awry, so you replace him. Easily done, it happens. But then it turns out that the new manager could not be more ill-suited to the squad, results go awry and so you replace him. A bad l…

Cox led team to 1995 World Series, 14 division titles in row Fourth all-time in wins as a manager and first in ejections Bobby Cox, the Baseball Hall of Famer who led the Atlanta Braves to their 1995 World Series title and was a four-time Manager of the Year, has died at the age of 84. The Braves announced Cox’s death in a statement on Saturday. Continue reading...