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⚽ Championship updates from 12.30pm BST kick-off ⚽ Read Football Daily | Follow us on Bluesky | Mail Billy Tonda Eckert has been speaking to Sky Sports pre-match , often failing to suppress a smile, about accusations of spying against Southampton: I believe the club has made a statement. That’s all I can say at the moment. I believe when you arrive in this moment of the season it’s not coaches wh…

Live Premier League updates from 12.30pm BST Why not email Scott | See the latest standings The interim Chelsea boss Calum McFarlane speaks to TNT Sports. “We need to improve the performance from the Forest game … especially around setbacks and resilience and ability to react to moments that don’t go our way … I’d say that'd be the main thing … being honest and open … highlighting areas we need t…

As soccer fans turn their attention to the future of the sport in the States, we revisit four oft-overlooked moments – and one famous kick – that shaped its past This was originally published in the newsletter The World Behind the Cup. Sign up for it here . The last time the US hosted the men’s World Cup in 1994, many Americans viewed soccer as a game they watched their kids play on Saturday morn…

Updates from the latest round of Championship games Sign up for The Spin newsletter | Mail Tanya or post BTL Raf runs her eye over England’s summer, and a first captaincy gig for Charlie Dean. Ali’s trip to Worcester to see Ben Stokes bowl. Continue reading...

Home T20 World Cup and a historic Lord’s Test loom for Charlotte Edwards but with selection questions mounting Historic occasions are like buses: you spend ages twiddling your thumbs and then two come along at once. England have waited nine years for another home World Cup, wallowing all the while in memories of their win in 2017 , and almost a century for a maiden women’s Test at Lord’s. Now bot…

Red Roses are reaping rewards of investment prompting calls for others to follow their lead to increase jeopardy A world-record winning streak stretched to 36 matches, no defeats in the Six Nations since 2018 and none at all since the 2022 Rugby World Cup final: England’s dominance of women’s rugby is undeniable, but is it bad for the game? Before addressing that question, as England prepare for …

Wealthy players asking for more money may feel wrong but the big four tournaments are not sharing the revenue fairly At some point in the quiet buildup to her opening match at the Italian Open, Aryna Sabalenka decided to attack one of the most contentious subjects in her sport with the same force as her forehand. In her press conference, the subject of the top players’ attempts to attain a greate…

Footballer has 664 million followers but his boring presence is a reminder of how reel-life destroys what it touches Buy the backpack airlines hate. Fawn strangely at a child athlete. This TV presenter drank olive oil for a month and absolutely nothing happened. The streets (no actual streets involved) won’t forget (robots can’t forget) Paul Pogba (or equivalent coding). Nineties dance hits. Rube…

NRL coach undecided on plan for next season in light of medical condition Rugby league veteran turns spotlight on return to form in Wests Tigers clash Craig Bellamy is staying private about his illness, the veteran Melbourne coach wanting the spotlight to remain on the Storm rather than his health. Bellamy fronted the media at AAMI Park ahead of the Storm’s Sunday afternoon clash with Wests Tiger…

Article about second-tier rugby club last December piqued interest of American private equity firm “I think my family already thought I was crazy so this is nothing new,” says Kenn Moritz from his home office in faraway Pittsburgh. The Moritz family may have a point. Given all those baseball, football, ice hockey and basketball franchises in the United States, why opt instead to invest in a secon…

England captain took new ball along with two victims in 11 overs in Championship comeback for Durham against Worcestershire To little fanfare, Ben Stokes has slipped out of the shorter formats. His last one-day international was at the 2023 World Cup, his last Twenty20 international helped England win its equivalent a year earlier. His most recent white-ball match of any description came during t…

Fast-tracked redesign will reduce electrical energy use Max Verstappen has been a vocal critic of new engines Formula One has agreed to make engine design changes for the 2027 season in response to the unhappiness of many leading drivers at the way this year’s new-generation engines have affected how they race. At a meeting on Friday, the FIA, F1, teams and engine manufacturers reached an agreeme…

Chester Cup provided fine finale after festival was saved by repairs after horses slipped in Thursday’s opener A Piece Of Heaven’s 7-1 success in the Chester Cup, the most popular and historic race of the year at the world’s oldest racecourse, was a fine way to round off the track’s May festival meeting on Friday, not least after a day when, for around an hour or so in early afternoon, the event …

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West Ham welcome leaders Arsenal hoping to climb out of the bottom three before Tottenham host Leeds on Monday Saturday 12.30pm TNT Sports 1 Venue Anfield Continue reading...