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Itoje began win over Wales among replacements Cowan-Dickie starts at hooker in only other change Maro Itoje has been restored to the England captaincy for Saturday’s Calcutta Cup clash against Scotland while Luke Cowan-Dickie starts at hooker with Steve Borthwick otherwise keeping faith with the side who thrashed Wales last week. Fin Smith replaces namesake Marcus in the No23 jersey but that, Ito…

Police briefly enter court as tempers flare, benches clear Hornets coach Charles Lee later tossed for arguing call A fight between the Detroit Pistons and Charlotte Hornets in the third quarter of Monday night’s game resulted in four player ejections. Charlotte’s Moussa Diabate and Miles Bridges were tossed, along with Detroit’s Jalen Duren and Isaiah Stewart. Hornets coach Charles Lee was ejecte…

Lineman shot in ankle hours after Super Bowl 27-year-old’s injuries are non-life threatening Keion White, a defensive lineman for the San Francisco 49ers, has undergone surgery after he was shot in the ankle early on Monday morning. The shooting happened in San Francisco hours after the end of the Super Bowl , which was played at Levi’s Stadium in nearby Santa Clara. Continue reading...

Glenn and Seb McKinnon clear up ‘hiccup’ in process Skater to compete next in the women’s singles next week The US figure skater Amber Glenn said Tuesday that she has resolved copyright concerns with the Canadian recording artist Seb McKinnon after the musician expressed surprise that one of his songs appeared in her Olympic free skate program, closing a brief dispute that underscored the growing…

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Downhill champion Breezy Johnson among the affected ‘A solution has been identified, and a fix put in place’ After days of embarrassing stories about Winter Olympic medals cracking, snapping, and even breaking in two after falling in the snow, organisers say they have finally fixed the problem. Officials have also promised to repair any of the medals that were awarded in the opening three days of…

Manager says this season has been toughest of career Liverpool lack right-back options for Sunderland game Arne Slot has said it would be unacceptable for Liverpool not to qualify for the Champions League and that this season has been the toughest of his managerial career “by a mile”. The Premier League champions lie sixth, five points off fourth place, although fifth is likely to yield a Champio…

US captain reflects on her playing career in France and the need for greater competition as she prepares for a summer move to Denver Lindsey Heaps is sitting in the heart of Lyon, a city that has witnessed her transformation from a self-described “baby” into the authoritative captain of the US women’s national team. Now wearing the iconic No 10 shirt for OL Lyonnes, inherited this season from Dzs…

As pressure builds before Calcutta Cup, Scotland’s coach may well have reached the point of diminishing returns The witty Anglo-American author Ashleigh Brilliant passed away last September at the age of 91, but his best lines are timeless. Beleaguered sports coaches worldwide will all recognise one of his characteristically pithy observations: “I try to take one day at a time – but sometimes sev…

Coach’s relaxed approach backed by former captain Luke Wood dropped for West Indies WT20 match Brendon McCullum’s shades-on, feet-up, perpetually chilled persona as England coach, which has led to him being criticised for creating an unhealthily relaxed team culture, is carefully cultivated but entirely false, according to the former white-ball captain Jos Buttler. Buttler said that McCullum is a…

The Seahawks’ Legion of Boom terrorized opponents in the 2010s. Now a new unit has taken up the mantle – and delivered another title Super Bowl LX was a two-score game with less than five minutes remaining. New England had the ball on the Seahawks’ 44-yard line and – after reaching the end zone in the fourth quarter, finally – that familiar sense of possibility. But that quickly vaporized when De…

Ukraine launched an appeal against the decision ‘This is a decision that simply breaks my heart’ A Ukrainian skeleton racer has accused the International Olympic Committee of “betrayal” after it banned his racing helmet, which showed images of athletes and his friends that were killed following Russia’s invasion, from the Winter Olympics. On Tuesday morning, Ukraine launched an appeal against the…

Medal table | Live scores and schedule | Results | Briefing Follow us over on Bluesky | Get in touch! Mail Daniel Buongiorno a tutti e benvenuti alle Olimpiadi invernali 2026 – quarto giorno! And it’s another dead busy day in Milan Cortina. We begin our coverage with the downhill aspect of the women’s team combined, a new event that those who enjoyed it yesterday know is a terrific addition; the …

Photographers using compact thermal-imaging cameras have crafted eerie and ‘poetic’ results at Milano Cortina 2026 While most photographers are striving to ‘freeze’ motion using traditional cameras at the Winter Olympics this month, a creative trio from the photo agency Getty Images are seeking something much more unexpected: heat. Equipped with compact thermal-imaging cameras – the kind typicall…