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Liverpool do not require favours to secure the Premier League title but their neighbours gave them one anyway. Everton denied Arsenal the victory they needed to maintain extremely thin hopes of challenging the league leaders courtesy of Iliman Ndiaye’s penalty. Leandro Trossard put Mikel Arteta’s visitors on course for a win their overall display just … Read more
Alex Ovechkin tied Wayne Gretzky’s NHL record by scoring the 893rd and 894th goals of his career, the second the game winner, as the Washington Capitals rallied to beat the Chicago Blackhawks 5-3 on Friday night. Ovechkin scored No 894 on the power play with 13:47 left in regulation to put Washington ahead after Dylan … Read more
Amid all the chaos, the 16 tries, the 114 points and the sizeable scare that an understrength Saracens side gave Toulon, one certainty remained. French power will always prove decisive and as much as you must give credit to Saracens for the manner in which they forced the response from the hosts, there was an … Read more
There was a clear identity and formula to England’s all-conquering run to a first European title in 2022. The starting XI remained the same throughout and the impact, when the Lionesses needed it most, came from the bench, primarily through Alessia Russo and Ella Toone. The duo became known as the super-subs, their profiles becoming … Read more
Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature West Ham v Bournemouth team news West Ham: Areola; Wan-Bissaka, Todibo, Kilman, Scarles; Álvarez, Soucek, Ward-Prowse; Bowen, Paquetá, Kudus. Subs: Fabianski, Soler, Coufal, Füllkrug, Mavropanos, Guilherme, Rodriguez, Emerson, Ferguson. Bournemouth: Arrizabalaga; Smith, Zabarnyi, Huijsen, Kerkez; Adams, Scott, Cook; Outtara, Semenyo, Evanlison. … Read more
For Southampton, there was the initial pain of conceding a stoppage-time equaliser at home to Crystal Palace on Wednesday. Then came the niggling knot in the stomach as they faced up to keeping alive another shot at unwanted history: the possibility of becoming, statistically at least, the worst team in Premier League history. For now … Read more
Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Preamble Greg Wood Hello from Aintree, where the sun is shining and a 55,000 capacity crowd is assembling for the 2025 Grand National – the race that still stops the nation (or perhaps as much as a third of it, at … Read more
Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Mikel Arteta has a chat, saying his team’s main task today is to “hide the weaknesses that we have, with Gabi [freshly-injured defender Gabriel Magalhães] as well we have some others, and play to our strengths”. We had many other niggles. … Read more
Bayern Munich favourite Thomas Müller will leave the German giants at the end of the season after 25 trophy-laden years because he was not offered another contract, he said on Saturday. In a message on social media, the 35-year-old , who started as a youth player and won a record 12 league crowns with Bayern … Read more
Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Scores on the doors DIVISION ONE Chelmsford: Essex 356-4 v Surrey Southampton: Hampshire 164-5 v Yorkshire 121 Trent Bridge: Nottinghamshire v Durham 370-9 Taunton: Somerset 187-4 v Worcestershire 154 Edgbaston: Warwickshire v Sussex 386-5 DIVISION TWO The County Ground: Derbyshire 127-2 … Read more