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Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature 31 mins: I’ve been impressed with Taylor Hinds in the Liverpool left-back position. She’s been very tidy in possession and difficult to get past – hence perhaps why Arsenal have aimed the bulk of their attacks down the Liverpool right instead. … Read more

Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature England have kicked the ball more than any other side this Six Nations. They’ve hoofed it 120 times but only Scotland have a lower kick retention rate than England’s 10%. So maybe they should do it less? Meanwhile are top for … Read more

Jayson Tatum had 40 points, 12 rebounds, and eight assists, and the Boston Celtics held off a late rally to beat the Los Angeles Lakers 111-101 on Saturday night. With LeBron James in the locker room with a strained groin, the Lakers cut a 20-point, fourth-quarter deficit to single digits. But Tatum and Jaylen Brown … Read more

Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature And another! “Spare a thought,” says Kieran McKintosh, “for Spurs’ main man on YouTube, Expressions Oozing. “He’s going to this game in person to see who he says is his true manager for the club – Andoni Iraola. “Interesting thought, though. … Read more

Slovenia’s Tadej Pogacar won the men’s Strade Bianche on Saturday for the third time in his career, after recovering from a fall 50km from the finish. Pogacar topped the podium in Siena by 1min 24sec ahead of Britain’s Tom Pidcock, with Belgium’s Tim Wellens a further 48sec adrift. After victory in the Tuscan one-day race … Read more

It took 6.49sec of staggering power and fluency for Jeremiah Azu to win the 60m European Indoor gold for Britain. And about the same time again for him to have a packed crowd in Apeldoorn eating out of his hand. For no sooner had he been asked for his thoughts on his victory, the Rotterdam-born … Read more

Pep Guardiola admitted Manchester City’s chances of qualifying for the Champions League are hanging in the balance after their 1-0 defeat by their top-five rivals Nottingham Forest. City were limited to three shots on target, despite dominating with almost 70% possession, as Forest’s ability to soak up pressure and hit superior teams on the break … Read more

Martin Ødegaard has admitted he has “not been good enough” this season, particularly in regards to his goals and assists output. The Arsenal captain has pulled no punches in his assessment of a campaign that was undermined by a two-month ankle injury layoff from early September. Ødegaard was back to his driving and creative best … Read more

Uefa’s response to Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine could not have been swifter. Hours after the fighting had started in Luhansk, European football’s governing body convened an extraordinary meeting of its executive committee and, three days later, on 28 February 2022, Uefa, with Fifa, announced that all Russian clubs and national teams had been banned … Read more

In the maelstrom of the buildup to the new Formula One season, which opens in Melbourne next week, one figure stands at its heart, preternaturally calm as the crescendo builds around him. Lewis Hamilton, the sport’s most successful driver, now in a Ferrari, the sport’s most successful team, promises to make F1 in 2025 unmissable, his … Read more