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Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature No Emiliano Martínez for Aston Villa; Robin Olsen starts in goal instead. Marco Asensio is also not included in the visiting squad, making this game around 50% less interesting for the neutrals. Both players didn’t travel to the Gtech due to … Read more
Ireland’s grand slam chase ended in a hole in the road here and their championship aspirations took a bruising as well, left relying on things to go their way in next weekend’s final round. The hope that Peter O’Mahony, Conor Murray and Cian Healy could sign off their last game on Lansdowne Road with a … Read more
Bobby Thomas scored a last-gasp winner to give Coventry a thrilling 3-2 win against Stoke at the CBS Arena. Victor Torp had scored a first-half double to put the Sky Blues ahead before substitute Sam Gallagher netted two of his own to haul Stoke level. But Thomas sent the home fans into raptures in the … Read more
Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Preamble The saying goes that if you’re not going to be here for a long time then you might as well be here for a good time. The coaches today are at opposite plots of the long time/good time axis. Matt … Read more
Can we just hear it for Nottingham Forest please? Sure, Manchester City continued their plummet from Premier League champions to scrambling to qualify for the Champions League, but the achievements of Nuno Espiríto Santo’s team deserve full recognition. Callum Hudson-Odoi scored the winning goal seven minutes from time to enhance Forest’s hold on third place, … Read more
Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature There’s 20 minutes or so remaining at the City Ground in the big early kickoff and Scott Murray is all over it for us. Share Preamble Welcome to another Saturday clockwatch – and what a glorious springtime Saturday this is (in … Read more
Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Why not get in touch? What are your thoughts on the 7-1 bench? Or perhaps you want to tell me about something else, like your favourite The Clincher film that you’ve just made up? Send all this and more to my … Read more
Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Preamble To fans of a certain vintage, this particular fixture means one thing above all else. Rear-view mirror, Andy, rear-view mirror! Anything today as cheeky, saucy, controversial and/or flat-out hilarious as Gary Crosby’s famous March 1990 winner, and we’ll be doing … Read more
Nikola Jokić produced 31 points, a career-high 22 assists and 21 rebounds as the host Denver Nuggets rallied after losing a 21-point lead and beat the Phoenix Suns 149-141 in overtime on Friday. Jokić logged the first 30-20-20 stat line in NBA history. He notched his 29th triple-double of the season and 159th of his … Read more
For Kimberley Bos of the Netherlands, the collection of the biggest skeleton medals is complete. Bronze at the Beijing Olympics in 2022, silver at the world championships two years ago and now, finally, she has gold. Bos is the new world champion of her sport, turning in the fastest times in Friday’s final two runs … Read more