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Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Today’s main headlines Liverpool will be crowned Premier League champions (a 20th league title and second in the post-1992 era) with a point or more at home to Spurs Chelsea and Arsenal Women both face uphill tasks to overcome first leg … Read more
Only three teams have collected fewer points than West Ham since Graham Potter took charge. Southampton, Leicester and Ipswich have earned less than West Ham’s 13 points in 14 games. The thing those three clubs have in common: they have been relegated. In theory, West Ham’s trip to Brighton offered a chance for redemption as … Read more
If this proves to be a tale of two departing star strikers, Matheus Cunha eclipsed Jamie Vardy with as much comfort as Wolves have breezed past Leicester in this game and over the past five months. Manchester United target Cunha scored the first goal and made the others for Jørgen Strand Larsen and Rodrigo Gomes … Read more
There’s no such thing as an easy grand slam and, in the very end, England’s turned out to be as hard-won as any of them. One point up with one minute to play after conceding a sixth try at the tail end of one of the great helter-skelter Test matches, their skipper, Zoe Aldcroft, had … Read more
John Mitchell said England’s one-point win over France was the “ideal” test for his side with the Rugby World Cup on the horizon. The Red Roses won their seventh consecutive Women’s Six Nations title after holding off a late French comeback at Twickenham. It was by far the closest match for England in this tournament, … Read more
Chris Eubank Jr settled his middleweight grudge match with Conor Benn with a unanimous decision victory at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. All three judges ruled the fight 116-112 in what was a thrilling end to the pair’s family bad blood, with both Nigel Benn and Chris Eubank Sr in attendance. The bout showed signs of Eubank … Read more
A stoppage-time winner from Ryan Sessegnon revitalised Fulham’s European qualification prospects and denied Southampton the chance to move past the record-low Premier League points total set by Derby. Jack Stephens’ 14th-minute opener had already-relegated Saints on course for a first home league victory since November, but Emile Smith Rowe levelled for Fulham after 72 minutes … Read more
Bayern Munich eased past Mainz 3-0 but had to put title celebrations on ice after Bayer Leverkusen matched their win to stay eight points behind with three matches left. The Bavarian club, top on 75 points ahead of Leverkusen in second with 67, can now secure a 34th German league title with a win at … Read more
Brendan Rodgers has reaffirmed his commitment to Celtic as the newly crowned champions wrapped up the Scottish Premiership title for the fourth successive season – their 55th and second trophy of the campaign – with a 5-0 thrashing of Dundee United at Tannadice. Rangers had kept the race going last Sunday by coming from two … Read more
Ian Wright has admitted he was “very disappointed” about Eni Aluko’s recent comments regarding his involvement in women’s football and says he “can’t accept” her apology. In an interview this week, Aluko claimed men such as Wright “should be aware” of the opportunities they take in the women’s game, claiming female broadcasters should not be … Read more