Pep Guardiola said Manchester City had recovered some of their missing heart and soul as they advanced to a seventh FA Cup semi-final in a row with a 2-1 win at Bournemouth. The City manager, whose team have been drawn to face Nottingham Forest, relied on what he called his “legendary” players – Kevin De … Read more
Arsenal cruised to their sixth successive league win against the relegation-battling Crystal Palace with a controlled victory in the Women’s Super League. Beth Mead scored a superb double while a first-half finish from Alessia Russo and an own goal from Allyson Swaby completed a dominant afternoon for Renée Slegers’s side. Slegers was full of praise … Read more
New torpedo bats drew attention when the New York Yankees hit a team-record nine homers that traveled a combined 3,695ft on Saturday. Many of the Yankees are using a strikingly different model this season, in which wood is moved lower down the barrel of the bat, making the end resemble a bowling pin. Paul Goldschmidt, … Read more
The man behind the counter at Greggs on Fishergate has never heard of a butter pie, but try Poundbakery over the street. Poundbakery doesn’t do butter pie, but try Greenhalgh’s on the corner. Greenhalgh’s: closed on Sundays. The chip shop on Market Street does meat pie, meat and potato, steak, steak and kidney, chicken and mushroom, … Read more
Marcus Rashford said he was “just enjoying my football” after scoring twice in a 3-0 win against Preston to secure for Aston Villa an FA Cup semi‑final against Crystal Palace. Jacob Ramsey added to Rashford’s first goals since 1 December. The England striker had not scored in nine appearances since joining Villa on loan in … Read more
Manchester City continue to dream of a silver-lined finish to an underwhelming season. It was a day when Bournemouth were determined to make history by reaching a first semi-final in any major competition and their hopes were high at half-time. Not only had Kepa Arrizabalaga saved an Erling Haaland penalty, they were in front thanks … Read more
Seventy-three points. That was Luka Dončić’s total when he led the Dallas Mavericks to a victory over the Atlanta Hawks last season. He wasn’t the only NBA player to have an explosion on offense that season – think Joel Embiid or Karl-Anthony Towns. And the league subsequently decided to change officiating to favor more physical … Read more
Mikaela Mayer retained her WBO world welterweight title in Las Vegas, beating Britain’s Sandy Ryan by unanimous decision to settle their bitter rivalry. The American overcame a cut above the eye and Ryan’s rally in the later rounds, winning with judges’ scores of 97-93, 97-93 and 98-92. After her victory, Mayer targeted a title unification … Read more
Saracens produced their most important victory of the season at the most important time to reduce the gap to the playoffs to just two points with a dramatic victory against Leicester. Without a Premiership win since before Christmas and with their season close to being on the line here, Theo Dan’s late try could prove … Read more
Steve Evans has been sacked as manager of Rotherham after Saturday’s 4-0 home defeat to Crawley, the League One club have announced. “Rotherham can confirm that, following a meeting between the chairman and manager this morning, the club have parted company with first team manager Steve Evans together with Paul Raynor, Gary Mills and Ian … Read more