The last few minutes are a kind of perfection. Liverpool score after a video assistant referee delay to make it 2-1. Newcastle restart, pump the ball into the Liverpool corner and from that moment a kind of elemental life force seems to surge through them. This is what you came for. This is how you … Read more
Jamie Vardy rolled the ball into the Manchester United net to huge cheers and about 10 minutes later Ruud van Nistelrooy’s name echoed around this stadium. The only problem for Leicester was Vardy sent the ball over the line during a break in play while Ayden Heaven, forced off early in the second half, received … Read more
The black-and-white clad hordes had turned up wondering if it would finally be the day. There was optimism and yet massive apprehension, too. The Newcastle United support had lived on the end of their nerves since setting up this Carabao Cup final with victory over Arsenal in the semi-final. When you last won a domestic … Read more
The Steel City derby has not exactly been renowned for goals in recent times: the past five meetings of Sheffield Wednesday and Sheffield United have yielded just two, but goodness when they are scored they are mightily significant. It has been quite some time since these two fiercest of rivals have been pushing simultaneously for … Read more
The American cyclist Matteo Jorgenson won the week-long Paris-Nice race for the second straight year on Sunday. On a good day for US cycling Jorgenson, who rides for the Jumbo-Visma team, finished runner-up in the eighth and final stage claimed by his countryman Magnus Sheffield of the Ineos-Grenadiers team. Jorgenson became the 10th rider with … Read more
Jadon Sancho will go down in history as having been on the pitch at the Emirates Stadium. He was on the right wing, dressed in blue, watching closely as a tepid game unfolded around him. Yet whether Sancho was actually involved as Chelsea produced another monotonous performance in attack was debatable. After all, failing to … Read more
Sprint sensation Gout Gout, Australia’s fastest man over 200m, has lit up the track with a world-leading run during the Queensland Athletics championships on Sunday. Gout first blitzed the field in the under-20 heats to cross the line in 20.05s for the fastest 200m recorded across the globe in all ages in 2025. The 17-year-old … Read more
Matt Fitzpatrick’s poor start to 2025 has led the former US Open champion to dramatically part ways with the legendary caddie Billy Foster. A post on Foster’s social media account on Saturday confirmed the split, with the bag man implying the decision was Fitzpatrick’s. Rounds of 78 and 72 meant Fitzpatrick comprehensively missed the cut … Read more
No title, no trophy, but the morning after the night before was a bright one for Steve Borthwick. An absence of silverware but glistening silver linings all over the place. The most ruthless, complete performance of Borthwick’s tenure puts the exclamation mark on England’s best Six Nations campaign for five years and gives reason for … Read more
Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Meanwhile, at Wembley, Newcastle are about seven minutes away from winning their first trophy in 70 years. Do join John Brewin to see if they can do it. Share Teams in full Leicester (3-4-2-1) Hermansen; Coady, Faes, Thomas; Justin, Ndidi, Soumaré, … Read more