After Manchester City reached a third successive FA Cup final, Pep Guardiola insisted that beating Crystal Palace in the showpiece will not make it a successful season, vowing his team will next year challenge the newly crowned Premier League champions, Liverpool. City’s 2-0 semi-final defeat of Nottingham Forest at Wembley on Sunday came via Rico … Read more
1) Slot makes a statement start A trip to Ipswich was a less than ideal way for Arne Slot to get his Liverpool reign off and running. The sun was out and Portman Road was crackling with anticipation as the hosts soaked in a return to the top flight after 22 years away. Roared on … Read more
Grading NFL drafts right after they happen is like grading a meal after you order it: all you know is what was said on the menu. That said, drafts do tell you a great deal about how NFL teams think about themselves at a particular point in time – what they need, where they’re lacking, … Read more
“New Zealand have more pressure on them to win the upcoming Rugby World Cup than us because they are on for the three-peat,” the England head coach, John Mitchell, said as his focus turns from celebrating Six Nations success to the looming global tournament. The Black Ferns have won the past two Rugby World Cups, … Read more
“I want my revenge, man,” Conor Benn said quietly in the early hours of Sunday morning as his bruised face reflected his emotional pain after he lost against Chris Eubank Jr in a wild brawl at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. “I want my revenge.” Those typical boxing words echoed the misguided clamour for a rematch … Read more
1 Spurs roll out red carpet at Anfield In April 1964 a side from north London came to Anfield with Liverpool one good result from winning the league, and conceded five. “Arsenal did little to allay the general suspicion that they were there just to be sacrificed,” Eric Todd wrote in his report for the … Read more
Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature “The club did everything they felt they possibly could to get a deal but it wasn’t to be.” That’s Brendan Rodgers in January 2014, the then Liverpool manager disappointed because he couldn’t get his man: Mo Salah had gone to Stamford … Read more
Lachlan Galvin has described the last fortnight of his life as “difficult” and “tough” after the wantaway five-eighth made a triumphant return to Wests Tigers’ NRL side. Galvin claimed he was undaunted by making his first grade comeback – after a six-day exile in NSW Cup – at a packed Leichhardt Oval as he starred … Read more
Referees missed a foul on Tim Hardaway Jr on the final play of Detroit’s 94-93 playoff loss to the Knicks on Sunday. The NBA acknowledged the mistake shortly after the game, saying a foul should have been called on the Knicks’ Josh Hart. Had the foul been called, Hardaway would have been awarded three free … Read more
Liverpool players were looking for signs last summer as to how their new boss would succeed a club legend and turn his rich inheritance into Premier League champions. Arne Slot made sure they were unmissable from the start. At the plush Fairmont hotel in downtown Pittsburgh, first port of call on Liverpool’s pre-season tour of … Read more