It could have been worse for the Athletics. Before they headed west to Oakland in 1968, their characterful former owner, Charlie Finley, threatened to move them from Kansas City to a cow pasture in the tiny town of Peculiar, Missouri. Now they are in a place you might call Limbo, California – also known as … Read more
Pat Brown is reluctant to call it a comeback but, five years on from the last of four white-ball caps for England, the seamer who rose to prominence with a wobbling knuckleball heads into the new season buzzing from a winter spent with Andrew Flintoff’s Lions team. Abdominal soreness meant Brown missed the one-off unofficial … Read more
Chelsea appear to have complied with the Premier League’s profitability and sustainability rules (PSR) through player sales by selling the women’s team to the club’s parent company. Chelsea announced they had turned last year’s pre-tax loss of £90.1m into a pre-tax profit of £128.4m for the financial year ending 30 June 2024. The results were … Read more
Paige Bueckers and her UConn teammates didn’t cut down the net after securing a trip to the Final Four, even though a ladder was set up and ready to go. The reason was simple: The Huskies aren’t done yet. Bueckers carried UConn to their record 24th national semi-final in the women’s NCAA Tournament, scoring 31 … Read more
The Football Association has stepped up its lobbying of the government to make forced entry into football stadiums, so-called “tailgating”, a criminal offence before the United Kingdom and Ireland host the 2028 men’s European Championship. The policing minister Dame Diana Johnson was a guest of the FA at Wembley for last month’s Carabao Cup final, … Read more
Mikel Arteta is looking forward to “a big summer” working with Arsenal’s new sporting director, Andrea Berta, as the club attempt to strengthen their squad to sustain another Premier League title push next season. Arsenal go into Tuesday night’s meeting with Fulham trailing the leaders, Liverpool, by 12 points with nine games to play and … Read more
The Professional Darts Corporation will award the 2026 world champion a record £1m prize – double the amount Luke Littler received in January for claiming the 2025 title. The biggest prize money increase in the history of the PDC has been confirmed, with an expanded 128-player field at the 2026 World Darts Championship competing for … Read more
As Chloe Kelly arrives to speak to the nation’s media, her joy at being back with England is unmistakable. Sitting down with a relaxed grin, it would be easy to forget that this was a player whose place with the Lionesses was under question just a few weeks ago. The forward has many reasons to … Read more
Nadia Nadim was not holding back. Having left Milan for the Swedish side Hammarby she hit out at the Italian club’s Dutch manager, Suzanne Bakker, in a forthright interview with Aftonbladet’s Amanda Zaza. “It was a shock to be introduced to her,” said the Afghanistan-born Denmark international, with the two clearly disagreeing on how things … Read more
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