Nathan Aspinall earned his first nightly win of this year’s Premier League, fighting back to beat Luke Humphries 6-4 in the final on home turf in Manchester. Stockport native Aspinall moved up to fourth in the standings after a dramatic night of action at the AO Arena. Humphries defeated Luke Littler in his semi-final, after … Read more
“I am a little scared,” Joe Gallagher says quietly as, in a deserted room upstairs at his famous old gym in Moss Side, Manchester, he addresses the stage four bowel and liver cancer that has taken hold of him. Two hours earlier, while giving me a guided tour of the Champs Camp gym where history … Read more
The Chelsea head coach, Enzo Maresca, praised the contributions of the club’s academy graduates after Tyrique George scored his first senior goal and Josh Acheampong also impressed in their 3-0 Conference League win over Legia Warsaw. After a poor first half in Poland it was quick reactions from 19-year-old winger George that gave Chelsea the … Read more
Nottingham Forest Pl 31 Pts 57 GD 14 The important thing for Forest is that they sit third and have an FA Cup semi-final against Manchester City to look forward to. Everyone below would like to be in their position. Injuries will be a cause for concern for Nuno Espírito Santo, who has been without … Read more
Desmond Watson is pro football’s next very big thing: a 6ft 6in, 464lb defensive tackle who is poised to become the heaviest player ever selected at the NFL draft, which takes place later this month. “He’s a unicorn,” his coach at Florida, Billy Napier, said last month. “You’ll go the rest of your career, and … Read more
Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature You wonder if Salah has Ian Rush and Roger Hunt in his sights. They are the only two players to have scored more goals for Liverpool than the Egyptian. Salah is currently on 243 goals, with Hunt on 285 (catchable) and … Read more
A post-mortem examination of Celebre d’Allen, who died on Monday evening having collapsed on the run-in during the Grand National at Aintree on Saturday, found that while his “exercise-associated episode” did not lead directly to the 13-year-old’s death, the gelding’s immune system had been severely compromised, probably by over-exertion in the race, and he died … Read more
Kylian Mbappé’s legal team are going on the attack with multiple lawsuits to try to resolve the legal dispute between the World Cup winner andhis former club Paris Saint-Germain. The France striker argues PSG owe him €55m (£47.5m) in unpaid wages and bonuses, and his lawyers say they have asked the Paris court to start … Read more
The FIA has been rocked by another executive resignation with a very senior figure joining the chorus of dissatisfaction directed at how Formula One’s governing body is run and the organisation’s president, Mohammed Ben Sulayem. On Thursday, the FIA’s deputy president for sport, Robert Reid, announced his resignation citing what he called “a fundamental breakdown … Read more
It is hard to comprehend the level of pride Olivia Smith’s dad, a Liverpool fan from Ontario, must have felt when he made his first visits to Anfield this season and his daughter scored three times in two games. They had been nurturing her skills together since she was three years old at a Just … Read more