Category: Sports

Defender was injured playing for Brazil against Senegal Havertz has ‘minor relapse’ in recovery from knee injury Arsenal fear that Gabriel Magalhães could be out of action for at least a month after he sustained a thigh injury on international duty last week, with the Brazil defender expected to miss...

Coach has no regrets at dropping Earps for Hampton Earps criticised Wiegman’s decision in her autobiography Sarina Wiegman has defended promoting Hannah Hampton to be England’s first-choice goalkeeper ahead of Mary Earps, saying she makes “decisions to win”, after Earps criticised the head coach’s move in her autobiography. Wiegman, speaking...

‘In the last part of the game, the crowd was still with us’ Manager drew on 2022 disappointment against Ukraine Steve Clarke believes the Scotland support could “smell magic” before World Cup qualification was sealed in dramatic style with a 4-2 win against Denmark. At 2-2 in stoppage time, Scotland...

Wales saved their best until last, securing the best available berth in the World Cup playoffs with an emphatic demolition of North Macedonia that should worry any visitor to Cardiff next March. The performance and result understandably left Craig Bellamy reaching for superlatives. “I said to the players at the...

Tiny Caribbean nation hold on for crucial point in Kingston Haiti also book improbable place at next year’s tournament The tiny Caribbean nation of Curaçao became the smallest country ever to qualify for the World Cup, as Haiti booked their return to the tournament for the first time in 52...

The so-called Judgment Day will generate millions of dollars and attract huge ratings, but leave boxing a little more broken The unsurprising confirmation of “a colossal global showdown” between Jake Paul and Anthony Joshua arrived on Monday morning with a dull thud. That grand description of an eight-round scrap between...

Lisa Benn says she unfairly lost international status Steve Child ‘manhandled’ Benn at VAR training event A leading official has told a tribunal that a football referee coach “forcefully pushed her” and that his behaviour was influenced by her gender. Lisa Benn, 34, claims she was harassed and unfairly lost...

Dallas Cowboys 33-16 Las Vegas Raiders Defensive end died earlier this month Prescott throws four TDs in comfortable win Dak Prescott passed for 268 yards and four touchdowns, and Dallas dominated the spiraling Las Vegas Raiders 33-16 on Monday night in the Cowboys’ first game since the death of defensive...

Troy Parrott’s last-gasp goal and DR Congo’s triumph proved once again why the best soccer is almost never about the soccer Sign up for Soccer with Jonathan Wilson here Last Thursday, Irish football was in a bleak place. They had two games remaining in World Cup qualifying and apparently no...

The team’s qualifying record is impressive but not as important as their burgeoning confidence and momentum “Right now, I could say that everything played out perfectly,” Thomas Tuchel says, as he reflects on having led England through qualifying to the World Cup finals tournament: phase one of the mission complete....