Pool 1: Saracens 20-14 Toulouse Rotimi Segun also scores twice for Prem side Even for the world’s best rugby player it is not all glamour. As he sniffed the damp air on a blustery, cheerless Sunday night in north London, Antoine Dupont must privately have been wondering if this was...
FA Cup third round: 10 talking points from the weekend’s football
Crystal Palace’s stars wilt, Manchester City’s youngsters shine, and Liam Rosenior starts in stylish fashion Playing against lower-league opposition as a top-flight side in the FA Cup is like batting on the first morning of a Test match – you cannot really win and failure can prompt humiliation and reputational...
Michael Carrick emerges as favourite to be Manchester United interim manager
Former midfielder ahead of Solskjær after interviews Darren Fletcher admits he is in the dark over his position Michael Carrick has emerged as the favourite candidate to be Manchester United’s interim manager for the rest of the season ahead of Ole Gunnar Solskjær after the interview process, with the club’s...
England’s Ashes has been a disaster but touring Australia with a disability has been ‘too easy’
Going to Australia as a freelance journalist with a form of muscular dystrophy was not without trepidation but an away Ashes was too good to pass up “Australia is not for weak men.” Had I heard Ben Stokes’s words in Brisbane earlier perhaps I wouldn’t have decided to cover the...
Williams sparks 18-point fightback as Bears oust Packers for first playoff win in 15 years
Williams engineers late comeback in playoff debut Bears erase 18-point hole to stun rival Packers Chicago earn first playoff win since 2010 season Stafford’s last-minute TD lifts Rams over Panthers Caleb Williams dropped back, pump-faked and found DJ Moore wide open down the sideline for the go-ahead touchdown. His latest...
Warriors’ Steve Kerr rips US government’s response to ICE ‘murder’ in Minneapolis
Kerr says video contradicts federal account of shooting Timberwolves held moment of silence before home game Killing sparks protests and scrutiny of ICE tactics Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr delivered a blistering condemnation of the US federal government on Friday, criticizing official accounts of the fatal shooting of Renee...
‘An utterly miserable day’: Kempton Park meeting marred by death of three horses
Nicholls laments loss of Grade One-winning Kalif Du Berlais Peso and Wertpol euthanised after fatal injuries The Lanzarote Hurdle card at Kempton Park was marred by the death of three horses, including the Grade One-winning Kalif Du Berlais, whose loss Paul Nicholls described as “a big kick in the teeth”...
Beyond Keane’s stick-it-up-your-bollocks, there isn’t much else to Saipan | Jonathan Wilson
Why is the film of Ireland’s 2002 World Cup falling-out not a documentary but a drama that takes liberties with events? All history is to some extent narrative. You cannot tell a story without in some way editing it, reducing it, compressing it. Which means that anybody telling a story...
Afcon roundup: Salah sends Egypt into semis, Nigeria power past Algeria
Egypt to take on Senegal after beating Côte d’Ivoire Nigeria progress to face hosts Morocco in last four Mohamed Salah scored the decisive goal to give Egypt a 3-2 Africa Cup of Nations quarter-final victory against Côte d’Ivoire, while strikes from Victor Osimhen and Akor Adams delivered Nigeria a deserved...
Buendía deepens gloom for Frank and Spurs as Aston Villa progress in FA Cup
This was Tottenham’s second defeat to Aston Villa this season and it is becoming increasingly hard to imagine Thomas Frank being in charge when the teams come together a third time in May. A performance that put an end to any realistic chance of a trophy fell well below the...