As this game ticked into the 97th minute – or as Arne Slot put it, the extra time of extra time – Liverpool snatched victory with Alexis Mac Allister feasting on a loose ball in the Nottingham Forest six-yard box. If it felt like a touch of deja vu, that...
Girma winner sinks Manchester United to send Chelsea into Women’s FA Cup quarter-finals
A 99th-minute winner from Naomi Girma sent holders Chelsea through to the Women’s FA Cup quarter-finals as they saw off a stubborn Manchester United 2-1. In a competitive encounter at Kingsmeadow, Sonia Bompastor’s side needed extra time to keep their Cup defence alive after Simi Awujo had cancelled out Sam...
Will Jacks stars for England as Sri Lanka flail with bat in T20 World Cup
Super 8s: England, 146-9, beat Sri Lanka, 95, by 51 runs Harry Brook hails ‘awesome performance’ in Super 8 win Over the first hour of this match the grass banks on either side of the wicket filled both in numbers and in belief. Dot balls set off boisterous celebrations, wickets...
Bielle-Biarrey and France power past Italy to keep Six Nations grand slam plans on track
France 33-8 Italy Wing scores in eighth consecutive match France pulled clear at the top of the table and kept their grand slam ambitions on track with a hard-fought win against Italy on Sunday. The Azzurri had unfinished business in Lille. It was two years ago in the northern city...
Norway (population: 5.7m) beats US (342m) to top Winter Olympics medal table
Country wins most golds (18) in Winter Games history USA, GB and Australia also set team records Norwegians put emphasis on participation Norway has once again topped the Winter Olympics medal table, surpassing countries with far larger populations. The Scandinavian country won more gold medals (18) and more total medals...
Beating Tottenham can be a ‘turning point’ for Arsenal, says proud Arteta
Manager delighted with reaction to midweek draw Arsenal go five points clear of Manchester City at top Mikel Arteta said that he could not be “prouder or happier” after his Arsenal side restored their five-point lead at the top of the Premier League table with a 4-1 win against Tottenham...
England to conduct ‘uncomfortable’ review of Six Nations defeat by Ireland
George Ford: ‘We want to get to root of the problems’ Second straight loss destroyed championship hopes George Ford has vowed that England will conduct a “properly honest” and “uncomfortable” review of their Six Nations humiliation against Ireland on Saturday. The hosts collapsed spectacularly in the face of an Irish...
China’s Eileen Gu soars to ski halfpipe gold but controversy surrounds Zoe Atkin’s bronze
Gu and Li Fanghui take Winter Olympic gold and silver Atkin’s bronze matches that of sister Izzy in 2018 Say what you like about Eileen Gu. Plenty have since she switched allegiances from the US to China in 2019. But the most compelling athlete at these Winter Olympic Games sure...
‘The Brits are coming again’: Team GB hail their greatest ever Winter Olympics
‘Historic’ Games leaves Britain 15th in medal table ‘We can all get excited for 2030 and for Los Angeles’ Team GB have hailed a “historic” Winter Olympics after Britain’s greatest performance in the 102 years of the Games left them 15th in the medal table – and warned their rivals...
Norway’s Klæbo seals historic sweep with record sixth gold of Winter Games
Victory in 50km mass start breaks record from 1980 Teammates Nyenget and Iversen lock out podium At the end of one of the great races in the history of the Winter Olympics, there was the greatest athlete in the history of the Winter Olympics. After a little over two hours...