Securing league crown has enabled earlier preparation Slot: ‘It definitely helps to attract new players as well’ Arne Slot believes the emphatic nature of Liverpool’s title triumph and the emotional celebrations that followed will help the club beat off competition for their main transfer targets this summer. The Liverpool head...
‘He’s mad for it’: Northampton’s Henry Pollock back in Dublin after rise to Lions contender
A year ago he was with the fans: now he’s an England player before Saints’ Champions Cup semi against Leinster Henry Pollock is bouncing around the south stand at Franklin’s Gardens. He is in demand at Northampton’s media session and between interviews he seems most preoccupied with reminding his teammate...
Brilliant Zhao Xintong beats O’Sullivan with session to spare to reach final
Chinese sensation wins 17-7 after breathtaking display Williams hits back to level at 8-8 with Trump Zhao Xintong produced an amazing display of attacking snooker to knock out his hero, the seven-time world champion Ronnie O’Sullivan, with a session to spare and reach the final of the World Snooker Championship....
Lando Norris bullish over title bid and qualifies third for F1 Miami sprint race
Norris ‘more confident than I have ever been’ Mercedes’ Kimi Antonelli takes debut sprint pole Lando Norris wants only to focus on his racing as he attempts to re-establish his challenge for the Formula One world championship this season. The McLaren driver insists he has never been so confident in...
De Bruyne sinks Wolves to help Manchester City close in on top-five finish
Manchester City and Kevin De Bruyne know how to time a run perfectly, even if their long-lasting relationship is coming to an end. The Belgian’s dart into the box and clinical finish secured a fourth Premier League win in a row, at the expense of Wolves, to put City into...
Championship relegation lurking for Stoke, Derby, Preston, Luton or Hull
Five teams fight to avoid joining Cardiff and Plymouth in dropping to League One on the season’s final day It is high season for engravers, a fertile few weeks for after-dinner speakers to make hay at elaborate end-of-season dos, but not every Championship team has something worth celebrating. Last Saturday,...
Football League heads for dramatic finale, Bayern chase title and more – matchday live
Writer Q&A, fan views, plus the latest news and previews Today’s fixtures | Latest tables | And email matchday live The best dead rubbers in the world The 2000-01 season is another contender for this dubious award. The biggest thing at stake on the last day of the season was...
Lamine Yamal: the perfect dopamine-hit footballer for our terminally online world | Barney Ronay
Barcelona’s 17-year-old forward is a once-every-20-years talent who is causing the internet to spasm with man-worship There’s always that guy. Never be that guy. Fight the urge to become that guy, to yearn always for the old, good, safe things, to feel headphone-panic and selfie-disgust, to see moral decay in...
Sinner set for hero’s welcome in Rome but how will the locker room react?
The world No 1 returns at next week’s Italian Open after a three-month anti-doping suspension amid a saga that left players questioning the fairness of the system Jannik Sinner could not help but crack a wry smile when he faced the media before the US Open last year in the...
Ryan Garcia stunned by Rolando Romero in seismic Times Square upset
Garcia loses by unanimous decision to 6-1 underdog Haney, Lopez cruise in surreal Times Square setting Photos: Saudi-backed boxing takes over Times Square Rolando ‘Rolly’ Romero scored the biggest win of his career on Friday night, upsetting Ryan Garcia by unanimous decision in the main event of a surreal outdoor...