Irish trainer set to have multiple Easter runners in UK Charlotte’s Web best bet on all-weather finals card A single winner on Cheltenham’s final card of the season was enough to maintain Dan Skelton’s narrow lead in the contest for the National Hunt trainers’ championship on Thursday, ahead of a...
Johnny Sexton makes surprise move to join Andy Farrell’s Lions coaching staff
Raises further intrigue over fly-half selection debate Sexton endorsed Owen Farrell in press interview Johnny Sexton has been added to the British & Irish Lions coaching staff for the summer tour of Australia in a surprise move that raises further intrigue over the fly-half selection debate following his previous criticism...
Chess: Carlsen scores in Paris, leads Freestyle Grand Slam after two events
The world No 1 defeated his old rival and world No 2, Hikaru Nakamura, in the final, and took the $3.75m series lead before the third Slam event in Las Vegas Magnus Carlsen, the world No 1, scored a low-key triumph on Monday when he won the Paris leg of the...
Reece James bemoans ‘poor’ Chelsea display as Legia Warsaw cause fright
Chelsea must be the first team in history to be booed into a European semi-final. Such is life for Enzo Maresca at the moment. Losing 2-1 to Legia Warsaw on the night was embarrassing. Chelsea, who seemed intent on giving the fifth-best side in Poland hope of pulling off a...
Chris Dobey shines in Rotterdam to earn long-awaited Premier League triumph
Dobey gets first nightly win in two years ‘I’m a fighter and I’ll be here until the end’ Luke Littler’s wait for a record-breaking fifth nightly win of a single Premier League season goes on as Chris Dobey reigned on night 11 in Rotterdam. Dobey took his first nightly win...
US Olympic committee sidesteps transgender athlete policy amid LA28 buildup
USOPC won’t set transgender eligibility rules for LA28 LA28 passes $1bn in sponsorship, confirms key venues USA Football certified ahead of flag football’s debut The United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) has said it will not set any policy on transgender athlete eligibility ahead of the 2028 Los Angeles...
Postecoglou hails Spurs’ belief after Solanke sets up Bodø/Glimt semi-final
‘We can’t get too far ahead of ourselves’ Maddison praised for ‘courage’ to win penalty Ange Postecoglou insisted he never lost faith in his Tottenham players as they progressed to the semi-finals of the Europa League and feels there is growing belief that they can lift the trophy next month....
Club World Cup teams facing tax threat in new blow to expanded tournament
Fifa is yet to secure exemption for 32 clubs taking part Tax rate may vary according to where games are played Fifa is facing complex negotiations with the US authorities before the Club World Cup after failing to secure tax exemptions for the 32 competing clubs. The world governing body...
Max Verstappen insists he is happy at Red Bull despite concern over car
F1 world champion finished sixth in last race in Bahrain ‘I’m happy, I’m just not very happy with our car’ Max Verstappen played down concerns that he may leave Red Bull after the world champion was left frustrated and disappointed at the last round in Bahrain but reiterated that he...
Party like it’s 1999: Amorim uses treble as ‘inspiration’ for crazy Lyon comeback
‘I was watching the 1999 documentary … A great night’ United score three in extra time to win 7-6 on aggregate After Manchester United scored three times in the last seven minutes of extra time to knock Lyon out and progress to a Europa League semi-final versus Athletic Bilbao, Ruben...