Manchester United goalkeeper back in goal on Thursday ‘We need to improve every position. Keeper is the same’ Ruben Amorim will reinstate André Onana for Manchester United’s Europa League quarter-final second leg against Lyon but admits a new goalkeeper may be signed in the summer because “every position” will be...
NBA play-in tournament: Curry and Warriors hold off Grizzlies for No 7 seed
Memphis comeback falls short as Warriors win 121-116 Warriors will face No 2 Rockets in Game 1 on Sunday Magic claim No 7 seed with 120-95 win over Hawks Jimmy Butler had 38 points, seven rebounds and six assists creating opportunities on both ends at every chance, Stephen Curry scored...
Seven countries in running for hosting future Commonwealth Games
Canada, India and Nigeria among those targeting 2030 Event’s future under scrutiny after Victoria withdrawal Seven countries have expressed interest in hosting future Commonwealth Games. Five of those are focused on staging the centenary 2030 Games while two are looking at editions of the multi-sport event beyond that, Commonwealth Sport...
Emery challenges Aston Villa to return to Champions League quickly after exit
Villa manager: ‘most important for us to get Europe again’ Emery says permanent Rashford move ‘difficult to plan’ Unai Emery said Aston Villa must use their agonising Champions League quarter-final defeat against Paris Saint-Germain as fuel to qualify for the competition again quickly. Villa stirred from 5-1 down on aggregate...
Ju Wenjun outclasses rival Tan Zhongyi to retain women’s world chess title
Ju beats Tan 6½–2½ to claim fifth world chess title 34-year-old Chinese grandmaster wins €300,000 Ju Wenjun has once again proven herself the undisputed queen of the chessboard. On Wednesday in Chongqing, the 34-year-old Chinese grandmaster clinched the 2025 Fide Women’s World Championship, defeating compatriot and longtime rival Tan Zhongyi...
Aston Villa fall short of heroic comeback against PSG – Football Weekly
Max Rushden is joined by Barry Glendenning, Mark Langdon and Lars Sivertsen as Aston Villa go out swinging in the Champions League Rate, review, share on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Audioboom, Mixcloud, Acast and Stitcher, and join the conversation on Facebook, Twitter and email. On the podcast today; so close for...
The Spin | In defence of the draw: why Ben Stokes and England should take note
The Bazball win-or-bust mantra has proven successful but it is time for captain to embrace grey in black and white world “A tie is like kissing your sister,” Edward J Erdelatz said to the New York Times in 1954. Erdelatz was the United States Navy’s head football coach and his...
Lois Boisson pokes fun at Harriet Dart ‘deodorant’ jibe on social media
French tennis player suggests Dove ‘collab’ on Instagram Dart apologises for telling umpire Boisson ‘smells bad’ French tennis player Lois Boisson has responded to Harriet Dart’s on-court claim that “she smells really bad” with a social media post that pokes fun at the incident. During a change of ends in...
‘I love this man for saving my life’: Michael Watson’s unbreakable bond with Peter Hamlyn
The neurosurgeon saved the boxer’s life in 1991 and since then the pair have become close friends “This man is my hero,” Michael Watson says simply as he turns to Peter Hamlyn, the neurosurgeon who saved his life and carried out seven operations on the stricken boxer’s brain in the aftermath...
Kia Joorabchian has spent big in the off-season but will it pay off? | Greg Wood
High-profile football agent is out to make his mark in the new Flat season that starts in earnest at Newmarket on Tuesday For more than a quarter of a millennium – 254 years, to precise – Tuesday’s Craven meeting has been the moment when British Flat racing emerges from its...