Protest staged at FC home game against Stockton Sit-in demonstration to be held at Manchester derby FC United of Manchester and The 1958, a Manchester United fan group, held a joint action against United’s 20-year Glazer ownership, with The 1958 announcing it will stage a sit-in at next Sunday’s derby...
Ellie Kildunne scores quickfire hat-trick in England’s 11-try rout of Wales
Women’s Six Nations: Wales 12-67 England Feaunati, Dow and Burton all score twice Ellie Kildunne scored a whirlwind hat-trick in the space of nine minutes on her 50th cap as England thumped Wales in front of a record crowd in Cardiff. The full-back, who won her first cap in 2017,...
Fear and Gibson claim emotional bronze to end Britain’s 31-year medal drought
Delight at World Figure Skating Championships for duo Pair are first British medallists since Torvill and Dean The door to history cracked open for Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson on Saturday afternoon. For a heartstopping moment in the kiss-and-cry area, it looked like they might not step through. After Italy’s...
Unstoppable Malinin repeats as world champion with six quadruple jumps
American star romps to second world figure skating title Malinin lands six quadruple jumps including quad axel Kazakhstan’s Shaidorov second, Japan’s Kagiyama third He’s been called the Quad God, skating’s great innovator, the next Olympic champion. On Saturday night, in front of a roaring crowd at TD Garden, Ilia Malinin...
Matheus Cunha: ‘All we want in life is affection – Wolves gave me back that joy’
Brazil striker may be on the move this summer but after a troubled journey he has found happiness at Molineux Matheus Cunha’s time at Wolverhampton Wanderers may be coming to an end but the Brazilian forward will never forget his time with the club. He says he was reborn and...
FA Cup goes back to the future as Nottingham Forest do a FAR Rabat | Jonathan Wilson
After Exeter and Ipswich, Nuno’s team became the first to win a third consecutive penalty shootout in Cup history Even as modern life takes over, history is everything in the FA Cup. The competition’s newfound disdain for replays allowed Nottingham Forest to become the first team to win three consecutive...
Yorkshire’s fresh start: ‘It will be tough coming back up, but we’ve got everything in place’
After years of strife, Headingley starts the County season with a new coach, a strong squad and a burning desire to prove the critics wrong The spring sun beams down benevolently on Leeds and the mood at Headingley is buoyant. After the turbulent years following the fallout from Azeem Rafiq’s...
With elite Eberechi Eze, Crystal Palace will be a match for any team at Wembley | Barney Ronay
Maverick attacker seemed utterly in control as he produced two stunning moments of skill to decide Cup quarter-final Play at Wembley. Score at Wembley. Score again. Go back to Wembley again. Yeah. Did I mention Wembley? Eberechi Eze has had a fairly decent last five days of his footballing life,...
Aryna Sabalenka dominates Jessica Pegula to cruise to Miami Open title
Sabalenka consolidates status as women’s world No 1 ‘I’m just speechless right now and super-happy’ Aryna Sabalenka further cemented her status as the best player in the world as she closed out a dominant fortnight with an imperious performance to win the Miami Open for the first time in her...
Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson push for historic world medal after strong start
British team third after opening segment Fear: ‘I think today we had the most blast all season’ Chock and Bates lead in bid for rare three-peat Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson moved a step closer to a breakthrough medal at the world figure skating championships on Friday, delivering a sharp,...