O’Sullivan leads Pang Junxu 12-4 Judd Trump wins £100,000 for 100th century of season Ronnie O’Sullivan eased to the verge of a record-extending 23rd World Snooker Championship quarter-final after making short work of opponent Pang Junxu in the second session of their second-round match at the Crucible. O’Sullivan was seldom...
‘It has not been good’: Guardiola says FA Cup win will not save City’s season
Manager vows to challenge Liverpool for title next season Forest aiming to leapfrog City to third in the table After Manchester City reached a third successive FA Cup final, Pep Guardiola insisted that beating Crystal Palace in the showpiece will not make it a successful season, vowing his team will...
Novak Djokovic faces up to ‘new reality’ after crashing out of Madrid Open
‘I’m not sure if I will come back,’ says crestfallen Serb Jack Draper, Cam Norrie and Jacob Fearnley progress Novak Djokovic is not sure if he has competed in Madrid for the last time after succumbing to a difficult 6-3, 6-4 loss to the unseeded Italian Matteo Arnaldi in the...
Browns select Shedeur Sanders with 144th pick to end QB’s agonizing slide down NFL draft
Quarterback had been expected to go in first two rounds Analysis: Sanders’s fall exposes cruelties of draft One of the most extraordinary storylines in the history of the NFL draft came to a conclusion on Saturday as the Cleveland Browns, finally, selected Shedeur Sanders with the 144th pick in the...
Inside the dirtiest race in Olympic history: ‘It wasn’t fair. I wasn’t on a level playing field’
How did the women’s 1500m in the 2012 London Olympics get its unenviable reputation? Athletes who were cheated out of medals talk about what happened that day – and how the results have slowly unravelled The tunnel in which athletes wait before they enter a stadium ahead of a major...
Aldcroft holds nerve but England will need to raise level to go all the way at World Cup | Andy Bull
Red Roses were one more mistake away from missing out on the grand slam to France but it should not have been so close There’s no such thing as an easy grand slam and, in the very end, England’s turned out to be as hard-won as any of them. One...
Liverpool’s 20th league title awaits, WCL and FA Cup semis, and more – matchday live
All the latest news and build-up before Sunday kick-offs Today’s fixtures | Latest tables | And mail us or post BTL The first El Clásico Copa de Rey final in 11 years did not disappoint last night. And with four minutes left and the time long after midnight in Seville,...
Boxing shines through unexpectedly once Eubank Jr and Benn step into ring | Alex Reid
If professional boxing is a test of will and skill, there was a so-so supply of the latter but a gigantic supply of the former In north London on Saturday night, people turned up for a soap opera and, of all things, a fight broke out. Chris Eubank Jr’s unanimous-decision...
Narrow win ‘ideal’ for England’s World Cup preparations, says Mitchell
Red Roses win Six Nations after 43-42 victory over France Coach believes Twickenham experience will help players John Mitchell said England’s one-point win over France was the “ideal” test for his side with the Rugby World Cup on the horizon. The Red Roses won their seventh consecutive Women’s Six Nations...
FA Cup takes centre stage again as Palace and Villa enjoy old-school Wembley day | Jonathan Wilson
The Premier League’s middle class is burgeoning, and none more so than Palace who ruthlessly disposed of Aston Villa Which is the competition that exists in a state of permanent crisis again? As the Premier League drifts to a conclusion that has felt inevitable for several months, the FA Cup...