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...
BBC Two’s Chess Masters: The Endgame divides opinions as winner is crowned
Thalia Holmes, 20, defeats Richie Kelly, 63, in final after former RAF technician misses a win (can you find it?) BBC Two’s Monday evening show Chess Masters: The Endgame reached its final this week amid a continuing debate between experts, who found it patronising, and social players, novices and children...
Littler gets better of Van Gerwen to win record fifth Premier League night
Teenager triumphs 6-4 in Birmingham final ‘I am very confident I will finish top of the table’ Luke Littler fought back to see off Michael van Gerwen 6-4 to win night 13 of the Premier League in Birmingham, setting a new record with a fifth overall evening victory of the...
Judd Trump leads Mark Williams with O’Sullivan held in World Snooker semis
Trump gains 5-3 advantage after error-strewn session Seven-time champion and Zhao Xintong level at 4-4 Judd Trump punished a series of costly errors from Mark Williams to build a 5-3 lead while Ronnie O’Sullivan and Zhao Xintong are level at 4-4, as the World Snooker Championship semi-finals got under way...
FA to ban transgender women from playing women’s football in England
England Netball follows suit after supreme court ruling ECB expected to do likewise in Friday board meeting The Football Association and England Netball have banned transgender women from women’s teams on a day when the effects of the supreme court ruling on single-sex spaces rippled through sport. The governing body...