Defender out of Manchester City game with knee injury ‘Now we start the recovery process,’ he writes in post Ibrahima Konaté is out of Liverpool’s top-of-the-table clash with Manchester City and has raised concerns he faces an extended spell on the sidelines. The in-form Liverpool defender sustained a knee injury...
Novak Djokovic admits Andy Murray did not expect coaching call
Serbian wanted someone who had played at the very top Djokovic confident he is still fit enough to win more slams Novak Djokovic has revealed Andy Murray was caught off guard when asked to be his new coach, but feels the link-up can only be good for tennis. Murray retired...
Premiership returns amid fanfare but old problems lurk in background | Michael Aylwin
Despite likely record ticket sales over Christmas, financial and physical health of clubs and players still a concern With the timing of George Furbank on to a Fin Smith cutout pass, or that of any of the myriad attacking talents in English club rugby, the Premiership’s PR team ushered in...
Football Daily | A visit to Anfield that could lead to another manic Monday for Guardiola
Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now! Following his side’s Bigger Cup win over what currently passes for the reigning champions on Wednesday night, Arne Slot told TNT Sports he was looking forward to spending a little bit of downtime with his family, who were...
‘I have this margin’: Pep Guardiola feels protected from sack by past success
Manchester City manager ‘asked for that challenge’ Guardiola would walk away only if he felt of no benefit Pep Guardiola believes he has avoided the sack at Manchester City after five consecutive losses and a draw because eight years of success there have given him a “margin”. City threw away...
Jakob Ingebrigtsen’s father charged after threat to ‘beat him to death’
Gjert Ingebrigtsen used to coach Jakob and his brothers He ‘punched and kicked’ Jakob since he was a schoolboy Jakob Ingebrigtsen’s father will stand trial next year on charges that include abusing the double Olympic champion and threatening to “beat him to death”. Ingebrigtsen, who won gold medals over 1500m...
USA motivated to prove gold standard in Wembley ‘chance of a lifetime’ | Suzanne Wrack
Emma Hayes is keen for her Olympic champions to keep progressing in their friendly meeting with England Lindsey Horan’s nails are painted gold and she gives an embarrassed laugh when asked whether they are a celebration of the US women’s national team’s Olympic gold in Paris, a statement to Saturday’s...
‘You really want to beat your friends’: Wiegman steels England for USA test
Both sides have key absences but England hope to learn from going toe-to-toe with Emma Hayes’s resurgent side The prospect of the European champions hosting the Olympic champions induces sufficient intrigue on its own. But add in the triumphant return to Wembley of Emma Hayes, and an England side with...
Schmidt gears up for Ireland homecoming with Prendergast on his mind
Australia coach plotting how to unravel his old team after Andy Farrell’s surprise selection of a callow No 10 If you know anything of Joe Schmidt, then he’ll have popped into your head every other time referee Chris Busby penalised the Wallabies at Murrayfield last Sunday. You could imagine the...
England’s Ollie Pope still covets No 3 slot but happy to have ‘fun’ further down
‘If I was batting at three, I’d have played the same way’ Batter grateful for advice at Surrey from Alec Stewart Ollie Pope enjoys wicketkeeping and batting down the order. This much was clear after the first two days in Christchurch, where his glove work went unnoticed for the right...