Harry Kane scored once in either half to guide Bayern Munich to a 2-1 victory over Eintracht Frankfurt on Saturday and a welcome boost before Tuesday’s Champions League semi-final first leg against Real Madrid.
On TNT Glenn Hoddle is talking empathetically about Mauricio Pochettino, the latest of his many successors as Chelsea manager. “He needs to know who his five or six big players are,” Hoddle says. “You need a spine. I don’t think he’s…
Idrissa Gueye’s second-half strike was one of few highlights in a largely dreadful game and proved enough to guarantee Everton’s Premier League survival
Evertonians can sleep peacefully in May for the first time in three years. Their team has suffered two points deductions totalling eight points, their club faces an uncertain financial and ownership future, but they will have top flight…
A record home crowd of 39,398 watched a brave and aggrieved Chelsea endure the end of their Champions League dream at Stamford Bridge. A first-half goal from the mercurial Aitana Bonmatí, Kadeisha Buchanan’s controversial sending-off, and…
England have been bathed in Women’s Six Nations glory since 2019 and the winning sunlight warmed their skin once again as Marlie Packer lifted the trophy aloft for the Red Roses’ third successive grand slam and sixth consecutive title.…
In the feverish buildup to his final appearance at the Madrid Open, Rafael Nadal made himself abundantly clear. It was not too long ago that he was unsure if he would ever return to the court at all and so, with his lingering physical…
Norwich and West Brom both dropped points in the battle for Championship playoff places – while Blackburn, Sheffield Wednesday, Plymouth and Birmingham will all go into the final day at risk of relegation, with Huddersfield all but down.
Oliver Glasner lauded Jeffrey Schlupp’s “amazing” late equaliser which earned Crystal Palace a point from a 1-1 Premier League draw with Fulham at Craven Cottage.
These two will be representing English rugby in the semi-finals of the Champions Cup next weekend. If this is anything to go by they will do not just do their country proud, they will astonish.
Sheffield United are presumably relieved that their next League assignment in the north-east will be at Sunderland or Middlesbrough. Long before the final whistle brought confirmation of a relegation to the Championship that Chris Wilder…
After yet another late Manchester United capitulation, Erik ten Hag invoked a rare trophyless Sir Alex Ferguson vintage to try to explain it. The Dutchman compared his work to that of the rebuild of 2004‑05, at the start of which a…
Another chance gone for Luton. Not for the first time this season, they failed to pull themselves from the relegation zone when opportunity presented itself. If this was not last week’s surrender to Brentford, then soft goals conceded to…
Mohamed Salah ruined Jürgen Klopp’s attempt to play down his touchline row with the winger by saying there would be “fire” if he stopped to speak after Liverpool’s faltering title challenge suffered another blow in their 2-2 draw at West…
Two minutes into the four allocated for added time, the assistant referee made his desperate dash across the pitch for safety. So eager were Derby’s supporters to herald their return to the Championship there was no option but to call a…
Is it over yet? Normally a defensively flawed, late-season 2-2 draw would be something to savour. As far as Liverpool are concerned, though, everything feels difficult to love at the moment. The mentality monsters, the team that once…
Judd Trump has revealed he rejected offers to join a rival snooker tour after cruising into the quarter-finals of the world championship with a 13-7 win over Tom Ford at the Crucible.
Gary Cantrell, aka Lazarus Lake or Laz, completed his first trans-continental trek in 2018. He’s now attempting his second, but this time against medical advice