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European football: Harry Kane reaches new best, Leverkusen stay unbeaten

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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.

John Mitchell’s new England pass French test and will only get better | Robert Kitson

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The Red Roses clinched a sixth successive Women’s Six Nations but never before have they had such impressive balance

Ange Postecoglou the 'plastic' manager is perfect fit for a club at odds with its fans | Jonathan Wilson

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There’s always been a tension between connection to place and the commercial reality – but it has never felt more acute

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Aston Villa v Chelsea: Premier League – live

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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…

Everton v Brentford: Premier League – as it happened

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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

Chelsea 0-2 Barcelona (agg 1-2): Women’s Champions League semi-final, second leg – as it happened

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Bonmatí and Rolfo score to send Barcelona into the final at Chelsea’s expense

Idrissa Gueye’s strike sinks Brentford and ensures Everton’s safety

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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…

Heartbreak for 10-player Chelsea as Rolfö’s penalty sends Barça into final

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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…

Matthews leads England to third grand slam in row with victory in France

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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.…

France 21-42 England: Women’s Six Nations decider – as it happened

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England completed their grand slam quest in Bordeaux, the visitors scoring six tries – two from Alex Matthews – to earn a 21-point victory over France

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Rafael Nadal delivers a timely reminder of his calibre to delight home crowd

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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…

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Championship roundup: Norwich and West Brom falter in race for playoffs

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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.

Jeffrey Schlupp screamer earns Crystal Palace a late point at Fulham

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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.

Manchester United 1-1 Burnley, Sheffield United relegated after rout – as it happened

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It was the end of the road for Sheffield United, but André Onana’s late clanger at Old Trafford boosted Burnley’s survival bid

Northmore and Porter edge Harlequins to win over Northampton in thriller

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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 relegated after thrashing by five-star Newcastle

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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…

Zeki Amdouni punishes Onana to grab Burnley a draw at Manchester United

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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…

Wolves’ Hwang Hee-chan and Toti Gomes give Luton mountain to climb

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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…

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Jürgen Klopp’s farewell tour descends from heavy metal to a heavy heart | Simon Burnton

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Manager’s Liverpool reign is fizzling out as they once again fail to turn their supremacy into three points at West Ham

‘There’s going to be fire if I speak’: Salah adds fuel to touchline row with Klopp

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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…

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West Ham United 2-2 Liverpool: Premier League – as it happened

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Liverpool scored two scrappy goals and missed a raft of easier chances as any faint hopes they have of the title were extinguished

Derby clamber back to Championship after Bird and Collins down Carlisle

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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…

Liverpool title hopes almost over after Antonio earns West Ham a point

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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…

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PSG and Lyon cast friendships aside before Champions League return

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Respect is mutual between Sakina Karchaoui and Eugénie Le Sommer, but only one of their teams will reach the final

Julen Lopetegui closes on Milan appointment to dash West Ham hopes

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Milan are close to appointing Julen Lopetegui, which puts him out of the running to replace David Moyes as West Ham’s manager.

Judd Trump would not ‘get out of bed’ for rival snooker tour after rejecting offer

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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.

Caribbean or bust: England have T20 World Cup title defence on their mind

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England’s white-ball coach, Matthew Mott, needs a strong campaign and availability for Pakistan series could hinder him once more

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County cricket: Durham v Essex, Surrey v Hampshire, and more on day two – live

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Ben Raine giving Dean Elgar a thorough working over from the Lumley end. But he survives. Essex 33-0.

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‘I don’t smoke on the uphills’: Lazarus Lake walks across America (again)

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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

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‘You’re absolutely trapped’: welcome to the loneliest seat in sport

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As the World Snooker Championship heats up, there is nothing that quite mirrors the torture and solitude of The Chair