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No first-time World Snooker Championship winner has ever successfully defended their title and Zhao became the latest man to fail with a quarter-final loss to Murphy

The Gunners are bidding to reach the Champions League final.

Their first career meeting ended in a 6-2 7-5 victory for Sinner at the Caja Magica

Comment: Only 36 minutes of boxing, at most, stand between Joshua and Fury. So, bring on Kristian Prenga

The four-time champion cut a frustrated figure against the 22-year-old rising star

Donald Trump’s eldest granddaughter will play golf for the University of Miami in the fall

The 22-year-old beat three former world champions including Rob Cross at the Players Championship 11

Selby was knocked out by rising Chinese star Wu Yize

‘The Rocket’ exited the Crucible after a 13-12 second round reverse.

Higgins fought back from 9-4 down to take a gripping last-16 battle in a deciding frame

Higgins produced an epic comeback to defeat O’Sullivan and deny his great rival an eighth title in a final-frame decider

Joshua will make his return to boxing against Prenga in July as he gears up for a meeting with Tyson Fury

Real Zaragoza goalkeeper Esteban Andrada punched Huesca captain Jorge Pulido in the face after already being sent off in Sunday’s derby clash

The Scot won the final three frames to reduce the Rocket’s advantage to two in their second round contest

O’Sullivan will take a 6-2 lead into Sunday night’s session

Everything you need to know about entering the ballot for the 2027 event, which could take place over two days

The Pole revealed afterwards that she has been battling a virus

The Pole revealed afterwards that she has been battling a virus.

Fernandes is in the running for Premier League player of the year

Two members from the ‘Class of ‘92’ meet again at the Crucible with a place in the quarter-finals up for grabs

Fernandes appeared close to a move to Saudi Arabia last summer but elected to remain at Old Trafford

Sinner’s great rival has been forced to miss Roland-Garros with a wrist injury

Alcaraz has already been forced out of the Barcelona Open and Madrid Open due to the wrist issue

Two members from the ‘Class of ‘92’ meet again at the Crucible with a place in the quarter-finals up for grabs

Football Focus presenter Alex Scott has paid tribute to the football magazine show after it was announced the show is being scrapped 52 years after it first appeared on screens.