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March Madness kicks off Tuesday with a handful of play-in games ahead of the first round

Bellingham has travelled to Manchester but is not yet ready for action after a hamstring problem

Referee Paul Tierney found himself trapped in the middle of Chelsea’s huddle before their game against Newcastle on Saturday

Raducanu has been due to begin her campaign in Florida on Thursday or Friday

Chelsea have been given a suspended transfer ban and £10.75m fine after breaching Premier League rules

Golden State coach Steve Kerr is now an Oscar winner

Uefa has confirmed that they will not be increasing ticket prices for this year’s Champions League final

Man City face a three-goal deficit after collapsing in the first half against Real Madrid, but Bernardo Silva and Pep Guardiola are bullish about a famous comeback at the Etihad Stadium

Diaz will fight fellow UFC veteran Mike Perry on the undercard of Ronda Rousey vs Gina Carano, an event arranged by Jake Paul’s promotional company

Reece James picked up a new hamstring injury during Chelsea’s 1-0 defeat by Newcastle on Saturday

The Stamford Bridge club have escaped sporting sanctions for their self-reported historical breaches

The Lancashire all-rounder has exactly 100 caps for his country across all three formats.

The NBA may move a step closer to adding teams in Seattle and Las Vegas next week when expansion will be again discussed by the league’s board of governors, two people with knowledge of the matter tell The Associated Press

City were heavily beaten in last week’s first leg at the Bernabeu.

After Chelsea were hit with a nine-month ban on signing academy players, Arsenal stand to profit and set up a bright future should they acquire some of the best young players in the country

The seven-time world champion was distracted by an issue with his waistcoat

Pep Guardiola gave his players the day off ahead of the second leg against Real Madrid

Guardiola’s side face a 3-0 deficit entering the second leg of their Champions League round of 16 clash

Wales will be without one of their most experienced players for this month’s World Cup play-offs

Lindsey Vonn is currently recovering from a broken leg she suffered following a crash at the Winter Olympics last month

Ahead of the inaugural Nations Championship this July, each side has questions to address

The club has also been hit with an immediate nine-month Academy transfer ban

City players will not train on Monday as they attempt to fight back from 3-0 down to knock Real Madrid out of Europe.

World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) officials describe the report as ‘entirely misleading’

Maguire and Casemiro are out of contract at the end of the season but have played influential roles in the club’s improvement under Michael Carrick

Ahead of a World Cup fraught with controversy, Democrat mayor Lucas tells Richard Jolly about how he’s striving to put Kansas City - England’s base for the tournament - on the map for the right reasons

Maguire and Casemiro are out of contract at the end of the season but have played influential roles in the club’s improvement under Michael Carrick