Crystal Palace will face Manchester City in the FA Cup final at Wembley on Saturday. How much of this season’s competition do you remember? See how you get on with our FA Cup quiz. Have fun! You can follow the FA Cup final live across the BBC on Saturday. Watch from 15:25 BST on BBC...
As you all know, it’s not often I’m wrong about anything but you may remember me saying in a previous predictions article that I thought I held the record for the fastest senior goal at Goodison Park for my effort after 12.94 seconds for Blackburn in 1995 until Abdoulaye Doucoure scored after 10.18 seconds for...
Kevin de Bruyne is expected to make his fourth – and last – FA Cup final appearance for Manchester City after the Belgian announced in April he will leave at the end of the season after 10 years at Etihad Stadium. Crystal Palace are 12th in the Premier League table – 16 points behind fourth-placed...
Manchester City striker Erling Haaland says the team want to give departing midfielder Kevin de Bruyne the FA Cup send-off he deserves – and tells Kelly Somers why he and much-travelled ex-manager Neil Warnock share a similar footballing outlook. WATCH MORE: Road to Wembley – Crystal Palace and Man City Get all the latest Manchester...
The cup final against Palace will be one last Wembley appearance with City for midfielder Kevin de Bruyne, with the 33-year-old Belgium international leaving the club on a free transfer in the summer when his contract expires. De Bruyne has won six Premier League titles, the Champions League, two FA Cups and the League Cup...
Despite losing Tammy Beaumont for eight, The Blaze maintained a healthy scoring rate against Surrey, thanks to Jones, Elwiss and Kathryn Bryce who made 56. But the innings was also lit up by a full-length diving catch by keeper Kira Chathli to remove Sarah Bryce for 34, from the bowling of Alexa Stonehouse (2-65). The...
Scotland bounced back from successive defeats in Cricket World Cup League 2 by cruising to an eight-wicket win over United Arab Emirates in Utrecht. The Scots had lost to the same opposition and the Netherlands in the past week and needed a win to get their campaign back on track. Having struggled in those two...
To make the stadium pay, Elvin could not rely solely on annual events like the FA Cup final. So he added regular sports such as greyhound racing and motorcycle speedway, which could be held several times a week. These became Wembley’s bread-and-butter, with Elvin describing in a BBC programme how even after the cup final...
With 100 days to go until the Women’s Rugby World Cup 2025 kicks off, excitement is building up and down the country. Exeter is a host city for the prestigious tournament, and fans now have another chance to secure their tickets for all matches, including seven games at Exeter’s Sandy Park. The record-breaking tournament has...
Overseas star Charli Knott undermined Somerset with bat and ball as Hampshire won an absorbing Metro Bank Women’s One-Day Cup contest by 31 runs on the DLS method at the Cooper Associates Ground in Taunton. The Australian all-rounder scored 64 from 102 balls, and staged stands of 46, 40 and 42 with Maia Bouchier, skipper...
Real’s La Liga defence was dealt a decisive blow on Saturday as they lost 4-3 to league leaders Barcelona to leave them seven points adrift with three games remaining. Conversations with Real started months ago when they let Alonso know he would be the replacement if Ancelotti did not continue next season. By March a...
Lancashire completed a Metro Bank Women’s One-Day Cup double over leaders The Blaze at Emirates Old Trafford. Their win means Hampshire take over top spot in the table after Georgia Adams’ century helped them beat Essex, while there were also wins for Durham and Surrey. Grace Potts’ 4-37 led an excellent bowling effort by the...
Scotland failed to chase down a target of 283 against the Netherlands in Cricket World Cup League 2 despite a superb 106 from opener George Munsey. Having been shocked by United Arab Emirates on Thursday, Richie Berrington’s side came into the contest under pressure to perform. After choosing to bat first, half-centuries from Max O’Dowd...
In cricket you have never seen it all. At the Asia qualifier for the 2026 Women’s T20 World Cup in Thailand, the United Arab Emirates were getting twitchy. They had raced to 192-0 in 16 overs against Qatar but rain was looming in Bangkok. With only one team progressing from the group, the UAE needed...
Fifa has announced that the Women’s World Cup will be expanded from 32 to 48 teams from the 2031 tournament. The Fifa Council voted unanimously for the changes that will be in place for 2035 edition, due to be hosted in the United Kingdom. As a result of the increase in teams, the competition will...