Royal Challengers Bengaluru are one match from a first Indian Premier League title after sealing a place in the final with an eight-wicket thrashing of Punjab Kings. Kings batted dismally and were bowled out for 101 in 14.1 overs, with RCB chasing down their low target with half the innings to spare. Spinner Suyash Sharma...
Football experts Nedum Onuoha, Julien Laurens and Nicky Bandini pick their top players of the 2024-25 Champions League season before Saturday’s final between Paris St-Germain and Inter Milan. READ MORE: ‘The league of farmers?’ How PSG and Inter defied the odds Read full article at source...
No one needed this moment more than Chelsea striker Nicolas Jackson. Before the match, even Maresca said Jackson owed a “debt” to his team-mates after getting sent off in the 2-0 defeat at Newcastle on 11 May, a red card that could well have cost Chelsea qualification for the Champions League. After the match, Maresca...
Great Britain’s Jake Jarman and Ruby Evans combined to win silver in the first mixed team event at the European Gymnastics Championships in Leipzig. The 23-year-old Jarman, who won gold on Tuesday night as part of the men’s team, delivered on the high bar, while teenager Evans shone on the beam. Jarman said: “That was...
Riot police in the Polish city of Wroclaw used a water cannon to stop trouble between Chelsea and Real Betis fans before the Uefa Conference League final. Hundreds of fans clashed in Wroclaw Market Square on Wednesday afternoon – with the Lower Silesian Police saying 28 supporters had been arrested. Police indicated that number would...
Chelsea fans speak to BBC Sport’s Joe Wilson before their Conference League final against Real Betis on Wednesday in Wroclaw, Poland. Read full article at source...
“If I know how he thinks, he probably also knows how I think,” said Maresca of the opposition boss. “So I don’t think it gives us an advantage in this final.” This game is very much master versus apprentice. In an interview while managing Manchester City’s Under-21s in 2020, Maresca said: “Manuel was both the...
Watch the highlights as Livingston come from two goals down in Dingwall to beat Ross County 4-2 on the night and 5-3 on aggregate in the Scottish Premiership play-off final. Read full article at source...
Earlier Lancashire beat The Blaze by seven wickets in a rain-affected second semi-final to set up a showdown with Surrey who edged to a three-wicket win over Warwickshire, with two balls to spare, in a low-scoring game. After showers had delayed their successful semi-final chase, Lancashire soon found themselves batting again after Surrey skipper Smith...
It would not be a stretch to say Walsall’s season was firmly split in two; a storming start and fizzling finish. Sadler had extended his tenure with a new long-term contract on January 7th. Besides, Lowe was not the only star in the squad. Defender Taylor Allen scored the second most goals from distance across...
Ian Youngs Culture reporter Disney Lilo and Stitch stars eight-year-old Maia Kealoha and a computer-generated cuddly runaway alien Disney’s live-action Lilo and Stitch remake and Tom Cruise’s supposedly final Mission: Impossible outing have opened as two of the biggest films of the year in a record-breaking weekend at the box office. Lilo and Stitch, which...
Gary Lineker signs off his final Match of the Day appearance by thanking his colleagues and viewers after 25 years of presenting the show. Read full article at source...
Paul Glynn Culture reporter “It’s been so special” Gary Lineker’s final Match of the Day sign-off Gary Lineker held back tears as he signed off from his final edition of Match of the Day after 26 years in the hot seat and officially left the BBC. The host announced in November that he would leave...
The party atmosphere started long before kick-off on a sunny day in Liverpool, with the streets around Anfield a sea of red as supporters gathered in huge numbers, regardless of whether they had a ticket for the match or not. With Crystal Palace having won the FA Cup last week, their fans had also arrive...
Sam Hain’s second highly-skilled innings of the match left Warwickshire well-placed to press for victory over Worcestershire in the County Championship derby at Visit Worcestershire New Road. Hain followed his first innings 86 with an unbeaten 87 (174 balls) as Warwickshire took their second innings to 280 to set the home side 327 to win....