City – and O’Reilly – have grown accustomed to winning but the team have fallen short of the high standards they have set in recent seasons. They have been deposed at the top of the Premier League by new champions Liverpool, relinquishing their four-year grip on the trophy, while being knocked out of the Champions...
Nottinghamshire – whose last County Championship title was in 2010 – have already claimed more league wins than last season, when they finished eighth in Division One with just two victories. The demolition of Hampshire was built on a 238-run second-innings stand between Jack Haynes (120) and Liam Patterson-White (135), who scored his second career...
All of my midfielders scored but I’m not putting them in for their goals, I’m putting them in for their all-round play. Tomas Soucek (West Ham): Sometimes you watch games and guys just stand out on the pitch. Whenever you watch West Ham, Soucek is one of those guys who stands out. He has a...
One of the most striking things about the second Trump administration is the diversity of opinions and specialties he has embraced and brought into his administration. They all share the same goals, but in a very real sense, he has created a “team of rivals”–the term Doris Kearns Goodwin used to describe Abraham Lincoln’s cabinet...
London, Birmingham, Manchester, Liverpool, Leeds and… Bristol? Despite being the eighth-biggest city in England, Bristol has never hosted Premier League football – but that could be about to change. After reaching the Championship play-offs, a two-legged semi-final against Sheffield United and a possible final against Coventry or Sunderland at Wembley is all that stands between...
The Gunners started superbly and, after Declan Rice headed wide from close range, Gabriel Martinelli and Martin Odegaard forced Donnarumma into fine saves. Saka also forced the PSG keeper into another excellent stop in the second half as Arsenal finished the match with an expected goal ratio of 3.14. “When you analyse both games, who...
PSG were chasing history of their own, as indicated by the giant tifo unfurled during the spectacular light and sound show before kick-off along the Virage Auteuil, where their Ultras gather,. It read: “55 years of memory behind you to write history.” Goals from Fabian Ruiz and Achraf Hakimi either side of half-time set the...
There’s another book coming out this summer which sheds some light on Joe Biden’s mental state as he campaigned for a 2nd term in 2024. It’s titled “2024: How Trump Retook the White House and the Democrats Lost America” and was co-written by three journalists from three different news outlets. Yesterday the NY Times published...
Great Britain’s Tom Pidcock will lead new team Q36.5 in their first Grand Tour at the Giro d’Italia, which begins on Friday. Pidcock left Ineos Grenadiers to sign a three-year deal with the second-tier Q36.5 team in December. The 25-year-old is a double Olympic champion and retained his mountain bike title at Paris 2024. Fellow...
Leclerc echoed Hamilton’s insistence that the drivers did not blame each other. “There’s no bad feelings with Lewis, not at all,” he said. “I understand as well that Lewis is trying to do something different, so I appreciate that. I would have done the same thing as if I was him and trying to be...
The Surrey man had a rollercoaster year in 2024, both in terms of performances and his role in the England side. At various points, he was captain, wicketkeeper, opener and number six. Although he made a match-winning 196 in the stunning victory over India in Hyderabad, he ended the year with an average of 33.13,...
Cricket Ireland has announced that Lloyd Tennant will become the new head coach of Ireland’s women’s team. Tennant has 30 years of experience in coaching and has worked with England’s Female Academy and A Team. A former professional with Leicestershire and Essex, he was also assistant coach at Manchester Originals and was women and girls’...
Jenny Coleman BBC News, Liverpool BBC Minah Shannon will co-host BBC Radio 1’s Friday Early Breakfast with Nat O’Leary in May The Traitors star Minah Shannon is joining BBC Radio 1 as a presenter. The Liverpool-based reality TV personality will co-host Friday Early Breakfast with Nat O’Leary throughout May. Minah said she hoped to “brighten...
After every round of Premier League matches this season, Troy Deeney gives us his team of the week. Do you agree with his choices? Read full article at source...
Real Madrid boss Carlo Ancelotti is set for more talks about taking over as Brazil coach before the 2026 World Cup qualifiers in June. The 65-year-old Italian will meet representatives acting on behalf of the Brazilian Football Federation (CBF). Ancelotti said his future was “a topic for the next weeks, not today”, following Real’s stormy...