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Manchester United and Newcastle defend 5% price rises on season tickets * Supporter groups’ pleas for price freezes ignored * Both clubs insist hikes needed to compete on pitch Manchester United and Newcastle have increased season-ticket prices by 5% for 2026-27. While both clubs insist the rises are necessary to achieve success on the pitch, their respective supporter groups have strongly criticised the above-inflation hikes. Season tickets at Old Trafford had previously been frozen for 11 consecutive campaigns, but this is now the fourth successive year they have been increased. The club said: “We have a clear objective to return Manchester United to the top of domestic and European football. We want to keep investing in the team and improving our facilities so fans get the best possible experience. We also need to make sure the club stays financially sustainable taking into account inflation and rising costs. Continue reading...

Manchester United and Newcastle defend 5% price rises on season tickets

06.03.2026 17:23 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Stakes sky high for England as Italy eye Six Nations upset for the ages | Robert Kitson England have beaten the Azzurri in all 32 meetings over the last 35 years but that record could slip in Rome on Saturday Most England fans will remember the classic final scene in The Italian Job. The bus precariously balanced on the edge of a precipice, the golden loot slipping away. One false move and it’s curtains. Welcome to this weekend’s sequel with Steve Borthwick and his under-pressure England players replacing Michael Caine – “Hang on a minute, lads, I’ve got a great idea” – and the rest of the original film’s cast. Talk about the self-preservation society. England’s recent car-crash defeats by Scotland and Ireland were pretty grim but there have been any number of precedents over the years. What has never materialised in 32 previous meetings dating back 35 years is a loss to Italy. If that sequence ends on Saturday it really would be a new reputational low Continue reading...

Stakes sky high for England as Italy eye Six Nations upset for the ages | Robert Kitson

06.03.2026 17:18 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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‘People wouldn’t cross the road. Now they cross the Atlantic’: FA Cup ties chart Wrexham’s rise Thirty-four years on from Mickey Thomas’ winner against Arsenal, the Welsh club seek statement win over Chelsea “It’s just surreal,” says the former Wrexham midfielder Mickey Thomas, scorer of arguably the club’s most famous goal. When he helped strike down Arsenal, the reigning English champions, in the FA Cup third round in 1992, he could not have expected 34 years later to be regularly rubbing shoulders with some of the world’s biggest stars, regaling them with the story of how he smashed a free‑kick past David Seaman. In recent years, Wrexham have welcomed a glittering array of famous Hollywood guests to Cae Ras, thanks to Ryan Reynolds and Rob Mac, who often invite Thomas to the owners’ box. The north Walian town has become a hotbed for famous faces, all given the warmest welcome by a club enjoying a meteoric rise. Continue reading...

‘People wouldn’t cross the road. Now they cross the Atlantic’: FA Cup ties chart Wrexham’s rise

06.03.2026 16:38 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Premier League chiefs hold talks on rise of set pieces amid concern over quality * Top flight directors discuss holding in penalty area * Set pieces account for 27.1% of Premier League goals The Premier League’s sporting directors have held talks about the ubiquity of set-piece goals and holding in the penalty area, amid concerns these trends are damaging the spectacle. Liverpool’s head coach, Arne Slot, said this week that his “football heart doesn’t like it”, when asked about the growing importance of set pieces, which have been responsible for 27.1% of Premier League goals this season, excluding penalties. Continue reading...

Premier League chiefs hold talks on rise of set pieces amid concern over quality

06.03.2026 16:33 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 6 📌 12
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Naoya Inoue to face Junto Nakatani in historic Tokyo Dome megafight * Unbeaten rivals collide at Tokyo Dome on 2 May * Inoue defends undisputed super-bantamweight crown * Nakatani says he must be ‘at my best’ to win Japan’s Naoya Inoue said Friday that he will need to be at his destructive best when he faces unbeaten countryman Junto Nakatani in their highly anticipated showdown at Tokyo Dome in May. The two fighters met in Tokyo to formally confirm their 2 May clash, with Inoue set to defend his undisputed super bantamweight world championship against Nakatani, who is moving up in weight in pursuit of a fourth divisional title. Continue reading...

Naoya Inoue to face Junto Nakatani in historic Tokyo Dome megafight

06.03.2026 16:33 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Sports quiz of the week: F1, Paralympics, Six Nations and Premier League Have you been following the big stories in football, rugby, golf, winter sports, F1, cricket, baseball and boxing? Continue reading...

Sports quiz of the week: F1, Paralympics, Six Nations and Premier League

06.03.2026 16:24 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Brendon McCullum poised to stay on as ECB backs England head coach * McCullum to hold further talks with governing body * Rob Key also expected to continue as managing director Brendon McCullum retains the support of the England and Wales Cricket Board management and is poised to stay on as head coach after the conclusion of a review triggered by England’s Ashes defeat. McCullum is returning to New Zealand after Thursday’s narrow seven-run defeat by India in a thrilling T20 World Cup semi-final in Mumbai, but will hold further talks with the ECB over the next few weeks before an announcement on his future. Continue reading...

Brendon McCullum poised to stay on as ECB backs England head coach

06.03.2026 15:17 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 2
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‘Sometimes you need to blow the lid off’: England confident of Rome reponse * England have successive defeats by Scotland and Ireland * Wigglesworth promises ‘physical intensity’ in Italy England have “blown the lid off” in order to complete their Italian job and salvage their Six Nations campaign with Maro Itoje promising an emotional response to back-to-back defeats. Steve Borthwick’s side are out of contention for the Six Nations title for another year after dismal defeats by Scotland and Ireland but have won all 32 previous meetings with Italy and spent the championship’s fallow week ensuring they avoid a slice of unwanted history in Rome on Saturday. Continue reading...

‘Sometimes you need to blow the lid off’: England confident of Rome reponse

06.03.2026 15:03 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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‘People wouldn’t cross the road. Now they cross the Atlantic’: FA Cup ties chart Wrexham’s rise Thirty-four years on from Mickey Thomas’ winner against Arsenal, the Welsh club seek statement win over Chelsea “It’s just surreal,” says the former Wrexham midfielder Mickey Thomas, scorer of arguably the club’s most famous goal. When he helped strike down Arsenal, the reigning English champions, in the FA Cup third round in 1992, he could not have expected 34 years later to be regularly rubbing shoulders with some of the world’s biggest stars, regaling them with the story of how he smashed a free-kick past David Seaman. In recent years, Wrexham have welcomed a glittering array of famous Hollywood guests to Cae Ras, thanks to Ryan Reynolds and Rob Mac, who often invite Thomas to the owners’ box. The north Wales town has become a hotbed for famous faces, all given the warmest welcome by a club enjoying a meteoric rise. Continue reading...

‘People wouldn’t cross the road. Now they cross the Atlantic’: FA Cup ties chart Wrexham’s rise

06.03.2026 13:11 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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‘I couldn’t be like that’: Nigel Clough on his dad, keeping it real and preparing for Arsenal Mansfield’s manager hopes his team can handle the occasion when they host the Premier League leaders in the FA Cup fifth round The birds are singing and the rain has abated. Nigel Clough and his wife, Margaret, are taking their dog, Bobbie, for a long peaceful walk around the beautiful Derbyshire reservoir of Carsington Water. Looming on the horizon for the Mansfield manager is an FA Cup fifth-round tie at home to Arsenal but Clough knows the importance of staying, as he puts it, in the “real world”. The TNT cameras and global media will home in on Field Mill on Saturday lunchtime as the Premier League leaders visit the second lowest-ranked survivors in the competition that Brian Clough, Nigel’s legendary father, famously never lifted. Clough Jr will have his League One players prepared and organised but would prefer to eschew the fanfare. After Mansfield’s memorable win at Burnley in the last round, he left post-match media duties to Andy Garner, his assistant. “I just went to see the kids,” he says. “The away fans were coming out right next to the changing rooms, so I thought I might just catch them on the way out.” Continue reading...

‘I couldn’t be like that’: Nigel Clough on his dad, keeping it real and preparing for Arsenal

06.03.2026 13:11 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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England rugby stars Ellie Kildunne and Sadia Kabeya stranded in Dubai * World Cup winners will miss club games this weekend * England cricketers move training camp to South Africa Ellie Kildunne and Sadia Kabeya, two of England’s Women’s World Cup winners, are stranded in Dubai amid Israel’s and the United States’ war with Iran. Kildunne, the Red Roses standout player as John Mitchell’s side were crowned world champions at Twickenham last summer, will miss Harlequins’ home Premiership Women’s Rugby (PWR) fixture against Saracens on Saturday. Kabeya will be unavailable for Loughborough’s match at Sale. Continue reading...

England rugby stars Ellie Kildunne and Sadia Kabeya stranded in Dubai

06.03.2026 12:03 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 1
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Tottenham relegation fears grow, FA Cup buildup and more – football news live ⚽ All the latest news heading into the weekend’s action ⚽ Ten things to look out for | Read Football Daily | Mail Luke The Crucible Theatre is best known for hosting snooker, but it claims a place in football history too. On its outer wall, a blue plaque marks the site where the Sheffield Rules of the game were agreed in 1858, back when it was the Adelphi hotel. So it is a fitting spot to be premiering a new play this month about the establishment – and subsequent dismantling – of women’s football in the early 20th century. Football fans and theatregoers may not have always felt like the obvious overlap in a Venn diagram, but the past decade has been a banner one for the beautiful game on stage. We have had a farce about the 2018 World Cup bid (Three Lions), a Royal Court drama about homophobia (The Pass), a Pulitzer Prize-nominated exploration of teenage girlhood (The Wolves) and even a 16th-century folk horror (The Bounds). Plus Dear England, the still-touring smash hit that tells the story of Gareth Southgate’s tenure as manager of the national men’s team. Continue reading...

Tottenham relegation fears grow, FA Cup buildup and more – football news live

06.03.2026 09:26 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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‘I couldn’t be like that’: Nigel Clough on his dad, keeping it real and preparing for Arsenal Mansfield’s manager hopes his team can handle the occasion when they host the Premier League leaders in the FA Cup fifth round The birds are singing and the rain has abated. Nigel Clough and his wife, Margaret, are taking their dog, Bobbie, for a long peaceful walk around the beautiful Derbyshire reservoir of Carsington Water. Looming on the horizon for the Mansfield manager is an FA Cup fifth-round tie at home to Arsenal but Clough knows the importance of staying, as he puts it, in the “real world”. The TNT cameras and global media will home in on the One Call Stadium on Saturday lunchtime as the Premier League leaders visit the second lowest-ranked survivors in the competition that Brian Clough, Nigel’s legendary father, famously never lifted. Clough Jr will have his League One players prepared and organised but would prefer to eschew the fanfare. After Mansfield’s memorable win at Burnley in the last round, he left post-match media duties to Andy Garner, his assistant. “I just went to see the kids,” he says. “The away fans were coming out right next to the changing rooms, so I thought I might just catch them on the way out.” Continue reading...

‘I couldn’t be like that’: Nigel Clough on his dad, keeping it real and preparing for Arsenal

06.03.2026 09:26 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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FA Cup fifth round: things to look out for this weekend Garnacho gets his chance to stake a claim, a big day for Port Vale and more scheduling concerns for Guardiola Who would have thought approaching mid-March Wolves would be the Midlands team – at least in the Premier League – with the most to cheer? Aston Villa, while fourth and still capable of securing a place in the Champions League, are wobbling. Nottingham Forest are fighting relegation. In the Championship, Coventry are at the summit but West Brom and Leicester are in danger of dropping into League One. Wolves may quietly fancy their chances when Liverpool visit Molineux for the second time in four days. Rob Edwards’s side triumphed on Tuesday and, while it got lost amid the stoppage-time drama, he made several changes with Friday’s Cup tie in mind. “Does it have to be one or the other?” Edwards said. “No, so we are going to try and win both. It is going to be a really exciting night.” Ben Fisher Wolves v Liverpool, Friday 8pm (all kick-offs GMT) Mansfield v Arsenal, Saturday 12.15pm Wrexham v Chelsea, Saturday 5.45pm Newcastle v Manchester City, Saturday 8pm Continue reading...

FA Cup fifth round: things to look out for this weekend

06.03.2026 09:26 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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The Ladies Football Club shines light on women’s game and battle against injustice | Emma John New play at the Crucible highlights early struggles and shows the dissolving division between sport and the performing arts The Crucible Theatre is best known for hosting snooker, but it claims a place in football history too. On its outer wall, a blue plaque marks the site where the Sheffield Rules of the game were agreed in 1858, back when it was the Adelphi hotel. So it is a fitting spot to be premiering a new play this month about the establishment – and subsequent dismantling – of women’s football in the early 20th century. Football fans and theatregoers may not have always felt like the obvious overlap in a Venn diagram, but the past decade has been a banner one for the beautiful game on stage. We have had a farce about the 2018 World Cup bid (Three Lions), a Royal Court drama about homophobia (The Pass), a Pulitzer Prize-nominated exploration of teenage girlhood (The Wolves) and even a 16th-century folk horror (The Bounds). Plus Dear England, the still-touring smash hit that tells the story of Gareth Southgate’s tenure as manager of the national men’s team. Continue reading...

The Ladies Football Club shines light on women’s game and battle against injustice | Emma John

06.03.2026 08:32 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Australia v India: one-off women’s cricket Test, day one – live * Updates from the day-night Test at the Waca in Perth * Any thoughts? Email Tanya 4th over: India 14-0 (Smriti Mandhana 4, Shafali Verma 7) I’ve spotted a couple of people on Healy hill, sitting like white ducks on a green bank. A good battle building between Verma and Hamilton. Perry again looks more traction engine than Ferrari in the field. 3rd over: India 8-0 (Smriti Mandhana 2, Shafali Verma 4) There aren’t huge numbers in at the WACA, unless they’re camera shy. Perhaps there will be an after-work influx. Brown has the ball swinging, Verma doesn’t look entirely secure. Continue reading...

Australia v India: one-off women’s cricket Test, day one – live

06.03.2026 08:23 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Chess: Gukesh bottom in Prague as world champion, 19, struggles for form The youngest ever global title holder has had a hard time this year, but hopes for better in May, when he meets Magnus Carlsen in Norway Chess at Oslo, and in the autumn, when he defends his crown India’s Gukesh Dommaraju, at 19 the youngest ever world champion, has had a hard time this year. The teenager has struggled at Wijk aan Zee, where he totalled a modest 50%, and then this week in Prague, where he was last after eight of the nine rounds, scoring just 2.5/8, without winning a single game. With just Friday’s final round to be played, Prague is currently led by Nodirbek Abdusattorov on 5.5/8, as the Uzbekistan No 1 continues his winning streak from the London Classic and Wijk aan Zee. Continue reading...

Chess: Gukesh bottom in Prague as world champion, 19, struggles for form

06.03.2026 08:23 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Messi and Inter Miami were wallpaper for Trump’s whims in their White House visit The US president welcomed the 2025 MLS Cup champions in a ceremony beset by tangents and awkward asides Nine minutes and 43 seconds. As Inter Miami’s players stood behind the dais at the East Room in the White House with club owner Jorge Mas stood to the left and Lionel Messi to the right; with MLS commissioner Don Garber sat alongside Fifa World Cup 2026 task force executive director Andrew Giuliani in an audience replete with celebrities and sports stars, it took nine minutes and 43 seconds for US president Donald Trump to talk about why any of them were there. Inter Miami won the 2025 MLS Cup; a solid win in an exciting final that merited this traditional visit for champions of US pro sports leagues. But in those minutes and seconds before it was acknowledged, Trump did as he did with Juventus players in an Oval Office appearance during last summer’s Club World Cup: he made sports figures the wallpaper for his political and cultural aims. Trump provided an update of sorts on his administration’s sudden and ongoing war against Iran, alluded to a potential conflict with Cuba and offered his own glowing assessment on the supposedly booming US economy. All the while, Luis Suárez, Messi and every other Miami player gazed blankly from behind him. Continue reading...

Messi and Inter Miami were wallpaper for Trump’s whims in their White House visit

06.03.2026 02:04 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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FA Cup fifth round: things to look out for this weekend Garnacho gets his chance to stake a claim, a big day for Port Vale and more scheduling concerns for Guardiola Who would have thought approaching mid-March Wolves would be the Midlands team – at least in the Premier League – with the most to cheer? Aston Villa, while fourth and still capable of securing a place in the Champions League, are wobbling. Nottingham Forest are fighting relegation. In the Championship, Coventry are at the summit but West Brom and Leicester are in danger of dropping into League One. Wolves and third-tier Mansfield are the only Midlands sides remaining in the FA Cup and, while the latter host Arsenal, the former may quietly fancy their chances when Liverpool visit Molineux for the second time in four days. Rob Edwards’s side triumphed on Tuesday and, while it got lost amid the stoppage-time drama, he made several changes with Friday’s Cup tie in mind. “Does it have to be one or the other?” Edwards said. “No, so we are going to try and win both. It is going to be a really exciting night.” Ben Fisher Wolves v Liverpool, Friday 8pm (all kick-offs GMT) Mansfield v Arsenal, Saturday 12.15pm Wrexham v Chelsea, Saturday 5.45pm Newcastle v Manchester City, Saturday 8pm Continue reading...

FA Cup fifth round: things to look out for this weekend

06.03.2026 00:21 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Igor Tudor enacts ghostly role in the most stupid of hires with Tottenham too bad to stay up | Barney Ronay The problem here is not the interim manager, it’s the ad hoc interim ownership and the short-term sense of identity at this ghost town club Tudor is to do. To do is to dur. Something like that anyway. With the clock reading 45+8 at the end of the first half the air inside the Tottenham Hotspur stadium had already begun to curdle and turn strange. In the space of 18 minutes, 1-0 to Spurs had become 3-1 to Crystal Palace. The crowd had begun to turn in on itself. Boos were directed at the players. Boos were directed back at the booers. Birds flew backwards through the sky. The clock struck 13. Beer glasses filled from the bottom up. “You killed the club,” man in a quilted coat shouted at the directors’ box, with genuine feeling, as though this was not a figure of speech, the club actually was dead, before stamping off towards the thrillingly alive empanada and artisan pickle outlets of the vibrant new retail concourse. Continue reading...

Igor Tudor enacts ghostly role in the most stupid of hires with Tottenham too bad to stay up | Barney Ronay

06.03.2026 00:16 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 1
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Lowly Li snaps back at fans as Lowry has another difficult day * Chinese world No 71 swears at heckler after breaking a club * Lowry finishes with a bogey to compound weekend struggles “Snap another one!” You find brave people in hospitality areas at golf tournaments. The order came to Li Haotong, moments after his caddie had delivered a broken lob wedge to a bin at the back of the Bay Hill driving range. “Fuck off!” barked Li in immediate reply, with a gesticulation to match. What a scene. Gaining entry to the Arnold Palmer Invitational at the last minute, as a reserve, was not sufficient to boost Li’s mood. He finished round one horribly, with a double bogey rounding off a 77. Li’s tugged approach to the last (a bad workman etc) was plugged in a greenside bunker, from where he opted to putt. The ball crawled out of the sand, which Li booted in anger. The ranting continued all the way to and on the practice area, much to the amusement of assembled guests. Li’s poor bag man was at the opposite end of a verbal tirade. It was pitiful, embarrassing petulance for which Li should be reprimanded by the PGA Tour. Continue reading...

Lowly Li snaps back at fans as Lowry has another difficult day

05.03.2026 23:54 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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‘I believe more’: Tudor insists Spurs going in right direction despite third loss * Tottenham beaten 3-1 by Palace as Van de Ven sent off * Interim manager admits the situation is ‘very difficult’ Igor Tudor insisted that the “boat is going in the direction I want to go” despite a shambolic 3-1 defeat to Crystal Palace deepening Tottenham’s relegation fears. Although the atmosphere was toxic on another grim night at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, Tudor is confident that he can steer his new side to safety. Tottenham have lost each of their three games under their interim manager and are a point above the bottom three after Micky van de Ven’s red card kickstarted an implosion against Palace. “Unfortunately this is the moment that we pay everything,” Tudor said. “One red card changes everything. I will tell you now, maybe it will sound strange, but I believe more after this game than I believed before. I saw something. Continue reading...

‘I believe more’: Tudor insists Spurs going in right direction despite third loss

05.03.2026 23:40 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 1
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Jennifer Shahade: ‘There’s a long and embedded history of abuse in chess’ The former US women’s champion changed her life and her sport when she made allegations against a grandmaster. Now she’s turned her hand to writing and poker On 15 February 2023, Jennifer Shahade took a deep breath and wrote “Time’s up” above a long message about allegations of sexual abuse in the cloistered world of professional chess. Shahade knew her words would have an impact but she didn’t expect the social media post to go viral and change her life. A two-time US women’s chess champion, Shahade chose her words carefully as she made serious allegations against Alejandro Ramirez, a then 34-year-old grandmaster from Costa Rica who was based in America and coached the St Louis University chess team: “Currently there are multiple investigations [into] Alejandro Ramirez and sexual misconduct, including a series of alleged incidents involving a minor. I was assaulted by him twice, nine and 10 years ago. I’d moved on until the past couple of years when multiple women, independent of each other, and with no knowledge of my own experience, approached me with their own stories of alleged abuse. These accounts were from much younger alleged victims.” Continue reading...

Jennifer Shahade: ‘There’s a long and embedded history of abuse in chess’

05.03.2026 22:55 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Saka responds to criticism of Arsenal by insisting ‘we don’t listen to that stuff’ * Forward says all that matters is they keep winning * Saka unconcerned by lower goals and assist tally Bukayo Saka says he is untroubled by the rising tide of criticism against Arsenal and wants to do one thing and one thing alone – win. The winger marked his 300th appearance for the club with the only goal in Wednesday’s 1-0 victory at Brighton, which moved Arsenal seven points clear of Manchester City at the top of the Premier League. City have a game in hand. It was an emotional night at the Amex Stadium. Fabian Hürzeler had complained about Arsenal’s timewasting beforehand, the Brighton manager raged about it during the match – as did the home crowd – and he signed off with another blast, saying Arsenal had again taken advantage of the inability of referees to combat delaying tactics. Continue reading...

Saka responds to criticism of Arsenal by insisting ‘we don’t listen to that stuff’

05.03.2026 22:46 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Sarr sinks 10-man Spurs as Crystal Palace plunge imploding club closer to relegation Tottenham are sinking in a sea of venom. Relegation is no longer a distant prospect for the owners of the finest stadium in the country. They have rolled the dice, replacing Thomas Frank with a bewildered Igor Tudor, but their flaws are starting to look overwhelming and lie only a point above the bottom three after their complete lack of unity and cohesion was exposed in this shambolic defeat to Crystal Palace. This is getting all too real. Tottenham have lost all three of their games since appointing Tudor as their interim manager and are not coping with the pressure. Nottingham Forest and a resurgent West Ham are hot on their heels but Tottenham have frozen. They are winless since the turn of the year and could not even kick on after going 1-0 up against Palace. Continue reading...

Sarr sinks 10-man Spurs as Crystal Palace plunge imploding club closer to relegation

05.03.2026 22:15 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1
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ITV weighing up whether to show adverts during 2026 World Cup drinks breaks * All World Cup matches to break after 22 minutes of each half * Adverts can be either normal breaks or split-screen version ITV is in talks with their commercial partners about showing adverts during the mid-half drinks stoppages that will take place in every match at this summer’s World Cup. Global broadcasters have been briefed on Fifa’s stipulations for the three-minute hydration breaks, which will take place after 22 minutes of each half irrespective of the temperature. Continue reading...

ITV weighing up whether to show adverts during 2026 World Cup drinks breaks

05.03.2026 20:13 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 4 📌 4
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Tottenham v Crystal Palace: Premier League – live * Follow latest updates from 8pm (GMT) kick-off * Get in touch with Daniel via email Tottenham Hotspur (4-3-3): Vicario; Porro, Danso, Van de Ven, Souza; Palhinha, Sarr, Gray; Kolo Muani, Solanke, Tel. Subs: Kinsky, Austin, Simons, Bissouma, Richarlison, Gallagher, Olusesi, Kyerematen, Rowswell. Crystal Palace (3-4-2-1): Henderson; Canvot, Richards, Riad; Munoz, Wharton, Kamada, Mitchell; Sarr, Guessand; Strand Larsen. Subs: Benitez, Lerma, Pino, Johnson, Uche, Clyne Hughes, Sosa, Devenny. Continue reading...

Tottenham v Crystal Palace: Premier League – live

05.03.2026 19:07 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1
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‘That person has gone’: Lewis Hamilton ditches despair for feelgood Ferrari reboot Seven-time world champion admits he ‘lost sight of who I was’ but has optimism as new campaign begins on Sunday In the dying embers of the 2025 Formula One season there was a period when Lewis Hamilton, one of the greatest drivers of all time, seemed cut from an almost unrecognisable cloth. The confidence, humour and calm assurance in his own abilities had been stripped away, replaced by an almost despairing bewilderment. It was so alien to his usual character that many considered it a wonder that he was managing to drag himself on to see the year out. In the buildup to this weekend’s season-opening Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne, Hamilton was typically forthright in acknowledging it had been something of a psychological break. Continue reading...

‘That person has gone’: Lewis Hamilton ditches despair for feelgood Ferrari reboot

05.03.2026 18:08 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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‘Toughest’ Italy Test can be defining moment for England, says Jamie George * ‘Lack of hard work’ has undermined Borthwick’s squad * England off to Rome after successive Six Nations defeats Jamie George is braced for England’s “toughest ever” Test against Italy but believes Saturday’s Six Nations clash can be the defining moment for a much-maligned squad. George also admitted England’s Six Nations collapse, which has ruled them out of contention for the title for another year, has been down to a lack of “hard work” and “fight”, insisting the players owe it to supporters and Steve Borthwick to make amends in Rome. Continue reading...

‘Toughest’ Italy Test can be defining moment for England, says Jamie George

05.03.2026 18:08 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Bills reportedly give Josh Allen much-needed weapon with trade for DJ Moore * Exact terms of deal have yet to be revealed * Moore recorded career lows last year with Bears The Buffalo Bills are acquiring wide receiver DJ Moore from the Chicago Bears, multiple media outlets reported on Thursday. It is not immediately known what the Bears will receive in the deal, which cannot be processed until the new league year begins on March 11. Continue reading...

Bills reportedly give Josh Allen much-needed weapon with trade for DJ Moore

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