Category: Sport

Leicester could have gone level on points with Manchester City and Everton spent the best part of an hour fourth in the virtual table and ended up seventh, but while clubs with lofty ambitions could both rue a missed opportunity, perhaps a draw only had one real loser: Jordan Pickford. As Brendan Rodgers, sacked by […]

Jürgen Klopp has said Liverpool will show they are up for the fight of reviving their faltering season at Tottenham on Thursday. The Liverpool manager admits there are no guarantees this is the game where his team will improve a run of one win in seven matches, but he is convinced the resolve to repair […]

It will be the question in pub quizzes for years to come. Where did Lewis Hamilton overtake Michael Schumacher’s 91 race wins and become the all-time leader in Formula One Grand Prix victories? History was made on Sunday at the Portimao Circuit in Portugal. A track which has never hosted a F1 race prior to […]

Dean Smith was in “disbelief” that Aston Villa were not heading back to Birmingham with all three points after they twice surrendered a one‑goal lead before going on to lose 3-2 at Burnley. Chris Wood capped a sensational comeback from Burnley in an entertaining encounter at Turf Moor. “The word I would use is disbelief,” […]

Chelsea became record-breakers at Aston Villa on Wednesday night when they extended their unbeaten run in the Women’s Super League to 32 games. Two years to the day from their last WSL defeat, Emma Hayes’s “Invincibles” returned to the top of the table by cantering to the most comprehensive of 4-0 wins at Aston Villa. […]

José Mourinho made the point that he could speak only about himself and his own behaviour on the touchline rather than that of Jürgen Klopp, with whom he clashes on Thursday night at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. The way the Spurs manager tells it, he is glad to have calmed down, to have “felt an […]

Former Australian international Dan Palmer, who has become only the second male rugby union professional after Gareth Thomas to come out as gay, says he “routinely numbed” himself with a “heavy cocktail of opioids” as he struggled with his sexuality during his playing career. Palmer penned an emotional column in the Sydney Morning Herald on […]