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As the year comes to an end, we take a look back at the biggest, best and most emotional moments from the 2024 Super League season… February Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Highlights of World Club Challenge between Wigan Warriors and Penrith Panthers. The 2024 season started with the most … Read more
Denis Suarez wasn’t the player Arsenal fans wanted to sign – but he’s the footballer supporters have a hard time in forgetting. The 30-year-old linked up with the Gunners in January 2019 on a loan deal from Barcelona which saw him reunited with former Sevilla boss Unai Emery. 4 Suarez failed to shine during his … Read more
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it’s investigating the financials of Elon Musk’s pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, ‘The A Word’, which shines a light on the American women fighting … Read more
Football is a sport defined by its eras. Every decade delivers a team of icons who not only dominate the sport but redefine its boundaries. From the tactical evolution of tiki-taka to the high-pressing, energy-driven systems of recent years, the game has transformed — and with it, so have its superstars. In this thought experiment, … Read more
After a thrilling 2024 Formula 1 season, Sky Sports‘ digital F1 journalists have selected their favourite moments for you to vote on. Along with the familiar faces you saw throughout the season on Sky Sports F1‘s award-winning television coverage, a member of the digital team was in tow pacing the paddock to bring you all … Read more
Two-time world champion Gary Anderson crashed out of the World Darts Championship after a shock second-round loss to Jeffrey de Graaf at Alexandra Palace. Anderson struggled throughout a one-sided contest against his unseeded opponent, winning only two legs and converting just three out of 20 attempts at double on his way to a straight-sets defeat … Read more
epa11790522 Juventus FC’s forward Nicolas Gonzalez scores a goal during the Italian Serie A soccer match between AC Monza and Juventus FC at U-Power Stadium in Monza, Italy, 22 December 2024. EPA-EFE/ROBERTO BREGANI Juventus finally ended their run of four straight Serie A draws with Weston McKennie and Nico Gonzalez, leaving Monza alone at … Read more
For those who dozed through it, or flipped to more compelling fare in the NFL, here’s a brief recap of the rollout of the much-anticipated College Football Playoff. Average final score: Winners 36, Losers 17. In four games, not a single one was closer than a 10-point margin, and even that one felt worse. In … Read more
Currently 1st in the table ©TM/IMAGO Last season just one team managed to beat Xabi Alonso’s Bayer Leverkusen in all competitions – Gian Piero Gasperini’s Atalanta. And it was on the big occasion. The Italian side run riot in Dublin, beating their German counterparts 3-0 to win the Europa League title – the club’s first ever European trophy. That triumph … Read more
Even when the pulse settled a little after this compellingspectacle it was still difficult to know quite where to start todissect this nine-goal thriller. Liverpool’s brilliance and enhanced title credentials? Further evidence, stimulating and statistical, of Mohamed Salah being the best player in the Premier League and deserving of a new contract? 7 The final … Read more