With just 11 games remaining in the 2024/25 season, the race for promotion from the Championship to the Premier League is hotting up once again. Leeds lead the way at the top of the table and are on a 17-game unbeaten run that stretches all the way back to the start of December, but Daniel … Read more
London Irish administrator Lee Manning has told Sky Sports it is only “a matter of time” until the next Premiership Rugby club goes bust, saying the game’s financial model needs to be “radically changed”. Last month, news broke that a consortium led by former F1 team owner Eddie Jordan had bought London Irish out of administration. … Read more
Ruben Amorim has doubled down on his comments that Manchester United do not have to win this season’s Europa League to make steps forward – claiming the club can still attract top players without Champions League football next term. Following last weekend’s FA Cup exit to Fulham, the Europa League represents United’s last chance of … Read more
On Monday morning, the much-anticipated news of Brighterdaysahead’s Cheltenham Festival destination was revealed, with Gordon Elliott’s mare heading for the Champion Hurdle. The official confirmations followed, with the Gigginstown hopeful duly withdrawn from the Mares’ Hurdle, putting all her proverbial eggs into the basket of the big prize on Tuesday, March 11. On the Unbridled … Read more
Rocky Flintoff, the 16-year-old son of former England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff, is one of the names available in The Hundred 2025 player draft on March 12. Rocky is tipped for great things in the future, with the young Lancashire batter scoring a century for England Lions against a Cricket Australia XI in January. Last year, … Read more
Pakistani players during the national anthem (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: Defending champions Pakistan fought hard to get hosting rights for the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 and made sincere efforts to make it a grand spectacle. Although India didn’t travel to Pakistan and instead opted to play their matches in Dubai, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) … Read more
With a drop of the shoulder, Boubacar Kamara moved serenely away from trouble and spread the play left. Later in the move, he received the ball back and played the penetrative pass to Morgan Rogers that led to Aston Villa restoring their lead. Kamara’s return from injury during the second half of Villa’s Champions League … Read more
Alex Pereira announced himself to the world when he knocked out Sean Strickland in 2022. Pereira demolished Strickland before uncorking a nasty left hook that put the American down and out in the first round. 6 Pereira’s left hook knocked out Strickland and put him on a path to UFC goldCredit: Getty It was the … Read more
Emma Raducanu has revealed she “couldn’t see the ball through tears” and could “barely breathe” during a stalking ordeal at the Dubai Open last month. The 22-year-old Briton approached the umpire’s chair in tears just two games into her defeat to Karolina Muchova after receiving repeated unwanted attention from a “fixated” man before and during … Read more
Jurrien Timber revealed on Monday that Arsenal wanted to “change the narrative” of their season against PSV Eindhoven. On Tuesday, they certainly managed that. The Gunners arrived in the Netherlands with all the talk about whether they could effectively ‘clean sheet’ their way through the Champions League rounds. There was a notion that while their … Read more