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Jesse Marsch's side avoided Italy in the opener and unearthed a spark in Marcelo Flores, but a blunt attack, defensive doubts and key injuries still cloud their outlookBy the time Jesse Marsch finally brought a close to proceedings, the March international window was two minutes away from breaking into April.Tuesday in Toronto had been "odd”...
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Updates from 11am BST across the grounds Team-by-team guide | Email Tanya or comment BTLA smattering/ripple/slurp of applause as the players take the field. Tom Haines and Daniel Hughes in the middle. A windswept Ian Holland with the ball, the umpire in gloves. Here we go…Ali Martin spoke to Shoaib Bashir. I really hope he finds the pastures...
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️ News and buildup ahead of EFL matches️ Read Football Daily | Follow us on BlueSkyJapan won last month's Women's Asian Cup in emphatic style: six wins out of six, 29 goals scored, one conceded. But yesterday they effectively sacked Nils Nielsen, the Greenlander who coached them to glory. Vanilla Ice was wrong: in football, it seems, sometimes...
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Thought curling season was over? Well, think again. Because even after an electric ride through the Grand Slams, Olympic trials, Olympics, Scotties, Brier and world championships, there is one event still to come. Rock League — a new professional curling outfit — will make its debut Monday at Toronto's Mattamy Athletic Centre.
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OL Lyonnes 4-0 Wolfsburg (aet; 4-1 on agg)Barcelona 6-0 Real Madrid (12-2 on agg)The French giants OL Lyonnes booked another Women's Champions League semi-final meeting with Arsenal after they fought back with a convincing second-leg victory to eliminate Wolfsburg, winning 4-1 on aggregate after extra time.The result ensured a repeat of last...
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The Uzbek grandmaster has scored 3.5/4, including an impressive victory against the world No 3 and Candidates favourite, Fabiano CaruanaJavokhir Sindarov is already the clear favourite to win the 2026 Candidates in Cyprus and to challenge India's Gukesh Dommaraju for the world crown after the Uzbek grandmaster, 21, began the tournament with a...
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Both Logan Cooley and Dylan Guenther racked up three points, while Nick Schmaltz tallied a goal and an assist as the Utah Mammoth cruised to a 6-2 win over the Seattle Kraken. Bobby McMann picked up his team-leading 27th goal of the year in the loss.
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The Oilers moved into a tie for the Pacific Division lead on Thursday. But these Oilers don’t really care much about where they finish, as long as it’s in the playoffs.“Just getting in, that's our main focus. Where we're seeded, I'm not too concerned about it.”
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Max Rushden is joined by Barry Glendenning, Lars Sivertsen and Nicky Bandini as Italy suffer World Cup heartbreak once again, and Spurs call on Roberto De Zerbi to rescue them from relegation.Subscribe to The Guardian Football Weekly ► https://www.youtube.com/@FootballWeeklyPodcast?sub_confirmation=1Chapters: 00:00 - Coming up... 00:54 - Italy...
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Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now!The Championship – a league so chaotic it makes a piano falling down some stairs resemble a Zen garden – resumes with an old-fashioned Easter weekend double header. Automatic promotion, playoff places and the drop into the abyss all remain up for grabs, with only beleaguered Sheffield...
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Max Rushden is joined by Barry Glendenning, Nick Ames and Jordan Jarrett-Bryan to preview the weekend's action.Subscribe to The Guardian Football Weekly ► https://www.youtube.com/@FootballWeeklyPodcast?sub_confirmation=1Chapters:00:00 - Chapters00:56 - FA Cup quarter-final preview01:12 - Where do Slot's priorities lie?05:16 - Have Manchester City...
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Rival fans have raged after 11 of Mikel Arteta's players withdrew from action with their countries before the season finaleWith the benefit of hindsight, Mikel Arteta's response to a question before Arsenal's victory over Everton last month about how the forthcoming international break might affect his squad was revealing. "We have really good...
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The Lions of Mesopotamia have waited 40 years to return to the World Cup and they have had to do it the hard wayIf anyone deserves the chance to celebrate Iraq's return to the World Cup it is Aymen Hussein and not just because the striker scored the winning goal in the final intercontinental playoff against Bolivia on Tuesday.Born and raised in...
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Thomas Tuchel played down the significance of latest friendlies and history suggests team lineups can have little bearing on actual tournament "It's just March,” Thomas Tuchel said after a winless international break. March doesn't matter. March is for winding up the Wembley crowd by playing Ben White. For Phil Foden as a false 9. For Dominic...
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It's unlikely but there could be seven English clubs in the Champions League, three in the Europa League and one in the Conference LeagueBy Opta AnalystThe Premier League title race might be as good as over but the battle for European places is as competitive and exciting as ever, with as many as 13 teams in with a chance of qualifying.A number of...
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NWSL newcomers attracted more than 60,000 fans to Mile High Stadium for landmark fixture against WashingtonOn Saturday in Denver, the NWSL set a new single-game attendance record for the second time in less than a year. This time, it was the league's 16th franchise, Denver Summit, who did the honors in their first home game, hosting 63,004 fans at...
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The most recent data shows stark levels of inactivity in one of the poorest areas in the country but the West Midlands is fighting back"Being in nature and among the trees, getting some nice air and oxygen and exercise, that's what clears the mind,” says Kelvin Gilkes, the human dynamo behind the Pendeford Community Bike Hub.A place where he...
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Colapinto abused over Bearman's crash in JapanEx-Alpine driver Ocon clashed with Colapinto in ChinaAlpine have condemned on Thursday online abuse of Franco Colapinto for an incident in the Japanese Grand Prix as well as death threats directed at the Formula One team's former racer Esteban Ocon over prior events in China.They also dismissed...
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West Indies 135; Australia 137-1 | Australia win by nine wicketsLeg-spinner rips through hosts with 5 for 19 from 10 overs in St KittsAlana King has spun Australia to a commanding nine-wicket victory over West Indies as the tourists completed an ODI series sweep in St Kitts.The leg-spinner ripped through the hosts with a stunning spell of 5 for 19...
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Chelsea dare not lose, West Ham and Leeds play out a survival dress rehearsal, while Phil Foden urgently needs to make an impactPhil Foden made two starts for England over the international break as Thomas Tuchel experimented with how the Manchester City attacking midfielder could be used at the World Cup. He played in a couple of positions but was...
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The IBF and WBC welterweight champion on returning to the ring, boxing politics and her imminent weddingA year ago, on a historic night for boxing when an all-women card of fights was held at the Royal Albert Hall last March, Lauren Price produced an imperious headline performance which should have led to a series of even more prestigious bouts....
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Heavyweight fixture that featured icons such as Kevin Sinfield and Lesley Vainikolo returns after 12-year hiatus It will almost feel as if Super League has stepped back in time on Friday night as the rivalry that defined the competition's early years returns after a 12-year hiatus, and it will not just be across West Yorkshire that eyes will be on...
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Fifa has not agreed tax exemption with US governmentBurden will fall disproportionately on smaller nationsMore than half the countries that have qualified for the World Cup are facing additional costs and potential losses due to Fifa's failure to agree a blanket tax exemption with the United States government and significant variance in the host...
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Visiting teams have won two of 24 last-16 ties, so it is no surprise players needing post-Six Nations rest skip tripsThe odds on multiple away wins in this weekend's Champions Cup last 16 are not terribly good. Since the single-leg concept was born three years ago there have been 24 matches, with the hosts losing only two....
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County Championship kicks off on Good FridayECB and Ben Stokes say England places are up for grabs With more of a sparkle in its eye than for years, the County Championship shimmies into life on Good Friday, coat done up, gloves fastened.After years of wrangling, the schedule has been settled (for now), and the three-year Kookaburra ball trial,...
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Exit could spell end of Gennaro Gattuso's tenureCeferin: 'Infrastructure is among the worst in Europe'The crisis engulfing Italian football has deepened with the country's football federation president, Gabriele Gravina, resigning and the Uefa president, Aleksander Ceferin, warning that it risks losing its co-hosting rights for Euro 2032.Gravina...
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Striker expected to return to NWSL and join ambitious new club Australian pours doubt on transfer with cryptic social media postMatildas captain Sam Kerr will reportedly leave Chelsea at the end of the Women's Super League season to return to the United States and join expansion club Denver Summit.Kerr's future at Chelsea has come into doubt in...
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'I didn't meant to take a stance,' says Spurs head coachFan groups had opposed De Zerbi's appointmentThe new Tottenham head coach, Roberto De Zerbi, has issued an apology for his past comments on Mason Greenwood and said he would never intentionally downplay violence against women.The Tottenham Hotspur Supporters' Trust (THST) strongly criticised...
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Difficult spell for Liam Rosenior's side has not been helped by interventions from two of their senior playersTrust the process. Ignore the haters. Promise that the trophies will come. Stay on brand. Disappear on international duty and issue a brazen come-and-get-me plea to Real Madrid. Suggest a move to Barcelona would be difficult to reject....
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A historic week for Canadian women's golf will continue for one more day at the Augusta National Women's Amateur.The Canadian trio of Vanessa Borovilos, Lauren Kim and 16-year-old Aphrodite Deng have made the cut and will compete on Saturday in the final round.
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