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Nottingham Forest v Newcastle, Burnley v Aston Villa, Crystal Palace v Everton – live

⚽ Premier League updates from the 2pm BST kick-offs
⚽ Live scores | Tables | Follow on Bluesky | Email Simon There’s a trio of Sunday afternoonly Premier League fixtures for us to get our teeth into today, which should be enough to keep us busy and is just as well given that there’s not much g…

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Fifa World Cup matches face heightened terror risk in US amid Iran conflict

Experts warn of ‘soft target’ vulnerabilities and intelligence gaps as federal agencies prepare to secure 78 matches across 11 citiesFifa World Cup matches set to be held across the United States face heightened terrorism risks, with experts warning that vulnerabilities are being amplified by the U…

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England v New Zealand: first women’s cricket ODI – live

Over-by-over reports from the action at Durham
County cricket: day three – live | And mail James4th over: New Zealand 11-1 (Plimmer 3, A Kerr 2) Plimmer clips a single into the leg side and Kerr opens her account with a flick off an in-swinger into the leg side. All eyes on En…

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Nottinghamshire v Surrey, Glamorgan v Somerset, and more: county cricket – live

Updates on day three from the latest round of games
England v New Zealand – live | Mail Tanya or post BTLHarry Duke has a great head of blond hair, very Tudor prince bob. Four slips as Harris charges in to Jones.Jones seems to have decided that attack is the w…

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Celtic v Rangers: Scottish Premiership – live

⚽ Scottish Premiership news from the 12pm BST kick-off
⚽ Live scores | Motherwell 1-1 Hearts | And email Billy2 min: A couple of nervy early touches from both teams give way to some controlled Celtic possession around the halfway line until Moore forces Johnston to run it out …

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Adam Yates pulls out of Giro d’Italia after 30-rider crash on stage two

Yates found to have concussion in addition to ear injuryJay Vine and Marc Soler still under medical observationThe British rider Adam Yates has been pulled out of the Giro d’Italia after sustaining a concussion as a result of a crash on stage two.The 33-year-old sustained abrasions and a laceration…

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Is the Premier League starting to gobble up Uefa’s lower-tier competitions? | Nick Ames

Aston Villa and Crystal Palace’s runs to European finals are historic achievements, but symptomatic of a worrying trendThere will be no doubting Unai Emery’s supremacy in the Europa League if he is reacquainted with the trophy in Istanbul this month. A fifth title would add to the Aston Villa manag…

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Prague derby abandoned after fans storm pitch with Slavia seconds from title

Sparta keeper Surovcik says he will pursue legal actionSlavia chair calls incident in derby ‘disgrace’The derby between Slavia Prague and Sparta Prague was abandoned on Saturday after hundreds of home fans stormed the pitch in the closing minutes, when Slavia were leading 3-2 at their Fortuna Stadi…

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Daniel Dubois stops Fabio Wardley in bloody epic to win WBO heavyweight title

Dubois recovers from knockdown in opening secondsWardley knocks him down again but stopped in 11th Daniel Dubois completed his latest resurgence with brutal efficiency when he became the WBO world heavyweight champion after stopping Fabio Wardley early in the 11th round of a dramatic and blood-soak…

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Aryna Sabalenka shocked by Sorana Cirstea’s comeback win at Italian Open

World No 1 beaten 2-6, 6-3, 7-5 in third round in RomeJannik Sinner eases through; Cameron Norrie outAryna Sabalenka, the world No 1, suffered her earliest defeat in more than a year as she was toppled in the third round of the Italian Open by the soaring Romanian veteran Sorana Cirstea, who brilli…

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If the manager market is just a roll of the dice, why are De Zerbi and Pereira prospering? | Jonathan Wilson

The eggheads can argue the head coach is merely an interchangeable cog in a team’s fortunes – but emotion counts in an ever-changing game Your manager has fallen out with the sporting director and results have gone awry, so you replace him. Easily done, it happens. But then it turns out that the ne…

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Bobby Cox, Hall of Fame manager and Atlanta Braves icon, dies at 84

Cox led team to 1995 World Series, 14 division titles in rowFourth all-time in wins as a manager and first in ejectionsBobby Cox, the Baseball Hall of Famer who led the Atlanta Braves to their 1995 World Series title and was a four-time Manager of the Year, has died at the age of 84.The Braves anno…

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Leicester hit Northampton for six as league leaders crumble in fiery derby

Leicester 41-17 NorthamptonFreddie Steward caps six-try victory for hostsYou can play all the classy rugby you want, you can be leading the table with a few matches to play, but certain elemental truths still apply. One of them is that if you find yourself overpowered up front away from home in a s…

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Lammens holds Sunderland at bay as Manchester United struggle without Sesko

If Michael Carrick goes on to secure the Manchester United job on a permanent basis as expected, then he is unlikely to spend too much time watching the highlight reel of this forgettable encounter during the summer. From the high of downing their arch-rivals Liverpool at a raucous Old Trafford to …

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Brighton’s red-hot start blows away Wolves to revive European ambitions

Brighton put their European push back on track by beating relegated Wolves at the Amex Stadium in a match that had the exasperated Wolves manager, Rob Edwards, pledging a summer clearout.Jack Hinshelwood headed home inside 35 seconds to register Brighton’s fastest Premier League goal before the cap…

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Arne Slot says Rio Ngumoha had cramp after Liverpool starlet’s substitution is booed

Teenager had performed well in 1-1 draw with ChelseaCoach: ‘He said that was enough … he was playing well’Arne Slot said he understood the boos that greeted Liverpool’s draw with Chelsea and his decision to substitute Rio Ngumoha but remains “100% convinced” he can win back the Anfield crowd next s…

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Wigan humiliate scoreless St Helens to reach Challenge Cup final

Semi-final: St Helens 0-32 WiganWarriors will face Warrington or Hull KR at WembleyThe Challenge Cup kings have done it again. For the first time in a long time, Wigan Warriors were underdogs going into this semi-final against their fiercest rivals, St Helens, with four successive Super League defe…

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Uruguay’s Silva makes history after dramatic Giro d’Italia second stage

Silva is first Uruguayan to win a Grand Tour stageNearly 20 riders involved in crash 198km into routeGuillermo Thomas Silva won stage two of the Giro d’Italia to become the first Uruguayan to win a Grand Tour stage after a dramatic sprint after a crash involving nearly 20 riders disrupted the hilly…

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Marlie Packer terrorises Italy to keep England’s Six Nations defence on track

Italy 33-61 EnglandPacker scores four to set up possible France showdownMarlie Packer made her England debut 18 years ago, but she is playing some of her best rugby, with the openside flanker once again key as the Red Roses set up a Championship decider against France next Sunday. The former Englan…

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Rory McIlroy: if LIV golfers don’t want to rejoin PGA Tour, ‘that says something about you’

World No 2 is not against return: ‘Just good business’Circuit’s future is uncertain after Saudi withdrawalDeChambeau has denied claims of PGA Tour talksRory McIlroy is no longer opposed to LIV Golf players returning to the PGA Tour, but he said Friday that “it’s a question of if they do want to com…

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Writers on their World Cup Panini collecting days: ‘We all remember the playground twerp’

The much-loved football sticker album is to be discontinued after 2030. Guardian writers recall their thrills and frustrationsWith this summer’s World Cup already mired in controversy over politicisation, potential travel bans and rows over ticket prices, fans were dealt another piece of sad news t…

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A 30th season and an $850m franchise: is the WNBA’s rocketing growth sustainable?

Women’s sport is in its high-growth phase. With surging salaries and new – or even revived – teams, the league has plenty to reflect on and to look forward toOpening night typically pulses with anticipation rather than gushes with nostalgia, but the New York Liberty wore a “court origins” uniform t…

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Grisly injuries, a murder and a disappeared hero: the forgotten stories of US World Cup history | Jonathan Wilson

As soccer fans turn their attention to the future of the sport in the States, we revisit four oft-overlooked moments – and one famous kick – that shaped its pastThis was originally published in the newsletter The World Behind the Cup. Sign up for it here.The last time the US hosted the men’s World …

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Into the Ronaldo-verse: sludge of content is eating up sport and the adults are to blame | Barney Ronay

Footballer has 664 million followers but his boring presence is a reminder of how reel-life destroys what it touchesBuy the backpack airlines hate. Fawn strangely at a child athlete. This TV presenter drank olive oil for a month and absolutely nothing happened. The streets (no actual streets involv…

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Tennis slams’ refusal to discuss money is slap in face for players who are right to threaten boycott | Tumaini Carayol

Wealthy players asking for more money may feel wrong but the big four tournaments are not sharing the revenue fairlyAt some point in the quiet buildup to her opening match at the Italian Open, Aryna Sabalenka decided to attack one of the most contentious subjects in her sport with the same force as…

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How reading the Guardian led to a million-pound move for Cornish Pirates

Article about second-tier rugby club last December piqued interest of American private equity firm “I think my family already thought I was crazy so this is nothing new,” says Kenn Moritz from his home office in faraway Pittsburgh. The Moritz family may have a point. Given all those baseball, footb…

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Football Daily | Real Madrid and some truly toxic vibes. Next up … El Clásico

Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now!This feels like a good day to distract ourselves from [gestures in general direction of outside world] … so let’s check in on the latest events at Real Madrid. Have they finally found dressing-room harmony? Ah. Eek. Oh boy…

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David Squires on … El Boomer Juan Mata’s superb season in Australia

Our cartoonist wonders what the veteran Spanish maestro’s left foot cannot do after an impressive campaign with Melbourne Victory Continue reading...

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Football Daily | All aboard to Budapest! PSG purr past Bayern to set up gunfight with Arsenal

Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now!The state-owned football team it’s OK to like (and proof that sportswashing works), Paris Saint-Germain booked their place in Bigger Cup final courtesy of a draw against Bayern Munich at the Allianz Arena. Like Shaun Murphy in Mond…

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The new 14-team Super League is working. Why not add London too?

Bradford Bulls, York Knights and Toulouse are holding their own and the league needs more reach and diversityBy No Helmets RequiredWith the Rugby Football League’s next round of talks with the NRL due on 15 May, the decision whether Super League will remain at 14 clubs or expand again to add London…

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Bev Priestman: ‘You become very isolated so I’ve loved getting back on the pitch’

The Wellington Phoenix coach reflects on the aftermath of the Olympic spying scandal and leading her team into a first A-League Women’s finals campaignFootball is not the kind of profession that lends itself to time off for birthdays and the like. Especially when you’re preparing to lead Wellington…

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Arsenal no longer fear falling short and now have clear sight of immortality | David Hytner

In the space of a week the mood has changed, with positive energy replacing suffering, and two trophies are suddenly within reachIt was a soundbite designed to go viral, the kind the ex-pros in the TV studios are always looking to confect; snappy, heavy on hyperbole, bang in the moment. Thierry Hen…

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Raducanu’s road leads from Rome to a French Open fitness race and questions beyond

Late withdrawal from Italian Open casts significant doubt over player’s chances of competing at Roland Garros In the end Emma Raducanu was one of the first in and out the grandiose gates of the Foro Italico this year. She had arrived in Rome early, eager to test her health and readiness fo…

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Arsenal back in the Champions League final during a week to savour | Football Weekly – video

Max Rushden is joined by Barry Glendenning, Nicky Bandini and Paul Watson as Arsenal make a first men’s Champions League final in 20 years … and get an edge in the Premier League. Subscribe to The Guardian Football Weekly ► https://www.youtube.com/@FootballWeeklyPodcast?sub_confirmation=1 On today’…

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The Spin | Dangerous, decadent, depraved: cricket’s love affair with the cover drive

The shot has been described as the purest expression of batting and a destroyer of innings, matches and careersTaunton, 3 April 2026. Somerset are hosting Nottinghamshire, the defending county champions, in their first fixture of the new season and are 20 for two having been sent into bat. It’s mur…

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Viral volleyball star Jordan Lucas: ‘I’m celebrating like NFL players, just in a more feminine way’

The Cal State Northridge player has attracted millions of views for his hair flicks and dismissive waves. He says navigating the fallout has been a career of its own“I think people are really enamored with me because you don’t often see someone like me – animated, flamboyant – but still able to bac…