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A West Indies left-hander dominating T20 cricket while striking sixes at will? You’d be forgiven for thinking we have been here before. But, with another devastating innings in the Indian Premier League on Tuesday, Nicholas Pooran continued his remarkable run of form in the shortest format – a run that is threatening to rewrite the …
Cristiano Ronaldo has paid tribute following the death on Tuesday of the coach who discovered him and several other elite Portuguese players. Aurelio da Silva Pereira, who died aged 77, created Sporting Lisbon’s recruitment and training department in 1988 and went on to be responsible for the development of some of Portugal’s finest players. The …
Unai Emery returns to Paris St-Germain to exorcise the personal demons of the so-called “La Remontada” while providing the X-factor in Aston Villa’s attempt to reach a Champions League semi-final. When the key elements of Villa’s strategy to outflank this outstanding, emerging PSG side – who have already beaten Manchester City in the group stage …
Rory McIlroy believes he has never “been in better form” coming into the Masters as he looks to finally land the only major title that has eluded him. The 35-year-old Northern Irishman returns to Augusta as one of the favourites to win the Green Jacket this weekend. McIlroy, who has earned seven top-10 finishes in …
The success of Agyemang and Beever-Jones, as well as further demonstration of Beth Mead’s blossoming partnership with Russo in Bristol, will not have helped Naz’s case. The 24-year-old forward has struggled for form at Tottenham this season and was left out of the squad originally by Wiegman. With Lauren Hemp, Chloe Kelly, James and Russo …
Grand National runner Celebre d’Allen has died following Saturday’s race at Aintree. The 13-year-old horse, the oldest of the 34 runners, was pulled up after the final fence and collapsed on the track. Following treatment on the course, the gelding was walked into the horse ambulance and taken to the racecourse stables for further assessment. …
The Cleveland Cavaliers secured top spot in the Eastern Conference with a 135-113 victory over the Chicago Bulls. Victory means Kenny Atkinson’s side will have home advantage in next week’s play-offs following the completion of the regular season on Sunday. Darius Garland top-scored with 38 points as the Cavaliers improved to 63-16 with three regular-season …
Inter Milan struck late to put themselves in a strong position to advance into the Champions League semi-finals after winning the first leg of their last-eight tie at Bayern Munich. The German hosts dominated the opening half hour with England captain Harry Kane curling an effort against the right-hand post, but they fell behind to …
Scottie Scheffler has been in a relaxed and jovial mood throughout the start of a Masters week that could see him win a third title in four years. The defending champion played a practice round with his mum on Sunday, then on Tuesday joked about trying to take out the competition with a cookery lesson. …
After 338 games in his professional career Declan Rice had never scored a free-kick. After 339 he’d scored two. He’d only taken 12 free-kicks across his entire career prior to Tuesday’s sensational 3-0 win for Arsenal over Real Madrid in the Champions League quarter-final first leg at the Emirates. With the Gunners on top but level at …