Despite beating Castleford 13-12, Hull KR head coach Willie Peters was left frustrated with his sides performance.
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Matchday 3 of the 2024-25 UEFA Champions League is in the books and the 36-team table is starting to take shape. Aston Villa are Europe’s surprise leaders, but it’s the displays of players like Christian Pulisic and Vinícius Júnior that have really caught the eye. Meanwhile, the underperforming big guns of Paris Saint-Germain and Bayern
Slot has also emulated legendary Liverpool boss Bill Shankly by winning his first three European matches as manager. Liverpool’s impressive start to the season includes wins against Manchester United, AC Milan and Chelsea. There are some big tests on the horizon. As well as Arsenal, they have matches against German champions Bayer Leverkusen, Aston Villa,
Oct 23, 2024, 07:29 PM ET AUSTIN, Texas — United States women’s coach Emma Hayes on Wednesday called the team’s October training camp “the perfect window” to test out new players who could bolster the squad following its Olympic gold medal earlier this year. Hayes called up six uncapped players to the USWNT for a
Sam Marsden, Barcelona correspondentOct 24, 2024, 12:26 AM BARCELONA, Spain — There is often something iconic about a celebration spilling on to the running track behind the goal, as Raphinha‘s did at the Olympic Stadium on Wednesday after he sealed Barcelona‘s emphatic 4-1 UEFA Champions League win over Bayern Munich with his third goal of
Liverpool‘s relentless start to the season under new manager Arne Slot is seeing the team pump out record after record, and the scene of their latest win felt poignant. Liverpool ground out a 1-0 victory in the Champions League on Wednesday at RB Leipzig, one of the clubs that former manager Jurgen Klopp, who recently
A new survey has indicated that hundreds of Olympic and Paralympic athletes cannot afford to keep competing through to the Los Angeles Games in 2028 unless funding increases. Sixty-four per cent of 189 athletes surveyed by the British Elite Athlete Association (BEAA) said they would end their careers if their funding did not change for
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Tyson Fury has revealed he was struck by personal tragedy on the eve of his first fight with Oleksandr Usyk, before only learning of his wife’s miscarriage when he returned home. Paris Fury was six months pregnant with the couple’s eighth child – a boy – but miscarried the day before her husband lost his
Graham Potter has welcomed new England head coach Thomas Tuchel as a “great appointment” but said homegrown managers are “absolutely” good enough to win major international trophies. Englishman and former Chelsea boss Potter, 49, was linked with the Three Lions job but did not confirm if he had been interviewed for the role. German Tuchel,
Defending champion Novak Djokovic has pulled out of next week’s Paris Masters, potentially jeopardising his chances of qualifying for the end-of-year ATP Tour Finals. Djokovic is currently sixth in the race to reach the Turin tournament between November 10-17, with the top eight to play in Italy, live on Sky Sports. No reason has been
Celtic kept their first Champions League clean sheet for seven years as they held Europa League champions Atalanta to a goalless draw in Bergamo. Brendan Rodgers set his team up to defend deep, keen to avoid a repeat of the 7-1 thrashing at Borussia Dortmund in their last European outing, but this game could have
England centre Henry Slade will play for Exeter this weekend in a bid to prove his fitness ahead of the autumn opener against New Zealand on 2 November. The 31-year-old had shoulder surgery over the summer and has yet to feature for his club this season. But he will fly back early from England’s training
Geoff Capes, British shot put record holder and two-time world’s strongest man, has died aged 75. Capes set the record for the furthest shot put throw by a British man with a distance of 21.68m in 1980. In a statement, Capes’ family said: “The family of Geoffrey Capes would like to announce his sad passing
Speaking outside the Caledonian Stadium on Wednesday, former Dundee United, Rangers, Everton and Newcastle forward Ferguson said he and two of his coaches had been let go. Earlier, Ferguson said he had “always been against administration”. Players and other staff are expected to hear if they still have jobs on Thursday. Administrators BDO said they
Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player The launch press conference ahead of Oleksandr Usyk vs Tyson Fury 2, on December 21. Follow our live stream of Wednesday’s press conference featuring heavyweight rivals Oleksandr Usyk and Tyson Fury as the countdown to December’s eagerly-anticipated rematch in Saudi Arabia truly begins. The launch
Zimbabwe plundered the highest score in T20 cricket after racking up 344-4 against The Gambia in the sides’ regional World Cup qualifier in Nairobi. The Chevrons’ total eclipsed the 314-3 Nepal cracked against Mongolia in September 2023. Zimbabwe’s Sikandar Raza hit 133 not out from 43 balls, reaching his century in 33 deliveries and hitting
Ange Postecoglou and Micky van de Ven have both questioned the FA’s decision to fine Tottenham after West Ham forward Mohammed Kudus “punched” the Netherlands defender in the face last weekend. The FA confirmed on Wednesday that Tottenham had been fined £20,000 for failing to “ensure their players didn’t behave in an improper and/or provocative
When Tiger Woods stepped onto the fourth tee during the opening round of the 2019 Zozo Championship, there was little indication of the history-making week ahead of him. The former world No 1 was returning to action for the first time since knee surgery earlier in the summer, having completed only 17 competitive rounds in
Captain John McGinn says he has never met anyone else like Unai Emery and that the Spaniard’s place among the legendary figures in Aston Villa’s history is already assured. Villa’s impressive start to the season continued with a 2-0 victory over Bologna as they went top of the Champions League table. Emery, who celebrates two
Ahead of the series-deciding third Test between Pakistan and England in Rawalpinidi, we look at the big talking points, including the pitch, problems for Ollie Pope, and inexperienced spinner Shoaib Bashir… What can we expect from the pitch? Such has been the conjecture over the Rawalpindi pitch in the lead-up, you could almost end this