England and Germany have been going head-to-head this season in a bid to earn an extra Champions League spot next season, with the Premier League moving ahead on Thursday – with the likes of Tottenham, Chelsea and West Ham among the big likely winners
Mikel Arteta has said that his Arsenal side have been re-energised by their reaction to Kai Havertz‘s season-ending injury and insists his squad believe they can hunt down Liverpool in the Premier League title race. Arsenal have been left without a recognised striker after Havertz underwent surgery on a hamstring issue sustained during the club’s
As Liverpool head to the Etihad for a potentially title-defining weekend ahead in the Premier League, Paul Coyte and Clive Allen sat down to dissect the latest fixtures and give GBN members their predictions. Clive also discussed working under the legendary Brian Clough when he played for England. Recalling life under the manager he said:
Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Feb 21, 2025, 02:12 PM Barcelona coach Hansi Flick launched an impassioned defence of referees in Spain on Friday, criticising how they have been treated and calling on the Royal Spanish Football Federation [RFEF] to show how strong they are. Referee José Luis Munuera Montero this week revealed he was unable
Russell may share his first name with his opposite number, albeit with a slightly different spelling, but the similarities end when it comes to experience. Scotland’s fly-half will win his 84th cap on Saturday, while England’s Fin Smith, aged 22, will make just his second Test start. Their rivalry has grown from the club game
Man Utd, Tottenham Hotspur and Rangers have discovered their Europa League round of 16 opponents. Here, we look at how they can reach the final in Bilbao. Ruben Amorim’s team will face Real Sociedad – who beat Midtjylland in the knockout play-off round. Tottenham Hotspur will have familiar opponents in AZ Alkmaar, who they already
Amorim faces crisis ahead of Everton test The 2024/25 Premier League season continues to be a punishing one for 15th-placed Manchester United, who will again be without a host of options for their trip to Everton on Saturday – live on TNT Sports and discovery+. Leny Yoro, Manuel Ugarte and Christian Eriksen missed United’s 1-0
England winger Noni Madueke is expected to be out of action until after the international break in late March, Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca has revealed. Madueke, 22, limped off early on in the Blues’ 3-0 defeat by Brighton last week. Maresca added that his other injured players are also unlikely to return before Chelsea take
The draw for the round of 16 of the new-look UEFA Champions League was made on Friday, Feb. 21. Editor’s Picks But how does it all knit together? And why were those final league phase positions so important? Here’s how it all works. Which clubs are in the round of 16? The clubs that finished
Sam MarsdenFeb 21, 2025, 11:20 AM Email Print Open Extended Reactions Liverpool have been drawn against Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League round of 16, while holders Real Madrid face local rivals Atlético Madrid. Elsewhere in Friday’s draw, there will be an all-German tie as Bayern Munich meet Bayer Leverkusen, while Arsenal will take on
Paul Merson says Chelsea head coach Enzo Maresca has a problem if Champions League qualification is the priority this season for the Blues. Sky Sports News chief reporter Kaveh Solhekol reported that Champions League qualification remains Chelsea’s top objective this season despite a difficult run that has seen them win just twice in nine league
Since joining PSG, Earps has established herself as the first-choice goalkeeper with 12 appearances in the club’s 14 Premiere Ligue matches. They are third in the league, eight points off leaders Lyon, but were knocked out in the second round of qualifying for the Champions League. PSG’s goalkeeping coach Mickael Grondin has praised Earps’ intuition
The PGA Tour has held “constructive” talks over the “reunification” of golf with LIV Golf chairman Yasir Al-Rumayyan and United States president Donald Trump at the White House. Talks have been ongoing since the PGA Tour and DP World Tour agreed a shock merger with Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund [PIF], which funds LIV Golf,
Approximately one in five women experience stalking in their lifetime, according to the UK’s Office of National Statistics. Being a well-known public personality increases exposure and a number of female tennis players have been subjected to predatory behaviour in recent years. Raducanu, 22, has previously been the victim of a stalker, with another man given
England’s Harry Hall shot a seven-under 64 to earn a share of the first-round lead at the Mexico Open at VidantaWorld. Six of the seven PGA Tour events so far this year have had international winners, and the Mexico Open kept up with that trend on Thursday, with Germany’s Jeremy Paul and Norway’s Kris Ventura tied
To even consider he could ever hold England back sums up Root’s modesty. Whether as young prankster, captain or back-in-the-ranks experienced pro, no batter has put more runs into England’s pot across all formats than the Yorkshireman. Yet even Root has been unable to escape the issues that have dogged England’s batting in one-day internationals
George Russell says he is confident Mercedes are “not going to fall into a trap” with their 2025 car in the same way they have done in recent seasons. Mercedes won eight successive constructors’ titles from 2014 to 2021 but have struggled, at least relatively speaking, since new design regulations were introduced at the start
Heavyweight Daniel Dubois’ world-title defence against Joseph Parker on Saturday is off after the champion fell ill two days before the fight. The Briton was being medically evaluated in Saudi Arabia and missed Thursday’s news conference, before being withdrawn later in the evening. Dubois, 27, was scheduled to make a second defence of his IBF
Greg WyshynskiFeb 20, 2025, 11:35 PM ET Close Greg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. Like every American hockey player over the past 45 years, the NHL stars on the United States 4 Nations Face-Off roster are obsessed with the Miracle on Ice. More to the point, they’re obsessed with the movie “Miracle,” which chronicled
Concacaf has disciplined referee Marco Antonio Ortiz Nava after he was seen appearing to ask Lionel Messi for his shirt following Inter Miami CF‘s Concacaf Champions Cup win over Sporting Kansas City on Wednesday night at Children’s Mercy Park in Kansas City. After the final whistle, the referee on duty approached Messi and seemed to
Micky Munns and Cadance Oswald out on the water in their boat. Every day, Cadance Oswald, a 16-year-old Wellington resident, goes to bed at night and wakes up in the morning thinking about the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. Oswald is an experienced sailor who is currently practicing and training for the Olympics. Her
