2 h. ago Awoniyi’s injury should lead to a rethink over flawed offside protocol | Jacob Steinberg

Assistant referees need more scope to use their common sense as opposed to simply relying on VARIt was an accident waiting to happen. Anyone with an ounce of common sense could see the potential for the International Football Association Board’s offside protocols in the era of VAR to cause serious injury. Needless collisions are inexcusable. It should not have been allowed to reach the point where we are wondering whether Nottingham Forest’s Taiwo Awoniyi being placed in an induced coma will act as a red flag for the authorities.Injuries happen. What is not acceptable is the safety of players being compromised as a result of technology warping the game and officials being instructed not to flag for offside if a goalscoring opportunity is on the cards. Continue reading...

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6 h. ago Baroque breakout hit Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is unlike any game you’ve played before

This might be the most French game ever – but there is more to the small-scale development of this belle époque-inspired beauty than you thinkMuch has been made of the fact that the year’s most recent breakout hit, an idiosyncratic role-playing game called Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, was made by a small team. (It has just sold its two-millionth copy). It’s a tempting narrative in this age of blockbuster mega-flops, live-service games and eye-watering budgets: scrappy team makes a lengthy, unusual and beautiful thing, sells it for £40, and everybody wins. But it’s not quite accurate.Sandfall Interactive, the game’s French developer, comprises around 30 people, but as Rock Paper Shotgun points out, there are many more listed in the game’s credits – from a Korean animation team to the outsourced quality assurance testers, and the localisation and performance staff who give the game and its story heft and emotional believability. Continue reading...

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7 h. ago Doom: The Dark Ages release time and when the medieval shooter arrives on Xbox Game Pass

Here comes the Doom Slayer in a new adventure, arriving in The Dark Ages shortly for superfans of the franchise and players on Xbox Game Pass.

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9 h. ago Jamie Smith: ‘To win an away Ashes would be every England cricketer’s dream’

England’s wicketkeeper-batter on the innings that changed his career, the influence of Kevin Pietersen and a huge year of Test cricket ahead“When the pressure’s on,” Jamie Smith says intently on an otherwise languid morning at the Oval, “it definitely gives you more of a focus. You can’t get away from the fact that, when the game is on the line, you want to be the one that takes it on and wins it. Look at some of the best players that have played the game – and the impact they’ve had in situations where they’ve been needed the most.“Look at Stokesy [Ben Stokes, his England captain] and some of the innings he’s played where he’s rescued the side from defeat or led them to victory. They’re the things that get remembered. So it would be nice to be the sort of player that can do similar.” Continue reading...

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26 h. ago Injuries are becoming the story of the NBA playoffs. And not even the game's stars are safe

These are the NBA playoffs of survival, where not even the stars are safe

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26 h. ago England expect most players will choose country over IPL for West Indies ODIs

League playoffs clash with international assignmentButtler, Bethell, Jacks could have allegiances testedEngland expect most of the five IPL players picked for their one-day international series against West Indies to report for international duty rather than complete the rescheduled tournament.The IPL’s league phase will now conclude on 27 May, two days before England play their opening game against West Indies at Edgbaston, meaning that Jofra Archer and Jamie Overton, whose teams have already been eliminated from playoff contention, will certainly be free to play for their country. Continue reading...

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30 h. ago Cardi B goes public with NFL star boyfriend at Knicks playoff game amid Offset divorce

Cardi B and Migos rapper Offset have been embroiled in a contentious divorce since September 2024

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32 h. ago Kick It Out urges support for trans players after exclusion from women’s game

The governing bodies updated their policies in light of a ruling from the UK Supreme Court last month.

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37 h. ago Beyond the runs: Virat Kohli’s obsessive intensity left indelible mark on Test cricket | Jonathan Liew

The retiree’s final innings may have been unremarkable but his entire career was a testament to his relentless pursuit of excellence which helped redefine Indian cricketAt dawn on a pale pastel morning in late January, thousands of fans started queueing outside the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi. Before long the queues turned chaotic. Scuffles broke out. Three people were injured and a police motorcycle was damaged. Armed security personnel were deployed inside and outside the venue, occasionally stepping in front of the sightscreen and causing play to be stopped.But the consequences of Virat Kohli playing his first domestic red-ball game for Delhi in 12 years are less interesting than why he was there in the first place. Kohli rolled up in his Porsche two days before the game, arriving early to beat the crowds and so he could fit in a full gym session before team fitness drills and net practice. Desperately short of form, and yet a desperate romantic, Kohli had come to wor...

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38 h. ago What did Kylie Jenner whisper to Timothée Chalamet? Hot couple go viral after flirty moment at NBA

Kylie Jenner and boyfriend Timothée Chalamet enjoyed a date night at game four of the NBA Playoffs.

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60 h. ago ‘It was just the perfect game’: Henk Rogers on buying Tetris and foiling the KGB

The man who brought Tetris to the west reveals what the movie of his life got right and wrong, how he influenced Nintendo, and why he has now swapped gaming for climate change campaigningWhen game designer and entrepreneur Henk Rogers first encountered Tetris at the 1988 Las Vegas Consumer Electronics Show, he immediately knew it was special. “It was just the perfect game,” he recalls. “It looked so simple, so rudimentary, but I wanted to play it again and again and again There was no other game demo that ever did that to me.”Rogers is now co-owner of the Tetris Company, which manages and licenses the Tetris brand. Over the past 30 years, he has become almost as famous as the game itself. The escapades surrounding his deal to buy its distribution rights from Russian agency Elektronorgtechnica (Elorg) were dramatised in an Apple TV+ film starring Taron Egerton. “I suggested that Johnny Depp or Keanu Reeves should play me, but apparently they were way too old,” Rogers says. Continue r...

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63 h. ago The latest Last of Us episode will take years to really make sense

With just two more episodes remaining of season two, the hit drama’s puzzle-box structure has become apparent. It’s clear the series is playing the long game, writes Louis Chilton – but what does that mean for us now?

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3 d. ago Nottingham Forest v Leicester, Manchester United v West Ham and more: Premier League – live

Updates from Sunday’s afternoon kick-offsEmail Sarah | Live scores | Sign up to Football DailyNewcastle have doubled their lead against Chelsea after a goal by Bruno Guimarães and if the score remains the same come the final whistle in a few minutes time then Eddie Howe’s side will move to third. It also means Nottingham Forest can leapfrog Chelsea into fifth if they come away with a win over Leicester. Catch the last few minutes here:Forest need a point in the last East Midlands league derby for some while to be guaranteed European football for the first time since 1995/96. Having won only two of their last six games in all competitions at the City Ground, Nuno could do with Wood rediscovering his finishing touch to reach the 20-goal mark. Be interesting to know how much the Forest players keep abreast of the Newcastle/ Chelsea game but a draw there would feel like an early goal for Forest. Nuno’s side could then join those teams on 64 points with a victory here in the Midlands sun...

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3 d. ago ‘I’m not a hard man’: Duncan Ferguson on Everton, pigeons and his biggest regrets

Former striker answers your questions on Scottish nightlife, his toughest opponent, proudest moment and when football made him cryI served you many times in The Tally Ho pub in Dundee in the early 1990s. You were always a gent. How did your reputation as a hard man sit with you when, for me, you clearly differ from that in real life? Fionan LynchI’m not a hard man. I’ve always tried to be nice to people but sometimes I’ve been backed into a corner and got myself into a wee bit of trouble. I played the game aggressively but I don’t think I was even the toughest in any of the dressing rooms I’ve been in. I don’t see myself as a tough guy. But it’s followed me everywhere. A night to gain a reputation and a lifetime to get rid of it. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Sinisalo's message on missiles should not be lost in Old Firm whataboutery, writes GARY KEOWN it is a clarion call for players across the game

Viljami Sinisalo is already facing the predictable wisecracks after coming out to state that he had 'lighters, vapes, coins and mugs' thrown at him in addition to a Buckfast bottle at Ibrox last Sunday.

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4 d. ago Man City player ratings vs Southampton with three 5/10s as Haaland struggles on return in dull draw

Manchester City player ratings for their Premier League game at Southampton

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4 d. ago Teenage girl footballer banned by FA for asking transgender opponent 'are you a man?' demands apology after sport's bosses dropped the case

Last year Cerys Vaughan, then 17, was sanctioned by a disciplinary panel for improper conduct after she made the comment while playing a friendly game in Lancashire.

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4 d. ago India great Virat Kohli set to call time on Test cricket career before England tour

Rohit Sharma announced Test retirement this weekIndia due to embark on five-Test England tour in JuneVirat Kohli is set to deliver another blow to India’s plans for their imminent tour of England by indicating he wants to retire from Test cricket just days after Rohit Sharma’s decision to stand down, according to reports.Indian media is reporting that the 36-year-old has told the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) that he no longer wishes to play the longest format of the game. The news comes amid rising tensions border with Pakistan. The Indian Premier League is on a one-week pause, while the Pakistan Super League has also been suspended. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Edinburgh Rugby miss key duo and Scotland cap has played last game for club

Ben Muncaster, Marshall Sykes and Mosese Tuipulotu picked for must-win game in Galway

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5 d. ago Awful video shows how Texas schoolboy ended up on life support while playing viral 'senior assassin' game

Isaac Leal, 17, hopped on the back of a classmate's car while playing 'senior assassins' - a popular high school tradition where kids have to catch their pals and shoot them with water guns.

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