26 h. ago England crash out of World Cup as Littler and Humphries humbled by Germany

World’s top two players suffer shock defeatGerman duo ease to 8-4 victory in FrankfurtLuke Littler and Luke Humphries were left reeling as England’s hopes of retaining the World Cup of Darts were torn apart by Germany. The world’s top two players slipped to an 8-4 second round defeat at the Eissporthalle in Frankfurt, where Martin Schindler and Ricardo Pietreczko made the most of the backing of a partisan home crowd to seal a comprehensive victory.Littler and Humphries, who both received MBEs in King Charles’s birthday honours, were made to pay for missed doubles, with the 18-year-old in particular turning in an off-colour display in a country where he has endured previous disappointments. Continue reading...

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35 h. ago Gian van Veen reveals PDC promise after shirt issue as Dutch star hopes Scotland get it tight at Darts World Cup

Dutch ace not happy with his clobber in Frankfurt as he gets ready to do battle with Gary Anderson and Peter Wright

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41 h. ago Chelsea and Man City set for significant transfer boost as Club World Cup prize money awaits

Chelsea's Enzo Maresca and Manchester City's Pep Guardiola will hope to win the Club World Cup this June and July in an effort to raise up to £97million for transfers

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3 d. ago NBA star in consortium to buy out John Textor and save Crystal Palace

FA Cup winners Crystal Palace's hopes of participating in the Europa League had been in doubt due to shareholder John Textor also owning a majority stake in Ligue 1 side Lyon

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3 d. ago ‘More than I dreamed of’: Britain’s most decorated Alpine skier Dave Ryding reflects on a groundbreaking career

Britain’s most successful Alpine skier is set to retire at the end of next season. He tells Flo Clifford about his circuitous route to the elite ranks, the highlights of his World Cup career, and his hopes for the future of British skiing

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4 d. ago England winners and losers: Good news for Ben White and Dominic Solanke in a bad week for Ivan Toney

Noni Madueke boosts World Cup chances but Kyle Walker suffers setback

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6 d. ago Thomas Tuchel 'doesn't understand' Andorra pain but 'would pick same England team again'

Thomas Tuchel will subject his England players to watching back their painful performance against Andorra ahead of the game against Senegal when the World Cup hopefuls must improve

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7 d. ago Cameron Adam boosts Walker Cup hopes with dramatic St Andrews success

Left-hander mentored by Bob MacIntyre lands play-off victory on Old Course

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7 d. ago Heartache turns to hope as South Africa seek to shake ‘chokers’ tag in WTC final | Daniel Gallan

The Proteas choking when it matters most is a tale as old as the country itself as history again weighs heavy on their World Test Championship hopesA South African cricket fan’s standout World Cup catastrophe will depend on when they were born. Baby boomers cite the time, back in 1992, when Brian McMillan was left needing 22 runs off one ball after rain in Sydney washed away any hope of a chase. Millennials are forever haunted by Alan Donald’s dropped bat in that tied semi-final in 1999. Gen Zs must still be wondering how Heinrich Klaasen and David Miller failed to get over the line with 30 needed off as many balls in last year’s T20 final.The Proteas choking when it matters most is a tale as old as the country itself. Longer, in fact, if you consider that Nelson Mandela was elected president two years after this story began. And throughout it all, one antagonist has loomed largest. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Alexsandro sold litter to provide for his family. Now he’s in the Brazil team

Alexsandro’s road to the top was tough – picking through rubbish, jobs on building sites and being rejected by almost every club in Brazil – but he would not let his family downIn 2021, Alexsandro wrote down five dreams in his notebook: to marry and have children with his wife, to live in a big house, to take his family out of the favela, to play for a big club and to save some money for his holidays. This year, he has been called up to the Brazil squad for the first time, and now hopes to play at the 2026 World Cup. “Now that I’ve turned those human dreams into reality, it is time to work on my professional dreams even more,” says the Lille defender.Alexsandro, who grew up the eldest son of a single mother in a poor family, knew the meaning of the word work. They lived in the Dique II community, a favela to the north of Rio de Janeiro, where they had to find items in the “Rampa”, a rubbish tip, to make ends meet. His whole family worked by recycling things. They picked up plastic, ...

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1 week ago James Batchelor hopes to follow in brother Joe’s footsteps and win Challenge Cup

Joe won the prestigious trophy with St Helens in 2021 and also has two Grand Final triumphs to his name.

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1 week ago Premier League players who need a move to revitalise their careers

Manchester City, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester United and Brighton all need to offload players this summerBy WhoScoredJust two years ago Grealish was at the centre of the celebrations as Manchester City won the treble. He now feels very peripheral. A combination of injuries and increased competition in the squad restricted the 29-year-old to just seven league starts this season. The FA Cup final will have been particularly frustrating for Grealish, who was left on the bench while City failed to create chances against Crystal Palace. With the game slipping away, Pep Guardiola sent on the teenager Claudio Echeverri for his debut rather than turning to Grealish. With City in the market another attacker – Rayan Cherki is a target – the former Aston Villa captain desperately needs to leave this summer to restart his stuttering career and reignite his hopes of playing at the World Cup next year. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Max Homa and Rickie Fowler miss out on US Open as Ryder Cup hopeful Matt Wallace qualifies

Homa has endured a difficult year and carried his own bag at qualifying after a recent split with his caddie

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3 w. ago Aberdeen player ratings as Dimitar Mitov is Celtic heartbreaker with penalty heroics to put Dons in Scottish Cup dreamland

Jimmy Thelin and his troops are the Scottish Cup winners and end the Hoops' hopes of a domestic Treble

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3 w. ago Sergio Garcia sees Ryder Cup hopes hang by a thread after US Open misery

Spaniard is facing a race against form and time to make Bethpage

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3 w. ago The miraculous Aberdeen Scottish Cup final win over Celtic that gives them hope as Monday Jury dishes out history lesson

The curtain came down on the Premiership season with the Scottish Cup final and play-offs to come

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4 w. ago Kevin De Bruyne sets deadline for major decision on future after announcing Man City exit

Manchester City will bid farewell to Kevin De Bruyne this summer after 10 years at the Etihad, but the club are still hopeful the Belgian will feature for them at the Club World Cup in the United States before his exit

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4 w. ago Why Crystal Palace’s FA Cup triumph provides hope for the future of English football

The Eagles won their first ever major trophy at Wembley and their victory over Man City will provide inspiration to other clubs in the pyramid

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4 w. ago Where can I watch Crystal Palace vs Man City FA Cup final? TV channels, live streams, kick

Crystal Palace are set to take on Manchester City in the FA Cup final at Wembley Stadium, with hopes of lifting the title for the first-ever time in the club's 119-year history

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last month Oliver Glasner to ditch lucky omen for Crystal Palace's FA Cup Final vs Man City

Oliver Glasner has worn a black Hugo Boss jumper on their run to Crystal Palace's third FA Cup final - and Eagles fans will hope it will be third time lucky when they face Manchester City

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