66 m. ago Beau Greaves: ‘I started beating better players and the penny dropped: I can be good enough to do this full

Back at the PDC world championship for the first time since 2022, the women’s world champion means business, starting on Friday against the world No 22“When I was younger, they thought I was a mute,” Beau Greaves says with a wry smile, thinking about all the ways darts has changed her. “Never said owt in school, really shy. Didn’t really know what to say half the time. I suppose playing darts just brought me out of my shell. When you get popular, people want to meet you and talk. It’s matured me.”Greaves was 18 the first time she won the Lakeside women’s world championship, thrusting herself firmly into the crosshairs of public adulation. And even if she played like a natural born star, with her beautiful fluid throwing arc, she didn’t always feel like one. Endless interviews, viral fame, global domination: this was never what she had craved from the sport. She was Beau, and she just wanted to throw. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago Women’s Champions League draw: Arsenal to face Chelsea if they win Leuven playoff

Manchester United or Atlético Madrid will take on BayernReal Madrid to play Barcelona if they beat Paris FCArsenal, the defending European champions, will face Chelsea in the Women’s Champions League quarter-finals if they progress past OH Leuven in February’s knockout phase playoffs.Manchester United, who will meet Atlético Madrid in their playoff tie, are in the opposite half of the draw and would take on Bayern Munich if they go through. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago Three Crystal Palace youngsters set for Conference League chance against KuPS

Oliver Glasner expected to put his faith in youth for clash with Finnish opponents at Selhurst Park amid hectic fixture schedule

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19 h. ago Chelsea come from behind to seal Women’s Champions League quarter

Chelsea sealed their spot in the last eight while Arsenal and Manchester United made the play-offs

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20 h. ago Women's Champions League: Arsenal miss out on top four despite OH Leuven victory

Gunners were edged out by just a point

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21 h. ago Arsenal ease past Leuven but settle for Women’s Champions League playoffs

Arsenal secured a seeded spot for the Women’s Champions League knockout playoffs with a comfortable 3-0 victory away at OH Leuven. Olivia Smith, Beth Mead and a Saar Janssen own goal helped Renée Slegers’ team end the league phase in fifth place.Slegers was delighted with her side’s maturity in front of a raucous crowd at the Den Dreef as they earned their fourth win of the campaign against the plucky hosts. Continue reading...

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24 h. ago Wolfsburg v Chelsea, Leuven v Arsenal, Juventus v Manchester United: WCL league phase finale – live

⚽ Women’s Champions League updates, 8pm GMT starts⚽ Live scoreboard | Follow us on Bluesky | And email YaraIt is all to play for in the last games of the Women’s Champions League league stage. Teams who finish in the top four after today’s games will book their spot straight into the quarter-finals, teams that fall from fifth to twelfth place will enter a two-leg knockout playoff and teams in 13th to 18th are eliminated.All of the nine fixtures will kick-off simultaneously at 8pm GMT. Continue reading...

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37 h. ago Chelsea incentive and Arsenal opportunity as Women's Champions League set for dramatic showdown

The final group stage games of the Women's Champions League will be played at the same time on Wednesday night with all three English teams aiming to qualify for the knockout stage.

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44 h. ago Trip by 'Never Here Keir' Starmer to see Lionesses play in Euros final in Switzerland cost taxpayers £60,000, new figures show

The Prime Minister was accompanied by his wife Lady Starmer as well as 10 officials from Downing Street on the jaunt to the UEFA European Women's Championship final.

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49 h. ago Coach William! Prince of Wales joins forces with Lioness Jill Scott to guide a children's football match for new charity film

In a lighthearted video filmed in Surrey this autumn, Prince William and the women's football champion discuss the manifold benefits of having easy access to parks, playing fields and woods.

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53 h. ago Jeremy Doku injury blow as Pep Guardiola indicates Man City timeframe

Manchester City will have to plan without Jeremy Doku as they set about closing the gap to Arsenal in the Premier League.

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3 d. ago Premier League Darts 2026 tickets: Watch Luke Littler with packages to 17 nights across Europe from £125pp

PREMIER League Darts is set to make a highly anticipated return in February. Next season's edition of darts' biggest roadshow will be played at 17 venues across 17 cities in seven countries. Eight of the sport's finest throwers, including big-name players such as Luke Littler, Luke Humphries and Michael van Gerwen, will all have their...

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3 d. ago Man United v Bournemouth live: Hosts set for Mbeumo and Amad boost ahead of Premier League clash

United have not beaten Bournemouth in their last four attempts and the visitors have won their last two trips to Old Trafford

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3 d. ago Premier League club given £125m loan to push through stunning 34,000

A PREMIER LEAGUE club are set to receive a cash injection to fund upgrades to their stadium. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. will reportedly grant a £125 million loan for the London side. Crystal Palace plan to expand Selhurst Park's capacity from roughly 26,000 seats to about 34,000. Their longer term aim is to raise the...

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6 d. ago Arsenal news: Mikel Arteta set for transfer 'gift' as Pep Guardiola fires warning shot

The good news keeps coming for Arsenal after an emphatic Champions League win over Club Brugge, with the club set to be boosted by one piece of January business

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7 d. ago Nationwide boss Dame Debbie Crosbie to become next women in finance champion

She will replace Dame Amanda Blanc on January 1.

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7 d. ago Fenencvaros v Rangers injury news: 11 out, 4 doubts with Danny Rohl set for decision on trio in Europa League

The latest team news ahead of Fenencvaros v Rangers in the Europa League this Thursday.

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7 d. ago Chelsea hit Roma for six but Manchester United slump to Lyon defeat in Women’s Champions League

Six different scorers contributed to Chelsea’s hammering, while Barcelona lead Lyon at the top of the standings on goal difference

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7 d. ago OL Lyonnes show their WCL credentials and outclass Manchester United

Manchester United endured a second consecutive Champions League defeat as they were second best against the French giants OL Lyonnes, whose attacking midfielder Melchie Dumornay capped off a fine display with two sumptuous late goals.Dumornay’s superb efforts produced a margin of victory that was no less than Lyonnes deserved, on a night when United failed to lay a glove on their opponents. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Chelsea bounce back and hit Roma for six in Women’s Champions League rout

Millie Bright had dismissed any suggestions that Chelsea were in crisis after a first league defeat in 34 games, and six goals in a comprehensive victory against Roma in their penultimate game of the Champions League group phase put those thoughts to bed.An own goal broke the fight of Roma early on, with further goals by Wieke Kaptein, Johanna Rytting Kaneryd, Sjoeke Nüsken, Maika Hamano and Lucy Bronze. Continue reading...

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