10 h. ago Northampton stun Leinster with heroic victory to reach Champions Cup final

Leinster 34-37 NorthamptonSaints cling on for win following first-half blitzThis competition has seen a few remarkable results over the years but few to match this sweetest of Saints days. Maybe Leinster thought that a fourth successive Investec Champions Cup final appearance was a formality against supposedly outgunned English opposition. If so they were made to pay a heavy price as a triple whammy of tries from Tommy Freeman helped Northampton pull off one of the all-time great knockout heists.The Irish province, beaten in the final in the last three consecutive seasons, were stunned at the final whistle. But the Saints had led 27-15 at half-time and, even after Leinster had charged back to within three points the visitors came knocking again via a 62nd minute score from James Ramm. The final quarter was frantically tense, settled in contentious fashion after an aghast Leinster had a possible 79th-minute score disallowed. Continue reading...

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11 h. ago Finn Russell eclipsed by Bath pack as Edinburgh Rugby's Euro dream founders

English league leaders power into Challenge Cup final

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12 h. ago Crystal Palace boss Oliver Glasner issues FA Cup Final BAN to players

Oliver Glasner has told his Eagles to focus on achieving a Premier League points record before the big Wembley showdown on May 17 when they'll face Pep Guardiola's Manchester City

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14 h. ago Manchester City fans slam 'stupid and unnecessary' FA Cup final decision after pleas ignored

'Another year where the travel difficulties from fans outside London are ignored'

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14 h. ago Eze does it: England footballer wins celebrity chess tournament

Crystal Palace star beats YouTuber Sapnap in finalEze was taught chess by Michael Olise at training groundEberechi Eze has followed up his starring role in Crystal Palace’s FA Cup semi-final win with another personal success: first place in an online celebrity chess tournament.The 26-year-old England international, who scored as Palace beat Villa 3-0 at Wembley last month, won Chess.com’s four-day, 12-player amateur PogChamps tournament, involving athletes and content creators. Continue reading...

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15 h. ago Man City reveal FA Cup final ticket allocation as steep price rise confirmed

City have confirmed ticket details for the FA Cup final against Crystal Palace

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15 h. ago Tielemans winner keeps Villa racing for Champions League as Fulham falter

This was a narky, gnarly narrow victory but Aston Villa will not mind. After missing out on a Champions League semi-final and an FA Cup final over the previous two matches, Unai Emery’s team enhanced their chances of the top-five finish in the Premier League that would return them to Europe’s elite competition after Youri Tielemans’ first-half header dented Fulham’s own bid for continental competition.Villa have now equalled their 17-match record unbeaten home run in the Premier League, set during Emery’s first season here two years ago, and are level on points with Nottingham Forest, who visit Crystal Palace on Monday, and Chelsea, at home to Liverpool on Sunday, on 60 points. Continue reading...

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18 h. ago Man City fans finally learn FA Cup final details after BBC and ITV showdown

Manchester City will play Crystal Palace in the FA Cup final at Wembley on May 17.

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18 h. ago Crystal Palace put Premier League rivals on red alert with Eberechi Eze transfer stance

Eberechi Eze has shone for Crystal Palace and Spurs over recent seasons and he could earn a big move this summer with Eagles chiefs now green-lighting his exit from Selhurst Park

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19 h. ago 'Not good enough': Andy Burnham intervenes as Manchester City fans fume over FA Cup final kick

'It is a disgrace' say angry supporters

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26 h. ago Man City given major FA Cup final injury boost but four players set to miss showdown

Manchester City still remain without a clutch of first team players

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36 h. ago Jimmy Thelin shelves Aberdeen player contract talk as boss sets timeline on crucial negotiations

The Dons are locked in a battle for third place and also have a Scottish Cup final to look forward to

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39 h. ago Unai Emery provides Marcus Rashford injury update with Aston Villa future in doubt

Rashford suffered a hamstring injury in the build-up to last week’s FA Cup semi-final defeat to Crystal Palace

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44 h. ago Aberdeen ultras smash Scottish Cup Final tifo fundraising barrier as club chiefs donate generously to the cause

The Dons take on Celtic at Hampden on May 24 aiming to lift the trophy for the first time in 35 years

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46 h. ago Man City XI vs Wolves: Predicted lineup, confirmed team news, injury latest for Premier League today

Erling Haaland and Rodri getting closer to first-team returns with FA Cup final approaching

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56 h. ago Wissa clinches win for Brentford to dent Nottingham Forest’s European hopes

This week Nottingham Forest readied themselves for the Champions League, Evangelos Marinakis relinquishing his controlling interest in the club to comply with Uefa’s ownership rules. Marinakis’s other club, Greek champions Olympiakos, have already qualified for the grandest stage in the club game but Forest’s bid to return to European competition will probably go to the wire. Will Forest, who remain sixth, look back on defeat at home to Brentford as a costly misstep when their season ends here against Chelsea, one of those teams vying for a top-five berth?Forest, who face Crystal Palace, Leicester and West Ham before that potential final-day showdown, never really got going on a disappointing evening. Goals from Kevin Schade and Yoane Wissa, a January target for Forest, condemned the hosts to successive league home defeats for the first time since the end of last season. Nuno Espírito Santo’s side have now lost four of their past five matches in all competitions, including Sunday’s ...

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58 h. ago India Willoughby and Stonewall FC lead critics denouncing 'unjustified and unfair' English FA ruling on trans players' ban from women's football

The FA said it had updated its policy in light of last month's Supreme Court ruling that the words 'woman' and 'sex' in the Equality Act refer to a biological woman and biological sex.

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61 h. ago Vítor Pereira: ‘When I go to a pub it’s not about beer. I go to be with the people’

The Wolves head coach on mingling with supporters, why he is ‘a man of the sea’ and the art of football management‘Gold, like our club,” says Vítor Pereira, pointing towards his glass of Asahi. “This is the colour.” The charismatic Wolverhampton Wanderers head coach has just taken a sip of beer and something of a breather halfway through an hour-long conversation at the Inn at Shipley, a pub on the outskirts of the city, taking in everything from his days as a lifeguard in his hometown of Espinho, a fishing village south of Porto, to almost becoming Everton manager – on three occasions. He claims he once had job offers from Arsenal, before Mikel Arteta was appointed, Crystal Palace and Wolves’ arch-rivals West Brom, too.This is his first visit to this watering hole but the perfect setting given Pereira’s “first the points, then the pints” mantra that has led to him celebrating wins by mingling with supporters in the local Wetherspoons and a fans’ group to launch a lager and IPA deco...

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61 h. ago Northampton’s Fin Smith eager to seize final chance to show Lions credentials

The England fly-high will go head to head with Leinster rival Sam Prendergast in Saturday’s Champions Cup semi-final.

Politics

62 h. ago Man City fans set for 95 per cent ticket price hike as FA Cup final farce drags on

Manchester City have booked their place in another FA Cup final with supporters again heading down to Wembley when the Blues face Crystal Palace.

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