4 d. ago Scottish Premiership CEO blasts ‘utter b*******’ VAR call as he takes aim at officials on social media with furious rant

THE CEO of a Scottish Premiership club launched a furious attack on match officials last night after his team were denied a stoppage-time penalty. Livingston were chasing a much-needed three points against fellow relegation strugglers Kilmarnock on Saturday, but the game ended in a 1-1 draw, leaving Livi still searching for their first league win...

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7 d. ago Australia hold on to win fifth Ashes Test leaving England to rue missed chances

5th Test, D5: Australia, 567 & 161 bt England 384 & 342, by five wicketsAlex Carey hits winning runs at SCG as hosts wrap up series 4-1 There were a couple of wobbles along the way but at 2.30pm on the final day in Sydney, Australia had knocked off a target of 160 runs to win the fifth Test by five wickets and claim this Ashes series by a 4-1 scoreline.Like their tour as a whole, there was a nagging sense of what might have been for England with a few more runs on the board, or better catching and tighter bowling earlier in the contest. But there could be few quibbles from the injured Ben Stokes as he watched the final rites from first slip. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Australia hold on to win fifth Ashes Test and leave England rueing missed chances

Australia, 567 & 161 bt England 384 & 342, by five wicketsCarey hits winning runs at SCG as hosts wrap up series 4-1There were a couple of wobbles along the way but at 2.30pm on the final day in Sydney, Australia had knocked off a target of 160 runs to win the fifth Test by five wickets and claim this Ashes series by a 4-1 scoreline.Like their tour as a whole, there was a nagging sense of what might have been for England with a few more runs on the board, or better catching and tighter bowling earlier in the contest. But there could be few quibbles from the injured Ben Stokes as he watched the final rites from first slip. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Secret traitor reveal leaves fans convinced they could ‘win the whole thing’

The mysterious, red-cloaked secret traitor was finally revealed in Wednesday’s (7 January) episode of The Traitors.

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1 week ago Rangers stun Celtic in Old Firm comeback win to leave Wilfried Nancy on brink

Celtic 1-3 Rangers: Nancy’s side succumbed to a stunning second-half comeback from the Gers with Youssef Chermiti bagging a brace

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1 week ago Rachel Reeves's 'fiscal drag' stealth tax will leave striving British workers £505 worse off by 2030

Millions of workers will find themselves worse off by 2030 as Labour's tax policy 'quietly hammers' workers yet leaves benefits claimants and pensioners richer, a think tank has warned.

Economics

1 week ago Swansea City dealt massive injury blow and star leaves West Brom win with 'hole in his foot'

Vitor Matos has several injury concerns heading into the weekend's trip to Millwall

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2 w. ago Newcastle earn rare away win to leave battling Burnley in big trouble

Burnley 1-3 Newcastle: Joelinton and Yoane Wissa set the Magpies on course early on as they notched only a second league win on the road this season

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3 w. ago Draymond Green leaves court after heated exchange with Kerr during Warriors win

Head coach and forward clash during huddlePair have won four NBA championships togetherWarriors forward Draymond Green had a heated exchange with his head coach, Steve Kerr, in a third-quarter huddle during Monday night’s win over the Orlando Magic before leaving the court and heading to the locker room to calm down.“We got into it obviously and I took the timeout just because I thought we lost our focus there a little bit,” Kerr said. “We had it out a little bit and he made his decision to go back to the locker room to cool off and that’s all I’m going to say about it. Everything is private. I’ve got nothing further to add.” Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Scott McTominay leaves Italian media in agreement with second trophy win for Napoli

Scott McTominay was singled out as Napoli beat Bologna to win the Supercoppa Italiana on Monday

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3 w. ago 'I've got six months left and then I am gone!': Adolescence star Owen Cooper, 16, is leaving school straight after his GCSEs to pursue dream career

Owen Cooper has revealed that once he is done with his GCSEs he'll be 'gone' from school to pursue a career in acting.

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3 w. ago ‘I’ve broken Jake’ – Anthony Joshua trolls Jake Paul with highlights video showing him getting battered before brutal KO

ANTHONY JOSHUA left Jake Paul with a shattered jaw in the ring - and he is now trolling the YouTuber-turned-boxer on social media. The two foes met in a controversial bout in Miami in the early hours of Saturday. Joshua, 36, sealed a knockout win in the sixth round, leaving Paul needing to make a...

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4 w. ago If he never returns, Terence Crawford’s legacy as one of boxing’s greats is secure | Bryan Armen Graham

The ring’s standout problem-solver steps away from ‘competition’ on his own terms and with an unblemished record across five divisionsTerence “Bud” Crawford has always fought like a man who wanted to leave no room for argument. Not simply to win, but to win so cleanly that dissent collapses on contact. So his retirement announcement on Tuesday didn’t feel like a sudden fade-out so much as the closing of a file: tidy, decisive, signed in his own hand. Three months after scaling two weight divisions to outclass Canelo Álvarez in Las Vegas and become the undisputed super-middleweight champion, Crawford says he is stepping away “on his own terms”. In the cruellest sport, that is rarer than a perfect record.Boxing is purpose-built to keep you in. To lure you back with one more payday, one more belt, one more chance to settle a score that only exists because the promoters or the public insist it should. The hurt business has never been conducive to happy endings. The preferred vernacular ...

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4 w. ago Customer's £2m scratchcard win leaves UK shopkeeper a few grand richer

The mystery winner bought the £2 million-winning National Lottery scratchcard at a shop in North Wales - but the man who sold it to him also received a nice perk

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4 w. ago Lucky customer scoops £2m from scratchcard and changes shopkeeper's life

Shopkeeper John Evans, of The Paper Shop in Prestatyn, North Wales, received a life-changing sum of money after one of his customers purchased a scratchcard and won £2m

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