6 h. ago Will Stuart set to miss Six Nations after suffering suspected serious injury in Bath win over Munster

The tighthead suffered a suspected achilles rupture in Bath’s Investec Champions Cup win

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6 h. ago ‘What’s my life like away from rugby? Chaos’: Red Rose superstar Ellie Kildunne on confidence, cowboy dances and why it’s cool to be different

Kildunne is known for her startling speed and audacious tries, but there’s more to the talented full-back than rugby, from a passion for photography to a sideline in DIY tattooingEllie Kildunne says it’s not quite sunk in yet. A couple of months on from winning the Rugby Union World Cup with her England teammates, she’s still on a high. I ask if she slept with her winner’s medal by her bed the night they won. “That night?” She gives me a look. “It’s still by my bed. Every day. I wake up and the medal’s next to my bed. And it’s, like, as if!”But Kildunne is not resting on her laurels. She says the medal is also a reminder of what’s left to achieve – for her, and for women’s rugby in general. “Your heart’s telling you that you’ve done it, but I need to refocus. So it’s about how can we win the prem, how can we win another Six Nations, more World Cups? How can we keep fans coming to games? We’ve sold out Twickenham, so how do we do it again?” Continue reading...

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6 h. ago Football manager who overcame a gambling addiction promised free hair transplant if his team wins in FA Cup

Slough Town are the lowest-ranked side left in the FA Cup as The Rebels go up against Macclesfield FC in the second round on Sunday afternoon.

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6 h. ago Footy manager who overcame gambling addiction promised free hair transplant for FA Cup win

Slough Town are the lowest-ranked side left in the FA Cup as The Rebels go up against Macclesfield FC in the second round on Sunday afternoon

Society

14 h. ago Inter Miami claim MLS Cup as Messi inspires tight win over Vancouver

Messi sparks Miami’s opening goalDe Paul scores 71st-minute winnerInter Miami 3-1 Vancouver – as it happenedAs the confetti flew, the Philip F Anschutz trophy was lifted into the air, and a player commonly thought to be the greatest ever to kick a ball celebrated the 48th title of his professional career, it was nearly impossible to believe that at several points, there were doubts. Serious doubts. Questions, large and small, about this Inter Miami squad, their manager, and nearly every player on the roster other than Lionel Messi.Consider them answered. The Herons are MLS Cup champions after a 2-1 win over the Vancouver Whitecaps in the last game at their temporary home, Chase Stadium in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Next year, they will open their new stadium, Miami Freedom Park, as champions, and will face a high bar to clear to top a turbulent 2025 that saw them play 58 games – an all-time MLS record for games played by a team in a calendar year – for five separate trophies. Continu...

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24 h. ago England snubbed as Wesley Sneijder picks four favourites to win World Cup

World Cup finalist Wesley Sneijder has had his say on whom he expects to challenge for next year's crown, and it's not good news for England fans after Friday's group draw

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25 h. ago World Cup winner urges Carlo Ancelotti to unleash Brazil star and Tartan Army villain against Scotland next summer

BRAZILIAN World Cup winner Roque Junior has demanded his country unleash Tartan Army hate figure Neymar on Scotland this summer. Scotland will face the five-times winners in their last group game in the USA and their legendary manager Carlo Ancelotti was quizzed after the draw about whether the 33-year-old would be part of his plans....

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25 h. ago Britain's most expensive Christmas markets: How disgruntled shoppers are boycotting 'rip off' prices with stalls charging £11.50 for a cup of mulled wine and £18 for chocolate

Outraged Christmas shoppers and hard-up families have complained of being 'ripped-off' at festive markets with 'disgraces' including a £70 ice skating ticket and a £11.50 cup of glühwein.

Economics

28 h. ago Crystal Palace fans are literally fighting each other. How has it come to this?

Clashes between rival factions are the culmination of a long-running feud involving claims of racismIt should have been a night for Crystal Palace supporters to savour. About 1,500 officially made the trip to Strasbourg for their second away match of the Conference League group stage last week, although plenty more had gathered in the pretty Alsatian city famous for its expansive Christmas market.Yet while most were enjoying being part of Palace’s first European campaign after May’s FA Cup win, “a tiny majority” – as the club’s statement the following day described them – had different ideas. Footage of bottles and chairs being thrown as two rival groups of supporters of the same club clashed before the game in one of the city’s squares went viral on X. “Palace fans fighting each other in Strasbourg,” read the message, not surprisingly sparking widespread confusion. Continue reading...

Sport

28 h. ago Five years on: rugby’s brain damaged players wait and wait for the help they need

In 2020 Steve Thompson revealed he could not remember winning the Rugby World Cup and since then his case and others have been caught up in a warren of legal argumentThe Royal Courts of Justice are a warren. They were built piecemeal over 125 years of intermittent construction, wings were added, blocks were expanded and then joined by a web of twisting staircases and long corridors. You navigate your way to whichever corner of it you have business in by checking the tiny print on the long daily case lists that are posted in the lobby early each morning, when the building always seems to be full of people hurrying in the other direction. For the last three years, three separate sets of legal action about brain damage in sport have been slowly making their way through here, lost in the hallways.One is in football, one is in rugby union, one is in rugby league. The same small firm, Rylands Garth, is behind all three. Sometimes these hearings take place in the modern rooms of the east b...

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37 h. ago Steely Glasgow Warriors put wind in Champions Cup sails with big win on the road

Visitors battle back against elements and hosts in opener

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37 h. ago Stephen Robinson provides St Mirren skipper Mark O'Hara key injury update

The Buddies ace has been out of the line-up since the cup win over Motherwell at Hampden on Saturday, November 1.

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39 h. ago World Cup 2026: England overwhelming favourites to win group but Thomas Tuchel must overcome added challenge

Three Lions will begin their World Cup campaign against Croatia

Politics

41 h. ago Donald Trump puts his own medal on after winning FIFA Peace Prize as he takes center stage for World Cup draw

Donald Trump fired a warning to high-crime Democratic cities before receiving FIFA's inaugural Peace Prize during the 2026 World Cup draw at the Kennedy Center in Washington DC on Friday. 

Politics

42 h. ago Trump awarded inaugural Fifa peace prize at World Cup draw in Washington

Trump praised by Infantino at DC ceremonyPresident’s peace claims disputed by criticsFollow the live blog of the World Cup drawDonald Trump has been named the first winner of the newly created Fifa peace prize, claiming “the world is a safer place now” as he received the award at the draw for the 2026 World Cup in Washington DC.Gianni Infantino, the Fifa president and one of Trump’s closest sporting allies, presented the honour onstage at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on Friday, saying Trump had been selected “in recognition of his exceptional and extraordinary actions to promote peace and unity around the world”. Continue reading...

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45 h. ago World Cup 2026 draw live: How to watch and who England can face in group stages

England are among the favourites to win the 2026 World Cup and Thomas Tuchel's men are set to find out their pathway through the group stage draw

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46 h. ago Steve Smith on top again after he resumes Ashes rivalry with Jofra Archer | Geoff Lemon

As Australia’s batting linchpin helps hosts pull away, England’s premier paceman is yet to get him out in a TestJofra Archer versus Steve Smith in 2019 is already Ashes folklore. The atmosphere at Lord’s that afternoon was charged in all senses, a huge slab of cloud bringing darkness to the day. Fresh off a match-winning World Cup final, Archer marked his Test debut with what was then the fastest spell recorded for England. Smith was in the middle of a Bradman-hued streak of 774 runs in seven innings. All that could pause him was a short-pitched attack of building ferocity, one that finally dropped Smith with a bouncer to the neck. It was a pure duel, the kind that cause spectators genuine fear.In the immediate aftermath, and again as Archer took six-fers in wins at Headingley and the Oval, one principal idea came up in every discussion: imagine, what might he be able to do in Australia? Imagine him on a fast and bouncy track in Perth or Brisbane. It was: “I can’t wait to get you to...

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49 h. ago World Cup 2026 Odds: Who is the favourite to win the tournament? England, Scotland and Spain assessed

Who is the favourite to win the World Cup 2026? Latest odds in England, Scotland, Spain and France.

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54 h. ago Wilfried Nancy needs Celtic patience as MLS transfer guru reveals what makes new manager 'different' from the rest

Recruitment whizz Neil McGuinnes found Virgil van Dijk for Celts and then built Nancy's all-conquering MLS Cup winning side

Society

61 h. ago Arsene Wenger predicts World Cup 2026 winners with England to miss out and Argentina not defending trophy

ARSENE WENGER claims England could win the World Cup but admits the Three Lions are not as good as France. England will discover their opponents on Friday for next summer’s tournament in the United States, Mexico and Canada with the draw due to start at 5pm. Former Arsenal boss Wenger, now FIFA’s chief of global...

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