18 h. ago Livingston 0 Partick 1: League wasn't lost tonight, says Martindale after Falkirk pip them in tightest title battle in over a century

David Martindale's reaction after his Lions lost on a night they simply had to win

Events

53 h. ago Messi and Ronaldo’s continental exits show the limits of their swan songs

The two best players of their generation suffered same-day disappointments that show the game is starting to move onNot long ago, the results might have been seismic. Or at the very least, worthy of an eyebrows-raised remark. Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, the two leading lights of their generation, the dominant on-field forces for most of this century, both going out of continental competition in the semi-finals? Both in upsets? On the same day?On Wednesday, it actually happened. Messi’s Inter Miami fell to Vancouver 5-1 on aggregate in the Concacaf Champions Cup, and Ronaldo’s Al-Nassr lost 3-2 to Kawasaki Frontale in the AFC Champions League Elite at a nominally neutral site in Saudi Arabia. Continue reading...

Culture

3 d. ago Mikel Arteta drops Arsenal team hint for PSG second leg: 'A different threat'

Arsenal lost the first leg of their Champions League semi-final clash at home to Paris-Saint Germain 1-0, so Mikel Arteta and his stars will need to produce something special next Wednesday

Events

5 d. ago Five years ago Liverpool fans were urged to stay home — on Sunday Anfield was a sea of red

Fans remarked that Liverpool’s latest win was totally different to its pandemic victory

Society

5 d. ago Pep Guardiola: Winning FA Cup not enough to make Man City season a success

City reached their third successive final on the day when they lost their Premier League title to Liverpool.

Politics

1 week ago St Andrew’s stardust: Birmingham eye records and Premier League push

Chris Davies’s dominant side have secured League One promotion but the club hope that is just the startOn day one in the job, as Chris Davies surveyed St Andrew’s for the first time last summer, the Birmingham City manager was struck by a damning statistic courtesy of the club historian, Malcolm McHenry: no league side had lost more matches across the previous five seasons. Birmingham were relegated to League One a month earlier after circling the drain for a while. “When you hear something like that, it’s powerful because you think: ‘Wow, there are 92 teams,’” Davies says. “Everyone has suffered so much I suppose I saw an opportunity to change that and this season we’ve won more games than any other team in the country.”Talk about a turnaround. Birmingham, runaway champions, have returned to the Championship at the first attempt and it is now 30 league wins and counting. Only Leeds have scored more goals than Birmingham this season across the top four tiers and only Arsenal, Leeds ...

Politics

1 week ago Man United reminded of £17million Premier League gamble after Europa League decision

Ruben Amorim’s Europa League gamble could cost Manchester United up to £17 million in lost Premier League prize money

Economics

1 week ago Manchester United lost again in the Premier League but this time it felt different

Man Utd suffered their 15th defeat of the Premier League season as Pablo Sarabia's excellent free-kick gave Wolves a 1-0 win at Old Trafford.

Politics

1 week ago What Manchester United did as soon as the second half started highlighted their biggest problem vs Wolves

For the first time since 1989-90, Man United have lost 15 games in a league season after Wolves did the double against them.

Politics

1 week ago Manchester United player ratings vs Wolves with two 4/10s but youngsters impress in defeat

Man United lost to Wolves in the Premier League and here are how the players rated at Old Trafford on Easter Sunday.

Sport

2 w. ago Arsenal v Lyon: five key factors in the Women’s Champions League semi

Joe Montemurro and Renée Slegers are reunited but can they find a way to stop each other’s array of attacking talent?The former Arsenal manager Joe Montemurro, who left the club at the end of the 2020-21 season, returns to the Emirates Stadium when Arsenal host the eight-time European champions Lyon on Saturday in their Champions League semi-final first leg. Montemurro, who led Arsenal to a first Women’s Super League title in seven years in 2019, was previously back in N5 in 2023, where his Juventus team lost 1-0 in the Champions League. Arsenal look very different, on and off the pitch, to the club he left. They upped their investment in and commitment to the women’s side after a review towards the end of Montemurro’s tenure, but a face familiar to him sits in the home dugout. While with Arsenal Montemurro was paired with Renée Slegers on the Uefa coach mentor programme in the early stages of the former Netherlands international’s coaching journey. Montemurro describes her as “a pe...

Sport

2 w. ago Manchester United and Spurs save their seasons; big day in EFL: football – live

Premier League: 10 things to look out for this weekendHave any thoughts? Send them over to Yara via emailAny stats nerds around? Because United accomplished a few feats that no ever side has done before. Commit these to memory because I reckon they will be asked at a few pub quizzes around the country this weekend.Harry Maguire’s goal was the first 120th-minute winning goal scored in Europa League history and the first in a major European tie since Atlético Madrid beat Liverpool at Anfield in March 2020.It was only the second 5-4 win in Manchester United’s history, along with their 5-4 victory over Arsenal in the top-flight in February 1958.Manchester United’s 5-4 win over Lyon was also the first game in major European football history to see five goals scored in extra-time.Manchester United have lost only one of their last 30 Europa League matches at Old Trafford. They have also won their last five home Europa League matches.This was the first nine-goal game in Europa League histor...

Sport

2 w. ago Postecoglou hails Spurs’ belief after Solanke sets up Bodø/Glimt semi

‘We can’t get too far ahead of ourselves’Maddison praised for ‘courage’ to win penaltyAnge Postecoglou insisted he never lost faith in his Tottenham players as they progressed to the semi-finals of the Europa League and feels there is growing belief that they can lift the trophy next month.Dominic Solanke’s first goal in 12 matches from the penalty spot against Eintracht Frankfurt sealed a showdown with Norwegians Bodø/Glimt in the last four that means Spurs have a genuine chance of ending the season with silverware. It was exactly the tonic Postecoglou needed after a campaign in which his side have lost 17 Premier League games so far. Continue reading...

Politics

2 w. ago Carlo Ancelotti to leave Real Madrid after Champions League defeat to Arsenal

Real Madrid lost 5-1 on aggregate to Arsenal to exit the Champions League at the quarter-final stage, and the Italian boss is now expected to depart next weekend

Sport

2 w. ago Trump says Harvard should no longer receive federal funds as university pushes back – US politics live

President doubles down on cutting public funding for leading US university in fresh social media rantDonald Trump has gone on yet another rant about Harvard University on his social media platform Truth Social this morning.It comes as the US education department said it was freezing about $2.3bn in federal funds to the Ivy League school.Everyone knows that Harvard has “lost its way.” They hired, from New York (Bill D) and Chicago (Lori L), at ridiculously high salaries/fees, two of the WORST and MOST INCOMPETENT mayors in the history of our Country, to “teach” municipal management and government.These two Radical Left fools left behind two cities that will take years to recover from their incompetence and evil. Harvard has been hiring almost all woke, Radical Left, idiots and “birdbrains” who are only capable of teaching FAILURE to students and so-called “future leaders.” Continue reading...

Politics

2 w. ago Ruben Amorim criticises Manchester United players over reaction to Newcastle goal

Man United lost their 14th Premier League game of the season at Newcastle in a 4-1 thumping days before their Europa League quarter-final second leg.

Sport

2 w. ago Chelsea escape humiliation but Ipswich draw raises worrying issues

Chelsea 2-2 Ipswich: Jadon Sancho snatched a stunning late equaliser to spare Chelsea’s blushes but they still lost ground in the Champions League race

Politics

3 w. ago Carlo Ancelotti and Cesc Fabregas on same page ahead of Arsenal vs Real Madrid second leg

Real Madrid endured an awful evening against Arsenal at the Emirates and are now on the verge of Champions League elimination but all might not be lost for the reigning European champions

Politics

3 w. ago Relegated Southampton sack Ivan Juric after 107 days as manager

Juric has overseen one league win since December arrivalDanny Röhl thought to be a leading candidate to come inSouthampton have sacked Ivan Juric after 107 days in charge, with the club at risk of recording the lowest points tally in Premier League history. Saints were relegated on Sunday after defeat at Tottenham.Juric replaced Russell Martin in December but failed to fashion an uplift in results, with the 49-year-old winning only one league match, at Ipswich in February. Saints have lost seven of their past eight top-flight matches. Continue reading...

Politics

3 w. ago Construction of 400 houses in Scottish Highlands could unearth 18th century battle artefacts

According to Highland Council, the land earmarked for 400 houses holds “high potential” for archaeological finds

Society