49 h. ago With NCAA settlement pending, Power Four conference stakeholders lobby lawmakers on Capitol Hill

The commissioners of the NCAA's Power Four conferences and dozens of athletic directors from the SEC, ACC, Big Ten and Big 12, and coaches and players lobbied lawmakers on Capitol Hill for legislation to standardize name, image and likeness rules and other elements of the college sports landscape

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52 h. ago Student basketball star lays bear sickening details of coach's nude 'fat tests' for players: 'I saw his bulge'

The ex-athlete struggled to maintain his composure during testimony against Aaron Thomas, a former basketball coach at North Kingstown High School in Rhode Island

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58 h. ago Ronnie O'Sullivan would be 'scared' to coach snooker rival who's 'underperforming'

Ronnie O'Sullivan has not yet made a decision on whether he will compete in the World Championship, but is open to a coaching role and has named the player he would love to mentor

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62 h. ago Police launch crackdown after mass brawl between PSG and Aston Villa fans

The build-up to the Champions League quarter-final between PSG and Aston Villa was marred by clashes between the two sets of fans on the streets of Paris on Tuesday

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65 h. ago Police issue update after double stabbing and mass brawl outside historic pub

A man had been arrested while the pub's future hangs in the balance

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3 d. ago Aston Villa and PSG fans clash in mass brawl on eve of Champions League tie

PSG and Aston Villa supporters have clashed the night before the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final tie as the French interior ministry battles against rising violence from football fans

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4 d. ago Matildas in ‘limbo’ as Football Australia’s coach search drags on

Steph Catley admits ‘it’s hard’ to play amid uncertainty over coachLyon coach Joe Montemurro is front runner for permanent roleMatildas star Steph Catley says she hopes Football Australia finds a permanent coach “sooner rather than later”, admitting players are “in limbo”. The Matildas have been without a full-time coach for eight months since Tony Gustavsson’s official departure on August 1 after the Paris Olympics.In their 11th game under caretaker Tom Sermanni, Australia defeated South Korea 2-0 at Newcastle’s McDonald Jones Stadium to claim their first back-to-back wins of the year. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Mikel Arteta makes Kevin De Bruyne feelings clear as Man City decide to let him leave

Mikel Arteta believes Kevin De Bruyne, whom he spent three years working with at Manchester City as assistant coach, is among the greatest ever Premier League players

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7 d. ago De Bruyne’s perfectly timed departure marks tipping point in Guardiola era | Jonathan Liew

The City midfielder made his teammates look like geniuses and once more he is making just the right move at just the right momentNot for the first time, Kevin De Bruyne read the situation to perfection. Not for the first time, he spotted the right play just a little earlier than everyone else. And of course this was always his gift: not simply to pick the right option but to do it faster than anyone else, buying him those crucial fractions of a second when everything else was in flux and only he in stillness.And of course this was not the only respect in which De Bruyne understood the game of football better than most. As a struggling teenager in the Genk academy, he noticed the way the club abruptly stopped paying for a foster family to house him, and then quietly resumed when he started banging in goals for the second team. Cast adrift at Chelsea, he noticed how he was ignored while first-team players were lavished with attention and bespoke coaching. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Ruben Amorim discovers two reasons Bruno Fernandes could quit Man Utd for Real Madrid

Bruno Fernandes has been linked with a summer move to Real Madrid, with former Manchester United first-team coach Renee Muelentseen claiming the player's desire to win and ability to replace Luka Modric could be key

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9 d. ago New England coach Charlotte Edwards promises to hold players accountable for fitness

The new England coach intends to take a firm line after the team criticised for their fitness levels during the 16-0 Ashes whitewash

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1 week ago Captaincy and player fitness key issues for new England coach Charlotte Edwards

Former England captain Edwards has replaced Jon Lewis in charge of the national team.

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1 week ago Mass brawl between Timberwolves and Pistons sees seven players and coaches ejected

Five players and two coaches were ejected after a fight broke out during the second quarter of the Minnesota Timberwolves' victory over the Detroit Pistons on Sunday night.

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1 week ago Five players and two coaches ejected after heated brawl during NBA clash

Pistons head coach JB Bickerstaff admitted ‘things went too far’

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2 w. ago Richard Wigglesworth: ‘I’ll be honest and think of nothing but the Lions’

Newly selected British & Irish Lions assistant on his journey as a coach, picking Steve Borthwick’s brain and Andy Farrell breaking the newsRichard Wigglesworth was in the garden with his five-year-old daughter, two days after England’s thumping win over Wales, when the phone rang. It was Andy Farrell and as much as Margot was not happy that her father was on the phone, it was a call he had to take. England’s storming finish to the Six Nations may not be the only reason Wigglesworth has been seconded to the British & Irish Lions but it can only have helped, and so the 41-year-old completes Farrell’s lineup, the first England coach to do so since Steve Borthwick in 2017.It is easy to forget that more than two years ago, Wigglesworth was still playing for Leicester Tigers. He was a player-coach when Borthwick got the call from England in December 2022 and as a result, Wigglesworth immediately hung up his boots and took interim charge at Welford Road. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Ellie Kildunne to win 50th England cap in Women’s Six Nations clash with Wales

Mitchell makes 13 changes to starting XV from Italy winCardiff match to break Welsh women’s attendance recordEllie Kildunne will win her 50th cap for England when she starts against Wales at the Principality Stadium in the Women’s Six Nations on Saturday as one of 13 changes to the starting XV. Kildunne, who made her England debut in 2017 and has scored 36 tries for her country, will start at full-back after making an appearance off the bench on the wing in England’s 38-5 win over Italy last Sunday.“She is outstanding, she is the girl that everyone is looking up to at the moment,” said England’s forwards coach, Louis Deacon. “She is such an exciting player. To achieve 50 games for the Red Roses is an outstanding achievement but she has got so many more games to come down the line as well.” The wings Abby Dow and Jess Breach will round off the back three either side of Kildunne while Megan Jones and Tatyana Heard feature for the first time this tournament in the centre partnership wi...

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2 w. ago Lions hold first selection meeting as 75 players named by coaches ahead of final trials

The Lions coaches have already spoken about the playing squad, with a small number of Welsh players hoping to make it

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2 w. ago Man has EAR bitten off in mass brawl on moving train in front of horrified passengers

The horror attack - which took place in front of shocked passengers - took place on March 14 on a train between Liverpool and Lancaster.

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2 w. ago Willie Kirk struggling for ‘second chance’ in women’s football after relationship with player: ‘Feels like a jail term’

The former Leicester City Women boss was dismissed last year after breaking code of conduct rules

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2 w. ago Harry Maguire’s England absence due to form rather than injury, admits Tuchel

Guéhi and Konsa are ‘in a better rhythm’, claims coachManchester United playing a back three also a factorHarry Maguire was omitted from the England squad primarily on the grounds of form, Thomas Tuchel has said. It had been assumed the Manchester United defender was not involved for the World Cup qualifiers against Albania and Latvia because of injury.Maguire has not played since 2 March because of a calf problem and Tuchel said the fitness of the player had been a factor. But the head coach made plain that he considered Maguire to be behind Ezri Konsa and Marc Guéhi in the pecking order for right-footed centre-halves. Continue reading...

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