21 h. ago Sports Personality of the Year 2025 live: McIlroy claims stunning double as top three revealed for BBC award

McIlroy not just won Sports Personality of the Year but saw Europe’s Ryder Cup team win Team of the Year, with England’s Rugby World Cup-winning star Ellie Kildunne second and F1 world champion Lando Norris third

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22 h. ago Sports Personality of the Year 2025 live: McIlroy battles Kelly and Norris for prestigious BBC award

Darts world champion Luke Littler and England’s Rugby World Cup-winning star Ellie Kildunne are also in the running for the main award, which will be decided by public vote

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27 h. ago Sports Personality of the Year 2025 live: Rory McIlroy battles Chloe Kelly and Lando Norris for prestigious BBC award

Darts world champion Luke Littler and England’s Rugby World Cup-winning star Ellie Kildunne are also in the running for the main award, which will be decided by public vote

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3 d. ago Man United discover £155m reality check after worst ever Premier League campaign

The true cost of Manchester United's problems in recent seasons has been laid bare

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4 d. ago Wilfried Nancy tells Celtic fans they must 'respect' his methods as boss offers up reality check

Nancy rowed back on his winning and losing comments as he insisted he knows results matter after Cup Final defeat to St Mirren

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5 d. ago Pep Guardiola gives Phil Foden reality check after Man City win

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola spoke honestly about Phil Foden after the 3-0 win over Crystal Palace

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6 d. ago Arsenal news: Brutal Martin Odegaard verdict given as star's transfer stance confirmed

Arsenal news as Mikel Arteta confirms his stance on selling a striker and Martin Odegaard is given a reality check

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9 d. ago How much money will YOU need to retire on? Use this simple calculation to find out (and it's good news for lower earners!)

Here, we explain how to work out your own retirement income target - and then how to do a vital second reality check to ensure it will be enough.

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1 week ago Kris Boyd issues Celtic reality check for Wilfried Nancy after 'playing connect four' on sidelines

The Frenchman's reign at Parkhead has got off to a losing start

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1 week ago Former Liverpool star sends brutal reality check to Mohammed Salah: 'You are not Messi'

Mohamed Salah has put his Liverpool future in doubt with a series of comments this weekend, and former Reds striker Stan Collymore has had his say on the situation.

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1 week 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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1 week ago Enzo Maresca lands blow to Chelsea squad players with reality check over rotation policy

Chelsea head coach’s decision to rotate his squad against Leeds backfired as Blues slumped to a 3-1 loss at Elland Road

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2 w. ago Ruben Amorim angrily defends his treatment of Kobbie Mainoo with brutal reality check

Ruben Amorim remains defiant and angrily defends his non-selection of the forgotten Manchester United midfielder despite fierce criticism from ex-players such as Paul Scholes

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2 w. ago Manchester United handed £105m reality check as 'transfer target' speaks out

Manchester United had been tentatively linked with Real Madrid's Federico Valverde but the player has now spoken out on his future

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2 w. ago Liverpool get brutal reality check as Match of the Day pundit lists what’s missing

Liverpool were held to a 1-1 draw by Sunderland at Anfield on Wednesday night in the Premier League, and Danny Murphy has made clear his old side are well off it right now

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2 w. ago Maro Itoje eyes World Cup glory after England dodge big guns in 2027 draw

England ‘welcome whatever comes’ says bullish captainWales’ Tandy ‘unbelievably excited’ by England clashMaro Itoje has set his sights on Rugby World Cup glory in Australia in 2027 after England were handed a favourable potential path through the tournament when the draw was made in Sydney on Wednesday.Steve Borthwick’s side, who have risen to third in the world rankings after an 11-match winning streak, emerged on the other side of the draw from the reigning world champions South Africa, three-times winners New Zealand and France. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Rugby World Cup 2027 draw: England learn pool stage opponents

NIK SIMON: England have been drawn in the same pool as Wales for the 2027 World Cup and have a potentially dream route to the final. 

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2 w. ago Favourable 2027 Rugby World Cup draw provides few potholes for England | Robert Kitson

Signs are encouraging for an improving squad to invoke the glory of 2003 with rivals facing trickier routes in Australia As the Ashes have reminded us, it never pays to get too excited in advance about winning in Australia. But once the draw for the 2027 men’s Rugby World Cup had concluded and the various knockout permutations had been crunched there was a strong whiff of deja vu in the Sydney air. A World Cup down under and a decent draw for England? What could possibly go wrong?The organisers had already stoked the narrative nicely by wheeling out Jonny Wilkinson in the promotional tournament video, essentially a mashup of Mad Max and Wacky Races roaring across a dusty outback. When every Australian wakes up on Thursday to discover it is 666 days until the 2027 edition kicks off, the nagging fear of nightmarish history repeating itself will further intensify. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Wheelchair rugby league is booming in England – they even won the Ashes

England’s 2-0 series win in the Ashes was the perfect preparation for the World Cup in Australia next yearBy No Helmets RequiredEngland did win the Ashes last month. The wheelchair team’s 2-0 series victory in Australia went under the radar in the UK. With games played in the early hours and not screened on mainstream TV, the team missed out on the adulation that came their way when they won the World Cup in Manchester three years ago. “The forgotten Ashes? That’s sad if it’s true,” says the coach, Tom Coyd. “The NRL showed great engagement and we did loads of media there, but we were in a bubble and pretty disconnected from back home.”England will return to Australia next year to defend their world title. The favourites will be expected to beat Wales, USA and Ireland in their group before facing the second and third best teams in the world – France and Australia – in the knockout stages of the tournament in Wollongong. The Ashes series taught Coyd vital lessons about how to manage ...

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2 w. ago All Blacks meet hosts Australia in mouthwatering clash as England face Wales at 2027 Rugby World Cup

Ireland will take on Scotland in the pool stage while reigning champions South Africa could meet New Zealand in the quarter-finals

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