2 h. ago Cheers! Pubs to be allowed to pour pints until 1am if a British team reaches next summer's World Cup quarter final

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood wants to extend opening hours if the Three Lions - or any home nation - reach the quarters, semis or final. Landlords and industry leaders said it will boost the ailing sector.

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8 h. ago First look at Joseph Fiennes as Gareth Southgate in new Dear England series

The series will chronicle Southgate’s England manager tenure where he reached two European Championship finals and a World Cup semi-final

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17 h. ago London pubs to be able to serve until 1am if England reach World Cup quarter

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood said: “The party won’t end before the final whistle is blown”

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32 h. ago Celtic confirm Wilfried Nancy’s arrival from Columbus Crew as manager

O’Neill has been in interim charge since Rodgers’ exitCeltic two points behind Hearts with a game in handCeltic have appointed Wilfried Nancy, coach of Columbus Crew in Major League Soccer, as their new permanent manager to replace Brendan Rodgers, who was dismissed in October. He has signed a two-and-a-half year contract.The Glasgow club are two points behind the Scottish Premiership leaders, Hearts, with a game in hand after winning all four of their league matches under Martin O’Neill. The interim manager also beat Rangers in a League Cup semi-final to set up a match at Hampden Park against St Mirren scheduled for 14 December and takes charge of the side for the final time tonight in the league encounter with Dundee at Celtic Park. Continue reading...

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37 h. 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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41 h. ago South Africa’s route to Rugby World Cup 2027 final after draw

The defending champions are hot favourites and are seeking a third triumph in a row

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41 h. ago England’s route to Rugby World Cup 2027 final after learning pool opponents in draw

Steve Borthwick’s side have won 11 matches in a row and are growing in confidence as they enter 2026

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57 h. ago BBC's 'Work From Home' World Cup: No pundits or commentators in the US until quarter

MIKE KEEGAN: The BBC is not planning to send television pundits and commentators to North America for the World Cup until the quarter-final stage.

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3 d. ago 'That's Celtic for you': Wilfried Nancy triple header is no issue for key figure

Frenchman set to face Hearts, Roma and cup final test in space of week

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3 d. ago World Rugby publish rankings and seedings 48 hours before World Cup draw

This is how the world rankings look after the final Tests of 2025 ahead of the Rugby World Cup draw

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3 d. ago Man City make major Omar Marmoush decision over AFCON absence

Manchester City forward Omar Marmoush is wanted by Egypt as they start their final preparations for the African Cup of Nations

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4 d. ago Martin O'Neill addresses prospect of staying at Celtic until Premier Sports Cup final as swansong delayed

Interim Celtic boss to remain in charge as Wilfried Nancy arrival held up

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5 d. ago Messi v Müller in MLS Cup as Inter Miami and Vancouver Whitecaps advance

Tadeo Allende hat-trick leads Miami to 5-1 win over NYCEarly Vancouver goals sink expansion San Diego FCMLS Cup matchup repeats CCC semi-finalLionel Messi will play for another trophy. Jordi Alba and Sergio Busquets clearly aren’t ready to begin their retirements, either.Tadeo Allande scored three goals – Alba and Busquets, a pair of longtime Messi teammates who will retire when this season ends, had the assists on his first two – and Inter Miami topped New York City FC 5-1 on Saturday night for the Eastern Conference title and a berth in the MLS Cup final. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Messi to meet Müller in MLS Cup with Inter Miami set to host Vancouver Whitecaps

Tadeo Allende hat-trick leads Miami to 5-1 win over NYCEarly Vancouver goals sink expansion San Diego FCMLS Cup matchup repeats Concacaf semi-finalLionel Messi will play for another trophy. Jordi Alba and Sergio Busquets clearly aren’t ready to begin their retirements, either.Tadeo Allande scored three goals – Alba and Busquets, a pair of longtime Messi teammates who will retire when this season ends, had the assists on his first two – and Inter Miami topped New York City FC 5-1 on Saturday night for the Eastern Conference title and a berth in the MLS Cup final. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago How Palmeiras and Flamengo became South America’s football superpowers

Libertadores Cup final sees the latest chapter in a rivalry that is dominating the continent thanks to European levels of funding and player recruitmentTo the surprise of few and the despair of many, it will be either Palmeiras or Flamengo lifting the Copa Libertadores trophy on Saturday at Lima’s Estadio Monumental. With this year’s final, one of these two Brazilian giants will have won five of the last seven editions, a run that underlines how both clubs have transformed themselves into South American super clubs, reshaping the competitive landscape in the process.Yet this final is more than another chapter in Brazil’s dominance, broken only by River Plate’s 2018 triumph in the past nine years. It marks the latest peak in a decade-long evolution that has seen Palmeiras and Flamengo grow into institutions with European-scale reach, resources and expectations. Their rise has altered the logic of the Libertadores itself, its transfer market, its competitive balance, even its sense of...

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7 d. ago ‘The whole journey was fantastic’: how Bob Houghton led Malmö to European Cup final

Englishman was not an obvious candidate to lead them but Swedes pushed Nottingham Forest all the way in 1979Early in the 1979 European Cup final, Kenny Burns misjudged a long ball and ended up lobbing it up in the air for Jan-Olov Kindvall. He, in turn, attempted to knock the dropping ball over Peter Shilton but the goalkeeper was not as close as he had perhaps anticipated and Shilton ended up catching it simply. The chance was gone and, with it, Malmö’s hopes of beating Nottingham Forest.“I had quite a good chance to score and then they were the better team,” says Kindvall. “But maybe if we had got the first goal, maybe we had a chance. We were very good when we didn’t have the ball ourselves. We had good organisation in the defence. And Forest were very good without the ball as well. It was more difficult for us to play against a team who were more like our team. We played the English way.” Continue reading...

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9 d. ago England's route to the World Cup final is revealed as FIFA announce new format for next week's draw

FIFA confirmed the top four seeds will now be paired and placed into opposite halves of the knockout bracket for the first time in World Cup history.

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9 d. ago England could avoid France until World Cup final with FIFA’s new seeding system

FIFA is introducing tennis-style seeding to the 2026 World Cup knockout stages.

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9 d. ago Feyenoord vs Celtic: Martin O’Neill takes Hoops to face old European Cup foes as Wilfried Nancy awaits – team news

CELTIC and Feyenoord's history goes back 55 years. The Glasgow giants reached the European Cup final in 1970 and were looking - and indeed expected - to repeat their heroics from Lisbon three years earlier. But standing in their way was a slick Feyenoord team, with a future Celtic manager at the heart of it...

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1 week ago World Rugby announce final rankings for 2025 and World Cup draw

We now know the World Rugby rankings and seedings for the 2027 World Cup draw next week

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