Manchester City’s top scorer did not get off the bench as the Premier League champions crashed out of the Champions League on Wednesday.

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Beterbiev defends all four belts in blockbuster rematchParker fights late replacement Bakole on undercardStevenson stops Padley to retain WBC lightweight titleReach Bryan on Bluesky at @BryanAGraham or emailOnly one more undercard bout ahead of the main event. What was supposed to be a shot at the IBF heavyweight title for Joseph Parker has turned into a battle for mandatory challenger status, as Daniel Dubois withdrew from Saturday’s fight due to a medical issue. Instead, Parker will now square off against Martin Bakole, another late replacement who’s eager to seize this unexpected opportunity.“The show goes on. It’s not even just in boxing, but in life,” Parker told Sky Sports. “Things happen, you just have to adjust and adapt to the situation.” Continue reading...

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Villa look to move within a point of the Blues as both sides hunt Champions League qualification

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Blues aiming to bounce back after successive defeats to Brighton

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Villa look to move within a point of the Blues as both sides hunt Champions League qualification

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Blues aiming to bounce back after successive defeats to Brighton

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Villa look to move within a point of the Blues as both sides hunt Champions League qualification

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Blues aiming to bounce back after successive defeats to Brighton

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The Gunners hope to close the gap on Liverpool with win over the Hammers

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Gunners bid to cut Liverpool lead to five points in title race

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The Gunners hope to close the gap on Liverpool with win over the Hammers

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Gunners bid to cut Liverpool lead to five points in title race

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David Moyes hopes to keep the Toffees resurgence going as Amorim’s United travel to Goodison Park

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A final trip to Goodison Park for Ruben Amorim & Co.

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David Moyes hopes to keep the Toffees resurgence going as Amorim’s United travel to Goodison Park

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David Moyes hopes to keep the Toffees resurgence going as Amorim’s United travel to Goodison Park

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A final trip to Goodison Park for Ruben Amorim & Co.

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Sunday’s clash between declining champions and their likely successors is a far cry from recent title battlesThere has been something pleasingly old-fashioned about the Premier League title race this season. It may be a modern phenomenon that the side top of the table have lost only one of 26 games, and that the side in second have lost two, but after the years of champions habitually racking up 90 points and more, the general fallibility has been refreshing.Liverpool are still on course for 89 points but they are not implacable, remorseless winners in the way Manchester City so often were. They reached a peak in their 2-0 home win over Real Madrid at the end of November and, although they were comfortable winners over City the following Sunday, there has been a sense since of a side, if not quite clinging on to the mountain top, then at the very least not striding quite so confidently along the ridge. Continue reading...

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EXCLUSIVE: The Daily Star has tried to travel forward in time by seeing what this weekend's Premier League results are going to be, with a little help from artificial intelligence

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Raheem Sterling is yet to score a Premier League goal for Arsenal but Mikel Arteta reckons the forward, on loan from Chelsea, can still have a big say on the Gunners' season

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