19 h. ago Cheltenham Festival legend Langer Dan dies suddenly following heart condition

Trainer Dan Skelton broke the news on Friday that the two-time Coral Cup winner had passed away

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44 h. ago Airdrie cup winner returns home while defender departs for Crusaders

The Diamonds have announced two departures from New Broomfield

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66 h. ago Martin Chivers, former Tottenham and England striker, dies aged 80

Chivers also had long spell with SouthamptonHe scored 13 times in 24 games for England The former Tottenham, Southampton and England striker Martin Chivers has died at the age of 80. Chivers, a League Cup and Uefa Cup winner with Spurs, won 24 caps from 1971 to 1973, scoring 13 goals.“It is with immense sadness that we announce the passing of our legendary former striker Martin Chivers,” Spurs said. “We extend our deepest sympathies to Martin’s family, friends and former teammates at this incredibly sad time. Our players will wear black armbands during this evening’s fixture against AFC Bournemouth. Rest in peace, Martin. One of the all-time greats.” Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Gerwyn Price and Jonny Clayton learn Premier League fate in line

Gerwyn Price and Jonny Clayton enjoyed contrasting years on the oche, but have the Wales World Cup of Darts team-mates qualified for the Premier League?

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4 d. ago Premier League darts live: Stephen Bunting ‘fortunate’ to earn selection as lineup and wildcards decided

Jonny Clayton, Stephen Bunting, Josh Rock and Gerwyn Price chosen as four wildcards for this year’s Premier League, where world champion Luke Littler will enter as favourite

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5 d. ago Gerwyn Price steals World Champion Luke Littler's thunder with 'best prize ever'

Darts star Gerwyn Price has stolen Luke Littler's thunder with the "best prize ever" after the Paddy Power PDC World Darts Championship finished on Saturday

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5 d. ago ‘2026 has started so well’ – Gerwyn Price gets over World Darts Championship disappointment with Toby Carvery Gold Card

GERWYN PRICE missed out on a second World Darts Championship crown - but he got over his frustrations after bagging a Toby Carvery Gold Card. The Iceman, 40, made a shock Ally Pally exit thanks to a 3-0 loss to Wesley Plaisier in the second round last month. It was Price's earliest elimination since December...

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6 d. ago Wayne Rooney banged World Cup winner straight in jaw and saw 'fear on his face'

England and Manchester United legend Wayne Rooney was just 18-years-old when he made his mark with a physical challenge on France defender Lilian Thuram at Euro 2004 in new documentary

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1 week ago No Drama This End brings back glory days for Nicholls – and it’s Cheltenham next

Hot favourite makes all in Grade One Challow HurdleMinella Yoga doubles up on sparkling day for trainerDays like these were once almost a weekly experience for Paul Nicholls, as he strung together one title-winning season after another, so the 14-time champion will have taken particular pleasure from his double here on Monday as No Drama This End, in the Grade One Challow Hurdle, and Minella Yoga both emerged as contenders for the Cheltenham festival in March.The Challow has often been an early proving ground for future stars over fences, and No Drama This End, Nicholls’s seventh winner of the race, joined former champions from the yard including Denman, the 2008 Gold Cup winner, and Bravemansgame, the 2022 King George VI Chase winner, on the roll of honour. Sent off at 4-9, the five-year-old made all the running under Harry Cobden and needed little encouragement to maintain a one-and-a-quarter length lead to the line. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Lawrence Dallaglio facing financial ruin just days after tragic announcement

The World Cup winner is facing further financial difficulties

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1 week ago Lawrence Dallaglio faces financial ruin: Bankrupt England rugby legend hit with £500,000 bill amid divorce battle and having to sell off his home

The World Cup winner, 53, was made bankrupt earlier this year after he and his wife of almost 20 years, Alice, divorced amid accusations of infidelity on both sides.

Economics

1 week ago World Darts star Krzysztof Ratajski reveals he had BRAIN SURGERY last year, following stunning comeback win

POLE STAR Krzysztof Ratajski kept his head as he produced an Ally Pally comeback – and then revealed he had BRAIN SURGERY last year. Ratajski, 48, came from 3-1 down and survived three match darts before beating large Dutchman Wesley Plaisier – the conqueror of Gerwyn Price – 4-3 in the first third-round tie post-Christmas....

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1 week ago Bowen and Curtis bag famous home win in Welsh National with Haiti Couleurs

Winner carries huge weight to success at ChepstowCheltenham Gold Cup on horizon after brave victoryIt is seven years and counting since Native River became the last horse trained in Britain to win the Cheltenham Gold Cup, but the beleaguered home team has conceivably emerged from the first two days of the Christmas programme with not one, but two realistic contenders for next year’s race, after Haiti Couleurs put up a magnificent performance to win the Welsh Grand National here under 11st 13lb on Saturday.Or, as Haiti Couleurs’ connections might prefer it, England has a chance with Friday’s King George winner, The Jukebox Man, and Wales has a shout with Haiti Couleurs, who is trained by Rebecca Curtis in Pembrokeshire and ridden by Sean Bowen, the champion jockey, who was born just down the road from her yard. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Afcon 2025: Benin’s first tournament win keeps hope of progress alive

Yohan Roche scores only goal in first halfBotswana are out after second group lossYohan Roche scored a deflected winner as Benin claimed a first-ever victory at the Africa Cup of Nations finals with a 1-0 Group D success against Botswana in Rabat. Benin move to three points from their opening two games, level with Senegal and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in the table, who were meeting in their second pool fixture in Tangier later on Saturday.Benin took the lead in the 28th minute when Roche played a one-two in the box with his captain, Steve Mounie, and his shot from 10 yards took a wicked deflection off a defender and into the net.This story will be updated Continue reading...

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2 w. ago How tall is Wesley Plaisier? Everything we know about darts star at World Championship

The World Championship draw has opened up for giant Dutchman Wesley Plaisier following his shock victory over Gerwyn Price

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2 w. ago Harry Redknapp says he’s ‘in Champions League’ after Jukebox’s King George hit

Former football manager’s horse wins Kempton thrillerCheltenham Gold Cup up next for the gutsy winner“Today, we’ve gone into the Champions League,” Harry Redknapp, the owner of The Jukebox Man, said after his horse had fought back to win an extraordinary three-way photo-finish in the King George VI Chase here on Friday. “We got into the Premier League, which was fantastic, but today we were taking on the Real Madrids and Barcelonas and he proved he can compete with them and win against them, which was an amazing feeling.”It was, in truth, simply an amazing race from start to finish, with one of the most enthralling passages of action from the home turn to the line that anyone here could recall in a Grade One steeplechase. Kempton is unloved by the Jockey Club, its owners, which has signed over an option to developers that would see it bulldozed for housing, but its speed-favouring, right-handed track is something special and unique in British jumping and here it produced an all-time...

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2 w. ago Nottingham Forest's European Cup winner John Robertson dies aged 72

The Scotland international has been described as the club's 'greatest'

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2 w. ago John Robertson: Nottingham Forest and Scotland legend dies at 72

Winger was two-time European Cup winner under Brian Clough

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2 w. ago Nottingham Forest legend John Robertson dies aged 72 as tributes paid to European Cup winner

Nottingham Forest legend John Robertson has died at the age of 72. The double European Cup winner scored the winning goal in the 1980 final and was voted the club's favourite ever player.

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2 w. ago Darts world champion Gerwyn Price owns chip shop after converting it from old pharmacy

World Darts Championship star Gerwyn Price has plenty of irons in the fire away from the oche

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