6 h. ago Man City player ratings vs Fulham with two 8/10s as Erling Haaland quiet despite goal

Manchester City player ratings from the Manchester Evening News after the Premier League match with Fulham

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13 h. ago Gary Lineker picks his 11 favourite Premier League players and snubs close friend

The outgoing Match of the Day presenter has named his favourite Premier League players but ex-Chelsea midfielder Frank Lampard is among the legendary players to miss out

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35 h. ago WCL and Championship playoff finals, Salah named Premier League player of the year– matchday live

Buildup to today’s major finalsLive scores | Fixtures | Get in touchManchester City wrap up their Premier League campaign on Sunday with a game Pep Guardiola believes is “by far” their most important of the season. City head to Fulham knowing a draw will almost certainly secure a top-five spot and a place in the Champions League for next season.After winning the title in the past four seasons, it is a relatively modest target but Guardiola recognises it is the least of the club’s expectations. The City manager said: “If we want to play in the Champions League, we have to take a result there. This is what we are going to do. Of course, it’s really important.” Asked if it was the most important game of the season, Guardiola said at a press conference: “By far.” Continue reading...

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36 h. ago Mark Williams left in the shade as former professional snooker star banks over £500,000

Mark WIlliams came second best to Zhao Xintong at the World Snooker Championship this year, but his earnings from the tournament pale compared to one ex-pro's recent payday

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3 d. ago After the glory and the afterparty Levy faces Postecoglou crunch time

No one left Spurs’ club celebrations when the lights went on at 3am but will the lights go out on the manager’s tenure?The Tottenham afterparty was in full swing at the Hotel Carlton in Bilbao; players, management and family members just surrendering to the moment. Many of the players were still in their full match kits, medals draped around their necks and the centrepiece was the Europa League trophy, 15kg of the purest bliss.It is heavier than you think, according to Son Heung-min. “Very heavy, very heavy,” he said. The Spurs captain had accidentally head-butted it as he hoisted it high into the sky after the 1-0 win over Manchester United, a teammate having pushed into him as he performed the move he had dreamed about ever since signing from Bayer Leverkusen in 2015. The angry red cut on Son’s forehead was a part of the tapestry. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago What are the worst European football finals based on league position? | The Knowledge

Plus: more strange player-of-the-match awards and shot-shy winners; and did Brian Clough deliberately go down to 10 men?Mail us with your questions and answers“In terms of aggregate league position, will Tottenham v Manchester United be the worst European final ever?” asks Phil Taylor (and dozens of others).Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester United, who meet in Bilbao tonight, put all their eggs in the Europa League basket sometime before the clocks went back. They are 17th and 16th in the Premier League respectively, giving them an aggregate position of 33. It is, to take a couple of unashamedly gratuitous examples, equivalent to Oldham Athletic playing Southampton in the Uefa Cup final of 1992, or Sabadell meeting Racing Santander in the same competition in 1987. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Phil Collins' footballer son posts rare snap with dad amid 'painful' health battle

Genesis legend Phil Collins was recently spotted in a rare selfie with his son Matthew as the football player kitted up for a match on the pitch against Hatberg on 17 May

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6 d. ago Amanda Balionis throws shade at Rory McIlroy in interview with Bryson DeChambeau

Amanda Balionis interviewed Bryson DeChambeau after his final round at the PGA Championship, and the CBS reporter appeared to subtly reference Rory McIlroy and his awkward no-show

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6 d. ago Tyrese Haliburton’s moment of reflection sheds light on stars’ secret struggles | Sean Ingle

Sportspeople’s reluctance to open up is understandable given the unforgiving environment but doing so could helpYou see it all the time these days. Players with their hands over their mouths at the end of matches, masking even the most banal of pleasantries from prying eyes. Not wanting to say anything that could be reported. Not wanting to let anyone in.A generation or two ago, writers such as Gay Talese would hang out with global stars such as Floyd Patterson and hear the former heavyweight champion call himself a coward, describe how it felt to be knocked out, and even accompany him to his daughter’s school to see him confront the bullies who kept lifting up her skirt. And that all happened on the same day. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago 'This is thuggery!' Referee fumes at top female player's awful act in middle of match

The incident saw referee Barrett-Theron produce a permanent red card

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7 d. ago World Championship final ref who clashed with Ronnie O'Sullivan giving away special item

Snooker referee Desislava Bozhilova, who oversaw the recent World Championship final between Zhao Xintong and Mark Williams, is auctioning off a memorable item from the match

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8 d. ago Man City players 'infuriated' FA Cup final opponents even before kick off

Manchester City are preparing to compete in their third FA Cup final in a row, and it was the City players' pre-match conversations in last year's final that motivated Manchester United to victory

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8 d. ago Mark Williams shows off impressive car weeks after banking £200k at World Snooker Championship

Mark Williams was recently defeated by Zhao Xintong in the World Snooker Championship final, and the Welshman has demonstrated how he spent some of his prize money in the past

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9 d. ago Steve Beaton raises darts complaint as he makes Luke Humphries and Luke Littler argument

Steve Beaton has joined calls for the Premier League Darts format to be revamped following a succession of repeat matches between the sport's leading players this year

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9 d. ago Coach breaks down in tears before Welsh rugby match as players ask not to train

The coach was overcome with emotion after an incredibly difficult week for his team

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9 d. ago IPL resumes after Kashmir conflict with English players facing ODI overlap

Bethell, Salt and Livingstone back in action for RCBStarc and Curran among those opting to stay back homeOnly eight days after the competition was suspended amid mounting hostilities along India’s border with Pakistan the Indian Premier League returns on Saturday, with most of the foreign players who scattered across the globe in the 48 hours after the competition collapsed now back in the country, their pursuit of runs and wickets having been temporarily replaced by the rapid accumulation of air miles.The plug was effectively pulled on the tournament 10.1 overs into a game between Punjab Kings and Delhi Capitals in Dharamsala on 8 May, when as rockets landed only 80km to the west the floodlights went out, fans were told to leave and players rushed back to their hotel. That match has been rescheduled for 24 May in Jaipur with all the remaining games to be played in only six venues and Chennai, Hyderabad and Kolkata joining Dharamsala in being cut from the schedule. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Ruben Amorim might need to take a dangerous risk for Chelsea vs Manchester United

Man Utd play Chelsea in the Premier League on Friday night and key players must come out of the match unscathed.

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1 week ago Ismaïla Sarr: the bargain buy who has become Crystal Palace’s unsung hero

Senegal forward’s signing last summer was years in the making and his double helped fire Palace to the FA Cup finalIsmaïla Sarr hasn’t had many more memorable weeks. But most remarkable about his match-winning performance for Crystal Palace in the FA Cup semi-final against Aston Villa is that it came after his wife, Fatou, had given birth to twins a few days earlier. “It was a surprise – nobody knew,” said the manager Oliver Glasner after Palace’s thrilling victory at Wembley thanks to two goals from the Senegal forward.Eberechi Eze said the BBC pundit Alan Shearer had awarded him player of the match “a bit prematurely” before Sarr’s second. “I’ll be giving this to him inside – he’s a top player and he’s helped us so much this season,” the England forward said. Continue reading...

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1 week ago ‘I don’t know why I got the trophy’: football’s unusual player

Plus: hat-trick heroes who didn’t get a medal, shot-shy matchwinners and Jimmy Hill being caught off guard Mail us with your questions and answers“The Inter keeper Yann Sommer was named player of the match against Barcelona despite conceding three goals. He made some great saves so it wasn’t undeserved, but I wondered if there were other unusual PotM awards,” says John Barrow.This season’s Champions League tie between Real Madrid and Atlético will be remembered for Julián Alvarez’s two-touch penalty being ruled out. Before that Alvarez had inspired Atlético to a 1-0 victory on the night that took the tie to a penalty shootout; he was Uefa’s player of the match. Nick Berry could have written a song about it. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Top female athletes protest 'outdated' uniform mandate at championship match

Camogie players have begun wearing shorts to matches after multiple motions to update the skort mandate were defeated last year in Ireland. The issue has highlighted a gendered divide within Irish sports

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