46 m. ago Ryan Reynolds sums up the Welsh perfectly as dramatic footage emerges from inside Wrexham box

Wrexham secured their third-straight promotion on Saturday with Ryan Reynolds and Rob McELhenney in attendance

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2 h. ago Liverpool’s 20th league title awaits, WCL and FA Cup semis, and more – matchday live

All the latest news and build-up before Sunday kick-offsToday’s fixtures | Latest tables | And you can also mail usWhere to begin? Well, Liverpool will dominate today’s blog for sure, but it’s worth recapping everything that happened yesterday on a sizzling Saturday of football. There were ups and downs galore.Crystal Palace stormed into the FA Cup final with a dash of Ebere Eze genius and two Ismaïla Sarr goals, Barcelona lifted Spain’s Copa del Rey after a thrilling extra-time victory over Real Madrid, there were Premier League wins for Newcastle, Chelsea, Brighton, Fulham and Wolves, Celtic claimed a 55th (yes, really) Scottish league title and there was an almighty changing of the guard in Welsh football as Wrexham sealed promotion to the Championship – a third successive promotion for them – and Cardiff dropped into League One. Continue reading...

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15 h. ago Wrexham seals third straight promotion and will play in English soccer's second tier

Wrexham has sealed promotion to the second tier of English soccer by beating Charlton 3-0

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15 h. ago Wrexham seal third promotion in a row as Sam Smith double sinks Charlton

The Hollywood scriptwriters have etched another extraordinary chapter in the Wrexham story. The Welsh club made English Football League history by claiming a third successive promotion, becoming the first club to achieve that feat in the top five tiers. The Racecourse Ground is living up to its English name; Wrexham are racing a course through the divisions under the ownership of Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney.Ollie Rathbone and Sam Smith’s first-half goals put the Reds on the path to League One promotion with a game to spare and consigned Charlton, along with Wycombe and Stockport, to the playoffs. Continue reading...

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18 h. ago Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively jet in as Wrexham close in on promotion to the Championship

A win will be enough to seal Wrexham's promotion to the Championship after third-placed Wycombe suffered a 1-0 loss away at Leyton Orient.

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18 h. ago England v France: Women’s Six Nations grand slam decider – live

Live news from the 4.45pm BST kick-off at TwickenhamSarah Rendell’s preview | And you can drop Luke an emailThere are two games to think about at Twickenham on Saturday, the one the Red Roses will play in, and the one they want to play in. The first is their grand slam decider against France, which kicks off at 4.45pm. The second – at the same venue, five months and one day later – is the World Cup final which, if everything goes as the team hopes at the Stadium of Light, Franklin’s Gardens, Ashton Gate and the other grounds they will visit between now and then, will be the next game they play at the home of English rugby.Mitchell makes nine changes. The women’s world player of the year, Ellie Kildunne, is ruled out by injury so Gloucester-Hartpury’s Emma Sing will start at full-back. Continue reading...

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39 h. ago First Europe, then the world: Twickenham awaits in year of twin peaks for England

Grand slam clash is vital stepping stone in Red Roses’ quest to reclaim the World Cup crown they last held in 2014There are two games to think about at Twickenham on Saturday, the one the Red Roses will play in, and the one they want to play in. The first is their grand slam decider against France, which kicks off at 4.45pm. The second – at the same venue, five months and one day later – is the World Cup final which, if everything goes as the team hopes at the Stadium of Light, Franklin’s Gardens, Ashton Gate and the other grounds they will visit between now and then, will be the next game they play at the home of English rugby.The Red Roses head coach, John Mitchell, has been around long enough to know the smart thing to do is separate the two. “We’ve got to be careful focusing on the World Cup final because we’ve got to earn the right to contest it,” Mitchell said this week. “It’s good to have the chance to be back at our home stadium, but it’s an isolated situation, that’s the wa...

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52 h. ago Ipswich’s imminent relegation raises an urgent Premier League question

With Ipswich on the brink of joining Southampton and Leicester in going straight back down, is staying in the Premier League as a promoted club now an impossible job?

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2 w. ago Australia star Ellyse Perry ‘excited’ to join Hampshire for Women’s T20 Blast

Perry will play at least six games in new tournamentSigning is coup for English domestic women’s cricketHampshire have signed the Australia all-rounder Ellyse Perry, in a major coup for the restructure of the English women’s domestic game.Perry, the all-time leading run-scorer and wicket-taker in the Women’s Ashes, has been at the forefront of eight Australia World Cup wins – two in ODIs and six in Twenty20 – and was named the International Cricket Council’s women’s player of the decade in 2020. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Wrexham wins again and closes in on a third straight promotion under Hollywood owners

Wrexham looks to be closing in on a third straight promotion and a place in the second-tier Championship

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3 w. ago Arsenal to play Tottenham OVERSEAS as English Premier League giants announce historic first

Ange Postecoglou and Mikel Arteta will go head-to-head in Hong Kong this summer

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