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⚽ Europa League updates from the 5.45pm GMT kick-off⚽ Live scores | Follow us on Bluesky | You can email WillI was at Dyche’s final game in charge and Omari Hutchinson was underwhelming, to say the least. It will be interesting to see how he reacts to the new regime.Pereira: “Today is three days working. but working to play in a way to try short communications, be very clear. Today I hope that I see my team play organised with tactical organisation, and be able to express themselves, play with courage and a mentality to win.” Continue reading...

Medal table | Live scores and schedule | Results | BriefingFollow us over on Bluesky | And you can email DanielThe cross-country bit gets going at 1pm, and I’m looking forward to that. It’s a scientific fact that here’s no kind of race a human can devise that is uncompelling.In the Nordic, teams of two both have a go at ski jumping, and Germany have just leapt into the lead; they’ll start the cross-country portion with no time penalty, because Austria have just completed this part of things, and only landed far enough for fifth. Norway are second, Japan third and Finland fourth. Continue reading...

Email beau.dure@theguardian.com or hit him on BlueSkyMedal table | Live scores and schedule | Results | BriefingUSA 0-0 Canada, first period, 15:13 left: Poulin with the shot. Remember that she was out injured when these teams played earlier in these Games. The USA won’t want to let her have many touches.USA 0-0 Canada, first period, 15:57 left: To underscore the point, NBC commentator AJ Mleczko, fresh from calling part of yesterday’s men’s game with Snoop Dogg, recalls a year in which her US team lost once – in the Olympic final. Continue reading...

⚽ Champions League updates from the 8pm GMT kick-off⚽ Live scores | Follow us on Bluesky | You can email SarahManchester United manager Marc Skinner is urging his team to ignore the aggregate score this evening: “The reality is we’re preparing to go and win the game. We have to give absolutely everything. There’s only one game that matters, and it’s that game.“If you win it, you’re guaranteed to go through. That’s the mindset. There isn’t any 3-0, not the cliche bit it’s 0-0, and we have to start the game properly.” Continue reading...

‘We will see huge amount of damage from social media’England captain’s 100th cap in crunch clash with IrelandThe England captain, Maro Itoje, has warned of the corrosive effect of social media on professional athletes and wider society before the crucial Six Nations encounter with Ireland on Saturday.Itoje will win his 100th England cap at Twickenham in what has become a must-win game for the hosts after last weekend’s deflating defeat by Scotland at Murrayfield. The buildup has been marred by racist abuse on social media of the Ireland second row Edwin Edogbo, after the 23-year-old made his debut from the replacements’ bench in their win against Italy in round two. Continue reading...

Nikita Filippov won silver as neutral in sport’s debutSwitzerland’s Marianne Fatton wins women’s sprintWe can partly thank Sir Arthur Conan Doyle for popularising the Winter Olympics’ newest sport, which made its debut amid an unrelenting snowstorm, a touch of mayhem, and no little controversy in Bormio.In 1894, the year after he had killed off Sherlock Holmes at the Reichenbach Falls, Conan Doyle wrote about his own perilous 15-mile journey across the 8,000-feet high Maienfelder Furka Pass – one that involved skiing and mountaineering. Continue reading...

No change next season and consultation extended‘We have listened to the feedback,’ the FA saysProposals to make radical changes to the Women’s FA Cup, including seeding the top four teams from the WSL, have been put on hold, the Guardian can reveal, after the Football Association received negative feedback about the controversial ideas.The FA had also intended to dispense with draw ceremonies after the last 32, introducing a “road to Wembley” bracket akin to a World Cup knockout phase pathway, and review the entry tiers for lower-league sides. But it has put the brakes on its plans after concerns were raised by a significant number of clubs, fan groups and players. Continue reading...

‘When you see a player upset, normally it’s for a reason’Head coach reacts to Vinícius Júnior’s racism claimsLiam Rosenior has called for players and coaches found guilty of racism to be banned from football for life and said experiencing abuse on a football pitch “is the worst feeling you can ever possibly imagine”.The Real Madrid forward Vinícius Júnior left the pitch after alleging that Benfica’s Gianluca Prestianni racially abused him during their Champions League match on Tuesday. Prestianni has denied racist abuse and Benfica have said he was a “victim” of a “smear campaign”. The Argentinian faces a 10-game ban if found guilty by Uefa. Continue reading...

Italian government urges IPC to reconsider its stanceRussian and Belarusian athletes to compete under flagsItaly, the Winter Olympic hosts, has called for a reversal of the decision to let 10 Russian and Belarusian athletes compete with national flags and anthems at next month’s Paralympic Games.The foreign minister Antonio Tajani and sports minister Andrea Abodi urged the International Paralympic Committee to reconsider its stance due to Russia’s four-year-old invasion of Ukraine, saying it contradicted the Olympic spirit. Continue reading...

Max Rushden is joined by Barry Glendenning, Philippe Auclair and Paul Watson as Arsenal feel the heat and Inter are caught cold in Norway Continue reading...