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⚽ Premier League updates from the 8.15pm GMT kick-off⚽ Live scores | Table | Follow us on Bluesky | And mail Scott⚽ Brighton v Arsenal, Man City v Nottingham Forest – live2 min: Newcastle get onto the front foot immediately. Hall bombs down the left; Trippier probes down the right. Shaw looks to have tugged Trippier back, but the referee waves play on. Not too much in the way of fume from the players, but the fans aren’t happy that’s for sure.Manchester United get the ball rolling. They’re kicking towards the Gallowgate in this first half. Continue reading...

⚽ Latest news from four games kicking off at 7.30pm GMT⚽ Live scores | Table | Follow us on Bluesky | And mail Niall⚽ Newcastle v Manchester United – follow it liveSome pre-game chat from Pep Guardiola, who confirms Nico O’Reilly is out of the squad after “feeling uncomfortable” in training with a knock.“We can only focus on ourselves for the rest of the games … I don’t know what is going to happen. Today is how we behave against Forest. Haaland has made an incredible impact since he arrived years ago. In the first quarter of this season he was outstanding. We need everyone. Everyone has to be ready.” Continue reading...

Theft of two stones in Italy being investigatedMixed doubles wheelchair event started on WednesdayThe theft of two curling stones due to be used at the Milano Cortina Winter Paralympics is being investigated, World Curling has confirmed.Action in Italy got under way on Wednesday night with the round robin of the inaugural mixed doubles wheelchair competition, but the drama started earlier when it was discovered the rocks, believed to be worth about £750, were missing from Cortina’s curling stadium. Continue reading...

Iraq team due in Mexico for playoff final on 31 MarchMiddle East crisis has made travel plans uncertainThe intercontinental World Cup playoffs are in doubt with officials from the Iraq Football Association (IFA) in crisis talks with Fifa over concerns they may be unable to take part in the final scheduled for Mexico later this month.The Guardian has learned that the IFA received a letter from Iraq’s national airline, Iraqi Airways, and the Ministry of Transportation informing them that the country’s airspace will remain closed for “at least four weeks”, which would leave around 40% of the squad unable to travel. Continue reading...

Kansas City gain 29th pick in this year’s draftRams also have the 13th selection in 2026 draftThe Los Angeles Rams are acquiring All-Pro cornerback Trent McDuffie from the Kansas City Chiefs in a blockbuster trade that includes the 29th overall pick of this year’s draft, ESPN reported on Wednesday.The Chiefs reportedly would also receive the Rams’ fifth- and sixth-round selections in this year’s draft as well as a third-round pick in 2027. Continue reading...

New Zealand, 173-1, bt South Africa, 169-8, by 9 wktsBlack Caps opener Allen blasts 100 not out from 33 ballsSouth Africa won every match they could afford to lose in this tournament and then lost the first one that they had to win.They were completely marmalised by New Zealand, who won the first semi-final by nine wickets. Finn Allen ripped through South Africa’s feared fast bowling attack, and hit an unbeaten hundred off just 33 balls. It was the fastest century in the history of the competition, and, as Allen said himself, the innings of his life. Only two batters have ever hit a faster ton in international T20 cricket. Continue reading...

McLaren could start slowly, Mercedes may set the pace, while newcomers – and returning heroes – add huge interestCar MCL40 Engine Mercedes Principal Andrea Stella Debut Monaco 1966 GPs 994 Constructors’ titles 10 Last season 1st. Held their nerve to close out the constructors’ and drivers’ double last season, albeit with the latter going to the wire as they rather tied themselves in knots trying to be fair to both drivers. Enter this year a little off the front but in a season likely to be marked by a fierce development battle, will expect to exploit their huge strengths in bringing the car on with alacrity and be in the mix in no short order. Continue reading...

The hosts must conjure the spirit of their last title triumph, 27 years ago, when the sides meet at MurrayfieldEven now, 27 years on, Kenny Logan still remembers how good it felt. Back in 1999, as this year, Scotland were title outsiders before a crunch fixture against the defending champions, France. Beneath a bright blue Parisian sky they gloriously ripped up the script with five first-half tries and, thanks to England’s late implosion against Wales at Wembley a day later, hoisted the trophy at Murrayfield in front of 15,000 fans on the Monday.For Logan, who landed five successful kicks on that famous afternoon, the timeless lessons of the story are twofold. The first is that Scotland have failed to win the tournament since; and the second is that, at times like this, fortune favours the brave: “When we went to France that year we took the game to them. That’s what Scotland will do this weekend – and probably do it better than we could.” Continue reading...

Captain hails team ‘unity’ before Mumbai semi-finalJamie Overton expected to return to England XIEngland have abandoned their pursuit of perfection as they plot a path to victory over India and a place in the T20 World Cup final but Harry Brook remains confident they can beat any opponent. “This team is awesome,” the captain said. “We’re never out of the game.”England have faltered and stumbled their way to the last four, impressive at times but always flawed. As Brook said after the victory over Pakistan, when his own performance with the bat got close to flawless: “We haven’t had the perfect game yet, and hopefully that’s just round the corner.” Or as Sam Curran said on Tuesday: “All of us will be hoping that the perfect game comes Thursday.” Continue reading...

Player was first found guilty after incident in 2020England defender to appeal again against verdictA Greek appeals court has found the England and Manchester United defender Harry Maguire guilty of aggravated assault, upholding an earlier conviction that effectively ends a six-year-long legal battle to clear his name.A three-member panel of judges sitting on the Aegean island of Syros handed Maguire a 15-month and 20-day suspended prison term citing his role in a bar brawl on Mykonos in 2020. Originally he had received a 21-month and 10-day suspended sentence. The higher court also added a non-negotiable €1,500 fine. Continue reading...