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Benjy Taylor is suing Morehouse, two campus officersIncident came after dispute over taunts, handshake lineTuskegee men’s basketball coach Benjy Taylor filed a lawsuit against Morehouse College and two campus police officers on Friday, claiming he suffered emotional and physical harm when he was handcuffed and escorted off the court on 31 January.“He has suffered financial harm, reputational harm, emotional harm as well as physical damages,” Harry Daniels, one of Taylor’s attorneys, told the Associated Press. Continue reading...

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Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now!There has long been a notion that the League Cup, in its many sponsorship guises, can be a “springboard” for future success. No other trophy has ever achieved springboard status, not even the Emirates Cup. It seems the idea was born around the time José Mourinho’s Chelsea were on the rise, fuelled by Roman Abramovich’s totally legitimate takeover, winning the Carling Cup in 2005 and then rocketing to back-to-back Premier League titles. Many of that Blues squad have since spoken about the three-handled Georgian silver cup as if it were some gateway drug to glory. And that Chelsea team went on some trips. You wouldn’t understand, man. We saw five trophies in two years, man.Am I alone or are there 1,056 others who see the irony in Xavi Simons declaring that, for Spurs, ‘every game is a cup final for us’ having just exited their third and final cup competition of the season?” – Glyn Berrington.The way Barry deadpanned ‘Of the six teams that advanced to this season’s Round of Arsenal, only two (including Arsenal) made it into the quarter-finals’ puts me in mind of the old joke about 2010-11 Manchester City having ‘all the best players in the league (and Craig Bellamy)’. Fabulous stuff” – Rowan Sweeney.This is an extract from our daily football email … Football Daily. To get the full version, just visit this page and follow the instructions. Continue reading...

Calandagan to race in Sheema Classic next weekendAga Khan Studs consulted staff in Dubai about decisionCalandagan, the world’s top-rated Flat horse in 2025, will fly to Dubai from Paris on Saturday to run in the Sheema Classic at Meydan next weekend, despite the continuing conflict in the Gulf region.The gelding’s owner, Aga Khan Studs, consulted staff already in Dubai before deciding to give the green light to Francis-Henri Graffard’s five-year-old, the winner of four Group One events last season including the Japan Cup in November. Continue reading...

Arteta said he had ‘all the information’ about City 18 months agoGuardiola not worried by Arsenal’s tactics for Carabao CupPep Guardiola has insisted relations with Mikel Arteta are cordial despite the friction sparked between the pair after Manchester City’s 2-2 draw with Arsenal last season.After the highly eventful game at the Etihad Stadium in September 2024, Guardiola was left unhappy with his former assistant stating he had “all the information” about his former club, having worked there from 2016 to 2019. Arteta’s comment seemed to hint that City used supposed dark arts as he spoke out after John Stones and Bernardo Silva criticised Arsenal’s use of such tactics during the game, the former saying of their approach: “You can call it clever, or dirty, whichever way you want to put it.” Continue reading...

Max Rushden and Barry Glendenning went to the SXSW festival in Austin Texas last week. With only a few months to go before the World Cup, the pair are joined live on stage by The Guardian’s senior US soccer editor, Alexander Abnos, and star of the hit TV show Ted Lasso, Brendan Hunt.Max Rushden and Barry Glendenning went to the SXSW festival in Austin Texas last week. With only a few months to go before the World Cup, the pair are joined live on stage by The Guardian’s senior US soccer editor, Alexander Abnos, and star of the hit TV show Ted Lasso, Brendan Hunt.Rate, review, share on Apple Podcasts and join the conversation on email. Continue reading...

With Wolves and Burnley all but relegated, which club will join them in the Championship next season?By WhoScoredReasons for optimism: West Ham came from behind to pinch a point against Manchester City on Saturday and, for 18 glorious hours, they tasted life outside the relegation zone. This was their first spell outside the bottom three in 112 days and, even though results on Sunday dragged them back down, those fleeting hours offered a glimpse of hope. West Ham have taken 15 points from their last nine games – only four teams have picked up more in that period and they all occupy spots in the top six. We are finally beginning to see Nuno Espírito Santo’s blueprint: West Ham are keeping things tight at the back, scoring goals from fast breaks and have only lost one of their last six league games. Continue reading...

Briton wins heat despite blister from borrowed spikes‘I won’t be happy with anything other than gold’No opponent has come close to knocking Keely Hodgkinson off her stride in 2026. But after breezing into the semi-finals of the world indoor championships, she revealed that her preparations had been interrupted by an airline, KLM, losing her kit for 48 hours on the flight to Poland.It led to the overwhelming favourite for 800m gold having to train in whatever she could beg or borrow – and getting a blister as a result. Not that it seemed to bother her as she cruised into Saturday’s semi-finals with a dominant victory in 2min 0.32sec. Continue reading...

Time is running out for the Australia team led by captain Sam Kerr to win a major trophy as they prepare to meet a red-hot Japan in the final on SaturdayThe end is nigh, and Ellie Carpenter – even though she is not 26 for another month – knows it.The Matildas fullback revealed the significance of the Women’s Asian Cup final in a brutally frank pre-match press conference that underscored time is running out for most of the team led by captain Sam Kerr. Continue reading...

Steve Borthwick will be reprieved by the RFU’s review but there are other factors at play from the makeup of his backroom team to the conveyor belt of talentThe Rugby Football Union’s review into England’s least successful championship for 50 years is already up and running with an alacrity that would impress Louis Bielle-Biarrey. And one detail seems clear: barring something spectacular, Steve Borthwick will still be coaching the team this summer. As one well-placed insider put it: “This review is about supporting Steve to make improvements. If change is needed, change is needed but it’s not about punishing him. He’s absolutely going to be in post this summer, there’s no question about that.” Continue reading...