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Ollie Watkins said he had to give his Aston Villa teammates a halftime wakeup call en route to their 3-1 first-leg Europa League quarter-final victory over Bologna.

Defending Masters champion Rory McIlroy tells BBC Sport NI’s Stephen Watson “I couldn’t have asked for more” with an opening round of five under par.

Tyson Fury on his next return to the ring and the rivals ‘lining up’ to fight him. The Briton will face the Russian at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Saturday in his first fight for 15 months.

Spring is in the air and it’s all beaming smiles again at Crystal Palace. A sensational performance blew away Fiorentina as Jean-Philippe Mateta scored on his first start since the end of January, Tyrick Mitchell added a second before Ismaïla Sarr’s late header left Oliver Glasner’s side with one foot in the semi-finals in their

On the night Chris Wood returned from six months on the sidelines, a comical own goal by the Porto defender Martim Fernandes earned Nottingham Forest a draw and feeling optimistic of advancing to the Europa League semi-finals. The New Zealand striker was withdrawn as anticipated at the interval, Vitor Pereira mindful of the bigger picture,

Ollie Watkins enjoyed a feast in Italy’s culinary capital, scoring two second half goals against a pumped-up Bologna side to take a comfortable lead back to Birmingham and the prospect of a Europa League semi-final as a secondi piatti. Watkins’ double followed Ezri Konsa’s opening goal, and each goal was in some way due to

Fury: ‘I’m going to make an example of him’ Russian lifts Fury in the air during final face-off A cheerful Tyson Fury has promised his latest comeback to the ring will begin with a destructive knockout of Arslanbek Makhmudov at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London on Saturday night. “It’s going to be different because, for

Rose moves into contention with birdie on the 13th

No longer like a man carrying a vase across a slippery floor, the 2025 winner uses attack as the best form of defence Can Rory McIlroy win back-to-back Masters titles? Jack Nicklaus will tell you that McIlroy’s already done the hardest part. “Well, the key is to win two years in a row,” Nicklaus said

Ollie Watkins’ second-half brace helped give Aston Villa a comfortable 3-1 lead over Bologna heading into next week’s Europa League quarterfinal second leg at Villa Park.