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Aston Villa’s old guard have taken the club to new heights – but how long can it last?

Medal table | Live scores and schedule | Results | Briefing Follow us over on Bluesky | Get in touch: mail Tanya Men’s Giant Slalom: real Ski Sunday stuff this – precipitous slopes, zig-zagging turns. Brazil’s Lucas Pinheiro Braathen is the fastest of the seven skiers to set off so far this morning. The competitors

Group C game at Eden Gardens, 9.30am (GMT) start Follow us over on Bluesky | And get in touch: email Tim In this tournament Scotland have already played at Eden Gardens, Kolkata (twice). England haven’t, but they do have Phil Salt, who called this place home when he played for Kolkata Knight Riders in 2024

21-year old Mikhail Shaidorov of Kazakhstan takes home the men’s figure skating gold medal in the biggest shock of the 2026 Winter Olympics so far, as heavy favourite Ilia Malinin of USA ends up finishing in eighth place after twice falling in his free skate routine.

Arrests have been made following incidents of alleged discriminatory chanting during the FA Cup fourth round match between Hull City and Chelsea.

Portugal boss Roberto Martinez discusses the different approaches required for managing a club and an international team – and looks back at his time in charge of Belgium’s ‘golden generation’.

Ritualistic Spurs manager sacking is a marker in the year, but the failing lies with executives responsible for some really vague recruitment Don’t talk about Spurs. Don’t talk about Spurs. Don’t keep returning to Spurs, bloodshot and shivering. Don’t end up twitching on a Manhattan street corner, nodding at Jean-Michel Basquiat as he drifts past,

Dutchman joins Lewis Hamilton in criticism of new cars Champion Lando Norris says changes are a ‘lot of fun’ Driver disquiet over the new Formula One regulations marked the second pre-season test which concluded in Bahrain this week, with world champions Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen delivering damning verdicts on driving the new cars, while

Partners on and off the ice talk about the tensions and joys of competing alongside the ones they love at the Winter Olympics Every Olympics has its love stories. Usually, they’re all about the quantities of free prophylactics being handed out in the athletes’ village (this year’s edition has an image of the Olympic mascots,

Buildup to the weekend’s football action Things to look out for | Follow us | Mail us here Pedro Neto scored a hat-trick as Chelsea cruised to a 4-0 win over Hull in the FA Cup last night. Elsewhere, Wrexham progressed to the fifth round with a narrow 1-0 victory against Ipswich Town. Today’s FA