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The biggest controversy of the Milan-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics came to a head on Thursday morning, as Ukraine’s Vladyslav Heraskevych was banned from competing.

Ulster duo Robert Baloucoune and Cormac Izuchukwu will make their Six Nations debuts as part of a much-changed Ireland side for Saturday’s game against Italy in Dublin.

Jamie Ritchie, Nathan McBeth, George Turner and Gregor Brown come into the Scotland XV to face England in the Six Nations, with Blair Kinghorn and Duhan van der Merwe again overlooked.

Nottingham Forest close to appointing former Wolves boss Vitor Pereira as their new head coach.

American clips gate but given welcome surprise US teammates witness event at end of course Olympic downhill champion Breezy Johnson didn’t add to her medal haul during the women’s super-G on Thursday, but she left Tofane with something precious anyway: an engagement ring. Johnson, who won gold on Sunday in the downhill, crashed out of

Watch India’s Ishan Kishan hit four sixes back-to-back against Namibia.

Barcelona’s training ground suffered structural damage on Thursday, with renovation work on Spotify Camp Nou also partially halted and the team forced to travel to Madrid early as extreme winds pummeled Catalonia.

Football Association chief executive Mark Bullingham said there are “performance conditions” connected to Thomas Tuchel staying on as England head coach beyond the World Cup.

Wrexham boss Phil Parkinson has welcomed the prospect of an expanded play-off system in the Championship, insisting there is no shortage of Premier League potential in the division.

Cricket Scotland urges ICC to review rules concerning 12th man duties which cost Scott Currie the chance to play at the men’s T20 World Cup.