'World-class save' – How Pickford & Everton thwarted Newcastle

Robin van Persie says his decision to hand son Shaqueel a senior debut in Feyenoord’s Europa League defeat by Celtic was made “as a coach” and not out of sentiment. The 19-year-old forward spent two seasons at Manchester City’s academy, before following in his father’s footsteps with a move to Feyenoord in 2017 and signing…

Lorena Wiebes was disqualified from the women’s Giro d’Italia for a bike weight violation, just hours after winning the opening stage. The Dutchwoman, riding for Team SD Worx-Protime, had sealed the first maglia rosa – the leader’s pink jersey – of this year’s race by pipping Italian Elisa Balsamo and Irish rider Lara Gillespie to…

England back row Ollie Chessum says the fear of being chased down by Louis Bielle-Biarrey, France’s free-scoring, high-speed wing, spooked him as he went in for a 60m intercept try in England’s 48-46 Six Nations defeat on Saturday. Chessum, who scored two tries, set up a third and was England’s star performer in Paris, admitted…

Each team does things differently when travelling for NFL’s international games, some teams from one trip to the next. The Rams were well beaten on their first two visits to London after arriving early in the wee. Then, after arriving late for their other two visits in 2017 and 2019, they won both. So this…

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Henry Pollock is set to demand a substantial increase on his current Northampton contract to stay at Franklin’s Gardens, with agent Eddie Hearn suggesting annual earnings of £1m are the going rate for the 21-year-old star. “He’s certainly a seven-figure player,” said Hearn, who met with Pollock on his yacht off Monaco last month, to…