Assefa breaks her own world record to win London Marathon

Leeds went into the fixture having not scored in any of their past four league games. They had not netted with any of their past 64 shots. But five minutes was all it took for Switzerland winger Okafor to net the opener with a smart first-time finish – their first league goal in 51 days….

The Roses won Commonwealth gold in 2018 under Neville but missed out on a medal under Thirlby’s guidance at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. Thirlby did however mastermind Test series against Jamaica and New Zealand, although the Roses were beaten by South Africa in February in their final series before the Commonwealth Games. “Looking ahead to…

Northern Ireland manager Michael O’Neill is set to take over at Championship club Blackburn Rovers, initially in a joint role until the end of the season. Northern Ireland face Italy in a World Cup play-off semi-final in March and then either Wales or Bosnia-Herzegovina in a final or friendly, depending on the result in Bergamo….

There was no winner on stage 11 of the Vuelta a Espana as race organisers ended Wednesday’s racing three kilometres before the finish line because of pro-Palestinian protesters. The announcement about the early finish on what was supposed to be a 157.4km stage in Bilbao came with about 20 kilometres to go. “Due to some…

McGregor’s magnificent goal papered over some large cracks against St Mirren. Celtic have failed to score in six matches this season, have scored fewer in the league than both Hearts and Hibernian, and were blunt again against St Mirren. It took until second-half injury time for O’Neill’s side to have an effort on target –…

Erasmus highlighted occasions where Wales had got the better of him during his international career as a player and coach. “I played in the opening game in the Millennium Stadium in 1999 and they thrashed us,” said Erasmus. “It was the first time ever we lost against the Welsh and Mark Taylor ran over the…