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Manchester United were left furious about “astonishing” and “baffling” refereeing decisions as two penalties were awarded and one was not in their thrilling 2-2 draw at Bournemouth. Harry Maguire’s special day – following his England recall – was spoiled by his sending off at Vitality Stadium, but it was the performance of the officials that…

Walsh danced to the ring, exuding the confidence of a man who had yet to taste defeat as a professional and despite being a long way from his home of Brockton, Massachusetts, he appeared right at home. Conlan came out for the opening bell in the orthodox stance, but swiftly reverted to southpaw in what…

Ronnie O’Sullivan has created more snooker history by making the sport’s highest-ever professional break with a 153 at the World Open in Yushan. Seven-time world champion O’Sullivan set the new record in the opening frame of his quarter-final with Welshman Ryan Day to pave the way for a dominant 5-0 victory. The 50-year-old left Day…

Ireland centre Stuart McCloskey and Scotland winger Kyle Steyn have been shortlisted for the 2026 Six Nations Player of the championship award. Tommaso Menoncello of Italy and France’s Louis Bielle-Biarrey, who won last year’s award, are also nominated. After an injury-impacted autumn campaign, McCloskey helped Ireland achieve their fourth Triple Crown in five years and…

Switzerland, who lead the way with nine wins and one defeat, hosts Canada, Japan and Sweden secured their places in the play-offs on Thursday. South Korea, China and Turkey and Italy are vying for the two remaining places. With four wins and seven defeats, Henderson’s rink cannot qualify no matter the result of their final…

Emery became the quickest Villa manager to 100 wins with victory in France last week. Villa Park marked the achievement with fans holding up ‘Emery 100’ cards as the teams walked out. He knows how to get the job done and, with Villa searching for their first trophy in three decades, the end of the…

Wigan were lacking the stardust of Bevan French and Jai Field, which meant Hodkinson, who impressed on his debut in the Challenge Cup last week, was entrusted with the full-back role and he did not disappoint. It was York, with two wins and two defeats from their opening four matches, who started the quickest and…

The decision to strip Senegal of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations title is “abject” and “we have to denounce it”, a senior figure at African football’s governing body has said. Senegal beat Morocco 1-0 in January’s final but the Confederation of African Football (Caf) overturned the result on Tuesday because Senegal’s players walked off…

Europe’s top leagues have been summoned to a meeting with Uefa in the summer to discuss how video assistant referee (VAR) technology is being used. The summit of referee chiefs from the Premier League, La Liga, Serie A, the Bundesliga and Ligue 1 will discuss how to reset VAR to its intended interpretation of only…

So much has happened over the past seven days, including the end of the Six Nations, more Premier League drama and the Women’s League Cup final. About 5% of quizzers got full marks in last week’s edition. Will you make the grade this week? After more quizzes? Go to our dedicated Football Quizzes and Sport…