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Cristiano Ronaldo was taken off at half-time with his 10-man Al-Nassr side 2-0 down – before they fought back to seal a dramatic win over Al-Ettifaq. Defending Saudi Pro League champions Al-Nassr got off to a dreadful start on Tuesday when goalkeeper Bento was sent off after just 12 minutes and they were two goals…

“If I gave him one thing, it is to fight for what you want all the time,” his mother Flavia Junqueira explained to BBC Sport. Looking at Joao Pedro’s story, that is exactly what he has had to do. His mother, along with his grandmother, have largely brought him up. Reports from Joao Pedro’s early…

In the open air of the Raiffeisen Arena, with bedlam all around, there was nowhere to hide for Celtic or Martin O’Neill. The Scottish champions had endured one of the darkest nights in their European history. After going out to Kairat Almaty on penalties last year at this stage of the Champions League play-offs, that…

The Premier League team of the year, as voted for by the players, was dominated by champions Arsenal and runners-up Man City. Arsenal only conceded 27 goals last season, with that impressive record reflected in the selections of goalkeeper Raya and defenders Gabriel, William Saliba and Jurrien Timber named alongside midfielder Rice. Man City have…

Sir Nick Faldo says LIV golfers seeking a return to the DP World Tour may have to “eat a bit of humble pie” before regaining eligibility for the European-based circuit. LIV’s 2026 season ended last Sunday in Indianapolis after this week’s cancellation of the breakaway tour’s Team Championship in Michigan. Tyrrell Hatton, Tom McKibbin and…

Matt Newsum, BBC rugby league commentator It is testament to the star power of Sir Billy Boston that even 56 years after he last graced a rugby pitch, young fans are fully aware of the legend that is the Welshman from Cardiff’s Tiger Bay. He had a uniquely unifying effect on a normally partisan and…

Marc Guehi (Man City): I’ll have Guehi in as my holding midfielder. He should have scored two against Bournemouth because he missed a massive chance before he ended up scoring. But he got the equaliser and offered a lot more of a calming presence than City’s £116m record signing Elliot Anderson – Guehi controlled the…

In the mixed doubles competition, Britons Henry Patten and Lloyd Glasspool will both seek to beat some of the sport’s biggest stars after coming through two qualifying matches on Monday. The US Open mixed doubles was controversially revamped last year to include singles stars in a bid to attract more attention to the format. Under…

Uefa president Aleksander Ceferin has ruled himself out of the running to replace Gianni Infantino, but says he expects a candidate to challenge the Fifa president’s leadership in March. Infantino has faced calls to step down after he scrapped a controversial plan to sell off stakes in Fifa’s competitions to private investors following widespread opposition….

Former world snooker champion Graeme Dott has been found guilty of child abuse. The 49-year-old was accused of lewd and libidinous behaviour towards a girl and a boy between 1993 and 2010. Dott, who won the sport’s world championship at The Crucible in 2006, had denied the charges. A judge at the High Court in…