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The former footballer was arrested along with a second suspect near Huyton and Prescot Golf Club. Source link

Travis Kelce will return for another season with the Kansas City Chiefs, who have also agreed a deal to sign Kenneth Walker, according to reports. Kelce, a three-time Super Bowl winner, has spent his entire NFL career with the Chiefs and the veteran tight end is out of contract after his 13th season. But a…

The head of anti-discrimination body Kick It Out says that initial proposals by English football’s independent regulator “put equality, diversity and inclusion on the subs bench”. The watchdog for the top five tiers of the men’s game is devising a new code of governance, with clubs having to show what they are doing to tackle…

League One Port Vale’s reward for beating Sunderland in the FA Cup is a quarter-final tie away to Chelsea, while Manchester City will host Liverpool in a heavyweight showdown. Record 14-time winners Arsenal go to Southampton, eighth in the Championship. Leeds United will travel to the winners of Monday’s tie between West Ham United and…

Sri Lanka have named former South Africa opener Gary Kirsten as their new head coach. Kirsten will take charge on 15 April after signing a two-year deal which will see him manage the country at next year’s 50-over World Cup to be co-hosted by South Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia. The 58-year-old coached India to the…

Para-alpine skier Varvara Voronchikhina won the first Paralympic gold medal for Russia since 2014 with victory in the standing super G. It comes two days after the 23-year-old won standing downhill bronze on Saturday to claim her nation’s first medal of the Games. These Games mark the first appearance of the Russian flag at a…

Britain’s Emma Raducanu was overpowered by sixth seed Amanda Anisimova at Indian Wells, losing 6-1 6-1 in a third-round encounter lasting only 52 minutes. In an ominous sign of the struggle to come, Raducanu was broken in the opening game. It quickly became apparent the 25th seed had no answer to the American’s determined approach,…

Defending champion Luke Littler beat 2022 winner Danny Noppert to reach the semi-finals of the UK Open in Minehead. The two-time world champion and world number one, 19, trailed Dutchman Noppert 3-0 at the start of their best-of-19-legs quarter-final. But Littler reeled off three straight legs in reply, led for the first time at 6-5…

Flares were thrown as supporters from both sides spilled onto the pitch after Celtic’s 4-2 win on penalties. Source link

Realistically the RFU was unlikely to do anything but back the regime with one game still to play in the Six Nations. However, those at the top of English rugby are not minded to sack Borthwick. If they were, they could have kept quiet and let speculation build this week. While this vote of confidence…