Lossiemouth put the seal on another excellent season by winning the Champion Hurdle at Punchestown on Friday. The Willie Mullins-trained mare, a 2-7 favourite, was a comfortable winner of the two-mile Grade One race, kicking clear approaching the last and ultimately having five lengths to spare over Golden Ace (11-1) at the finishing post. Ridden…
“Last year was the season of learning, I’ll say,” Vipotnik says. “I scored my first goal early. I thought it will be easier [after that]. But at the end I saw how tough the league is. “I’m thankful for the first season because I learned a lot. I think I grew a little bit, also…
Aston Villa manager Unai Emery was highly critical of the video assistant referee for not sending off Nottingham Forest midfielder Elliot Anderson in two impassioned rants after his side’s 1-0 loss in the first leg of their Europa League semi-final. Anderson avoided punishment for a first-half sliding tackle in which he won the ball but…
Wood’s spot-kick, smashed high beyond Emi Martinez, was his 200th career goal and gives Forest something to defend at Villa Park next week. The New Zealand international only returned this month, having been sidelined since October with his knee issue. He missed the entirety of Sean Dyche’s reign, having surgery in December, but started the…
World number one Luke Littler won his fifth night of the Premier League Darts season to return to the top of the table. The 19-year-old backed up his win in Liverpool last week with another impressive performance in Aberdeen to climb above Jonny Clayton. The pair are already guaranteed a place at the season-ending play-offs…
England’s squad for this summer’s Women’s T20 World Cup will skip this weekend’s round of domestic matches for a camp with the British Army. The 15-strong group will spend the weekend on a programme focusing on “decision-making, resilience and delivering high performance when the pressure is turned up”, the management says. The trip, at an…
Rajasthan Royals captain Riyan Parag has been fined 25% of his match fee after being seen vaping in the dressing room during an Indian Premier League match. Parag, 24, was seen inhaling from a device during television coverage of Tuesday’s IPL match against Punjab Kings. Organisers said he had breached the tournament’s code of conduct,…
Al-Rumayyan co-founded LIV in 2021 and has been the tour’s most powerful figure. This week LIV postponed its June event in New Orleans, meaning it will not have any tournaments in the US between 10 May until 6 August, when it goes to Trump Bedminster in New Jersey. However, LIV tournaments are due to take…
Arsenal close the gap on leaders Manchester City to eight points with two games in hand, after a resounding 7-0 win against Leicester City. The result confirms the Foxes will finish bottom of the Women’s Super League table and face a relegation play-off. MATCH REPORT: Women’s Super League – Arsenal 7-0 Leicester City Available to…
Shaun Murphy dashed Zhao Xintong’s hopes of lifting the Crucible curse with a superb 13-10 win as he moved into the semi-finals of the World Championship. Zhao, 29, had been aiming to become the only first-time winner to defend his crown since the tournament moved to the Crucible Theatre in 1977. However, he simply had…
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