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Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Preamble Today is the first day of the rest of Thomas Tuchel’s life. He officially began his role as England head coach in January, but his team spring into action for the first time at Wembley this evening, against Albania in … Read more

McNeese coach Will Wade and his boombox-toting manager gave March Madness its first bracket buster. The 12th-seeded Cowboys used a stifling first half to open a 24-point lead, and then held off late-charging No 5 seed Clemson for the program’s first NCAA Tournament victory, a 69-67 win in the opening round of the East Region … Read more

Lewis Hamilton landed his first pole position as a Ferrari driver by taking top spot for Saturday’s sprint race at the Chinese Grand Prix. The 40-year-old, in only his second appearance for the Italian giants, saw off Red Bull’s Max Verstappen by just 0.018 seconds in Shanghai to ensure he will start from the front … Read more

The Sunday showdown everyone wanted will happen, just not the way most expected. A desperate Canadian search for a men’s international trophy will stretch on to the summer after Raul Jiménez clinically guided Mexico to a 2-0 win and a spot in the Concacaf Nations League Final against unlikely opponent Panama, who dispatched the US … Read more

On the eve of what turned out to be his first loss in a competitive match in charge of the United States men’s national team and the end of his honeymoon with his newish employers, Mauricio Pochettino said something accidentally prescient. “Football is about timing and it’s about form and the situation of the player,” … Read more

On a night when not much went right for the short-handed Los Angeles Lakers, Bronny James was the bright spot. The oldest son of LeBron James set career highs with 17 points and five assists in his most extensive NBA minutes in a 118-89 loss to the Milwaukee Bucks on Thursday night. With his injured … Read more

Fiasco, farce, omnishambles, call it what you like – even Malcolm Tucker would struggle to put a gloss on events at Salford Red Devils and the RFL in the last few months. With their new owners repeatedly failing to lodge the funds that would guarantee the club can get through the season, Salford remain in … Read more

The former Glamorgan head coach Grant Bradburn has received a ­suspended £500 fine, reprimand and caution for making comments with racist and sexist “connotations”. Bradburn was charged by the ­independent cricket regulator and sacked by the Welsh county in December after allegations were made against the 58-year-old. The charge, which ­Bradburn ­admitted, comprised three ­allegations, … Read more

Coco Gauff crushed her fellow American Sofia Kenin 6-0, 6-0 at the Miami Open on Thursday, as the former US Open champion produced a flawless display to reach the third round. Gauff, aiming to win her maiden Miami Open title, won 84% of her first-serve points, saved the one break point she faced and converted … Read more

Premiership Rugby executives have been picking the brains of their counterparts at World Wrestling Entertainment of late. The bad news is that rugby union’s version of the Royal Rumble is not in the pipeline, the good is that there is no better organisation when it comes to selling its stars and the Premiership has evidently … Read more