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Sonia Bompastor won her first trophy in English football and continued her unbeaten first season as Chelsea manager as they triumphed over Manchester City in a well-contested Women’s League Cup final at Pride Park. The result gave Chelsea a 26th victory from Bompastor’s 28 competitive matches in charge of the club so far in all … Read more
There was a time not too long ago when meetings between St Helens and Leeds Rhinos were played out on the sport’s biggest stages. At various points over the last two decades, it was not uncommon to find these two sides playing one another in a major final. They were Super League’s market leaders. However, … Read more
Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Preamble A Six Nations that began in January with images of captains in the Colosseum ends – for Italy and Ireland – in Rome. And it’s two sets of battle-worn gladiators who face off. Ireland completed the triple crown but are … Read more
Pep Guardiola has responded sarcastically to Fabio Capello’s claim that he is arrogant, has “ruined Italian football” and has made the sport boring. The former England coach offered his view of Guardiola to the Spanish newspaper El Mundo this week. On Friday Manchester City’s manager was asked whether he listened to someone of the Italian’s … Read more
A Christmas dinner was to prove the catalyst that turned around Gloucester-Hartpury’s season. The defending Premiership Women’s Rugby champions’ defeat by Bristol Bears in November was their third of the campaign, the most losses in a season since the 2021-22 season, and led senior players to tell head coach Sean Lynn: “We are not us.” … Read more
Regardless of how Lewis Hamilton’s hugely anticipated debut for Ferrari pans out at Melbourne in Sunday’s season-opening Australian Grand Prix and whether his glorious adventure to cap a remarkable career is a success or not, for one former driver, his countryman has made the right decision. “The experience I had at Ferrari, money can’t buy,” … Read more
Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Today’s match officials Emily Heaslip will take charge of today’s Subway Women’s League Cup final. Photograph: Andrew Couldridge/Action Images/Reuters Share Updated at 11.18 GMT Bompastor’s seamless Chelsea transition Chelsea: History has all too often illustrated that when a leader departs a sporting … Read more
Racegoers in the Princess Royal stand watch the runners and riders in the Pertemps Final Handicap Hurdle, won by Doddiethegreat. Photograph: Tom Jenkins/The Guardian Share on Facebook Share on Twitter
Chelsea have flown under the radar to agree a shock deal worth about €50m (£42.1m) for the Sporting winger Geovany Quenda, who was a target for Manchester United. The 17-year-old attacker played for Ruben Amorim at the Lisbon club and was widely expected to link up with his former manager at Old Trafford. But Chelsea … Read more
Peter Wennberg laughs as he describes a recent under-11s training session where focus had drifted. Were his young charges going to treat the session as a laugh or take their opportunity seriously? He called a halt and asked where their priorities lay. “Then one of the boys, a sharp one, said: ‘What did Alexander Isak … Read more