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EVERTON v WEST HAM Saturday 3pm Venue Goodison Park Referee Darren Bond This season G11 Y46 R1 4.27 cards/game Everton v West Ham: probable starters, contenders in italics Everton Subs from Virginia, Begovic, Coleman, Young, Patterson, Dixon, Keane, Iroegbunam, Alcaraz, Sherif, Heath, Ebere, Chermiti Doubtful None Injured Ndiaye (knee, unknown), Calvert-Lewin (hamstring, unknown), Mangala (knee, … Read more

BBC Two’s new eight-episode series Chess Masters: The Endgame, aired on Monday evening at 8pm between Mastermind and University Challenge, has provoked strong but sharply divided reactions, both among television critics and seasoned chess experts and amateurs. The Guardian’s Lucy Mangan called it “so dull it’s almost unwatchable”. Although when she says “the flurry of … Read more

If all goes well for England somewhere around half past nine on Saturday they will be preparing to clamber on to the team bus and head back to the stadium. They will have decamped back to their hotel a couple of miles away in Cardiff Bay but if they have held up their end of … Read more

Thomas Tuchel has named Marcus Rashford in his first England squad, bringing the Aston Villa forward in from the international wilderness to complete a stunning turnaround in his fortunes. There is also a surprise return for Jordan Henderson, who is at Ajax and last played for England in November 2023, and Tuchel has given first … Read more

The Aditya-L1 mission is India’s first scientific mission dedicated to studying the Sun. | Photo Credit: X/Ani/ISRO Scientists from the Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA) have reported observations of a flareless coronal mass ejection (CME) from the solar atmosphere with the Visible Emission Line Coronagraph (VELC) instrument onboard Aditya-L1 mission. The Aditya-L1 mission is India’s … Read more

Jack Draper has booked his place in an ATP Masters 1000 semi-final for the first time after defeating American Ben Shelton in straight sets at the BNP Paribas Open. The British No 1 edged ahead in the race between two of the rising stars of men’s tennis with a 6-4, 7-5 victory over Shelton, who … Read more

Rory McIlroy opted to let his golf clubs do the talking. A wondrous approach to the 18th, setting up a birdie for an opening round of 67, emphasised the Northern Irishman’s ability to create his own storyline. Social media descended into typical frenzy in the buildup to this Players Championship after McIlroy was heckled by … Read more

What happens when a leader departs a sporting dynasty? How can the transfer of power cause as little disruption to the team as possible? History has all too often illustrated that it is a far from easy adjustment; that it will take a little time to regroup and recalibrate. For Chelsea, however, the transition from … Read more

Play the match, not the occasion. Lap up the theatre, the dramatics, the pyrotechnics, the hostility, if that is what gets you going, but when you cross the white line, play what is in front of you. If there is one message that should have been hammered home to England’s players this week, it is … Read more

Jessie Holmes, a former reality television star, won the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Friday negotiating the longest-ever course in the event’s history. Holmes was first to the finish line in Nome on the Bering Sea coast. The race began on 3 March in Fairbanks after a lack of snow forced changes to the … Read more