John McGinn has said Aston Villa are eyeing “sporting revenge” against Club Brugge in their Champions League last-16 first leg and believes Villa can achieve “something special” if they solve their inconsistencies. Unai Emery conceded things are delicately balanced with this a significant moment in Villa’s season. Villa slipped to a shock defeat at the … Read more
Jimmy Anderson has registered for this season’s Hundred draft, signalling his intent to continue his unexpected lap of honour in domestic cricket. The 42-year-old ended his record-breaking international career with England with an emotional farewell at Lord’s last summer but has decided he still has more to offer and will turn out for Lancashire in … Read more
US Senate Democrats banded together to torpedo a Republican bill that would ban transgender athletes from women’s sports, defeating the legislation in a razor-sharp party-line vote of 51-45 on Monday evening. The Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act, led by Tommy Tuberville, a senator from Alabama, crashed before reaching the 60 votes needed … Read more
A takeover deal for Rangers is set to be completed, with the owners of the San Francisco 49ers on track to acquire a majority stake in the Glasgow giants, according to reports. The news follows months of discussion around a proposed investment and comes at a delicate time for the club, with Rangers 16 points … Read more
Norfolk Holdings has completed its majority takeover of Norwich City, with Delia Smith and her husband, Michael Wynn Jones, no longer part of the club’s board. It was announced in August that Norfolk Holdings, led by the Milwaukee Brewers owner, Mark Attanasio, was set to increase its shareholding to around 85%, which would result in … Read more
A new system for reporting sexism and misogyny at football matches is to come into effect in response to the growing abuse of female fans. Kick it Out and Her Game Too are to work together on recording abuse at matches while also offering support to those who have experienced it, the organisations have announced. … Read more
Sepp Blatter, the former president of Fifa, and Michel Platini, the France great and former president of Uefa, have restated their innocence in relation to allegations of fraud when appearing on Monday in a Swiss court. The pair were cleared of fraud in July 2022 at a lower Swiss court following a seven-year investigation into … Read more
Sometimes football is a game of four halves, and on this occasion three of them were devoid of quality. In the end, only one moment truly mattered and that was Matz Sels’ penalty shootout save from Jack Taylor to send Nottingham Forest into the FA Cup quarter-finals at Ipswich’s expense. George Hirst and Ryan Yates … Read more
A senior Serie A executive has said Italian clubs playing a regular-season game in the United States could happen within one to two years but admitted the league had a long way to go to catch up with the Premier League’s popularity there. Serie A’s commercial and marketing director, Michele Ciccarese, confirmed an earlier comment … Read more
A brutal season for the Phoenix Suns hit a low Sunday night with a humiliating 116-98 home loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves. “We didn’t play up to our standards at all,” All-Star forward Kevin Durant said. “We embarrassed the fans and we embarrassed ourselves the way we played. I want us to be better.” There’s … Read more