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DHL Stormers captain Salmaan Moerat said his team was taking it game by game but he also said in the same press conference ahead of Friday night’s clash with the Dragons that the knockout phase has now effectively arrived for his team in the Vodacom United Rugby Championship. And he’s not wrong either. If the […]

After being forced to play catch-up for the last month, Manchester City have the chance to exert some added pressure on Arsenal in the Premier League title race when they kick off the weekend’s action at Fulham on Saturday. City’s last three Premier League wins against Wolverhampton Wanderers, Nottingham Forest and Brighton and Hove Albion

Hurricanes head coach Clark Laidlaw anticipates a back-row battle royal when his team faces a trio of All Blacks loose forwards in Saturday’s Super Rugby top-of-the-table clash with the Blues. The Hurricanes head to Auckland’s iconic Eden Park stadium just one point ahead of the second-placed Blues with four rounds left of the regular season.

Leverkusen are in pole position against Roma but guarding against complacency, while it is all to play for in Bergamo where Atalanta host Marseille. Leverkusen’s Florian Wirtz, Roma’s Romelu Lukaku, Atalanta’s Gianluca Scamacca and Marseille’s Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang Can anyone halt the Leverkusen juggernaut? Themselves, perhaps, or Roma’s attacking strength. Atalanta and Marseille are blessed with

Blackburn Rovers head coach John Eustace has been fined £2 500 ($3 124) by the Football Association for misconduct after being sent off during a goalless draw against Coventry in April. Eustace has avoided a touchline ban but an independent regulatory commission imposed a fine after he was involved in a touchline confrontation with Coventry

The Spanish Football Federation on Thursday accepted Atletico Madrid’s appeal against a partial stadium ban after racial abuse directed at Athletic Bilbao winger Nico Williams. Atletico were initially ordered to partially close their stadium for two LaLiga matches following monkey chants heard by Spain international Williams at Atletico’s Metropolitano stadium last month. The federation pointed

Madrid sealed the Spanish league on Saturday as they beat Cadiz and second-placed Barcelona were beaten and overtaken by Girona. But defender Dani Carvajal said focus is only on their Champions League semi-final second leg against Bayern Munich. “Not celebrating was the best thing to do,” said the Spain international. “There’s a vital game and

Argentina’s Diego Maradona was awarded the Golden Ball in Paris for being the best player at the 1986 Mexico World Cup Diego Maradona’s “stolen” Golden Ball trophy, awarded for being named the best player at the 1986 World Cup, has been found and will be auctioned off in France on 6 June. The Aguttes auction

Greenwood, who has one England cap, has not played for Manchester United since January 2022 Getafe hope to keep Manchester United’s on-loan forward Mason Greenwood for another season, says club president Angel Torres. Neither Getafe nor United expect the 22-year-old to return to his parent club. “If it was up to the lad, his parents

Murray missed April’s clay-court tournaments at the Monte Carlo Masters and BMW Open Andy Murray is set to return from injury at the Geneva Open this month. The three-time Grand Slam champion has been a given a wildcard for the clay-court tournament in Switzerland, which begins on 18 May. The 36-year-old Briton, who is expected