USA host Venezuela in WBC championship gamePolitical tensions underlie final at LoanDepot ParkDrop David a line on Bluesky or by emailVEN 0-0 USA, top 1stMaikel Garcia is up: he hits a hard ground ball to third base. Alex Bregman has it and fires to second for the first out, then Turang throws to first to complete the double play! So that erases the lead off …

OLIVER HOLT AT THE ETIHAD STADIUM: Manchester City did what they could to rouse the faithful into a righteous frenzy and inspire their team for the Herculean task that lay ahead.

A staggering defeat at the hands of a fellow European giant

The right-back has endured a disrupted first season at Real Madrid but has been back to his best of late

Morocco declared 3-0 winners after appeal is upheldSenegal’s players walked off pitch over penalty callMorocco have been awarded a 3-0 win in this year’s Africa Cup of Nations final after Senegal were sensationally stripped of the title in an unprecedented ruling.The Confederation of African Football announced on Tuesday evening that its appeal board had …

Manchester City are out of the Champions League after suffering a 5-1 aggregate defeat by Real Madrid in the last 16.

The only blessing worth counting for Chelsea in this strangest of weeks is that the Premier League operate with a softer notion of justice than the champions of Europe. 

It was Eberechi Eze 's intuition and spatial awareness which took the breath away in that moment. He did not even look up to take aim before powering the ball into the top corner.

Despite being freshly demoted to British No 2, Jack Draper has taken confidence from his Indian Wells performances which included a career first win over Novak Djokovic and hopes to continue his good form at the Miami Open.

Gunners star went off after receiving treatment in Champions League win over Bayer Leverkusen

Manchester City have been knocked out of the Champions League in the round of 16 as Vinicius Jr scored twice in a 2-1 win for Real Madrid that sealed a 5-1 aggregate victory.

Bodo/Glimt's dream run in this season's Champions League may be over, but they bow out with their heads held high after making history.

Bukayo Saka a constant menace as Gunners book Champions League quarter-final clash with Sporting

Englishman joins Reece James, Malo Gusto and Levi Colwill on the treatment table

Manchester City 1-2 Real Madrid (1-5 agg.): Bernardo Silva saw red as Real Madrid knocked Pep Guardiola’s side out for the third season running

Arsenal 2-0 Bayer Leverkusen (3-1 on aggregate): The Gunners have felt a release as they continued chasing a quadruple by marching into the Champions League quarter-finals

Eze opened his European account with a spectacular 20-yard thunderbolt before Declan Rice added a classy second to seal a 3-1 aggregate success.

City played most of the second leg of their last-16 tie with 10 men following Bernardo Silva’s first-half dismissal.

Senegal’s players walked off the pitch in the Afcon final in protest to a late penalty being awarded to Morocco

Chelsea huddled once and, as if in an act of resistance, huddled again. They gathered on either side of the centre-circle before kick-off, apparently impervious to the kerfuffle that had followed their weekend antics, and it was the biggest fight they put up on a night that laid bare their distance from Europe’s elite.The resounding Club World Cup win …