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Lakers miss another closeout chance as Rockets force Game 6
The Houston Rockets stayed alive in their playoff series with the Los Angeles Lakers, posting a 99-93 victory Wednesday that sent the Western Conference series to Game 6 on Friday in Houston.After LeBron James banked in a shot to cut the Rockets’ lead to 3 points in the final three minutes, Reed Sheppard re-established control for the Rockets. He hit a 15-foot pull-up shot, stole the ball from James and scored on a dunk to push the lead to seven points.Advertisement
No-look six off Bumrah, 300 strike-rate: Salil Arora steals the spotlight in Wankhede run-fest
Young Salil Arora's audacious 10-ball 30, featuring a stunning no-look six off Jasprit Bumrah, stole the show in a high-scoring IPL 2026 match. Despite a star-studded Sunrisers Hyderabad lineup, Arora's fearless finishing, including an unbeaten 30, sealed a dominant chase, repaying the franchise's faith in his potential. Despite modest returns initially, SRH continued to back Arora in the lower order. That faith was repaid last night.
Iran soccer officials turned away by Canadian authorities, poised to miss FIFA Congress
VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Iranian soccer officials were turned back by Canadian authorities en route to this week’s FIFA Congress and will miss the annual meeting, according to Canada’s foreign minister and multiple reports.It is at least the second time Iranian representatives have been denied entry into North America ahead of the 2026 World Cup, and raises further questions about the extent of their participation in the tournament, which will be co-hosted by the United States, Canada and M...
Marathon record breaker Sabastian Sawe returns to hero’s welcome in Kenya
Sabastian Sawe returned home to a hero’s welcome in Kenya after being the first to run a marathon in under two hours.
Liverpool mailbag: Send your questions to James Pearce
Transfers, injuries, contracts, ownership... ask our expert about the big issues at Anfield
Fantasy Premier League: Motivation over fixtures – how to make end-of-season transfers
With just four gameweeks left, we are reaching the business end of the 2025-26 Fantasy Premier League season.Normally, when deciding whether to make a transfer, we try to balance recent form and upcoming fixtures — short-term gains allied to long-term planning.But at this late stage, the set of criteria changes. So what should we be looking for?Advertisement
Crystal Palace are in a European semi-final. This is what it means to players and managers from previous eras
Crystal Palace are in uncharted territory.The sight of the team walking out in Krakow to confront Shakhtar Donetsk in the first leg of the UEFA Conference League semi-final will stoke a sense of pride back in south London.This is a club which has emerged through challenging times over the years. They have been beset with financial difficulties and plunged twice into administration, and narrowly avoided dropping into the third tier of English football in 2001 and 2010. They have experienced the h...
Gujarat Titans hope to erase mistakes of the past vs red-hot RCB
Gujarat Titans hope to erase mistakes of the past vs redhot RCB
Keith Andrews on life at Brentford: 'Push boundaries, find marginal gains — that’s the challenge with elite sport'
There are people playing giant Jenga, in hysterics every time the tower falls. Others are taking part in a human scavenger hunt; looking for someone who has run a marathon, someone who has lived abroad and so on. There are smiles on faces and laughter in the air long before the surprise guest arrives.Advertisement
Premier League relegation fight: West Ham's top-seven form an ongoing headache for Spurs
Welcome back to The Athletic’s relegation battle tracker, where our data and tactics writers examine the key trends behind the fight for Premier League survival.The perils of going down were distilled into a single afternoon last Saturday, as the scorelines swung in different directions during Tottenham Hotspur’s trip to Wolverhampton Wanderers and West Ham United’s home game with Everton.Advertisement
Forest vs Villa: Comparing their European pedigrees, what this semi-final means to today’s fans – and predicting the winner
It is not unprecedented to have two Premier League clubs facing each other in a continental semi-final, but for both of them to be past European champions from over 40 years ago adds a different slant.Aston Villa, European Cup winners in 1982, and Nottingham Forest, who had triumphed in the same competition in 1979 and 1980, meet in the first leg of a Europa League semi-final at the City Ground tonight (Thursday) before the return leg at Villa Park next week.Advertisement
The Alternative Premier League Table: No 35 – Days spent top and in the top five
Welcome to the latest edition of The Alternative Premier League Table, where each week, The Athletic analyses the entire division through a specific lens.The Premier League title race will likely see plenty more changes at the top before and potentially during the final matchday of the season on May 24. Arsenal are top — as they regularly have been since 2022-23 — but Manchester City hold a game in hand, with goal difference another factor.Advertisement
Harry Winks joining Leicester City was considered a coup. Now both parties need a fresh start
It is hard to contemplate now, but Harry Winks was once considered a statement signing.Leicester City had been relegated from the Premier League in shocking fashion despite being backed by the seventh-highest budget in the division, and with a squad stacked with talent. It was July 2023 and a club who had not seen demotion coming needed to secure an immediate return.Advertisement
Atletico need Julian Alvarez for crunch second leg - he showed again why he's so crucial
Julian Alvarez had a rollercoaster evening for Atletico Madrid against Arsenal and much of his team’s chances of progressing in next Tuesday’s Champions League semi-final second leg rest on a quick recovery from the ankle knock he picked up in the first.The 26-year-old was central in both the penalties scored on the night — giving up possession right before Arsenal striker Viktor Gyokeres made it 1-0, and then converting after Ben White’s handball.Advertisement
Champions League: Arteta cries foul over VAR call as Arsenal held by Atletico
Champions League Arteta cries foul over VAR call as Arsenal held by Atletico
Does Newcastle's data give Howe a way to explain their downturn in form in PIF meetings?
How and why Newcastle United’s Premier League campaign has proven so disastrous continues to be debated — with Eddie Howe’s culpability a key point of contention.When the head coach speaks in front of the ownership at Matfen Hall in Northumberland on Thursday — a 25-strong delegation from Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF), Newcastle’s majority stakeholder, led by Yasir Al-Rumayyan, the club chairman, have flown in for annual departmental meetings — he can cite myriad examples of mitiga...
Gary O'Neil: Renaissance manager
Gary O’Neil will join an elite group of managers tonight as the former Bournemouth and Wolverhampton Wanderers head coach leads Strasbourg into the Conference League semi-finals.In doing so — and discounting Aaron Danks, who stood in for the suspended Vincent Kompany for Bayern Munich’s Champions League tie against Paris Saint-Germain on Tuesday — O’Neil becomes the first English manager to take his side into the last four of a European club competition since Roy Hodgson oversaw Fulham’s run to...
Tell us how you think teams will get on at World Cup
You may have heard there is a big international football tournament taking place this summer. We have mentioned it in a few places. As (most of) the world’s leading countries and players descend on the United States, Canada and Mexico for the 2026 World Cup, we’ll be bringing you all the action and analysis, as we do throughout the football season — and one part of that will be predicting how each match will play out. We’ll have two writers, Andrew Jones and Elias Burke, bringing you daily predi...
Connections: Sports Edition today: Hints and answers for April 30, 2026, puzzle No. 584
Need help with today’s Connections: Sports Edition puzzle? You’ve come to the right place.Welcome to Connections: Sports Edition Coach — a spot to gather clues and discuss (and share) scores.A quick public service announcement before we continue: The bottom of this article includes the answers — and hints — for the four categories. So if you want to solve the board hint-free, we recommend you play before continuing.You can access today’s game here.Advertisement
Liverpool news: Arne Slot urged to make swap deal happen as Virgil van Dijk addresses rumours
The latest Liverpool news sees Arne Slot being told to complete a swap deal this summer at any cost