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'Tottenham messed up' - A win at last for Spurs, but is it too late?
Speaking on the Monday Night Club, football writer Mark Ogden and former Premier League striker Chris Sutton discuss how Tottenham are heading towards relegation from the Premier League, despite beating Wolves to secure their first league win of the year.
Manchester United’s Victory Over Brentford Strengthens Top-Four Push
Rabat – Manchester United are getting closer and closer to where they belong. After yesterday’s win, they’re sitting in third place in the Premier League, and a return to the Champions League is now within touching distance. For a club like United, Champions League nights at Old Trafford are what’s expected. After a few difficult seasons, it finally feels like those big European nights are about to come back. Central to this revival has been the leadership of Bruno Fernandes. The captain has bee...
How ruthless Mikel Arteta can solve major Arsenal problem against Atletico Madrid
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Former Tottenham executive lands new role leading Kazakhstan Football Federation
Tottenham Hotspur’s former chief football officer Scott Munn has been appointed as the general secretary of the Kazakhstan Football Federation (KFF).Kazakhstan are ranked 110th in FIFA’s global rankings and have never qualified for the European Championship or the World Cup. They finished second from bottom of their European qualification group for this summer’s tournament.Advertisement
Raja Casablanca, AS FAR, and the 5% Rule
Rabat – The long awaited clash between Raja Casablanca and AS FAR was supposed to be a celebration of Moroccan football at its best. A historical rivalry spanning decades has reached a new peak. Two teams, same goal:the Botola pro title. Yet, as the match approaches this Thursday evening, the conversation has shifted away from the pitch towards the stands. At the center of the controversy is the 5% rule, which limits away supporters to a small share of stadium capacity. Its recent application ha...
A dunk and goal you have to see, plus another CFB gambling scandal
The Pulse Newsletter 📣 | This is The Athletic’s daily sports newsletter. Sign up here to receive The Pulse directly in your inbox.Good morning! Thank you to everyone who wrote in about their Vikings “hope,” which I’ve learned is in short supply for most Minnesota fans. Ope. Coming up: 🥴 No. 1 on the brink 🏒 Another OT thriller 🎰 New gambling scandal About Last Night: A dunk and a goal off the backboardOnce again, we had an extraordinary night of playoff action across basketball and hoc...
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LIV Golf to postpone New Orleans event amid reports of Saudi money drying up
No LIV tournaments expected from mid-May to AugustCEO had promied season would continue ‘full throttle’LIV Golf’s inaugural tournament in New Orleans scheduled for the end of June is likely to be postponed until the autumn, according to multiple local reports.New Orleans television station WDSU and nola.com were among the first to report Monday that the Bayou Oaks event at City Park planned for late June was being moved to later in the year. Continue reading...
Cowboys undrafted rookie free agents: Who is most likely to find a roster spot?
Undrafted rookie free agency is an important aspect of the Dallas Cowboys’ roster-building plan.After the Cowboys were done making their seven picks in this year’s draft, they were working the phones, looking to add another 10 to 12 players in undrafted free agency.“It’s a big, big part of what we do,” Cowboys vice president of player personnel Will McClay said. “There are players that weren’t drafted that we like. It doesn’t matter where you come from. We talk about that all the time. You get t...
Young Flyers may be letting the pressure of playoff hockey get to them
PITTSBURGH — Alex Bump hadn’t played an NHL game in 13 days. Inserted into the Philadelphia Flyers’ lineup in place of a healthy Matvei Michkov, though, Bump made an impact right away Monday night against the Pittsburgh Penguins. The 22-year-old rookie, playing on a line with Noah Cates and Tyson Foerster, scored a second-period goal with a power move to the net in his playoff debut and finished with a team-high four shots and nine shot attempts.If only the rest of his teammates showed the same...
Sidney Crosby and the Penguins are halfway to pulling off the unthinkable
PITTSBURGH — Not long after the Pittsburgh Penguins had vacated their locker room following a dramatic, 3-2 victory against the Philadelphia Flyers in Game 5 of what is becoming an increasingly interesting series, only one player remained.Kris Letang, looking confident as he does in good and bad times, sat at his locker. But he wasn’t so much soaking in the scene as he was already preparing for the next battle, slowly removing his armor and looking somewhere between zen and hungry for more actio...
Corteen-Coleman in England T20 World Cup squad
Corteen-Coleman in England T20 World Cup squadByFfion WynneBBC Sport JournalistPublished10 minutes agoUncapped left-arm spinner Tilly Corteen-Coleman has been included in England's squad for the Women's T20 World Cup this summer.The 18-year-old impressed in England's intra-squad matches in South Africa this year.She is one of three left-arm spinners in England's squad alongside Sophie Ecclestone and Linsey Smith, while off-spinner Charlie Dean is named as vice-captain to Nat...
Inside the NFL Draft: Ty Simpson pick explained, surging TEs and favorite strategies
If there is one thing I’ve learned about the NFL Draft, it’s that everyone is going to argue about it for weeks afterward.That’s where I come in: I’m not here to change your opinions, but to talk to you about the process behind some of the more interesting moves and trends you watched throughout this year’s draft, and to highlight a few of my favorite classes.Let’s get right into it and start with the draft’s biggest surprise:Ty Simpson, body language and what comes next Ty Simpson of Alabama wa...
Which women's basketball transfers found the best fits? Ranking the top 20 best moves
More than 1,300 Division I players entered the transfer portal this offseason, and while not all of them have located a new home yet, most of the biggest names have found their landing spots. The season is still six months away, but it’s already time to start imagining how all these players will fit in with their new teams, and swap our transfer portal ranking for a transfer portal fit ranking.Advertisement
Thanks to Jamal Cain, the underdog Magic are on the verge eliminating Pistons
ORLANDO, Fla. — One of the most important conversations of the Orlando Magic’s season took place in one of their hydrotherapy rooms, during a plunge into a cold tub where the 45-degree water soothes aching muscles and reduces inflammation.There, between Games 3 and 4 of their first-round series against the Detroit Pistons, Jamal Cain asked Desmond Bane if Bane ever feels nervous during playoff games. Bane explained that he feels apprehensive, but his worries evaporate once the game begins.Advert...
Revisiting the 2021 NHL Draft: The importance of game reps, overagers and more
Continuing an annual series that now dates back a few years, I’m looking back at the draft from five seasons ago to try to glean what key lessons we can take away from it. The 2021 NHL Draft was — and will likely remain — one of the most unique and difficult classes to evaluate I’ve ever been involved with.Advertisement
Which of the Patriots' undrafted free agents could make the 53-man roster?
The New England Patriots’ long streak of years with an undrafted free agent making the initial roster ended in 2023, but the franchise has still kept an undrafted player in 21 of the last 22 years.This year’s group of UDFAs has a decent chance to continue that trend, considering the Patriots didn’t draft a player at several positions of need, including guard and nose tackle.Advertisement
NBA Draft lottery proposals don't address the underlying reason behind tanking
The NBA’s (occasionally) admirable attempts to bring the hammer to the scourge of tanking continue to ignore the tenacity and recalcitrance of nails.The league is committed to trying to reduce the most egregious forms of tanking — the multi-year versions — in its attempts to get more of its teams to participate fully in actually trying to win games during the regular season. But its attempts to find perfection in potential solutions, to try and account for every contingency, continue to ignore t...
How an unlikely change propelled Lightning's Darren Raddysh toward NHL stardom
TAMPA, Fla. — In the elite levels of the Greater Toronto Hockey League, there is no bigger year than your OHL draft year. For these teenagers, many having been on skates just about as long as they’ve been able to walk, it is the biggest year of their lives.It was no different for Tampa Bay Lightning defenseman Darren Raddysh, who was a minor midget teammate of Connor McDavid and Sam Bennett with the Toronto Marlboros U16 triple-A team back in 2011.Advertisement
It's business as usual for the Red Sox, but will firing Alex Cora bring a World Series?
In one of the most shocking moves we’ve seen from a front office in recent memory, the Boston Red Sox fired manager Alex Cora on Saturday, and they did it just 27 games into the season.A decision this surprising invites a deep dive into the history of how the Red Sox have been handled over the past 20 years to see what would lead them to part ways with Cora, who is one of the best managers in the sport, according to executives in both leagues I spoke to who were all just as shocked as the rest o...