If Wrexham v Birmingham was the alternative Battle of Britain on Thursday night, it certainly lived up to its billing as the League One promotion chasers played out the scrappiest of draws.Like at Old Trafford, it was a fight between red and blue for supremacy but they cancelled one another out in front of a capacity crowd of 13,237. Ollie Rathbone scored a …

‘We all love that an underdog can prove people wrong’Some players have suffered heavy defeats at club levelEngland’s players have been urged to jettison the mental baggage of heavy recent club defeats and start afresh when the Six Nations kicks off next week. The majority of the squad have endured at least one ­disappointing result since Christmas but …

Andrews' dropped pass cost Baltimore in playoff lossLongtime tight end breaks silence with Instagram postBaltimore Ravens tight end Mark Andrews has been the subject of fan ire since he dropped a pass with 1:33 remaining that would have tied the AFC divisional round game against the Buffalo Bills late in the fourth quarter last Sunday.He remained quiet until …

Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s team reveal parting of waysAinslie says he will consider his legal optionsSir Ben Ainslie has said he is “astounded” after Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s Ineos Britannia team announced a parting of ways with the four-time Olympic champion for this year’s America’s Cup. He also threatened to launch a “significant” legal fight in …

Winning is the only cast-iron way to control the message in football. So after Ruben Amorim’s various recent rhetorical wrong turns this added-time, sixth victory of a chequered 16-game Manchester United reign was needed.On 88 minutes it seemed very far from on as Harry Maguire missed a header to enable Cyriel Dessers to steal in and equalise with aplomb. …

Christian Eriksen's corner early in the second half looked easy pickings for the stopper but the ball clipped the back of his glove before dropping behind him.

IAN HERBERT AT THE RACECOURSE GROUND: City, top-of-the table and intent on an immediate return to the Championship, were by far the better side in September's 3-1 win.

IAN LADYMAN AT OLD TRAFFORD: These days for United it is about avoiding calamity. About getting home with all the dressing room televisions still intact.

RICHARD GIBSON: At 16 years 291 days old, Flintoff became the youngest player to score a hundred for England's second-string team when he clubbed a counter-attacking 108 for Lions.

Mail Sport's Chris Wheeler and Calum Crowe rate the players at Old Trafford after Bruno Fernandes scored a lasp-gasp winner to earn Man United a dramatic 2-1 victory over Rangers.

Mail Sport's racing expert Robin Goodfellow delivers his tips for Friday's meetings at Sandown, Doncaster, Lingfield and Southwell.