Ben Earl urges England to up the tempo to continue Wales’ woe: ‘Speed kills’

The No 8 will serve as England’s centre cover in Cardiff but played down concerns over his lack of experience at the position
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Manchester United vs Real Sociedad LIVE: Europa League latest score as teenager Ayden Heaven starts in last 16

The Europa League is Manchester United’s last chance for silverware this season and only likely route back into the Champions League next year
Chelsea handed boost after Sonia Bompastor gives Sam Kerr injury update
Cheltenham festival day four tips: Galopin Des Champs to make Gold Cup history

The chaser can become the first horse since Best Mate to complete elusive three-timer in jumping’s premier testFour of the six odds-on favourites over the first two days of this year’s festival were beaten, leaving many punters in a deep hole ahead of the last day of the meeting on Friday. It will be the most significant shock of all, however, if Galopin …
Three more ski jumpers suspended as cheating scandal engulfs sport

Athletes alleged to have used illegal suitsSimilar bans were handed down earlier this weekThree more Norwegian ski jumpers were suspended on Thursday in a widening cheating scandal that has shocked the sport.World championships medalists Robin Pederson and Kristoffer Eriksen Sundal were provisionally suspended along with Robert Johansson over suspicion of …
‘It is not too dissimilar’: England’s Earl happy to make central switch if needed

6-2 bench split means Earl will provide cover at centre “Half the stuff I do is as a 12 anyway,’ says back-rowerBen Earl has said he would take a shift to playing at centre against Wales in his stride on Saturday after Steve Borthwick revealed the back-rower is the first cab off the rank in the event of injury.As England go in search of the bonus-point …
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Champions League review: Lamine Yamal’s brilliance and Donnarumma the great

The quarter-finals have been decided with a dash of controversy. We hand out honours and dishonours from the latest round of actionReal Madrid Continue reading...
UEFA release statement after Julian Alvarez's double touch penalty was controversially ruled out in Atletico Madrid's shootout loss to Real Madrid

KIERAN GILL: While Atletico thought they had scored initially, the refereeing team disallowed it, much to the confusion of some supporters inside the Metropolitano Stadium who were unaware.
Revealed: Newcastle to build new 65,000-capacity super stadium and leave St James' Park after 133 years - all the bombshell details of 'stunning' plans including the new site, where team will play while it's built and key feature poached from Wembley

EXCLUSIVE BY CRAIG HOPE: The club are preparing to take their intentions to the Government for sign-off on a project that will create hundreds of jobs.
There's one disastrous statistic that should alarm everybody who thinks they care about English football - and it threatens to endanger our entire game, writes IAN LADYMAN

IAN LADYMAN: It threatens to become a fundamental pattern that has already brought great danger to the door of our game.
How Marco Asensio took Aston Villa by storm, why they can get him for a cut-price fee this summer and the Dubai break that can make him even better ...and why he owes his success to his old mate Rafael Nadal

With seven goals in eight matches, the 29-year-old's impact has been so great at Villa that they are already considering whether they can sign him permanently.
The making of England's try-scoring machine Tommy Freeman and why the history-chasing, do-it-all star (and sometime rapper) of Steve Borthwick's side can be the saviour in the centre

When Tommy Freeman was selected in the centres this week, Steve Borthwick asked him to stand up in front of the team and perform one of his party tricks.
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