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This year’s Six Nations will adopt the 20-minute red cards that were trialled during the autumn. For the first time in the Championship, players sent off for technical offences can be replaced by a team-mate after 20 minutes have elapsed in an initiative design to punish players and not teams. However, referees can still award full and permanent red cards for …

Rennes are in advanced talks to sign Celtic forward Kyogo Furuhashi for around £10m.  Sky Sports News understands an offer is on the table, with the possibility of Jota returning to Glasgow also being discussed separately. Kyogo has been a key player for the Hoops since arriving in Scotland in the summer of 2021 under Ange Postecoglou. Image: Jota could …

The FIA has introduced new guidelines which could see F1 drivers receive points deductions or a possible ban for misconduct violations, including swearing. Max Verstappen was ordered to “accomplish some work of public interest” at the end of 2024 after using an expletive during a press conference at the Singapore Grand Prix. The Grand Prix Drivers’ Association (GPDA) called out …

Pep Guardiola admitted Manchester City being eliminated from the Champions League is now a “reality” following the 4-2 defeat to Paris-Saint Germain away from home. City dropped to 25th in the standings, which sees them fall out of the knockout places across the new format, after squandering a two-goal lead at the Parc des Princes. Goals from Jack Grealish and …

Celtic secured Champions League progression with a Young Boys own goal on a night of disallowed goals, missed penalties and red card drama at Parkhead. The Hoops knew a win against the side bottom of the table would all but guarantee a play-off place and Kyogo thought he had given them the dream start only for his strike to be …

Celtic secured Champions League progression with a Young Boys own goal on a night of disallowed goals, missed penalties and red card drama at Parkhead. The Hoops knew a win against the side bottom of the table would all but guarantee a play-off place and Kyogo thought he had given them the dream start only for his strike to be …

The top stories and transfer rumours from Thursday’s newspapers… EVENING STANDARD Chelsea have made an offer to take Douglas Luiz on loan for the rest of the season. According to reports in Italy, Juventus have made Luiz available just six months after his £42m arrival. DAILY MIRROR Chelsea have been handed a boost in their pursuit of Alejandro Garnacho as …

Racing driver Jamie Chadwick has expanded her own grassroots motorsport initiative after revealing a 1,900 per cent increase in female participation in karting last year. In 2024, Chadwick formed The Jamie Chadwick Series in a bid to increase female representation in motorsport. Initially, participants had to be at least 12 years old to compete in the the all-female karting championship …

Lewis Hamilton has described his first experience of driving a Ferrari Formula 1 car as “one of the best feelings of my life”. Hamilton got behind the wheel of the 2023 Ferrari F1 car on Wednesday at the Scuderia’s Fiorano test track in front of around 1500 fans, with his first laps caught by Sky Sports News’ cameras – and …

Ye Joon Kim took on arguably the hardest assignment in world boxing at just two weeks’ notice when he agreed to fight Naoya Inoue this Friday, live on Sky Sports. ‘The Monster’ Inoue is one of the best boxers in the world at any weight, indeed he has been the undisputed champion in two weight classes and holds the WBC, …