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Tom McKibbin won on his LIV Golf debut as part of Jon Rahm’s Legion XIII team that were victorious in the season-opener in Riyadh. The quartet of Rahm (67), Tyrrell Hatton (70), Caleb Surratt (71) and McKibbin (72) finished in 50 under over the three days, 11 shots clear of the next best team, Ripper GC, with the scores of …

Irish super-featherweight boxer John Cooney in an image released on September 6, 2021. — Facebook@jhcboxing/File  Irish super-featherweight boxer John Cooney has died at the age of 28 after suffering a brain injury during his Celtic title defence fight against Welsh opponent Nathan Howells last week, his promoter announced on Saturday. “It is with complete devastation that we have to announce …

England right back in the Six Nations title race Image: Elliot Daly’s last-gasp try clinched England’s dramatic victory over France Steve Borthwick’s England have played the two favourites to lift the Six Nations trophy in Ireland and France, and have come out of those games with six points. Remember last week in Dublin? By 76 minutes England were 27-10 behind, …

Irish boxer John Cooney has died a week after his Celtic super-featherweight title fight at the Ulster Hall in Belfast. Cooney, 28, was stopped in the ninth round of his fight against Welshman Nathan Howells on February 1 and was taken to hospital, where he underwent surgery on a brain bleed and was admitted to intensive care. His promotors MHD …

England battled past Uganda to reach the Netball Nations Cup final in London after a nervy 59-48 victory. The Vitality Roses will face South Africa in Sunday’s final at 3pm, live on Sky Sports Mix, after the latter edged past Malawi 58-55 earlier on Saturday. South Africa narrowly beat England 61-59 when the sides met in the competition last week. …

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Joyeuse soared to victory at Newbury to keep the William Hill Hurdle trophy in the yard of Nicky Henderson. The grey is from the family of Epatante and like that mare is owned by JP McManus, for whom Henderson and Nico de Boinville combined to win this race last season with Iberico Lord. That horse was part of the line-up …

Tottenham’s players look like they are now hiding behind Ange Postecoglou and chairman Daniel Levy after their “shocking” midweek display against Liverpool in the Carabao Cup, says Paul Merson. Spurs, who travel to Aston Villa in the FA Cup on Sunday, took a one-goal lead to Anfield on Thursday night but were thrashed 4-0 as they missed out on the …

Jack Wilkinson @jacktwilkinson Wales lose to Italy in successive Six Nations matches for first time as alarming slump plunges to new depths; Ange Capuozzo try and five Tommaso Allan penalties earn Italy deserved victory, defeat could spell consecutive wooden spoons for Wales and have ramifications for Warren Gatland Last Updated: 08/02/25 4:21pm Wales slumped to another disappointing loss Wales fell …

England’s Cara Gainer won her maiden Ladies European Tour event after a dramatic play-off at the Lalla Meryem Cup in Morocco. Gainer’s previous best result was second at the 2022 Belgian Ladies Open but she recorded her biggest career triumph on Saturday after beating India’s Diksha Dagar to the title. The 29-year-old kept her cool at the end by birdieing …