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Arsenal go seven points clear with Saka on target in battling win at Brighton
Posted on Wednesday March 04, 2026
Arsenal did not come to see the seaside. There were not here to make friends – which was just as well. It was purely about the points. Mission Eyes On The Prize. They accomplished it and then some.There were 78 minutes on the clock when the travelling support got wind of Nottingham Forest’s equaliser at Manchester City. How they belted out their anthems at that point – about previous title-winning glories – and when it was all over, there was plenty more from them. Continue reading...
Anderson saves draw for Nottingham Forest as Manchester City slip back
Posted on Wednesday March 04, 2026
“Vamos, vamos!” screamed Rodri in his native Spanish following a 62nd-minute header that seemed to grab a precious victory for Manchester City. But the title chasers’ 2-1 lead lasted only 14 minutes as Phil Foden allowed Elliot Anderson to run off him and the Nottingham Forest midfielder, from range, curled a sublime equaliser beyond Gianluigi Donnarumma that silenced City’s faithful.Before Anderson’s leveller Erling Haaland was denied a penalty by the referee, Darren England, and the video assistant referee, for a coming together with Matz Sels, the visiting No 1. Bernardo Silva did not agree. “I just watched it,” City’s captain said afterwards. “It’s a penalty. We’re used to it this season, all the 50-50s have gone against us.” Continue reading...
Osula wonder goal for 10-man Newcastle ends Carrick’s unbeaten Manchester United start
Posted on Wednesday March 04, 2026
Eddie Howe accepts his Newcastle side are at their best when they create chaos and no one in black and white is better at conjuring it than Will Osula.The maverick Denmark Under-21 striker is, to say the least, unpredictable. No one, least of all Osula himself, ever seems quite sure what he will do at any given moment. Here though he stepped off the substitutes’ bench to score a fabulous, virtuoso 90th-minute winner for a home team reduced to 10 men by Jacob Ramsey’s controversial 45th-minute sending off for a perceived dive. Continue reading...
João Pedro hat-trick fires Chelsea to emphatic comeback win at Aston Villa
Posted on Wednesday March 04, 2026
As these teams emerged for kick-off, the Holte End displayed a tifo proudly flaunting Aston Villa’s deck of cards, chiefly an ace of clubs. By the end, however, their upper hand in the race for the Champions League felt rather hollow, if not diminished. Chelsea had dismantled Unai Emery’s side to move within three points of Villa, João Pedro scoring a hat-trick to take his tally to 17 goals for the season.The Brazil striker was in the mood for a fourth and tried his luck with an audacious overhead kick, while Emiliano Martínez prevented Alejandro Garnacho from adding a bruising fifth late on. For Villa and their grand aspirations, it was a sobering evening, even if Manchester United’s late defeat by Newcastle surely softened the blow. Continue reading...
Formula One 2026: team-by-team guide to the cars and drivers
Posted on Wednesday March 04, 2026
McLaren could start slowly, Mercedes may set the pace, while newcomers – and returning heroes – add huge interestCar MCL40 Engine Mercedes Principal Andrea Stella Debut Monaco 1966 GPs 994 Constructors’ titles 10 Last season 1st. Held their nerve to close out the constructors’ and drivers’ double last season, albeit with the latter going to the wire as they rather tied themselves in knots trying to be fair to both drivers. Enter this year a little off the front but in a season likely to be marked by a fierce development battle, will expect to exploit their huge strengths in bringing the car on with alacrity and be in the mix in no short order. Continue reading...
Curling stones worth £750 stolen from Cortina venue before Winter Paralympics
Posted on Wednesday March 04, 2026
Theft of two stones in Italy being investigatedMixed doubles wheelchair event started on WednesdayThe theft of two curling stones due to be used at the Milano Cortina Winter Paralympics is being investigated, World Curling has confirmed.Action in Italy got under way on Wednesday night with the round robin of the inaugural mixed doubles wheelchair competition, but the drama started earlier when it was discovered the rocks, believed to be worth about £750, were missing from Cortina’s curling stadium. Continue reading...
Finn Allen’s record ton blasts New Zealand past South Africa into T20 World Cup final
Posted on Wednesday March 04, 2026
New Zealand, 173-1, bt South Africa, 169-8, by 9 wktsBlack Caps opener Allen blasts 100 not out from 33 ballsSouth Africa won every match they could afford to lose in this tournament and then lost the first one that they had to win.They were completely marmalised by New Zealand, who won the first semi-final by nine wickets. Finn Allen ripped through South Africa’s feared fast bowling attack, and hit an unbeaten hundred off just 33 balls. It was the fastest century in the history of the competition, and, as Allen said himself, the innings of his life. Only two batters have ever hit a faster ton in international T20 cricket. Continue reading...
Harry Brook backs ‘awesome’ England to find a way past India into T20 World Cup final
Posted on Wednesday March 04, 2026
Captain hails team ‘unity’ before Mumbai semi-finalJamie Overton expected to return to England XIEngland have abandoned their pursuit of perfection as they plot a path to victory over India and a place in the T20 World Cup final but Harry Brook remains confident they can beat any opponent. “This team is awesome,” the captain said. “We’re never out of the game.”England have faltered and stumbled their way to the last four, impressive at times but always flawed. As Brook said after the victory over Pakistan, when his own performance with the bat got close to flawless: “We haven’t had the perfect game yet, and hopefully that’s just round the corner.” Or as Sam Curran said on Tuesday: “All of us will be hoping that the perfect game comes Thursday.” Continue reading...