Category Sport

The Kansas City Chiefs closed in on the top seed in the AFC with a 27-19 victory over Houston Texans. Patrick Mahomes, who overcame an ankle problem to start the game, rushed for one touchdown and threw another to Xavier…

Nottingham Forest struck a significant blow in their unlikely bid to qualify for the Champions League as they ended Brentford’s unbeaten Premier League home record with a 2-0 win at the Gtech Community Stadium. It was a third victory in…

George Eastham, a member of England’s 1966 World Cup-winning squad, has died at the age of 88. Eastham did not play in England’s 1966 success on home soil, but the winger was part of Sir Alf Ramsey’s squad that lifted…

Not many players can say they can learn from Cian Healy and Andrew Porter in their position, but Jack Boyle can. The Leinster prop has had a busy couple of months, from making his first starts in Europe, to being…

Dominic Solanke says the Tottenham squad love Ange Postecoglou’s unique style of play and are convinced it can end the club’s trophy drought. Solanke starred for Spurs in Thursday’s 4-3 win over Manchester United in the Carabao Cup with a…

Mason Mount will be absent for “several weeks” with his latest fitness issue, but Manchester United boss Ruben Amorim has promised to help the injury-stricken player through it. Mount limped off after 14 minutes of United’s 2-1 win at rivals…

Manchester City’s abysmal run of form continued with a 2-1 defeat to Aston Villa thanks to goals in each half from Jhon Duran and Morgan Rogers. Both sides let late leads slip to defeat last week but Villa ensured victory…

Manchester United head coach Ruben Amorim is pleased to be back at Old Trafford for Sunday’s fixture with Bournemouth and eager to put smiles back on the faces of supporters before Christmas. It has been a gruelling period for United,…

A hat-trick of tries from Tom Farrell saw Munster win a scrappy opening Irish interprovincial of the festive season 22-19 over Ulster at the Kingspan Stadium. Ulster, who played more than half the game reduced to 14 men after Tom…

Tyson Fury is being backed by his promoter Frank Warren to knock out unified world heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk in Saturday’s rematch in Riyadh. Fury left immediately after scaling a career-high 20stones 1lbs at the weigh-in at Wonder Garden, although…