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Sir Chris Hoy admits his cancer diagnosis has put the pressure of his cycling career into perspective and insists he feels “lucky” to have time to spend with his family. The six-time Olympic champion revealed last month in a Sunday…

Lock Joe McCarthy believes Ireland have “earned the right” to feel confident of taking on the All Blacks as they attempt to banish bitter memories of last year’s agonising Rugby World Cup exit. New Zealand are due at the Aviva…

Substitute Harry Wilson scored two late goals as Fulham came from behind to beat west London rivals Brentford 2-1 in a Premier League thriller. The visiting Bees initially stung their hosts through Vitaly Janelt’s goal before Wilson came off the…

Rory McIlroy is looking to win the Race to Dubai for a sixth time; McIlroy headlines the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship and the DP World Tour Championship; TV times, field, format, prize money and more information about both events, live…

Pep Guardiola has dismissed fears top scorer Erling Haaland has suffered an injury scare ahead of Manchester City’s Champions League clash with Sporting Lisbon. The prolific Norwegian striker was filmed clutching his shin after going down in apparent pain during…

Former Liverpool midfielder Xabi Alonso dodged questions about taking over at Anfield and insisted he does not return to the city as a tourist. Alonso was hot favourite for the Liverpool job when Jurgen Klopp announced in January he was…

Incoming Manchester United boss Ruben Amorim will ignore comparisons with Sir Alex Ferguson if he steers his Sporting Lisbon side to victory over Manchester City. The Portuguese, who was named as Erik ten Hag’s successor last week, will take charge…

A five-match stadium ban imposed on Nottingham Forest owner Evangelos Marinakis will stay in place after an appeal against the sanction was dismissed. The Greek shipping magnate was sanctioned for misconduct on October 18th, with the written reasons revealing the…

James McCarthy has described the parades at Croke Park in front of Hill 16 as memories he’ll “never forget”, as he called time on his Dublin career. The Dublin legend has taken the decision to retire from intercounty football. McCarthy…

Noussair Mazraoui believes Manchester United have too much quality to be in such a lowly spot in the Premier League standings and deserved to beat Chelsea. A week that started with Erik ten Hag’s sacking ended with caretaker manager Ruud…