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Everton eased their relegation worries with 2-0 victory over fellow strugglers Nottingham Forest, who once again had reason to feel aggrieved about refereeing decisions going against them. A rare goal from Idrissa Gueye was followed by a similar long-range strike…

Four-time champion Mark Selby is on the brink of crashing out of the World Championship at the first hurdle after losing the first session of his first round match 7-3 to debutant Joe O’Connor. Selby, who questioned his future in…

Plus: Manchester United are speeding up the arrival of top scout Sam Williams as their plans take shape, and Manchester City and Chelsea are among some of the top English Premier League sides who are on the trail of St…

Ryan Garcia secured a stunning upset over Devin Haney, knocking his fellow American down three times en route to a majority decision victory at the Barclays Center. Garcia had missed the 10st light-welterweight limit by 3.2lbs so was not eligible…

Match-winner Bernardo Silva has accused the Football Association of not caring about the wellbeing of players over the scheduling of Manchester City’s FA Cup semi-final. Silva scored the late clincher as a weary-looking City ground out a hard-fought 1-0 victory…

Gaelic games All-Ireland senior hurling champions Limerick trail Clare 3-15 to 1-17 at Cusack Park in the first round of the Munster hurling championship. That game is followed by the meeting of Waterford and Cork at Walsh Park from 4pm.…

Premier League looks set to miss out on an extra place in the Champions League next season so which sides are in line for qualifying for European competition? Image: The Champions League will have a new format next season –…

World No 1 Nelly Korda ties the record for the most consecutive LPGA wins, matching the five in a row set by Nancy Lopez in 1978 and repeated by Annika Sorenstam across 2004 and 2005; 20-year-old English amateur Lottie Woad…

Max Verstappen powered to another dominant win in Sunday’s Chinese Grand Prix – as Lewis Hamilton complained his car was “slow” and “broken” after he finished ninth. Verstappen emerged unscathed from two safety car periods to secure his 38th win…

Arsenal recovered from a horror week by returning to the top of the Premier League with a 2-0 win at Wolves. The Gunners’ endured potentially season-defining back-to-back defeats as they lost to Aston Villa in the league last Sunday before…