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Chelsea striker Cole Palmer squandered a hat-trick of chances as Hayden Hackney handed Sky Bet Championship Middlesbrough a priceless first-leg lead in their Carabao Cup semi-final. The England international, who had earlier been denied by Boro keeper Tom Glover, passed…

Rugby player Api Ratuniyarawa has been jailed for nearly three years after admitting sexually assaulting three teenagers in a bar days before he was due to play for the Barbarians. The 37-year-old Fiji international had been in Cardiff ahead of…

Manchester United forward Anthony Martial has rejected interest from Marseille, Fenerbahce and the Saudi Arabian Premier League and intends to stay and fight for his place in Erik ten Hag’s team Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video…

UK sports minister Stuart Andrew has condemned “dangerous” comments made by Joey Barton about female football commentators and pundits and says he will take the issue up with social media platforms. Barton has posted a number of abusive comments online…

Bayern Munich are to light up their Allianz Arena home in honour of Franz Beckenbauer. Former West Germany captain and manager Beckenbauer died on Sunday at the age of 78, prompting tributes throughout the world of football for the man…

Trent Alexander-Arnold will be sidelined for several weeks with a knee injury, Liverpool assistant manager Pep Lijnders has confirmed. Alexander-Arnold suffered the injury during Sunday’s 2-0 FA Cup victory over Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium. Speaking ahead of Wednesday’s first leg…

Artur Beterbiev fought a sequence of bouts with Oleksandr Usyk, now the unified heavyweight champion, when they were both amateurs; Beterbiev doesn’t rule out moving up in weight himself but insists he is fully focused on next opponent Callum Smith;…

Sky F1’s Jenson Button takes an early look ahead to the new Formula 1 season when the chasing pack will bid to close on Red Bull; Button also impressed with how Lewis Hamilton has handled two-year winless run; F1 teams…

Jack Draper won a dramatic last-16 match at the Adelaide International against Miomir Kecmanovic, with a controversial umpire call in the final set tie-break; watch Draper and Dan Evans at the Adelaide International, plus Cameron Norrie in Auckland, live on…

Emma Raducanu’s exhibition match ahead of her return to grand slam action at the Australian Open has been cancelled. The 21-year-old Briton had initially been due to play her fellow former US Open champion Naomi Osaka in a charity match…