The progress of Darren Fletcher’s side has not been smooth. Narrow home victories over Peterborough, Derby – in extra time – and Sunderland, plus a comfortable away win at Oxford, earned a semi-final against Crystal Palace, when they also needed extra time to get through, thanks to a Chido Obi goal eight minutes from time. […]

Also in the Eastern Conference, Lionel Messi scored two goals and provided an assist as Inter Miami secured a 5-3 victory over Cincinnati to go second in the table, two points behind leaders Nashville. The 38-year-old forward thought he had scored the 61st hat-trick of his career late on, but the MLS attributed the 89th-minute […]

Madonna, Shakira and K-pop boy band BTS will co-headline the Super Bowl-style half-time show at this summer’s World Cup final. The tournament, which will be co-hosted by the United States, Canada and Mexico, concludes with the final in New Jersey on 19 July. Pre-match performances at showpiece occasions such as the Champions League final have […]

Caoimhin Kelleher, Brentford, keeper, £4.8m – Crystal Palace (h) Since week 29, Kelleher has returned a clean sheet every other week. Arsenal aside, there aren’t many strong clean sheet picks this week but this Crystal Palace side is unlikely to be at full strength for the trip to the Gtech Community Stadium. They will have […]

Five minutes to go and it was all Motherwell. A shot blocked, another shot saved, on the rebound – a goal. When the news hit Tynecastle it was as if Hearts themselves had scored. As you were, then. Celtic would need to win by three clear goals again. Hearts, meanwhile, were making it 3-0 through […]

A group of world-leading scientists have warned Fifa its current heat safety measures for the men’s 2026 World Cup are “inadequate” and could put players at risk of serious harm. In an open letter, external, international experts in health, climate and sports performance say the governing body’s guidelines are out of step with the current […]

Foden has scored 10 times in 48 appearances for City this season, but the most recent of those goals came on 14 December in the reverse fixture against Palace. The midfielder has now gone 27 matches without scoring and Guardiola has acted by relegating him to the bench in recent months, with Wednesday’s start against […]

Available for 29 days Mark Chapman is joined by Pat Nevin and Alistair Bruce-Ball for reaction as the Scottish title race goes down to the wire. They discuss the aftermath of the contentious VAR decision to award Celtic a late penalty – which Hearts’ manager Derek McInnes has branded ‘disgusting’, the recent refereeing decisions involving […]

Watch the highlights as Hearts beat Falkirk 3-0 to set up a final-day meeting with Celtic in which they only need to avoid defeat to win the Scottish Premiership. Source link

Watch the highlights as Celtic score a controversial late penalty to win at Motherwell and take the Scottish Premiership title race to a final-day decider against Hearts. Source link