Category: Sport

Nathan Tella scored his first senior goal for Southampton in their comfortable win over relegated Fulham. The 21-year-old came off the bench to net his side’s second while Fulham’s consolation came from 18-year-old Fabio Carvalho, his first goal for the club. Southampton took the lead in the first half when Che Adams scored from a […]

Not exactly a game to raise anyone out of the seat. Wasps will be happy enough. They maintain their hunt for a place in Europe next season, but this was a match to elicit nothing more than idle daydreams about the future. The home team became the latest side to prevail despite rugby’s lottery by […]

Lafay was among a group of nine in the breakaway on the final climb of the 170km stage and held off a late surge from Eolo-Kometa’s Francesco Gavazzi, who finished second. Team DSM’s Nikias Arndt was back in third. “I spent a lot of energy already in the first part of the stage to get […]

An emotional Richard Bland defeated Guido Migliozzi in a play-off to win his first European Tour title at the 478th attempt after a dramatic finish to the Betfred British Masters. Bland parred the first extra hole at the Belfry after Migliozzi three-putted from long range to become the oldest first-time winner on the European Tour. […]

Doing a Leicester: to achieve the seemingly impossible, to make light of ridiculous odds. Things have changed somewhat since 2016 and the most outlandish title triumph of all time, with Leicester having levelled the playing field through astute recruitment and the excellent coaching of Brendan Rodgers. But doing a Leicester continues to represent the challenging […]

With 63 minutes gone at Wembley Luke Thomas, an academy kid from Syston and still only 19, picked up a loose pass and fed it forward to Youri Tielemans in a sudden pocket of green space. Tielemans is the one note of real high-end quality in Leicester City’s midfield. In a goalless opening hour at […]

Chelsea (3-4-2-1)Kepa Arrizabalaga The £71.6m Spaniard was preferred in goal to Édouard Mendy but he stood no chance with Leicester’s goal. He barely had anything else to do. 6 Reece James A surprise choice in the back three. Chelsea missed his crosses from wing-back and he was at fault for Leicester’s goal, when he gave […]