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Rangers had to be “a little bit lucky” to maintain their Scottish Premiership title hopes with a late comeback win over bottom side Dundee, says manager Giovanni van Bronckhorst. Connor Goldson turned home a loose ball in the 86th minute to make sure the defending champions go into the Old Firm derby three points behind Celtic. Rangers fell behind to ...

Runaway Ligue 1 leaders Paris St-Germain slipped to their biggest loss of the season with a dismal display at Monaco. Wissam Ben Yedder scored twice for the hosts, flicking in a near-post cross and converting a late penalty. In between, he created Monaco’s second, with Kevin Volland placing his shot past PSG keeper Gianluigi Donnarumma. Mauricio Pochettino’s side have now ...

Manchester City midfielder Bernardo Silva said his side are “still in a better position than Liverpool” despite drawing with Crystal Palace on Monday. Premier League leaders City moved four points ahead of title rivals Liverpool, but missed chances at Selhurst Park saw it end in a goalless draw on Monday. The result means Liverpool will cut City’s lead to one point if ...

Cameron Smith claimed the biggest win of his career as a Players Championship that featured storm delays and near freezing temperatures concluded in warm sunshine at TPC Sawgrass on Monday. He becomes the fifth Australian to win the PGA Tour’s flagship event and takes home $3.6m, the largest prize in golf. Smith holed 10 birdies in a six-under-par 66 to ...

British billionaire Nick Candy is “actively exploring a number of options for a potential bid” to buy Chelsea. Candy, a boyhood Chelsea fan, is trying to form a consortium with a number of international investors. Roman Abramovich put the club up for sale last week amid the ongoing crisis in Ukraine following Russia’s invasion. Candy, 49, believes his background as ...

Thomas Tuchel criticised Chelsea supporters who sang owner Roman Abramovich’s name during a minute’s applause for Ukraine before their 4-0 win over Burnley at Turf Moor. Abramovich announced his decision to sell the club amid heavy scrutiny following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Some Chelsea fans chanted Russian Abramovich’s name throughout the game, and were booed by Burnley fans. “It’s not the ...

Biathlete Grygorii Vovchynskyi put in a superb display to win Ukraine’s first gold medal of the Winter Paralympics in Beijing. Vovchynskyi, 33, triumphed in the men’s sprint standing event at the Zhangjiakou National Biathlon Centre. The Ukraine team travelled to China despite the Russian invasion of their country, which began on 24 February. “It was difficult for me when the ...

Copper queen goalkeeper Hazel Nali has thanked the football association of Zambia and the nation at large for the support during the qualification stage to the Africa Womens cup (AWCON). She says the team did not despair despite missing some of its best players in Barbara Banda and Margaret Belemu. Nali has attributed the successful qualification to team work and ...

American welterweight contender Logan Storley scored the most significant win of his MMA career, then called for a shot at the Bellator title. Four-time NCAA All-American wrestler Storley, 29, defeated Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt and former title challenger Neiman Gracie, 33, via unanimous decision in the main event of Bellator 274 in Connecticut, and immediately set his sights on a ...

Great Britain’s four-man bobsleigh team feel their sixth-place finish in Beijing is “like a medal” after having to self-fund their Olympic dream. UK Sport cut the funding for bobsleigh after Brad Hall’s men finished 17th in Pyeongchang four years ago but the team are now hoping for a re-think. “I really hope UK Sport take a long, hard look at ...