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March 8, 2024
India v England: fifth Test, day two – as it happened
Ben Stokes took a wicket with his first ball since June but India built a huge lead of 255 on the second day in Dharamsala
36th over: India 166-1 (Rohit 68, Gill 37) Better from Anderson, and as I write that Rohit glides four from an open face.
35th over: India 162-1 (Rohit 64, Gill 37) An over of calm from Bashir. The stadium DJ is now going for restful Hindi (?) tunes. Imagine swirling saris by waterfalls. If you’re there, please write in and tell us how gorgeously, gorgeous it is.
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India v England: fifth Test, day two – live
36th over: India 166-1 (Rohit 68, Gill 37) Better from Anderson, and as I write that Rohit glides four from an open face.
35th over: India 162-1 (Rohit 64, Gill 37) An over of calm from Bashir. The stadium DJ is now going for restful Hindi (?) tunes. Imagine swirling saris by waterfalls. If you’re there, please write in and tell us how gorgeously, gorgeous it is.
Continue reading...March 7, 2024
India v England: fifth Test, day one – as it happened
A dreadful day for England, a middle-order collapse provoked by India’s brilliant spinners giving the hosts control of the match
Oi! Wake up! It’s almost time for the final act of a terrific series.
Mood music
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Oi! Wake up! It’s almost time for the final act of a terrific series.
Mood music
Continue reading...March 3, 2024
Manchester City 3-1 Manchester United: Premier League – as it happened
Phil Foden scored two fine goals as City came from behind to overwhelm United in the second half
A reminder of the teams
Man City (possible 4-1-2-3) Ederson; Walker, Stones, Dias, Ake; Rodri; De Bruyne, Bernardo; Foden, Haaland, Doku.
Substitutes: Ortega, Gvardiol, Akanji, Lewis, Kovacic, Gomez, Nunes, Bobb, Alvarez.
We have a few players with physical problems who have really fought to be part of this game. Jonny Evans is one of them – he wanted to play and this is the strongest back four we have available.
[On his tactics] Sometimes we want to overload the midfield. We know they have a high back line. We have a lot of speed with Garnacho, Rashford, then Scott McTominay from the second line and Diogo Dalot from the third. We have a lot of options there.
Continue reading...March 2, 2024
Luton Town 2-3 Aston Villa: Premier League – as it happened
Lucas Digne struck late on to fend off a rousing Luton fightback, who were 2-0 down at half-time following Ollie Watkins’ double
The rest of our Premier League match reports
Nottingham Forest 0-1 Liverpool
Continue reading...Manchester City 2-1 Everton: Women’s Super League – as it happened
Khadija Shaw and Lauren Hemp scored before their side fended off an Everton fightback, ensuring City top the WSL
5 min Hemp’s cross is half cleared to Hasegawa, 25 yards out. She walks past Bennison but shoots over from the edge of the area.
4 min City have started with a confident authority in their play. Park plays in the left-back Ouahabi, whose cutback is cleared.
Continue reading...February 27, 2024
Blackburn 1-1 Newcastle (3-4 pens), Luton 2-6 Manchester City: FA Cup fifth round – as it happened
Erling Haaland scored five at Kenilworth Road while Newcastle sneaked past Blackburn on penalties
There are no replays in the fifth round of the FA Cup. But games can go to extra-time and penalties if necessary.
Blackburn v Newcastle The kick-off has been delayed by 15 minutes due to crowd congestion, so that match will also began at 8pm.
Continue reading...February 25, 2024
Chelsea 0-1 Liverpool (aet): Carabao Cup final, extra time – as it happened
Liverpool’s captain, surrounded by young players, nodded the late, late winner to deny Chelsea
Report: Liverpool win Carabao Cup via Van Dijk’s header1 min Peep peep! Alexis Mac Allister has the first kick of the 2024 Carabao Cup final. Liverpool are kicking from right to left as we watch.
The players line up for all the pre-match guff. It’s a dank old day at Wembley, so they’ll be happy when they can start running around.
Continue reading...February 24, 2024
Manchester United 1-2 Fulham, Brighton 1-1 Everton, and more: clockwatch – as it happened
Alex Iwobi’s injury-time goal gave Fulham a famous victory, while Lewis Dunk snatched a point for 10-man Brighton at the Amex
Meanwhile, in Scotland (aka if we’re not careful Simon McMahon will have employmenr rights by the end of the season)
“Interest at both ends of the Scottish Premiership today, Rob,” writes Simon McMahon. “Celtic, who don’t play until tomorrow, could find themselves five points behind Rangers, who play third place Hearts at Ibrox, by 5pm.
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