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🏈 NFL draft: Winners and losers from Day 2
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🏈 NFL draft: Winners and losers from Day 2

We're through 100 picks of the NFL draft. Mel Kiper Jr. sorts through the steals and reaches of Day 2, including some big-value selections.

Ronnie O’Sullivan dominant as he takes big lead against John Higgins
Ronnie O’Sullivan dominant as he takes big lead against John Higgins

Seven-time champion leads 6-2; Hawkins beats Williams Allen beats Wilson then says Hendry ‘full of rubbish’ “Pretty evil” Ronnie O’Sullivan carved out a 6-2 overnight lead against his old foe John Higgins in the first session of their second-round showdown at the World Snooker Championship in Sheffield. The seven-time winner blasted a 137 total clearance as he dominated his opponent and edged closer towards his goal of eclipsing Stephen Hendry and clinching a record eighth Crucible title. Continue reading...

The Guardian Sport 6 hours ago
Leeds seek seminal moment with FA Cup semi-final chance against Chelsea
Leeds seek seminal moment with FA Cup semi-final chance against Chelsea

Daniel Farke would become the second manager, following the great Don Revie, to reach the final There will be a mixture of excitement and trepidation for Leeds supporters when they descend on Wembley for their FA Cup semi-final with Chelsea on Sunday, returning to a venue that evokes plenty of painful memories, but that could now provide the springboard to a brighter future. Leeds have lost on their past three visits; you have to go back to the days of Gordon Strachan, Gary McAllister and Eric Cantona for their last win there when, as champions of England, they defeated Liverpool in the 1992 Charity Shield. Continue reading...

The Guardian Sport 7 hours ago
Mikel Arteta criticises red card escapes for Newcastle’s Pope and City’s Khusanov
Mikel Arteta criticises red card escapes for Newcastle’s Pope and City’s Khusanov

‘It’s a red card today. It’s a red card in Manchester’ Arsenal return to top of table by beating Newcastle Mikel Arteta has claimed that everything would be different for his Arsenal team in the Premier League title race if Manchester City had been reduced to 10 men in last Sunday’s pivotal game at the Eithad Stadium. The Arsenal manager insisted that the City defender, Abdukodir Khusanov, should have been sent off for a last-man foul on Kai Havertz in the 53rd minute with the score at 1-1. City went on to win 2-1 and Arteta said nothing after the game about an incident that did not generate much controversy, the consensus being Khusanov had defended his position fairly. Continue reading...

The Guardian Sport 7 hours ago
Northampton strengthen grip on top of Prem after thrilling win against Bath
Northampton strengthen grip on top of Prem after thrilling win against Bath

Northampton 41-38 Bath Fin Smith clinches win with last kick If only these two could play each other every week. Having wowed the rugby world a fortnight ago with their Champions Cup quarter-final at the Rec, scoring 11 tries between them, here they went one better and scored 12. Six each, obviously. The scores were level as the clock ticked red. The crowd were as breathless as the players. And then, alas, the winning moment came not from a moment of brilliance, although Fin Smith tried for one with his dummy and drop-goal attempt. He missed that, but the television match official had spotted one of those agonising high tackles by a tall man on a dipping, slightly shorter one. Enoch Opoku-Gyamfi it was who clipped the bustling Henry Pollock on the chin. Smith did not miss the subsequent penalty, the first penalty taken at goal, the last kick of the match. Continue reading...

The Guardian Sport 8 hours ago
Raiders take Tennessee corner Jermod McCoy to open NFL draft’s final day
Raiders take Tennessee corner Jermod McCoy to open NFL draft’s final day

Raiders take Jermod McCoy to open fourth round Injured Tennessee cornerback eager to prove value Cade Klubnik falls to Jets after Clemson slide Jermod McCoy’s lengthy wait to hear his name called at the NFL draft came to a quick end on Saturday. The Las Vegas Raiders selected the Tennessee cornerback with the first pick of the fourth round, taking a small gamble that McCoy will return to form after missing all of last season with a torn ACL. Continue reading...

The Guardian Sport 8 hours ago
Manchester City’s relentless pursuit of silverware shows no sign of abating | John Brewin
Manchester City’s relentless pursuit of silverware shows no sign of abating | John Brewin

A fourth consecutive FA Cup final has been reached but Guardiola’s selection against Southampton suggests priorities lie elsewhere It’s happening again. Another Manchester City treble will be a short price on the prediction markets, even if City were defeated in the last two FA Cup finals. The club’s dominance of English football asks existential questions of those attempting to compete. Yet again written off this season by those foolish enough to underestimate them, City loom menacingly over the rest, threatening a level of success others can only reach for. The key question remains without its answer. Is this Pep Guardiola’s last dance? The rumours, unsubstantiated as they are, have bubbled under all season, his weekly responses to enquiries opaque and diversionary. Anyone looking for clues at Wembley in his team selection would deduce the Premier League title, rather than repeating the domestic treble of 2018-19, was the priority for any big send-off. Such speculation is folly when the likelihood is that Guardiola himself may even not know his own mind. Continue reading...

The Guardian Sport 8 hours ago
Bold Bayern and PSG leave Premier League elite looking more like lambs than lions | Jonathan Wilson
Bold Bayern and PSG leave Premier League elite looking more like lambs than lions | Jonathan Wilson

German and French clubs are showing in the Champions League they can make the most of the benefits of not having to play in a gruelling domestic competition Paris Saint-Germain have won 11 of the past 13 French league titles and, going into this weekend, stood four points clear of Lens at the top of Ligue 1. Bayern Munich have already wrapped up this season’s Bundesliga title, their 13th in 14 years. According to Deloitte, Bayern are the third-richest club in the world by revenue, PSG fourth. They meet in the Champions League semi-finals on Tuesday as two modern super-clubs. The idea of a top-five European league feels outmoded. Rather there are the best Premier League clubs, plus perhaps five or six others of whom PSG and Bayern are the outstanding two still left in this season’s competition. Continue reading...

The Guardian Sport 9 hours ago
De Zerbi demands mentality shift at injury-hit Spurs: ‘We need to stay strong in the head’
De Zerbi demands mentality shift at injury-hit Spurs: ‘We need to stay strong in the head’

Solanke and Simons were taken off injured at Wolves Tottenham still in relegation zone because of West Ham win Robert De Zerbi is waiting on the fitness of two more players, after Dominic Solanke and Xavi Simons were forced off injured at Molineux on Saturday, but he is optimistic that Tottenham’s 1-0 victory at Wolves “can change something in our mentality”. The Spurs head coach celebrated his first win in charge of the relegation-threatened Europa League holders with the visiting fans in the Steve Bull Stand, exchanging fist pumps and belief. Continue reading...

The Guardian Sport 9 hours ago
Scottish Premiership: Celtic go level on points with Hearts at top of table
Scottish Premiership: Celtic go level on points with Hearts at top of table

Daizen Maeda strikes twice as Celtic beat Falkirk 3-1 Aberdeen seal nervy home win over Kilmarnock Martin O’Neill hailed Daizen Maeda’s return to form after the Japan international drove Celtic to a 3-1 win over Falkirk . The centre-forward scored twice and set up Kieran Tierney as the Hoops moved level on points with the Premiership leaders, Hearts. The first two goals were a direct result of Maeda closing down opponents and he finished smartly for the third after the substitute Kyrell Wilson had pulled a goal back. Maeda had sent Celtic on their way to the Scottish Cup final last weekend by charging down a clearance from the St Mirren goalkeeper Ryan Mullen to net and he again showed the value of his work ethic. Continue reading...

The Guardian Sport 9 hours ago