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Revealed: LIV's plan to save rebel tour over fears Saudi backers will walk away despite spending $6BILLION
16/04/26 05:23
RIATH AL-SAMARRAI: LIV Golf will target injections of private equity amid grave concerns that their Saudi Arabian backers are poised to walk away. In a vague email to staff late on Wednesday, LIV CEO Scott O'Neil claimed their 2026 season 'continues exactly as planned, uninterrupted and at full throttle' but made no mention of the Saudi Public Investment Fund (PIF). The latter's formal position on LIV is yet to be disclosed, but after splurging almost $6billion on the circuit since 2022, multiple sources in golf believe they are close to abandoning their attempts to take over the sport....read
LIV Golf could be shut down as soon as TOMORROW with rebel tour's fate in doubt after executives 'summoned to New York for emergency meeting'
15/04/26 12:28Golfers and staff on the Saudi-backed circuit have been left scrambling for information, with multiple agents telling the Daily Mail that they are in the dark over whether the venture will be abandoned.
I won a lottery to play at Augusta National - this is what it's like to experience the round money can't buy, and how I channelled Rory McIlroy thanks to the advice of a shrewd caddie and some panic-buy trousers, writes RIATH AL-SAMARRAI
15/04/26 01:00The beauty of Augusta is the reference points. Being the only major held at the same course every year, they are easy to find, whispering sweet nothings as you walk between the pines.
Revealed: The texts that helped spark McIlroy's Masters recovery
14/04/26 04:34RIATH AL-SAMARRAI: Around 90 minutes after Rory McIlroy emerged from his latest examination of sanity, the man responsible for keeping that mind in a sensible place picked up the phone.
Revealed: The secret late-night texts that sparked Rory McIlroy's amazing Masters recovery and kept him 'zen' en route to Augusta glory
14/04/26 11:00RIATH AL-SAMARRAI: Around 90 minutes after Rory McIlroy emerged from his latest examination of sanity, the man responsible for keeping that mind in a sensible place picked up the phone.
Does Rory McIlroy's Masters triumph make him our greatest sportsperson this century? Here's RIATH AL-SAMARRAI's definitive top 15 - from a footballer whose 'menacing aura' elevated his achievements to a neurotic star who tormented himself to greatness
13/04/26 04:59For the purpose of scaling one Briton against another, I'll keep this list to athletes in my lifetime and for the sake of neat edges will limit it to this century. A further weighting will be added to individual sports.
Rory McIlroy retains green jacket in Masters victory
13/04/26 07:00RIATH AL-SAMARRAI AT AUGUSTA NATIONAL: Rory McIlroy has won the Masters again. And just like the last time, all of 364 days ago, it was truly magnificent.
Rory McIlroy WINS the Masters! Reigning champion retains his green jacket after holding off rivals in thrilling final day at Augusta
12/04/26 10:53RIATH AL-SAMARRAI AT AUGUSTA NATIONAL: Rory McIlroy has won the Masters again. And just like the last time, all of 364 days ago, it was truly magnificent.
After Tiger Woods's latest scandal threatened to overshadow the Masters, Rory McIlroy and Co show life goes on without the game's great
12/04/26 06:43RIATH AL-SAMARRAI AT AUGUSTA: While waiting for Rory McIlroy to commence his final round on Sunday afternoon, a number of discussions were taking place.
Rory McIlroy's six-shot Masters lead is GONE: Reigning champion's errors leave him level with Cameron Young ahead of thrilling final day at Augusta
11/04/26 11:50RIATH AL-SAMARRAI AT AUGUSTA: From the impossibly large advantage of six strokes, McIlroy coughed up the lot to Cameron Young to tee up a final-round showdown we never expected.
Jon Rahm is a pale impression of the golfing titan he once was as Spaniard's dismal Masters performance shows his prime years are passing him by
11/04/26 08:24RIATH AL-SAMARRAI AT AUGUSTA: When this wounded Spaniard gets angry with himself, which is increasingly often, he tends to swear in English. Confusing as that might seem, it is about right.
Rory McIlroy storms into SIX-shot lead at the Masters: Fearless reigning champion tightens grip on Augusta as he takes giant step towards another green jacket with stunning second round
10/04/26 08:16RIATH AL-SAMARRAI AT AUGUSTA: If Rory McIlroy continues to make such a mockery of Augusta National, he will be lucky to see out the weekend without a stiff reprimand
Rory McIlroy shares clubhouse lead at the Masters as defending champion produces uniquely absurd round that highlighted his tendency for thrilling and unnecessary drama
09/04/26 09:00RIATH AL-SAMARRAI AT AUGUSTA: It would seem that Rory McIlroy's propensity for thrilling and unnecessary dramas at Augusta National has survived his transition from chaser to champion.
Revealed: The astonishing impact of Rory McIlroy's Masters victory on the popularity of the sport - with demand for tickets exploding since his famous win at Augusta in 2025
09/04/26 10:19Searches for the PGA Championship are up 336 per cent, with large jumps seen at the US Open (165 per cent) and Open Championship (43 per cent).
Rory doesn't like Bryson. And Bryson wants to beat 'the living you-know-what' out of Rory. And today they're on collision course on one of sport's biggest stages: RIATH AL-SAMARRAI
08/04/26 08:12RIATH AL-SAMARRAI AT AUGUSTA: Patrick Reed tapped into a thread of conventional wisdom at the start of this most fabled of weeks when he offered an estimate.
Rory McIlroy is targeting TEN more shots at Masters glory after his great moment of catharsis in 2025... and here's why he thinks Augusta is his best chance of more major wins, writes RIATH AL-SAMARRAI
07/04/26 08:20RIATH AL-SAMARRAI IN AUGUSTA: It was 12 months ago that McIlroy pulled up a chair in the auditorium of Augusta National and asked: what will we talk about next year?
Paul McGinley believes Bob MacIntyre is on the brink of breaking his major duck
07/04/26 06:15Former Ryder Cup captain Paul McGinley insists it is only a matter of time until Bob MacIntyre breaks his duck and wins a major championship.
Ryder Cup star insists he WILL play in Ireland next year despite stand-off over refusal to pay seven-figure fines
07/04/26 04:49RIATH AL-SAMARRAI: Jon Rahm is convinced he will be cleared to play in the next Ryder Cup despite his ugly row with the DP World Tour.
RIATH AL-SAMARRAI: Masters nearlyman Justin Rose believes he CAN finally triumph at Augusta - but has the psychological control to stop it becoming an obsession
06/04/26 08:57The climb to the third green at Augusta National is awfully steep and, contrary to results and rumour, Justin Rose isn't getting any younger.
'I asked Scottie if he was trying to kill us all': The secrets of the Masters champions dinner - 'brutal' menu choices, schoolyard pacts and risque jokes, all spilled by the chosen few who got sport's most exclusive invite to RIATH AL-SAMARRAI
06/04/26 01:00That table. It might just be the most sanctified in all of sport. If you win their tournament, a seat is yours for life - but you do have to eat whatever the defending champion has chosen.
Golf legend reveals why Donald Trump is not welcome at Augusta National... despite his desperate attempts to join sport's most elite club
05/04/26 11:00Trump's interest in joining the green jacketed elite has long been rumored as an extension of his obsession with golf. But it looks increasingly like he will never be allowed into the club.
'I was absolutely s****ing myself!': TYRRELL HATTON on being the man who won the Ryder Cup and being 'pretty good at being negative' as The Masters pressure ramps up
05/04/26 11:00Tyrrell Hatton has never been one for making a soft point when expletives will do. He has his own way of characterising what happened at the Ryder Cup.
Tiger Woods 'is living in 24/7 pain': Sir Nick Faldo reveals private talk with golf legend over agonising health ordeal - but insists star's problems are all 'self-inflicted' after DUI arrest
02/04/26 07:00RIATH AL-SAMARRAI: In a withering assessment of the 15-time major champion and the golfing authorities, Faldo said he believes Woods must not be let off lightly after his DUI charge
West Ham REFUSE to budge in row over whether athletics can kick football out of London Stadium - as officials behind major event bid make decision on if they will continue
02/04/26 05:37RIATH AL-SAMARRAI: West Ham are trenchantly opposed to the central strand of a project that would necessitate them vacating the London Stadium for roughly three weeks.
Tiger Woods withdraws from 2027 USA Ryder Cup captaincy after seeking help following DUI arrest
01/04/26 09:50Woods, 50, is heading overseas for help and is taking an indefinite break from golf to prioritize his health - just as he was closing in on a hugely anticipated return.
What Tiger Woods' latest act of self-sabotage means for Team USA and the Ryder Cup, writes RIATH AL-SAMARRAI
01/04/26 05:35RIATH AL-SAMARRAI: Team USA once again find themselves in an interminable wait for Woods's decision on whether he wishes to captain their Ryder Cup side in Ireland next year.
Craig Bellamy failed in his mission to take Wales to the World Cup and made mistakes along the way - but this is why he IS still the right man for the job, writes RIATH AL-SAMARRAI
01/04/26 12:06Does Bellamy always make the best choices with his substitutions? Hard no. Is he spoilt for choice with his options? Same answer.
'A nose bleed in the ring saved my life': Rising star REUBEN MUSTON reveals his extraordinary journey since a rare illness nearly killed him - and how he became the first pro boxer to fight after having a stem cell transplant
28/03/26 02:00Fighting for money doesn't hold nearly the same fear as fighting for your life. Reuben Muston is better placed than most to make the distinction.
Wales 1-1 Bosnia and Herzegovina (PENS 2-4): Craig Bellamy's World Cup dream is shattered as hosts miss out on penalties AGAIN after letting ticket to the United States slip through their grasp
26/03/26 10:53RIATH AL-SAMARRAI AT THE CARDIFF CITY STADIUM: Precisely two years since they lost to Poland by such means in a play-off for Euro 2024, they were edged by the Bosnians here.
Olympics BAN transgender athletes from ALL women's sports - in move which will block male weightlifter Laurel Hubbard and leave gender row boxer Imane Khelif facing sex test
26/03/26 01:08The International Olympic Committee (IOC) says that a once-in-a-lifetime SRY gene test will help 'protect fairness, safety and integrity in the female category'.
Cameron Toshack on living next to a volcano, blazing a trail in Thailand - and the heartbreaking health update on his father, Liverpool and Wales legend John
25/03/26 02:00Living on a volcano - that's how Arsene Wenger once described being a football manager. For one son of a great, the meaning is less metaphorical. 'We live next to an actual volcano,' says Cameron Toshack.
Beware Rory McIlroy, Scottie Scheffler and Bryson DeChambeau - Matt Fitzpatrick is coming in hot for a shot at Masters glory
23/03/26 01:35Beaten on the 72nd hole at the Players Championship, Fitzpatrick rebounded on Sunday by overcoming hecklers and a torturously slow rival to claim victory on the last green at the Valspar.
Former Masters champion DANNY WILLETT reflects on famous win a decade on, astonishing drop off in form since... and the time a little old couple asked him if he was Theon Greyjoy from Game of Thrones!
23/03/26 02:00His career will always be defined by the day in April 2016 when he, the 125-1 shot from Yorkshire, ended a 20-year wait for an English winner.
Tottenham put in dismal and gutless display in 3-0 home humiliation by Nottingham Forest to deepen relegation fears - they are closer to the Championship than ever before, writes RIATH AL-SAMARRAI
22/03/26 04:49RIATH AL-SAMARRAI AT THE TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR STADIUM:If anyone from Spurs had the appetite to mount a counter-argument, then this was not the day for it. Not the season, either.
Premier League RECAP: Tottenham boss Igor Tudor skips interviews after Nottingham Forest thrashing amid sack threat
22/03/26 10:59Re-live Daily Mail Sport's live blog for the latest score, team news and updates as Newcastle welcomed Sunderland to St James' Park in the Premier League.
Man United left 'baffled' as Amad is denied penalty before Harry Maguire is sent off and penalised for similar challenge in build up to late leveller
20/03/26 11:06Moments after referee Stuart Attwell had opted not to pause play amid Amad's protestations late on in the clash with Bournemouth, Maguire pulled down Evanilson in his own penalty area.
Bournemouth 2-2 Man United: Harry Maguire goes from hero to zero on the day of his England recall as Cherries frustrate Michael Carrick and Co on the south coast, writes RIATH AL-SAMARRAI
20/03/26 10:12RIATH AL-SAMARRAI AT THE VITALITY STADIUM: If anything can typify the undulating career of Harry Maguire , it is that his revival on the international stage could be followed by a game-changing red card.
Bournemouth vs Manchester United - Premier League LIVE: Latest score, team news and updates as duo share the points after action-packed four-goal thriller
20/03/26 06:30Follow Daily Mail Sport's live blog for the latest score, team news and updates as Bournemouth host Manchester United, with Riath Al-Samarrai and Chris Wheeler reporting from the ground.
Chaotic Chelsea's 8-2 aggregate defeat by ruthless, relentless PSG was brutal and showed just how disjointed they really are, writes RIATH AL-SAMARRAI
17/03/26 10:27The only blessing worth counting for Chelsea in this strangest of weeks is that the Premier League operate with a softer notion of justice than the champions of Europe.
Manchester City vs Real Madrid - Champions League RECAP: Pep Guardiola's men look to overturn huge first leg deficit plus updates from Chelsea vs PSG
17/03/26 06:31Relive Daily Mail Sport's live blog for the latest score, team news and updates from this evening's Champions League games featuring Man City vs Real Madrid.
Why Wales' first Six Nations win for 1,099 DAYS provides encouragement for a brighter future after years of rugby in this proud nation being allowed to rot by absolute chancers in blazers, writes RIATH AL-SAMARRAI
14/03/26 07:37RIATH AL-SAMARRAI AT THE PRINCIPALITY STADIUM: No fewer than 1,099 days had passed since they last sampled victory in this tournament, but they are now victorious again.
Rory's race against time: McIlroy issues update on back injury ahead of Masters title defence
13/03/26 09:02RIATH AL-SAMARRAI: McIlroy sent out mixed signals, partially owing to the fact there were enough players still on course to ensure he wasn't guaranteed of surviving to the weekend.
Michael Johnson accused of paying himself $500,000 despite knowing his Grand Slam Track league owed millions to athletes
10/03/26 09:55RIATH AL-SAMARRAI: Michael Johnson has been accused of paying himself $500,000 at a time when he knew his doomed Grand Slam Track league owed millions to athletes.
Revealed: How West Ham could scupper London's bid for the World Athletics Championships as club REFUSE to back down on key detail
09/03/26 05:14RIATH AL-SAMARRAI: A deadline of April 3 has been set for initial submissions, with the British proposal backed in efforts to bring the event back to the capital for the first time since 2017.
Wrexham 2-4 Chelsea: Heartbreak for 10-man Championship side as Blues escape Wales with FA Cup campaign intact - but Ryan Reynolds' Hollywood dreamers deserved better, writes RIATH AL-SAMARRAI
07/03/26 08:50RIATH AL-SAMARRAI: Twice Wrexham led and many more times they threatened, but eventually, the cast of an uplifting documentary was knocked out of the FA Cup.
Wrexham vs Chelsea - FA Cup fifth round LIVE: All the reaction as Blues END Welsh underdog's Hollywood story in rollercoaster cup tie in front of Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney
07/03/26 04:29Follow Daily Mail Sport's live blog for the latest score, team news and updates as Wrexham welcome Chelsea to the Racecourse Ground in the fifth round of the FA Cup.
Eileen Gu learns of heartbreaking personal loss just moments after winning Winter Olympics gold
22/02/26 01:56The Chinese star was only told of the news in the minutes between clinching her halfpipe victory in Livigno and attending a press conference to discuss how it was won.
I've spent three weeks covering the maddest Olympic Games EVER - these are all of the wild stories I have covered, from ski jumpers injecting their genitals with acid to high-speed crashes
22/02/26 12:00RIATH AL-SAMARRAI IN CORTINA: After three weeks of slipping, sliding and gliding, of collisions, confessions and expulsions, the Winter Olympics drew to a close on Sunday.
Eileen Gu finally wins gold at the 2026 Winter Olympics as she triumphs in halfpipe final amid 'traitor' controversy over decision to represent China
22/02/26 11:15Having spent much of this trip in defence mode, Eileen Gu went on the attack on Sunday. It was to the detriment of the field that they found her in no mood to settle for a third silver medal.
British skier Zoe Atkin wins brilliant BRONZE medal in freeski halfpipe final
22/02/26 11:13RIATH AL-SAMARRAI: Having spent much of this trip in defence mode, Eileen Gu went on the attack on Sunday.
Team GB heartbreak as Winter Olympic curling gold slips away in devastating echo of Beijing 2022 as Bruce Mouat and Co fall to cunning Canadians
21/02/26 09:13RIATH AL-SAMARRAI IN CORTINA: If there were any suspicions of double-touches or subtle prods on the granite, then they were not aired in the confines of this arena. Quite simply the best team won.
Revealed: Eddie Hearn loaned Conor Benn £500,000 when Chris Eubank Jr bout collapsed following failed drug test - with promoter left 'devastated' after boxer dumped him for Dana White
21/02/26 05:49The boxing world was stunned when Benn announced he had jumped ship to Zuffa, the company set up by Dana White, despite spending his entire professional career within Hearn's Matchroom stable.
Eileen Gu made to wait for gold medal chance as Winter Olympics halfpipe final is postponed for bizarre reason
21/02/26 05:07Gu has come under heavy criticism from American viewers during the 2026 Games after her decision to compete for China, despite being born and raised on the west coast of the United States.
Jon Rahm's Ryder Cup future in doubt as LIV star snubs olive branch from golf bosses - despite EIGHT fellow rebels ending stand-off
21/02/26 11:14RIATH AL-SAMARRAI: Daily Mail Sport understands a deadline of Friday was set to accept the terms and, remarkably, Rahm has declined.
It's Team GB vs the 'cheating' Canadians! Brits stand in the way of controversial rivals after 'double-touch' saga - as legend reveals why Bruce Mouat will not freeze in the Olympic curling final
21/02/26 08:56Canada are rather good - they thumped Team GB in the round-robin. And they might just be the only nation to care as much about this curious, hypnotic game as the Scots.
Trump-bashing Winter Olympics star Hunter Hess whines about 'hardest weeks of his life' after being called a 'real loser' by the president
20/02/26 01:03Hunter Hess flashed an 'L' sign with his fingers after qualifying for the Olympic halfpipe final and then admitted the two weeks since being branded a 'real loser' by Donald Trump were the hardest of his life.
Team GB guarantee medal in men's curling at Winter Olympics after nail-biting win over Switzerland sets up gold medal match against 'cheating' Canadians
19/02/26 09:19RIATH AL-SAMARRAI IN CORTINA: One British woman soared and a group of Scotsmen flew, with both Zoe Atkin and the curling rink of Bruce Mouat setting themselves up for shots at gold.
Winter Olympics are stopped by SNOW: Blizzards cause bedlam in Italy as cars crash, events are cancelled... and even the indoor competitions are delayed!
19/02/26 02:47RIATH AL-SAMARRAI IN CORTINA: Sophie Jackson's must-win curling match against the Italians was delayed on Thursday after a huge snowstorm caused traffic chaos.
Major Sheffield Wednesday takeover update after ultimatum from football regulator - and what sources close to Bord group are saying about rumours bid is close to collapse
19/02/26 11:40Last week, Daily Mail Sport revealed how the new watchdog has asked for 'further clarity' from the group that has been named as preferred bidder for the beleaguered Championship side.
After the 'cheating' storm that rocked curling, now Team GB need HELP from under-fire Canada to keep golden dream alive!
18/02/26 05:45RIATH AL-SAMARRAI: If the curlers of Canada are as void of morality as the Swedes would have you believe, then Bruce Mouat may wish to switch off the television when the fate of his British team is decided.
Team GB curlers left on brink of Winter Olympics exit as they lose to Canada after opponents were embroiled in 'CHEATING' row
17/02/26 08:39RIATH AL-SAMARRAI: It didn't require a double-touch for the curlers of Canada to push Britain to the brink of Olympic elimination. They shoved themselves there all by themselves.
Controversial Russian figure skating coach barred from instructing another teenage star at Winter Olympics
17/02/26 05:39RIATH AL-SAMARRAI: The IOC has now confirmed to Daily Mail Sport that Tutberidze will not permitted to have any formal involvement with Petrosian once the competition begins.
I won Olympic silver and multiple world titles for Team GB... but this is why I'm giving it all up for the Enhanced Games: BEN PROUD reveals why move is 'no brainer', shocking amount he earned in his career and which drugs he could take
17/02/26 05:00There are two books in Ben Proud's living room. One is titled Principles and the other is The Buddha Teachings. Together they lurk as silent witnesses as a sporting pariah discusses his chosen path.
Israeli Winter Olympian rages at TV commentator's 'diatribe' after he spent the entire skeleton race calling him a 'genocide-supporting Zionist'
17/02/26 09:50Adam Edelman is sliding in the two-man and four-man bobsleigh events and was taking part in the former when Stefan Renna questioned the IOC's decision to greenlight his inclusion in the Games.
Kirsty Muir suffers SECOND heartbreak at Winter Olympics: Team GB star finishes fourth AGAIN after falling short in big air in brutal repetition of recent history
16/02/26 09:45RIATH AL-SAMARRAI IN LIVIGNO: Quite how Muir found herself on the outside looking in is a story that ended in high drama.
How veteran Team GB star Dave Ryding, 39, earned the affection of skiing fans as he bows out after fifth and final Winter Olympics, writes RIATH AL-SAMARRAI
16/02/26 08:19At 1.52pm on Monday, Dave Ryding finished his fifth and final Olympics. Such is the order they send these men slaloming down a hill, he crossed in gold medal position.
Team GB skeleton hero Matt Weston reveals wild celebration after historic second gold - and why he will be heading to the operating theatre after battling through pain at Winter Olympics
16/02/26 02:00To win one gold in the men's competition on Friday was impressive, but to follow it by spearheading his union with Tabitha Stoecker to a second on Sunday was unique.
Team GB's Super Sunday! Britain win ANOTHER gold medal as skeleton star Matt Weston tops the podium again on historic day at Winter Olympics
15/02/26 06:35RIATH AL-SAMARRAI: Weston's astonishing act of retrieval came at the expense of a second British team - Marcus Wyatt and Freya Tarbit.
Snowboarders Charlotte Bankes and Huw Nightingale reveal how pre-race pints helped them to claim historic GOLD for Great Britain at Winter Olympics
15/02/26 01:57RIATH AL-SAMARRAI IN LIVIGNO: The pair's medal is Great Britain's second of the Games after Matt Weston's skeleton gold, something they've never achieved before at a Winter Games.
Team GB star DISQUALIFIED from Olympics race after going agonisingly close to winning unlikely medal before crash in final laps
14/02/26 11:14RIATH AL-SAMARRAI: Niall Treacy stormed his way out of left-field to the most unlikely of Olympic finals and then crashed hard onto the ice just as a medal came into view.
British ski ace Kirsty Muir, 21, storms into Big Air final with impressive performance - as she aims to boost Team GB's medal tally after Matt Weston's skeleton gold
14/02/26 09:39RIATH Al-SAMARRAI: There were questions about her readiness for this second crack at an Olympic medal, having appeared so devastated after missing out in the slopestyle last Monday.
Canadian curler Marc Kennedy sends warning to Winter Olympics rivals after erupting at cheating accusations
14/02/26 05:57RIATH AL-SAMARRAI: Marc Kennedy became embroiled in a stunning clash with Oskar Eriksson after repeatedly being accused of double-touching his deliveries.
Samba skiing! Brazil win first Winter Olympic gold in alpine skiing as emotional slalom star claims his 'difference is his superpower'
14/02/26 02:19RIATH AL-SAMARRAI IN BORMIO: The Winter Olympics has not lacked for wild and unusual tales. But few will compare to the sight of a Brazilian winning gold in the giant slalom in Bormio on Saturday.
MATT WESTON INTERVIEW: How Team GB's first gold medallist of the Winter Olympics celebrated with a Margherita pizza - and where he keeps his 'little baby' after skeleton win
14/02/26 02:00RIATH AL-SAMARRAI IN CORTINA D'APEZZO: Matt Weston's first thought upon stirring on Saturday morning was to check his bedside drawer in the athlete's village.
Meet Britain's gold medal Winter Olympics hero: Matt Weston talks 90mph skeleton racing - and having to share a bed with his closest rival!
13/02/26 09:12RIATH AL-SAMARRAI: Britain's gold medal hero is talking about the fight between art and science when descending head-first down an ice chute at 90mph
Team GB FINALLY win first medal at Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics as Matt Weston claims skeleton gold after days of heartbreak and near misses
13/02/26 08:58Matt Weston dominated the rest of the field to win a superb skeleton gold at the Winter Olympics to end Team GB's long wait for a medal in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo.
Ukrainian athlete thrown out of Winter Olympics for trying to wear banned helmet honouring athletes killed in war with Russia LOSES appeal against controversial disqualification
13/02/26 05:08RIATH AL-SAMARRAI: Heraskevych had pinned thin hopes on the Court of Arbitration for Sport 24 hours after being told he was not allowed to compete.
'The team did all the work behind me and I didn't pull it off': British Winter Olympian's heartbreaking interview as Brits draw a medal blank AGAIN in the Games' 'Wacky Races' event
13/02/26 03:02RIATH AL-SAMARRAI: Another day, another British medal prospect locked in a battle with their own tears. To the list of Team GB's fallen contenders in Italy, we can add Charlotte Bankes.
American figure skaters who were robbed of gold in Winter Olympics 'rigging' scandal demand probe into French judge
13/02/26 11:30The 'true champions' of the Winter Olympics figure skating have called for judges to be vetted - after the 'rigging' scandal that denied them a gold medal.
Ukrainian Winter Olympics team in furious act of defiance after teammate is thrown out for helmet honoring war dead
12/02/26 06:31The Ukrainian luge team emotionally protested the disqualification of their compatriot, skeleton athlete Vladyslav Heraskevych, following their run at the Winter Olympics on Thursday.
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EFL side become the first to secure promotion to return them to the Championship after 65 years away
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Luke Littler signs MILLION-POUND sponsorship deal as world darts champion renews lucrative boohooMAN fashion tie-up for THIRD year
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New Yorkers outraged as plans are announced to SHUT biggest train station in the US during World Cup matches
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Inside Carlos Tevez's crazy mansion with huge resort-style swimming pool and his own tunnel of fame
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Man City's Rayan Cherki says sorry after bizarrely wearing Hugo Ekitike's Liverpool shirt after being substituted during hosts' FA Cup thrashing
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The changing face of the BBC: The sports and events recently snubbed by the broadcaster as the Boat Race is shown on Channel 4 for the first time
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Alejandro Garnacho confirms new romance with model girlfriend after Spanish reports claimed Chelsea star 'didn't want to meet her family'
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Former World Cup-winning coach - who once picked his nose and LICKED his finger - 'set to take charge of England's group stage opponents'
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Revealed: Gary Neville's staggering seven-figure earnings from podcast empire as Sky Sports star looks to rival Gary Lineker's media network
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Andy Murray launches new 'woke' trainers - made from BEANS and seaweed - in bid to rival Roger Federer's £15bn running shoe business
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Women's football hair pulling controversy: Arsenal star drags back rival in astonishing moment at Stamford Bridge
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Michael Schumacher's daughter Gina speaks out on life in the aftermath of her legendary father's accident
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Roy Keane attends his mother's funeral just days after the Man United legend lost 'the only boss I listen to'
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NBA star abruptly cut by team after criticizing the league's support of LGBTQ+ fans and Pride Month
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Italy in 'spy-gate row ahead of Bosnia World Cup play-off - as Bosnian media accuse four-time champions of having a SOLDIER film rivals' training session'
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Why Tiger Woods' ex-wife Elin Nordegren is 'concerned' after golf legend's shocking DUI arrest
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'It looks a bit suspicious': Thomas Tuchel addresses mass drop outs of Arsenal stars from national teams - but backs Declan Rice and Bukayo Saka over England withdrawals
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Roy Hodgson, 78, rules out long-term stay at Bristol City after his shock return to management as former England boss insists 'I'm too OLD'
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Meet golf's bad boys: Tiger Woods and world No 1 Scottie Scheffler among stars whose menacing police mugshots have gone viral after arrests
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British Olympics star, 32, retires from athletics to take up surprise new role at Premier League football club
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British driver Ollie Bearman, 20, breaks silence after narrowly escaping serious injury in 191mph crash at Japanese Grand Prix
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Kim Kardashian appears to SKIP Lewis Hamilton's F1 race despite spending week with boyfriend in Japan... as he cosies up to different A-lister instead
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Former Chelsea and Real Madrid star chugs a beer after completing mammoth cycling event in Mallorca three years after retiring aged 32
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From the Gypsy King to the Lion King! Tyson Fury takes a LION for a stroll as he prepares for comeback fight with Arslanbek Makhmudov
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Steve Cooper accused of SABOTAGING Bosnia's World Cup hopes by national team head coach - who blames his 'roots and origins' in bizarre spat
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Former Man United star training with Crystal Palace U21s as Europa League winner looks to relaunch career with a new club after two seasons out in the cold
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Golf icon John Daly falls during over-50s event in worrying scenes after 16 surgeries in four years - before his caddie rushes to save him
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Women's boxer Isis Sio, 19, fighting for her life in hospital after knockout loss
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Next season's Community Shield is KICKED OUT of Wembley by The Weeknd concert - and moved to 74,000-capacity stadium
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Reclusive ex-tennis star Anna Kournikova, 44, seen for the first time since giving birth to fourth child in December
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Ben White ENDS England exile as Thomas Tuchel calls him up for first time since World Cup walk-out and refusal to return after Steve Holland embarrassed him in front of team-mates
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Bill Murray celebrates UConn's March Madness win over UCLA as his coach son advances to the Sweet 16
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Premier League cult hero Dimitri Payet quits football at 38 with 'psychological violence against an ex-mistress' case hanging over him after he 'forced her to perform degrading acts on camera'
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Gary Neville shushes a Man City fan in Wembley commentary gantry spat after supporter's barrage of abuse
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Pep Guardiola lingers for a sweet moment with daughter Maria on the Wembley pitch as he weighs up whether to QUIT Manchester City despite Carabao Cup final success
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'World's sexiest footballer' reveals the huge falsehood that almost drove her out of the sport
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Brentford players 'are left bloodied after rescuing man from alleged racist attack' on way home from Leeds draw
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Trent Alexander-Arnold is dropped by Real Madrid for derby clash due to LATENESS - as defender is punished for ill-discipline after England snub
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American tennis star accuses French player of sliding into her DMs to flirt as he issues furious denial
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Olympic champion Keely Hodgkinson, 24, claims her first-ever world indoor title - as Brit storms to 800m gold in a new world championship record time
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Sack-threatened Tottenham manager Igor Tudor misses his post-match interviews due to 'family bereavement' after 3-0 defeat by Nottingham Forest sounded relegation alarm
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The £15MILLION Instagram story: Cristiano Ronaldo and fiancée Georgina Rodriguez show off their extravagant wealth in one photo while escaping missile strikes in Saudi
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Bizarre moment UFC boss Dana White needs interpreter to translate ENGLISH question: 'I'm really screwed'
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Kim Kardashian and Lewis Hamilton fuel romance rumors as they enjoy stroll in Tokyo alongside stunned fans
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Premier League game is HALTED over racist abuse for the first time as black Sunderland star Lutsharel Geertruida reports Newcastle crowd to referee
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Health update released on female cyclist who was rushed to hospital with five broken ribs after falling headfirst over a roadside barrier in brutal pile-up crash
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Real Madrid eye Jurgen Klopp and Mauricio Pochettino as potential next managers - if they sack Alvaro...
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Chelsea star set to sign new deal in boost for under-pressure boss Liam Rosenior... in a move owners hope...
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Newcastle Confidential: Revealed - Toon look at SECOND site for new stadium, bats take over Leazes Park...
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Alex Manninger dead at 48: Former Arsenal and Liverpool goalkeeper killed after his car was hit by a train
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Lionel Messi BUYS Spanish fifth-tier side based five miles from Barcelona that produced Arsenal star - weeks...
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How Leeds United are winning the battle to beat relegation: Insiders reveal Ethan Ampadu's vital role, the...
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Why Man City title decider is the right time for Mikel Arteta to hand Max Dowman a start - and bring some...
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Why the anger and defiance that's burning through Declan Rice and Mikel Arteta can fill Arsenal with...
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Revealed: LIV's plan to save rebel tour over fears Saudi backers will walk away despite spending $6BILLION
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Elliot Anderson ruled out of Nottingham Forest's Europa League clash with Porto after tragic death of his...
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ELLIS GENGE: Scrapping PREM relegation was wrong - I've been in those battles... it was f***ing class! When...
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'It's killing me. You are just seeing it falling away': Arsenal legend Ian Wright shoots down Roy Keane over...
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How a 16-year-old Brazilian who has never played a senior game became the hottest prospect in world football...
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Revealed: How Sunday's crunch clash between Arsenal and Manchester City at the Etihad could lead to a...
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London Underground worker, 51, wins £250,000 during family trip to Madrid - and reveals first thing he...
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Liverpool 0-2 PSG (0-4 agg) PLAYER RATINGS: Who put in one of his best performances of the season? Whose...
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Roberto De Zerbi takes struggling Tottenham stars for lavish meal - just weeks after Igor Tudor's similar...
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Major update on LIV Golf 'shutdown' emerges as rebel tour execs hold emergency New York summit amid fears of...
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Fears Saudi Arabia will cancel $6b LIV Golf amid Iran crisis after fans spot detail in CEO's leaked email
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Jonjo Shelvey takes first steps into management with second-tier side in UAE... but insists he feels safe in...
- Lachie Neale FINALLY breaks his silence about his scandalous split with wife Jules as he makes an emotional admission
- Wife of AFL star's brother makes heartbreaking post about him and their baby son after his tragic death aged 35: 'The last photo I took of my two boys'
- Alex Manninger dead at 48: Former Arsenal and Liverpool goalkeeper killed after his car was hit by a train
- Aussie WWE sensation Rhea Ripley hits out at LIES about radical change in her appearance - and jokes about having an eating disorder
- See the moment Prince Harry asked AFL stars a VERY Aussie question before they gave him a surprising rating for his skills at kicking a footy
- Chicago White Sox anthem singer collapses while performing in terrifying medical emergency
- Revealed: The embarrassing problem with the Socceroos' World Cup kits
- One of the NRL's biggest stars reveals strange sporting comeback after shocking fans by retiring aged just 27
- Beloved ex-UFC fighter Mark Hunt arrested on domestic violence charge after allegedly threatening to kill female acquaintance
- Real Madrid lose the plot after Bayern Munich defeat: Furious stars confront referee over controversial decision as player is sent off AFTER full-time before angry tunnel row in chaotic scenes
- Hulk Hogan's estranged daughter Brooke makes heartbreaking statement about late father nine months on from his death
- Jude Bellingham is told 'shut your mouth' by Real Madrid team-mate Vinicius Jnr in furious row as stars went into meltdown during bad-tempered Champions League exit
- One of Australia's richest sport stars has his future thrown into doubt by looming $7billion disaster
- 'Mortified' tennis camera crew are caught discussing Carol Vorderman's sex life 'with six guys' on a hot mic during live broadcast
- UFC legend Mark Hunt spends night behind bars after being charged with domestic violence offence
- Steven Gerrard predicts manager will 'lose his job' after disappointing Champions League exit - but insists struggling boss doesn't deserve the sack
- Ex-MLB prospect Jon Kemmer, 35, killed in rollover car crash on way home from coaching tournament
- Arsenal's injury crisis worsens as another star is forced off against Sporting Lisbon in major blow ahead of title run-in
- Arsenal 0-0 Sporting Lisbon (1-0 agg) PLAYER RATINGS: Which star 'stepped up' after his recent struggles? Who was a 'frustrating figure'? And whose performance can be described as 'wayward'?
- AFL deletes video after stars made shocking confessions about how often they wash their bedsheets
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