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Roberto Martinez has insisted Everton can still secure a top four finish and a place in next season’s Champions League despite a potentially damaging defeat at Southampton. The 2-0 loss at St Mary’s left Everton in fifth place, a point behind Arsenal…

Real Madrid maintained their bid for an historic treble as two stunning strikes from Cristiano Ronaldo helped them to a comfortable 4-0 win over Osasuna at the Santiago Bernabeu on Saturday. The World Player of the Year opened the scoring early on with…

Wayne Rooney backed Ryan Giggs as the right man to be installed as Manchester United’s manager on a permanent basis after firing the team to a 4-0 win over Norwich on Saturday. Rooney struck either side of half-time at Old Trafford to give Giggs a victory…

Ryan Giggs saw his first match as interim Manchester United manager end in a 4-0 thrashing of Premier League strugglers Norwich City at Old Trafford on Saturday. Wayne Rooney and substitute Juan Mata scored two goals apiece as the soon-to-be-dethroned…

Barnsley were relegated from the Championship in agonising fashion after conceding two stoppage-time goals in a 3-1 defeat at Middlesbrough on Saturday. Danny Wilson’s side had to win to avoid joining bottom club Yeovil Town, who were relegated on Friday…

Everton damaged their own prospects of a top four finish and a place in next season’s Champions League when first half own-goals from Antolin Alcaraz and Seamus Coleman gifted Southampton a 2-0 victory at St Mary’s on Saturday. Defeat meant Roberto…

Everton suffered a huge blow in their quest for Champions League football after a pair of own-goals saw them lose 2-0 to Southampton at St Mary’s on Saturday. Defeat meant Everton remained a point behind Arsenal, who currently occupy the fourth and…

Troy Daniels hit a three pointer in the closing seconds of overtime to lift the Houston Rockets to a 121-116 win over Portland in a Western Conference playoff contest. James Harden tallied 37 points and Dwight Howard finished with 24 points and 14 rebounds…

Heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko has dubbed Alex Leapai “Australia’s Rocky” ahead of Saturday’s world title bout when the challenger tries to complete his rags to riches tale. Leapai sat behind bars in the high-security wing of a north Brisbane…

Netherlands coach Louis van Gaal has reached a deal to join Manchester United as manager after the World Cup, replacing sacked David Moyes, a Dutch newspaper report said on Saturday. Popular broadsheet De Telegraaf said “the national coach late last…

Manchester United interim manager Ryan Giggs admits he would love to restore the feelgood factor at Old Trafford after one of the most traumatic weeks in the club’s history. Giggs, assisted by three fellow members of United’s famed ‘Class of 92’, will…

Ryan Giggs takes charge of his first Manchester United match on Saturday, with Alex Ferguson suggesting his temporary role as manager should be made long-term. Giggs will take charge of United’s remaining four games of the season as the club begins…

Reigning world champ LaShawn Merritt beat 2012 Olympic Games gold medal winner Kirani James to win a star-studded 400 metre race at the Drake Relays on Friday. American Merritt posted a winning time of 44.44 seconds to beat James of Grenada in front…

Alex Ferguson believes Ryan Giggs should take up the position of Manchester United on a full-time basis following the sacking of David Moyes, according to a report on the Daily Telegraph website on Friday. “I think that he is the one man they should…

Olympic legend Michael Phelps was “feeling like a kid” again after his first competition in 20 months, and eager to see where his comeback will take him. “As a whole, I felt pretty good just being able to get back in the water and race again,” Phelps…

Reigning champion Ronnie O’Sullivan will have to come from behind if he is to remain in this year’s World Championship after going down 9-7 to Joe Perry on Friday. The all-English match resumes Saturday, with O’Sullivan needing to win six frames in…

Samoa’s Kahn Fotuali’i produced two fine pieces of skill as Northampton beat English rivals Harlequins 18-10 on Friday to keep alive hopes of a European Challenge Cup and Premiership double. In this Challenge Cup semi-final, scrum-half Fotuali’i set…

Yeovil’s brief stay in the Championship came to an end on Friday when they were relegated from the second tier after a 2-0 defeat at Brighton. Gary Johnson’s team had travelled to the Amex Stadium already resigned to their fate as they needed to win…

A host of Premier League managers have criticised Manchester United’s decision to sack David Moyes this week, just 10 months after he replaced Alex Ferguson at Old Trafford. Arsenal’s Arsene Wenger, now the longest-serving manager in the Premier League…

Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers has insisted he has no problems sleeping at night now his side are top of the Premier League. The Merseysiders, bidding to win their first English title since 1990, face second-placed Chelsea at Anfield on Sunday in…