France dismiss Dupont disappointment to destroy Ireland in Dublin
France overcame the injury loss of Antoine Dupont to blow open the Guinness Six Nations title race by extinguishing Ireland’s Grand Slam dream with a crushing 42-27 win in Dublin.
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Saturday sport: Ireland come up short against France in Six Nations clash
Ireland lost 42-27 to France in their Six Nations clash at the Aviva Stadium on Saturday afternoon.
Forest beat Man City in a top four showdown
NOTTINGHAM, United Kingdom: Nottingham Forest dealt a major blow to Manchester City’s bid to qualify for the Champions League as Callum Hudson-Odoi’s late winner sealed a 1-0 victory in the top four shoot-out on Saturday. City have been reduced to battling for a place in next season’s Champions League after a dismal campaign. Even that usually routine target is far from assured for Guardiola’s men following their ninth league defeat this term. With six titles in the past seven seasons, City have rarely had to worry about their place in the Premier League’s top four in the Pep Guardiola era. Yet they left the City Ground looking anxiously over their shoulders after a first league loss to Forest since 1997. Fifth-placed Chelsea, just one point adrift of City, will go above the champions if they beat lowly Leicester on Sunday. Finishing fifth could still be enough for City to reach Europe’s elite club competition depend on the results of the English clubs who remain in continental competitions this term. For City to achieve that modest goal, they will have to significantly improve on the latest limp display in a turbulent season. Third-placed Forest are four points clear of City thanks to only their third win in their last eight league games. Enjoying a fairytale season just a year after battling relegation, the former European champions are closing on a berth in the Champions League for the first time since 1980-81. After Forest’s former defender Stuart Pearce was rushed to hospital having been taken ill on a flight this week, his old club displayed a big screen message reading ‘Get Well Soon Stuart’, after three minutes of the Premier League game, recognizing Pearce’s old shirt number three. Forest were able to draw on
Lion City Sailors awarded win in AFC Champions League 2 game after Japan's Sanfrecce fielded ineligible player
SINGAPORE: The Lion City Sailors received a huge boost to their hopes of progressing to the Asian Football Confederation Champions League 2 semi-finals on Saturday (Mar 8), after the footballing body chalked off their 6-1 loss to Sanfrecce Hiroshimadue to the opponents fielding an ineligible player.
Griekspoor stuns top-seeded Zverev, avenges French Open heartbreak
INDIAN WELLS: Tallon Griekspoor stunned top-seeded Alexander Zverev 4-6, 7-6 (7/5), 7-6 (7/4) in the second round at Indian Wells on Friday, avenging a devastating loss to the German at Roland Garros last year.
Trump will lead task force preparing for 2026 World Cup
NEW YORK: President Donald Trump created a task force Friday to prepare for the 2026 World Cup, which will bring the globe’s premier soccer tournament to North America at a time when his on-again, off-again tariffs have ratcheted up tensions across the continent.
An evening with Eric Chelle
When his name was first announced as that of the new manager of the Super Eagles, the national football team of Nigeria, I was one of the first persons to ask the question: Eric who? I wondered if ‘Eric Sekou Chelle’ was the name of a person, a place or a thing.
Late Magri equaliser punishes Monaco
Cameroon international Frank Magri snatched a late equaliser as Toulouse held Monaco 1-1 in Ligue 1 on Friday.