Sports - Wednesday, March 25, 2026

Manchester United suffered defeat by Bayern Munich in the home leg of their Champions League quarter-final, but manager Marc Skinner refuses to rule them out.

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Centre-back opens up on his renaissance at Old Trafford and his burning World Cup desire for England Harry Maguire was injured again and Manchester United were stuck in a loop under Ruben Amorim, offering their own take on the definition of insanity. As Albert Einstein almost said, it is playing 3-4-2-1 with Bruno Fernandes deep and Casemiro exposed over and over again – but expecting different results. It was the start of January and, at that point, Maguire simply wanted a return to fitness after two months on the sidelines, regular minutes, a bit of rhythm in his game after an in-and-out season. The notion of an England recall was fanciful. Not to mention the World Cup . Maguire was set to remain on 64 caps, the last of which he won against the Republic of Ireland in Dublin in September 2024. Continue reading...

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Manchester United fan Pernille Harder scored twice against her childhood club at Old Trafford as Bayern Munich gained a precious first-leg advantage in their Champions League quarter-final tie.

When they took the lead for the third time at Old Trafford, Bayern Munich fans were singing ‘football’s coming home’, taunting the hosts. Their prediction remains to be seen but they will take a priceless one-goal lead back to Germany for the second leg of this quarter-final, meaning Manchester United have it all to do next week. The English side never quite showed their full potential on Wednesday and despite two spirited fightbacks eventually succumbed to a 3-2 loss against a Munich team inspired by Pernille Harder, who scored twice. A delighted Harder, who was a Manchester United fan as a child, told Disney+: “I never thought I would score two goals at Old Trafford. When I was a kid there was no women’s team so it would not even be possible. So of course it’s a dream come true but most of all I’m really happy with the win.” Continue reading...

All of the important fantasy spin and actionable takeaways resulting from the latest baseball news.

Rybakina completes 2-6, 6-3, 6-4 comeback win American slumps to fifth straight defeat to Kazakhstani Jessica Pegula had her chances. Midway through the second set of yet another showdown with Elena Rybakina, the American had engineered a flawless start. After bulldozing through the opening set, Pegula’s level at the beginning of set two put her in with a fair shot of snatching a win against her Kazakhstani opponent, who has dominated their recent meetings. Instead, Pegula departed Miami with another tough lesson to parse through after being shown once again that the best players in the world pounce on even the smallest drops in intensity. Despite her mediocre start, Rybakina produced a brilliant comeback to reach the Miami Open semi-finals with a 2-6, 6-3, 6-4 win. Continue reading...

Wales head coach Sean Lynn eyes a clean slate going into this year's Women's Six Nations.

From a rare three-peat quest to the looming labor war, the 2026 season revolves around Los Angeles.