Sports - Wednesday, April 15, 2026

Dodgers teammates say MLB's most singular star has set his sights on another history-making achievement.

The quickest strike of this season's Champions League, seven goals, two red cards and the 15-time winners exiting in anger - once again the knockout stages of Europe's elite tournament delivered drama in spades.

The crowd were getting anxious and players are either missing or off form but they have still reached the Champions League semi-finals And so I am become a meme. Towards the end of this game, already booked for standing on the edge of the pitch whirling his arms in a balletic, immaculately groomed pose of horror, like an oversized wedding cake figurine at the world’s most distressing wedding, Mikel Arteta could be seen pulling his jumper up over his eyes to obscure the spectacle in front of him. Not so fast, Mikel. We’re all in this together you know. At the final whistle, with a controlled, job-done 0-0 safely in the bag, Arteta could be seen striding out in front of the post-match column of Arsenal players, conducting the crowd, an urgent, compact, dark-haired figure with, from a distance, something of the business-casual Tom Cruise about him. Continue reading...

On Jackie Robinson Day, we remember one of the game's most legendary players and his lasting impact.

After losing out to Bayern Munich in a thrilling Champions League quarter-final, Real Madrid face the prospect of a trophyless season that could cost Alvaro Arbeloa his job.

Australia defeat hosts 2-0 at Nyayo National Stadium in Nairobi Captain scores 75th international goal before Wheeler seals victory Sam Kerr’s 75th international goal may have been her softest as she set her Matildas on the way to a surprisingly tough, controversial 2-0 victory over Kenya in the Fifa Series final. In front of 20,000 excited home fans in Nairobi’s Nyayo Stadium, a goal in each half from skipper Kerr and midfielder Clare Wheeler proved enough for Australia to conclude their ground-breaking jaunt with the victory on Wednesday (Thursday AEST). Continue reading...

Tim Bontemps grades all 30 teams, from surprise contenders to franchises banking on lottery luck.

Champions League analysts Stephen Warnock, Nedum Onouha and Julien Laurens look at why the semi-finals between PSG & Bayern Munich and Atletico Madrid & Arsenal are both really hard to call who will win.

Captain’s brave display helps Arsenal reach semi-final ‘We are not perfect we need to improve, that’s for sure’ Mikel Arteta praised his side’s durability after Arsenal reached back-to-back Champions League semi-finals for the first time in their history and revealed that Declan Rice had come off his sickbed to play his part. Arsenal rarely looked like adding to their advantage from last week’s first leg in Portugal despite controlling possession, with Leandro Trossard heading against a post from a Max Dowman corner late on after coming off the bench. Continue reading...

Champions League analysts Stephen Warnock and Nedum Onuoha feel Arne Slot's Liverpool do not have a definitive starting XI and style of play like other clubs around Europe, following their elimination from the competition at the hands of PSG.