Sports - Thursday, May 14, 2026

Defending champion Scottie Scheffler tied for the first-round lead on a difficult day for Rory McIlroy Bryson’s touch is all over the shop . He overcooks his downhill 30-foot putt from the fringe at the back of 11 … and the ball catches the slope of the green, rolling 60 feet past! So nearly off back down the fairway! That leads to an inevitable bogey. Also dropping a shot: Jon Rahm on 1. His approach disappears down a swale to the right of the green, and he can’t get his ball back up with his first chip. Rory also bogeys, the result of that errant drive and skulled wedge, and for a course supposedly there for the taking, Aronimink sure is baring its teeth. It Can Happen To The Best Of Them dept. Rory McIlroy’s ball, having hit a tree down the right of 1, comes straight down and disappears into thick rough. He lashes at it with great force, but the ball only squirts out of the cabbage, a topper that dribbles 100 yards down the fairway. We’ve all done it, Rory on fewer occasions than most. But here he is. So much for his pre-tournament claim that “strategy off the tee is pretty non-existent”, huh. And there’s no blaming a blister on his pinky toe for that one. Continue reading...

Bolton Wanderers' final game of 2025-26 is a repeat of their first match of the season as they take on Stockport County for a place in the Championship.

Eric Karabell looks into the crystal ball to tell fantasy baseball managers what might come to pass in the not-too-distant future.

Guardiola can claim 17th City trophy, Arteta weighs up another Arsenal reshuffle and Brentford’s European dreams could edge closer A measure of Pep Guardiola’s greatness is to be found in Saturday’s FA Cup final being a 24th visit to Wembley leading Manchester City. As this born winner could depart in the close season, the meeting with Chelsea may be a third-last outing in charge, in which he seeks the opposite result to the 2021 Champions League final . Yet Chelsea are now in a state of flux – Calum McFarlane is in a second caretaker spell of the season, following Liam Rosenior’s sacking last month, having also filled in when Enzo Maresca walked out on 1 January. This points to a City triumph and the 17th major trophy of Guardiola’s reign. But this is football, so who knows? Jamie Jackson FA Cup final: Chelsea v Manchester City, Saturday 3pm (all times BST) Aston Villa v Liverpool, Friday 8pm Manchester United v Nottingham Forest, Sunday 12.30pm Brentford v Crystal Palace, Sunday 3pm Everton v Sunderland, Sunday 3pm Wolves v Fulham, Sunday 3pm Continue reading...

Real Sociedad forward Ander Barrenetxea is reportedly on Chelsea's radar. Transfer Talk has the latest.

Jannik Sinner breaks Novak Djokovic's record of successive match wins at ATP Masters 1000 tournaments as he reaches the Italian Open semi-finals.

With nearly two full rounds in the books, here are the top takeaways that will influence the rest of the playoffs.

Defending champion Luke Humphries beats Gerwyn Price to win his first night of the Premier League season, but the pair both seal play-off spots in Birmingham.

Head coach points to talks held as well as his contract Slot describes the criticism he is facing as ‘normal’ Arne Slot has said he has “every reason to believe” he will remain Liverpool’s head coach next season and get the opportunity to rectify the champions’ decline. Slot’s position has been the subject of intense debate for much of a disappointing season, and Anfield’s frustrations rose to the surface last weekend when boos accompanied the 1-1 draw with Chelsea . Internally, Liverpool’s position has not changed. There remains support for the coach who delivered the Premier League title in his debut season and recognition of the numerous problems he has encountered since. Continue reading...

Anaheim is in a must-win situation, and it's a critical Game 5 in Buffalo.