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EFL highlights, round-up: Bournemouth, Fulham win

Bournemouth staged a dramatic recovery to beat Stoke 2-1 and stay in the automatic Sky Bet Championship promotion places. Stoke led through Tommy Smith after 20 minutes but had Morgan Fox sent off before the break for felling Philip Billing. The Cherries failed to find a way through their 10-man visitors until Dominic Solanke levelled seven minutes from time. Jamal Lowe came up with the last-minute winner for Bournemouth to stay two points clear of third-placed Huddersfield. Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Highlights of the Sky Bet Championship match between Bournemouth and Stoke City. The Terriers extended their unbeaten league run to 15 games with a 2-0 victory at Birmingham. Levi Colwill, on his 19th birthday, and Lewis O’Brien scored Huddersfield’s first-half goals. Leaders Fulham stay nine points clear at the top after winning 1-0 at Cardiff. Aleksandar Mitrovic struck four minutes before the break – his 34th goal of the league campai

Czechs join Poland, Sweden in refusing to play Russia in World Cup qualifying

PRAGUE (AP) — The Czech Republic joined Poland and Sweden on Sunday in refusing to play Russia in the 2022 World Cup qualifying playoffs next month in response to that nation’s invasion of Ukraine. The head of world champion France’s soccer federation also moved against the Russians, saying Sunday he favored excluding them from the competition. Russia is scheduled to host Poland in Moscow for a playoff semifinal on March 24, with the winner due to host Sweden or the Czech Republic five days later. The winner on March 29 would advance to the World Cup being played in Qatar from Nov. 21-Dec. 18. However, the Czech soccer federation said its executive committee “unanimously approved a decision that the Czech national team will not, in any case, play Russia.” Officials in Poland and Sweden made the same decision Saturday — putting pressure on FIFA which is responsible for all World Cup qualifying games, including in Europe. FIFA and its president Gianni Infantino have not taken a cl

20 Fantasy Thoughts: Bunting deserves full-time roster spot

The race for fantasy hockey MVP is heating up.   Trust me when I say there’s a plethora of bona fide contenders, even if it’s a fictious badge of honour. The big two in Edmonton deserve some love. So do Nazem Kadri, Auston Matthews and Jonathan Huberdeau. And what about Igor Shesterkin? The Rangers netminder has a legitimate shot of becoming just the fifth player in NHL history to win the Hart and the Vezina trophies in the same season. Shoutout to Cale Makar and the red-hot J.T. Miller as well. Any way you slice it, fantasy owners have been blessed this season with some unbelievable performances. Can’t wait to see how it all unfolds. 1. Jack Hughes won’t be in the running, but my goodness, how hot has the Devils star been lately? The 20-year-old phenom has nine points in four outings since the All-Star break and is now up to 15 goals and 36 points in 32 games. Suffice it is to say, move heaven and earth to acquire Hughes, who should be viewed as a top-50 file moving forwar

PL Predictions: Wolves to beat West Ham

Fresh from tipping an array of winners on Saturday, Jones Knows is back with more insight, predictions and best bets across Sunday. Any weekend winners for Jones Knows so far? Kyle Walker-Peters to have one (4/6), two (3/1) and three (11/1) shots Southampton to win 2-0 Manchester United to draw with Watford 17/4 Ben Mee to have a shot 5/6 Crystal Palace 1-1 Burnley Joe Willock to score 9/2 Joe Willock to have a shot on target 11/10 West Ham vs Wolves, Sunday 2pm, live on Sky Sports My view that West Ham are a team to oppose in the coming weeks was only strengthened by their lacklustre attacking showing in the 1-1 draw with Newcastle. Yet again, I thought the Hammers lacked imagination and were second best for large periods in that draw. A similar story could be said in their previous four fixtures against Watford, Leicester, Kidderminster and Manchester United. In the last five games, the Hammers have scored seven goals but their attacking process is on the wane, regi

Harden has triple-double, Embiid scores 37 points as 76ers beat Knicks

NEW YORK — Joel Embiid and James Harden were greeted by loud roars from the plenty of Philadelphia fans that packed Madison Square Garden. The cheers later turned to groans as one foul after another threatened to make the matinee last deep into the afternoon. Embiid didn’t care how it looked to viewers. All that matters is how his partnership with Harden looks to him. “Unstoppable,” he said. Embiid scored 37 points and made a career and NBA season-high 23 free throws, Harden had 29 points, 16 assists and 10 rebounds, and the 76ers made it two straight wins with their new duo by beating the New York Knicks 125-109 on Sunday. The 76ers made 39 free throws, most in the NBA this season, and almost all their work to break open a close game midway through the fourth quarter came from the line. Embiid finished 23 of 27 on free throws and the NBA’s leading scorer added nine rebounds. It was the opener of a home-and-home series, with the game Wednesday to be Harden’s first in front of

Lage opens up on Wolves’ new reality

At a Hertfordshire hotel it is the day after the night before. For 72 minutes against Arsenal, Bruno Lage’s Wolves were set for fifth place in the Premier League with a game in hand on Manchester United in fourth. Two late goals changed that. “We had chances to finish the game,” Lage tells Sky Sports . “That’s football.” Lage has already previewed the game against West Ham on Sunday – the reason the squad is staying near London – in a Thursday night post-game press conference for the national media. Not easy, as Antonio Conte’s emotional reaction to defeat recently showed. Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player FREE TO WATCH: Highlights from Arsenal’s win against Wolves Now, on Friday afternoon, after lunch at the hotel, Lage has already moved on, encouraged by the reaction of his players. “I saw it in their faces last night and I see it in their faces this morning,” he says. “They are not happy. That is the positive, the right mentality. That is

McLaughlin wins first IndyCar race in St. Pete season opener

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Scott McLaughlin at last showed his long move from Australia to the United States was worth the gamble, getting his first IndyCar Series win on Sunday in the season-opening race through the downtown streets of St. Petersburg. Now the New Zealander will have to see how far his first victory takes him: IndyCar’s season-opening winner has gone on to claim the championship the last three years. McLaughlin, the three-time Australian V8 Supercars champion, made his IndyCar debut at St. Pete in the 2020 season finale and declared the experience “far out!” and “the best day of my life apart from my wedding,” even after a crash caused his early exit. In his third trip back, he made qualifying his priority and was rewarded with his first career pole. He led 49 of the 100 laps but had to hold off reigning IndyCar champion Alex Palou over the closing laps to secure the victory. McLaughlin was held up by rookie Devlin DeFrancesco, the last car on the lead lap, on the fin

Huge controversy as VAR rules no handball by Rodri

Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Should Everton have had a late penalty against Man City? VAR ruled that Rodri hadn’t committed a handball. Huge controversy as VAR rules no handball by Rodri Source: Healthy Lifestyle

Canadian men’s basketball team unbeaten after second FIBA qualifier window

Kyle Wiltjer scored 24 points as the Canadian men’s basketball team closed its second window of FIBA World Cup qualifying, routing the U.S. Virgin Islands 94-46 Sunday to remain undefeated. Wiltjer drilled six three-pointers in the win as Canada, in general, shot the lights out from deep, going 15-of-33. And defensively, Canada was solid, holding the U.S. Virgin Islands to 26.7 per cent shooting from the floor while turning them over 19 times. The Canadian led the Virgin Islands by as much as 51 in the contest. Canada beat the Dominican Republic on Saturday, 85-79, in the first of this two-game qualifying window. With the 48-point victory over the Virgin Islands, Canada now carries an overall point differential of plus-132 through four qualifying games. Rakeem Christmas, who has had a cup of coffee in the NBA before, led all Virgin Islands scorers with 15 points. The FIBA Basketball World Cup will begin Aug. 25, 2023, hosted by Indonesia, Japan and the Philippines. Reaching T

MLB lockout talks recess, will resume Monday; deadline nears

JUPITER, Fla. — Negotiators for locked-out players and owners recessed their talks until Monday, the day Major League Baseball had set as a deadline to salvage March 31 openers. The sides held a series of short and more frequent meetings that stretched into Sunday night before saying they would resume in the morning. MLB says that if there is not a deal by the end of Monday, there will not be enough training time to start the season as scheduled and play 162 games. Teams and owners narrowed some differences Friday and Saturday. Entering the 88th day of the work stoppage they were still far apart on big issues that include luxury tax thresholds and rates, the size of the new bonus pool for pre-arbitration players and minimum salaries. Some of those issues were in play during negotiations in which management wants the union’s agreement to expand the postseason from 10 teams to 14, two more than players have thus far been willing to accept. Between 1 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. Sunday, Depu

Carabao Cup final on Sky: Which German tactician will prevail?

Sunday’s Carabao Cup final will be billed as Jurgen Klopp versus Thomas Tuchel, the guy who followed the guy, but neither manager will think he deserves top billing. For all he has done in turning Liverpool into a force again Klopp insists, as he always has, it is all about the achievements of the players. Tuchel, whose first year in charge has brought a Champions League, a UEFA Super Cup and Club World Cup, argues similarly. Both play down the similarity of their career paths: Tuchel succeeding Klopp first at Mainz and then Borussia Dortmund before, ultimately, following him into the Premier League. Image: Klopp and Tuchel will shy away from the final being all about them But where they are alike is in getting the job done when it matters. Admittedly Klopp has had more final failures than his opposite number but at six years his senior that is probably to be expected. Klopp needed four finals to get his hands on his first piece of silverware at Anfield, losing the League