Author: Rupert Murdoch

Watch the best bits from Rory McIlroy’s Masters presser as the Northern Irishman returns to Augusta to defend his Green Jacket.

Oscar Schwartau came off the bench to fire Norwich to a 2-1 win over Millwall – and do their fierce rivals Ipswich a big favour.The Lions, who started Easter Monday in second, had taken the lead through substitute Mihailo Ivanovic shortly after half-time. But a long-range rocket from Pelle Mattsson and Schwartau’s winner condemned them to defeat to give the chasing pack – including Norwich’s East Anglian foes Ipswich – a major boost in the race for automatic promotion. Norwich, who now have seven wins from their last nine away league matches to keep their slim play-off hopes alive, started…

Falkirk secured a top-six finish in the Scottish Premiership after a 3-2 away win at Motherwell.Barney Stewart opened the scoring with a fine header on three minutes and that set the tone for the afternoon at Fir Park. Elliot Watt’s fizzing volley levelled things up against the run of play but the Bairns pounced before the break to restore their lead as Ben Broggio gleefully tapped into an empty net after Watt’s pass-back had gone astray. Image: Falkirk’s Ben Broggio scores to make it 2-1 at Motherwell Calvin Miller provided some breathing space just after the hour mark from the…

Northampton reached the Champions Cup quarter-finals after a battling 49-41 win over Castres.French side Castres raced into a 12-0 lead after only 10 minutes through tries from Christian Ambadiang and Theo Chabouni, before Saints were awarded a penalty try with the lively Ambadiang shown a yellow card for a high tackle. Castres were reduced to 13 players when lock Guillaume Ducat caught Henry Pollock in the ruck to receive another yellow, but they increased their lead with a penalty before Danilo Fischetti went over as Saints went in at half-time trailing 15-14. Image: Henry Pollock shields the ball amid a…

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Phil Mickelson has announced he will not be playing in The Masters next week due to an ongoing “family health matter”.Mickelson, who has won The Masters in 2004, 2006 and 2010 and has made 28 cuts around Augusta National, announced the news via social media on Thursday. The 55-year-old six-time major champion finished tied for second when Jon Rahm won The Masters in 2023. Instagram This content is provided by Instagram, which may be using cookies and other technologies. To show you this content, we need your permission to use cookies. You can use the buttons below to amend your…

We have a busy day’s racing on Thursday with action from Chepstow and Southwell, live on Sky Sports Racing…2.30 Chepstow – 142-rated Hurricane Pat headlinesHurricane Pat is the class act among a field of 12 for a cracking LSL Racing Horse Sales – Syndication – Leasing Novices’ Hurdle. Gary and Josh Moore’s charge has taken well to hurdling, winning his first two starts with aplomb before chasing home Old Park Star in a Listed contest at Haydock. He was far from disgraced finishing ninth when upped in trip for the Turners’ Novices’ Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival and should relish…

Ten-man Italy missed out on a third consecutive World Cup after losing their play-off on penalties to Bosnia and Herzegovina.Having failed to reach Russia 2018 and Qatar 2022, Italy are the first former winners to miss out on three consecutive World Cups. Newcastle’s Sandro Tonali was the only player to score from the spot for the four-time winners as Bosnia and Herzegovina found the net with all four of their penalties after taking advantage of Alessandro Bastoni’s first-half sending off. Image: Italy’s Pio Esposito missed in the shoot-out as the four-time World Cup winners failed to qualify for 2026 tournament…

Paul Merson and Michael Bridge share their thoughts as Spurs and Roberto De Zerbi progess in talks over the head coach role.

Highlights of the final round of the Texas Children’s Houston Open at the Memorial Park Golf Course.