Manchester United’s Jack Fletcher given six-match ban for homophobic slur

Jack Fletcher – the son of club legend Darren Fletcher – has received a six-game ban and been fined £1,500 for calling a Barnsley player a “gay boy”, with the Manchester United midfielder apologising for his conduct.more

Magdalena Fręch, Magda Linette, and Hubert Hurkacz have already been eliminated from the WTA and ATP Top 1000 tournaments in Indian Wells. This leaves only Iga Świątek remaining in the women's singles competition, and Kamil Majchrzak, the fourth Pole to face the most decorated tennis player in history, Novak Djokovic, in the men's singles.more

Juventus Turin player Arkadiusz Milik suggested on social media that he will soon return to the pitch after a more than ten-month injury layoff. Italian media reported that the Pole could be ready to play as early as this weekend.more

Real Sociedad defeated Athletic Bilbao 1-0 at home, winning 2-0 on aggregate, and advanced to the Spanish Cup final. Their opponents will be Atletico Madrid, who eliminated Robert Lewandowski and Wojciech Szczęsny's Barcelona on Tuesday.more

English Premier League leaders Arsenal defeated Brighton & Hove Albion 1-0 away to extend their lead over second-place Manchester City in Matchday 29. Meanwhile, Aston Villa lost 4-1 at home to Chelsea, with home side player Matty Cash injured in the match.more

World number one tennis player Aryna Sabalenka announced her engagement to Brazilian businessman Georgios Frangulis just before the WTA tournament in Indian Wells. The 27-year-old Belarusian posted a video of the proposal on Instagram, accompanied by the words ‘You and me, forever.’more

FC Porto defender Jan Bednarek suffered a rib injury in Tuesday's Portuguese Cup semi-final against Sporting Lisbon (0-1), which could rule him out of action for some time, according to Dragons coach Francesco Farioli after the match. His team faces Benfica Lisbon in a league clash this weekend.more

Barcelona defeated Atlético Madrid 3–0 at home in the second leg of the Copa del Rey semi-final. They did not advance to the final, as they lost the first match 0–4. Robert Lewandowski was not included in the home team's line-up due to injury. Goalkeeper Wojciech Szczęsny was on the bench.more

The president of the International Football Federation (FIFA), Gianni Infantino, is in favour of giving red cards to players who cover their mouths during arguments and fights so that their lip movements cannot be read. The rule may apply at this year's World Cup.more

Real Madrid unexpectedly lost their second consecutive match in the Spanish top flight, this time at home to Getafe 0–1 (0–1). After 26 rounds, the capital city team is in second place in the table, four points behind leaders Barcelona.more

Bologna, with goalkeeper Łukasz Skorupski, won 1-0 away against Pisa in the 27th round of the Italian top football league. In Monday's second match, Udinese defeated Fiorentina, Rakow Częstochowa's rival in the Conference League round of 16, 3-0. One of the goals was scored by Adam Buksa.more

Barcelona striker Robert Lewandowski, who suffered a fractured left eye socket in the last match against Villarreal, wants to return to action wearing a protective mask for the next league match against Athletic Bilbao on Saturday, Spanish media reported.more

Magdalena Fręch lost to Spain's Cristina Bucsa 1-6, 6-4, 4-6 in the final of the WTA 500 tournament in Merida, Mexico. For the 28-year-old Moldovan tennis player, it was the biggest singles victory of her career.more

Arsenal, who lead the English Premier League table, defeated Chelsea 2-1 at home in the London derby on Round 28. This gives them a five-point lead over second-place Manchester City, although they have played one game more than them.more

Piotr Zyla finished 10th in Sunday's Ski Jumping World Cup competition at the Kulm ski flying hill in Bad Mitterndorf, Austria. Slovenian Domen Prevc won for the sixth consecutive time, strengthening his lead in the overall standings. Austrian Stephan Embacher was second, and Norwegian Johann Andre Forfang third.more

Magdalena Frech advanced to the final of the WTA 500 tournament in Mérida, Mexico. The Polish tennis player defeated China's Shuai Zhang 6-2, 6-7 (6-8), 6:3. Her last opponent will be Spain's Cristina Bucsa, who defeated the number one seed, Italy's Jasmine Paolini, 7:5, 6:4.more

Scottish fans have been granted special permission by FIFA to wear sporran bags, an integral part of traditional kilt attire, during this year's World Cup in North America, according to the Scottish Football Association (SFA).more

Real Madrid versus Manchester City is the most promising match-up in the Champions League round of 16. The draw took place today at UEFA headquarters in Nyon. The matches are scheduled for 10–11 and 17–18 March.more

'AS' reported it on Thursday morning, and by the afternoon, FC Barcelona confirmed it through a medical statement: Frenkie De Jong is injured. The Dutch midfielder suffered a tear in the distal biceps of his right leg during the last training session and will not be in the match against Villarreal.more

Famous Portuguese footballer Cristiano Ronaldo has acquired a 25 per cent stake in UD Almeria, a club playing in Spain's second division.more

Magda Linette, seeded eighth, was eliminated in the second round of the WTA 500 tournament on hard courts in Mérida, Mexico. The Polish tennis player lost to Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva, ranked 122nd in the world, 7:5, 6:7 (5-7), 5:7.more

Galatasaray Istanbul footballers have joined the group of participants in the Champions League round of 16. Yesterday, they lost 2–3 to Juventus Turin in extra time, but last week they won the first play-off match 5–2 at home.more

Magdalena Fręch advanced to the second round (round of 16) of the WTA 500 hard-court tennis tournament in Merida, Mexico. The Polish player defeated qualifier Maria Timofeyeva from Uzbekistan 6-4, 7-6 (8-6). The match lasted two hours and 16 minutes. Katarzyna Piter won the doubles match.more

Bodoe/Glimt caused a sensation in the Champions League, eliminating Piotr Zieliński's Inter Milan in the round of 16 play-off. After last week's 3-1 home win, the Norwegian club prevailed 2-1 at San Siro on Tuesday.more

Hubert Hurkacz was eliminated in the first round of the ATP 500 hard-court tournament in Dubai. The Polish tennis player lost to sixth-seeded Czech Jakub Mensik 4-6, 6-7 (7-9). Kamil Majchrzak also bowed out of the tournament in the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday.more

Moroccan footballer Ashraf Hakimi of Paris Saint-Germain will stand trial on charges of raping a young woman in February 2023, according to French media reports confirmed by the public prosecutor's office in Nanterre. The player denies the allegations.more

Jose Mourinho was the manager of Real Madrid for three seasons. Tomorrow, after almost 13 years, the Portuguese will return to the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu, as his Benfica Lisbon will face the ‘Royals’ in the second leg of the play-off for promotion to the 1/8 finals of the Champions League.more

‘I'm not going anywhere, I'm not planning to end my career,’ wrote seven-time Formula 1 world champion Lewis Hamilton of Ferrari on social media. He posted the message after the pre-season tests conducted by F1 teams at the Bahrain International Circuit.more

There may be no Italian teams in the Champions League round of 16. Three are competing in the play-offs, but all lost their first matches. Piotr Zieliński's Inter Milan has the best chance of making up for the deficit when they host Bodoe/Glimt today. The Serie A leaders lost 3-1 in Norway.more

Arsenal London won 4–1 against Tottenham Hotspur at their rivals' stadium in the 27th round of the Premier League. Liverpool also won on Sunday, beating Nottingham Forest 1–0 after a goal by Argentine Alexis Mac Allister in added time.more

Barcelona, with Robert Lewandowski in the line-up, beat Levante 3-0 at Camp Nou in the 25th round of the Spanish top flight. The Polish striker played 65 minutes but did not score. Goalkeeper Wojciech Szczęsny was on the bench.more