Zlatan Ibrahimovic was shown a straight red card after making contact with an opponent’s face.
Galaxy’s Zlatan Ibrahimovic shown red for slapping opponent
Fort Worth Invitational preview: Jordan Spieth, Rickie Fowler lead famed Colonial field
The PGA Tour’s Texas Swing ends at famed Colonial Country Club.
Islanders will hire Lou Lamoriello to head hockey operations, report says
Lamoriello, 75, served previous successful stints as general manager of the Maple Leafs and Devils.
NBA free agency rumors: Mavericks interested in DeMarcus Cousins, DeAndre Jordan
Dallas is also reportedly considering pursuing Lakers restricted free agent Julius Randle.
Bills release Richie Incognito from reserve/retired list
The veteran guard has been contemplating retirement after 12 seasons in the NFL since April.
Desire can deliver Champions League dream for Liverpool, says Jürgen Klopp
• Adam Lallana and Emre Can increase Klopp’s selection options
Jürgen Klopp believes Liverpool’s bravery, work-rate and desire for a sixth European Cup can compensate for Real Madrid’s greater experience when the sides meet in the Champions League final. Saturday’s contest in Kiev will be Real’s fourth Champions League final in five years, with Zinedine Zidane’s holders aiming to lift the trophy for a third consecutive season. No club has won a hat-trick of European Cups since Bayern Munich in 1974, 75 and 76.
Liverpool’s recent European record pales by comparison but having reached a first final in 11 years with several exhilarating performances and scored a competition record 40 goals en route, their manager is confident his team’s virtues can prove decisive in Ukraine.
Continue reading…Jos Buttler will trust instincts in ‘luxury role’ for England against Pakistan
• Buttler will stop ‘trying to be something I’m not’ in first Test
Jos Buttler has admitted he is a luxury in England’s re-fitted Test team and that his return will divide opinion. But as the side’s most potent white-ball weapon prepares for a third stab at the longest format, he says the plan this time is to play on instinct.
How Buttler fares in the series with Pakistan that starts at Lord’s on Thursday will make one of the most intriguing subplots during the early Test summer as Joe Root’s side look to return to winning ways after their winter of discontent.
Continue reading…Simon Yates and Tom Dumoulin set for time trial battle that could decide Giro
• Dumoulin says Yates’s climbing strength gives him overall edge
Since the 2018 Giro d’Italia route was announced last November, one day has loomed large: Tuesday 22 May, date of the 34.2km time trial from Trento to Rovereto. With the race delicately poised after a series of mountain-top battles between Lancashire’s Simon Yates and last year’s winner Tom Dumoulin, those expectations look set to be fully justified.
There is an exquisite irony in the focus on a single time trial during a Giro packed with legendary and fearsome ascents: Etna, Gran Sasso, Monte Zoncolan, the Colle delle Finestre and Monte Jafferau. But this time trial always suggested a scenario for the 2018 race which has a simplicity about it which is both brutal and beautiful: Dumoulin will gain time here in spades, so it is up to his rivals to gain it elsewhere.
Continue reading…Williams must relocate their charisma to be among F1 history-makers again | Richard Williams
A slow racing car never looks good, and the current Williams F1 machines resemble a pair of wounded white whales as they lumber round at the tail of this season’s field, outpaced by ravenous sharks and nimble dolphins. You even find yourself half-hoping that some Captain Ahab is going to come along and put them out of their misery.
Two weekends ago their cars could complete the Spanish Grand Prix only 11th and last of the 14 finishers. Yet this is a team who have won the F1 constructors’ championship on no fewer than nine occasions.
Continue reading…Paul Gustard ‘could not turn down opportunity’ to join Harlequins
• England defence coach taking up new post at Premiership club
• Gustard will replace John Kingston as head coach next month
Harlequins have confirmed the appointment of the England defence coach, Paul Gustard, as their new head of rugby. Gustard, 42, will take up his new post with the Premiership club after England’s tour to South Africa next month.
“Opportunities like this don’t come along very often,” Gustard stated on the Harlequins website. “To be given the chance to lead a club as rich in talent, heritage and support as Harlequins is hugely exciting.
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