Football/Soccer 8-Hour Briefing
×Premier League & Championship
Middlesbrough emphatically boosted their automatic promotion hopes by thrashing QPR 4-0 at Loftus Road. Leeds reached their first FA Cup quarter-final since 2003 after easing past Championship side Norwich with a 3-0 victory at Elland Road.
Major League Soccer
David Martínez scored in the second half and Hugo Lloris made it stand up for a third straight clean sheet to begin the season as LAFC beat FC Dallas 1-0 on Saturday night.
FA Cup Drama
Port Vale are bottom of League One, but they have reached the FA Cup quarter-finals for only the second time in their history. Southampton crashed out of the FA Cup following a 1-0 home defeat to Southampton in a fifth-round tie that was overshadowed by a controversial performance from referee Jarred Gillett.
Old Firm Controversy
As if the ugliness of the 120 minutes wasn't enough there was disgrace as Rangers and Celtic fans invaded the pitch at Ibrox, writes Tom English. Richard Gordon and the team react to disappointing scenes after Celtic beat Rangers.
Player News
Andy Robertson has insisted he was "never not committed" to Liverpool despite January interest from Tottenham Hotspur.
League One Action
Callum Maycock's first-half finish secured AFC Wimbledon a 1-0 triumph over relegation-threatened Northampton, who have now gone six League One games without a win.
Tragic News
The 15-year-old Oxford United academy player collapsed during a game against Fulham.
International Cricket
India became the first men's side to win the T20 World Cup three times and the first to claim back-to-back titles with an emphatic 96-run victory over New Zealand continuing their white-ball dominance. Alyssa Healy, Australia's captain, has led her nation for the last time as she retires from international cricket after a crushing ten-wicket win over India.
Other Sports
Jon Rahm ended an 18-month worldwide winless run by claiming an impressive three-shot victory at the LIV Golf League event in Hong Kong. Casey Jarvis narrowly missed out on matching a DP World Tour record as England's Dan Bradbury snatched a one-shot victory at the Joburg Open in South Africa.
Social Media Controversy
Liverpool and Manchester United have made complaints to social media platform X over posts generated by the Grok AI tool about Hillsborough, Munich and Diogo Jota's death.