Football/Soccer 8-Hour Briefing
×Major League Soccer
David Martínez scored in the second half as LAFC beat FC Dallas 1-0. Hugo Lloris made it stand up for a third straight clean sheet to begin the season.
English Championship
Middlesbrough emphatically boosted their automatic promotion hopes by thrashing QPR 4-0 at Loftus Road. The victory puts Boro firmly in the mix for promotion.
FA Cup
Leeds reached their first FA Cup quarter-final since 2003 after easing past Championship side Norwich with a 3-0 victory at Elland Road. The Whites dominated throughout against their second-tier opponents.
AFC Wimbledon deepened Northampton's relegation woes with a 1-0 triumph. Callum Maycock's first-half finish secured the win for Wimbledon as Northampton have now gone six League One games without a victory.
Southampton upset Fulham in a controversial FA Cup win. Fulham crashed out following a 1-0 home defeat that was overshadowed by a controversial performance from referee Jarred Gillett.
Port Vale are bottom of League One but have reached the FA Cup quarter-finals for only the second time in their history. The League One strugglers continue their remarkable cup run.
Scottish Football
Disgraceful scenes marred the Old Firm cup tie as Rangers and Celtic fans invaded the pitch at Ibrox. The 120 minutes of ugliness was compounded by the pitch invasion after Celtic's victory.
An ugly end to the engrossing Old Firm quarter-final saw Richard Gordon and the team react to disappointing scenes after Celtic beat Rangers. The match was overshadowed by post-match chaos.
Other Football News
Andy Robertson has insisted he was "never not committed" to Liverpool despite January interest from Tottenham Hotspur. The Scottish defender addressed speculation about a potential move.
A 15-year-old Oxford United academy player collapsed during a game against Fulham and later died. The tragic incident has sent shockwaves through the football community.
Grok posts about fatal football disasters have been described as "sickening" by the government. Liverpool and Manchester United have made complaints to social media platform X over posts generated by the AI tool about Hillsborough, Munich and other tragedies.