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Adam Idah scored his first two penalties celtics A VAR decision in stoppage time at Easter Road gave the Irishman the chance to become an instant hero.Date defeated 2-1 Hibernian Joe Newell was judged to have fouled Celtics substitute Keigo Furuhashi after his 18-yard shot sailed into the arms of David Marshall.Referee Nick Walsh was called to the monitor by video assistant Andrew Dallas to make the call as the Japan forward limped to his feet.Ida, who was on loan from Norwich during the transfer window, was also awarded a penalty in the 10th minute, but Alistair Johnston paid a…

Donald Trump’s motions for a mistrial in the defamation case brought against him by the writer E Jean Carroll have been rejected by a federal judge, who added that the former president’s issues with the verdict had no “merit”.In an order filed on Wednesday, Judge Lewis Kaplan said the motion for a mistrial “made no sense” and that approving it “would have been entirely pointless”. Trump’s lawyers had previously called for a mistrial in the middle of their cross-examination of Carroll, which the judge denied at the time, instructing the jury to disregard the counsel’s remarks. He reiterated his decision…

Mauricio Pochettino fought hard as Chelsea comfortably beat Aston Villa to advance to the FA Cup fifth round.Enzo Fernández capped off first-half goals from Conor Gallagher and Nicolas Jackson with a brilliant free-kick to seal a 3-1 win , and sealed the victory in the last 16 tie against Leeds at Stamford Bridge.Chelsea fell into disarray at Villa Park after losing 4-1 and 4-2 to Liverpool and Wolves respectively, leaving them 11th in the Premier League. But Pochettino insists they cannot compare with the dominant side of Roman Abramovich’s era, who won five Premier League titles – despite spending more…

Just 36 of the PGA Tour’s top players, including Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy, will share $750m of equity in the new commercial entity created in alliance with a group of US-based sports team owners in a bid to safeguard the business from the threat of LIV Golf. The figure relates to half of the total equity due to be handed to players and is sure to raise eyebrows elsewhere on the PGA Tour.It was confirmed last week that the PGA Tour had struck a deal, worth $3bn in total, with a consortium led by the Fenway Sports Group. There…

Banned Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva blamed her positive doping test on a strawberry dessert her grandfather prepared on a cutting board, which he used to weigh it down, the Court of Arbitration for Sport revealed on Wednesday. Broken pills.CAS announced the arbitration ruling on Wednesday, setting out the reasons for imposing a four-year doping ban on Valiyeva in January.Skip past newsletter promotionsThe best sports news from the past seven days and weekend match previewsPrivacy statement: The newsletter may contain information about charities, online advertising and content funded by external parties. For more information, please see our Privacy Policy. We…

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureThat’s it from me. Thanks for reading and for your emails and tweets.Congratulations to Ivory Coast and roll on Sunday! What a final that is against Nigeria.Cheers!Jonathan Wilson’s match reportFranck Kessié is named player of the match. He certainly had a good game in midfield, but I would have been tempted to go for Adingra, who caused havoc for DR Congo all across the forward line.An email from Kári Tulinius: Sébastien Haller has had such a strange match. He’s clearly not fully fit, and while his body isn’t performing…

Emma Raducanu’s bid to reach the quarter-finals of the Abu Dhabi Open was ended in straight sets by world number six Ons Jabeur.Britain’s Raduckanu has made encouraging progress in his comeback after eight months out following wrist and ankle surgery. The 21-year-old briefly pushed past three-time Grand Slam finalist Jabr in a close first set.But Tunisia’s Jaber, the Wimbledon runner-up in the previous two years, was too strong in the end and won 6-4, 6-1. Raducanu lost serve in the first game and was quickly doubled at 5-1.But the 2021 U.S. Open champion is slowly starting to remind everyone just…

The death of a baby who was decapitated during delivery was ruled a homicide by a Georgia medical examiner’s office.The baby died last July after a physician allegedly applied so much force attempting to free the child from a woman’s birth canal that the child’s spine was completely severed. The finding by the authorities appears to confirm allegations made by the family’s attorneys in a lawsuit filed last August against the hospital.“We just want justice for our son,” the baby’s father, Treveon Taylor Sr, said at a press conference on Wednesday in Atlanta. The baby was named Treveon Taylor Jr…

DWorld Cup-winning winger Richard Hill kept a low profile during his playing days and in his current role as England manager, talent spotter and one of Steve Borthwick’s key lieutenants, little seems to be changing.Just ask England’s newest back-rower Chandler Cunningham-South, who only recently learned that the 50-year-old has been giving him some Advice, “Sounds like he knows what he’s talking about,” speaking from vast experience. “He found out I was at the World Cup, probably three months ago,” Hill said. “Chandler wasn’t that fussed about what happened in the past. He wanted to know why I didn’t tell him.…

Buckingham Palace and Downing Street are keen to demonstrate that King Charles is continuing to carry out his core constitutional duties as much as possible while having cancer treatment, as the Prince of Wales resumed royal duties by hosting an investiture ceremony at Windsor Castle.No 10 took the unusual step of confirming details of Rishi Sunak’s audience with the king after an agreement with Buckingham Palace to disclose the information.The prime minister’s official spokesperson said: “We don’t in general and we are not going to get into the habit of commenting on the PM’s conversations with the king. But we…