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  • Celtic's Reo Hatate slides in to score with his second follow-up as Jack Butland watches

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    Hatate grabs Celtic a draw at Rangers to leave Hearts as real winners

    Reo Hatate’s follow-up of his saved late penalty gave Celtic a 2-2 draw at Rangers and meant both Old Firm sides lost ground on the leaders

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  • Manchester United's Benjamin Sesko celebrates scoring at Everton

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  • The Scottish title race is nearing the final furlong and Hearts are ahead of Celtic and Rangers before Sunday's Old Firm derby

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  • Harry Kane puts Bayern 2-1 ahead from the penalty spot.

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    Kane double helps Bayern Munich sink Borussia Dortmund

  • Mikkel Damsgaard celebrates after scoring Brentford’s winning goal against Burnley

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  • Thierno Barry (left) joins in the celebrations after his winning goal at Newcastle.

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    Barry and Pickford stun Newcastle to extend Everton’s fine away form

  • Granit Xhaka and Tyler Adams react

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  • TOPSHOT-FBL-EUR-C1-ATALANTA-DORTMUNDTOPSHOT - Atalanta's Italian defender #77 Davide Zappacosta (R) celebrates after scoring his team's second goal during the UEFA Champions League knockout round play-off second leg football match between Atalanta and Borussia Dortmund at the Stadio di Bergamo in Bergamo, on February 25, 2026. (Photo by Alberto PIZZOLI / AFP via Getty Images)

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  • Brighton and Hove Albion’s James Milner celebrates in front of the fans following victory over Brentford. The match was Milner’s record-breaking 654th Premier League appearance.

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    A Glimt in the eye: if the plucky Norwegians can do it, why can’t we?

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  • Matildas players during a training session at Sam Kerr Football Centre.

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World football

  • Matildas defender Ellie Carpenter has a photo with a fan as Australia train before the 2026 Women’s Asian Cup opener against the Philippines in Perth.

    Australia
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  • The city of Tuxtla Gutiérrez in Mexico achieved a Guinness World Record after gathering 4,757 participants at the Victor Manuel Reyna Stadium to form the largest human image of a football shirt, surpassing the previous record set in Colombia in 2018

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    Champions League
    Bodø/Glimt bask in ‘crazy’ victory over shellshocked Inter

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  • Viktor Gyökeres leads the celebrations after restoring Arsenal’s lead early in the second half

    Arsenal win battle of derby narratives but tell us little we didn’t already know

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  • José Mourinho talks to Vinícius Júnior on the pitch

    Vinícius, Mourinho and treating racism as reputational risk rather than a lived reality

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  • England head coach Thomas Tuchel poses for a photograph with, from left, goalkeeping coach Henrique Hilário, performance coach Nicolas Mayer, assistant head coach Anthony Barry and lead analyst James Melbourne

    Tuchel is in no hurry to return to club management. It’s easy to see why

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  • Jim Ratcliffe stands in front of the former manager Alex Ferguson at the Manchester derby in September

    Football must reject Ratcliffe’s cynical, self-serving electioneering

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