Christian Pulisic scored twice as AC Milan avoided the humiliation of a fourth straight Serie A defeat with a come-from-behind 3-2 win over lowly Lecce on Saturday.
Sergio Conceicao’s side, playing without suspended French goalkeeper Mike Maignan, were trailing 2-0 for over an hour following a double from Lecce’s Montenegro forward Nikola Krstovic after seven and 59 minutes.
An Antonino Gallo own goal after 68 minutes threw the northerners a lifeline with Pulisic equalising from the penalty spot five minutes later.
And the US international then handed his team its first victory since February 15 with his second goal nine minutes from time.
Last year’s Serie A runners-up move into eighth position but are 14 points behind champions and leaders Inter Milan who host tailenders Monza later Saturday.
Despite the win Conceicao’s future remains in doubt having replaced fellow Portuguese Paulo Fonseca at the end of December.
Milan bosses are reported to be in advanced talks with former Juventus coach Massimiliano Allegri.
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Great Britain’s Jeremiah Azu claimed men’s 60m gold at the European Athletics Indoor Championships to land his first individual international title, as team-mate Andrew Robertson won bronze.
Azu, 23, ran a personal best of 6.49 seconds to cross the line ahead of Sweden’s Henrik Larsson in 6.52, with Robertson third in 6.55 in Saturday night’s final.
Having qualified fastest from the morning heats, Azu made a further statement by setting a European-leading time and then personal best 6.52 secs in the semi-finals.
But he saved his best for the medal race, which took place just two and a half hours later, to clinch GB’s first gold in Apeldoorn, the Netherlands.
“Honestly, I didn’t think I won it. I thought Henrik was five metres in front of me. When you’re in a line you can’t really tell what is going on. I was pushing every bit of me to the line”, Azu, who has returned his training to the UK, told BBC Sport.
“I know I’m in the right place and this confirmed to me that I’ve made the right decisions. This is just the start of the journey for us as a team. We are coming to take it all and I’m excited to be on this journey now”.
Azu becomes the ninth British man to win the title – and first since Richard Kilty won back-to-back titles in 2017.
The Welshman’s triumph and Robertson’s bronze follows bronze medals for 1500m runner Revee Walcott-Nolan and the mixed 4x400m relay quartet.
It is a first individual international medal for 34-year-old Robertson, who received a late call-up to the squad and finished fourth in 2021.
“This time last week I was having a cheesecake, I was having a great time with my family in Scarborough”, Robertson joked.
‘ Speechless ‘ Azu strikes gold
Azu had a taste of gold on the international stage as part of Britain’s team at the 2022 European Championships in Munich, where 100m bronze represented his first senior individual medal at that level.
But despite playing his part in Team GB’s 4x100m relay bronze at Paris 2024 last summer, Azu has since described the experience of his first Olympic Games as “bittersweet” after he was disqualified from the individual event for a false start.
He has since taken the significant decision to switch his training set-up after starting his family, leaving Marco Airale’s group in Italy to return home to Cardiff and reunite with former coach Helen James.
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A two-time European under-23 100m champion, Azu will now target a first individual podium on the global stage at the World Indoor Championships in Nanjing, China this month.
“Speechless. It has been a crazy couple of months. To top it off by becoming European champion, I’m so grateful to god”, Azu said.
“Life is such a flash and it is so great to have these moments. I am so grateful to be standing here and calling myself a European champion”.
British debutant John Otugade exited at the semi-final stage on Saturday, finishing fifth in his race in 6.67 secs.
Maura Higgins and Danny Jones reportedly partied at a hotel until 6am drinking wine after their BRIT Awards party kiss.
McFly frontman Danny, 38, and the former Love Island bombshell, 34 – who both braved the I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! jungle last year – were seen hitting up the O2 Arena in London for the star-studded event last Saturday (March 1).
But a week later, with both Maura and Danny remaining tight-lipped on the controversial kiss, a new video has emerged of the pair sharing a bottle of wine together after the BRIT Awards. In the video, obtained by The Sun, the pair are seen chatting together, while laughing and both holding two filled-up glasses of wine at the Nobu Hotel in Central London.
The pair are said to have travelled by car separately across London to the Sony party at Nobu Hotel in Marylebone. A source told the publication: “Danny and Maura seemed to be enjoying their night of partying and had no plans to call it a night. They were knocking back wine at the Nobu from 4am and seemed keen to carry on. They weren’t seen leaving before 6am”.
Maura and Danny partied together at a swanky London hotel (BACKGRID)
Danny was filmed kissing Maura at the BRITs (Getty Images)
Later, they were spotted making a joint exit from an after-party. The duo rubbed shoulders with other celebs like Sam Thompson, Pete Wicks, Olivia Attwood, Calum Scott, and Oti Mabuse at the event. Although Danny rocked up to the BRITs with his bandmate Tom Fletcher, he flew solo from his McFly crew at the swanky afterparty, where he and Maura appeared to get very close.
While at the Universal Music afterparty, it’s claimed that Danny and Maura shared a “drunken kiss” at 180 Studios on the Strand. Footage shared by the Sun appears to show Danny, who has been married to his wife Georgia Horsley since 2014, kissing Maura on the lips as they stood talking to one another. A source told the outlet that they “seemed to be having a great time”, adding: “They looked like they had a brief drunken kiss”.
It comes after Danny liked a seductive photo of Maura Higgins weeks before the pair were filmed sharing a kiss, reports claim. Danny is married to wife Georgia, 38, with whom he shares a son Cooper, seven, with.
Danny has been married to Georgia since 2014 (Getty Images for the NTA’s)
Danny shares seven-year-old son Cooper with Georgia (georgia Horsley/instagram)
Meanwhile, Maura is newly single after splitting from Pete Wicks, who she was dating while she was in the I’m A Celebrity jungle. Following the news of the shock kiss, it’s been reported that Danny liked one of Maura’s sultry Instagram posts – weeks before the pair were spotted locking lips.
Danny liked a photo of Maura wearing a figure-hugging leopard print dress. The post shows Maura smiling while sporting the gown, which has a fishtail style skirt. Maura accessorised the look with a black clutch bag as she leaned against a table for the photo.
She captioned the post with the word “ravenous” before adding a candle emoji – potentially in reference to the row of candles seen on the table behind her in the photo.
However, the apparent like from Danny is no longer visible on Maura’s Instagram post. Meanwhile, Maura has liked posts on Danny’s Instagram page since their jungle stint – including a snap of him performing on stage as part of McFly.
Maura attended the BRITs afterparty with Danny (Dave Benett/Getty Images for Universal)
The Love Island star has remained tight-lipped since the kiss (Getty Images)
The post from Danny shows him with a guitar handing from a strap around his torso as he holds onto a microphone and performs to a huge crowd. As he shared the photo he wrote: “Get me back here! Looking forward to seeing you all at some shows this year”. Maura also commented on the post with two clapping hands emojis and a black heart emoji.
Neither Maura nor Danny have publicly addressed the video of the drunken kiss. Danny has been married to Georgia for a decade and it’s been reported the kiss feels like a “slap in the face” for the former Miss England star.
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British number one Jack Draper put in a professional performance to defuse rising star Joao Fonseca and reach the Indian Wells third round.
The 23-year-old drew errors out of the explosive 18-year-old Brazilian to edge a tight first set, before racing through the second for a 6-4 6-0 win.
The way which 13th seed Draper moved through the gears against a tricky opponent touted as a future major champion was impressive.
“The kid is an unbelievable player with such firepower”, he said of Fonseca.
“It is so good to have a superstar coming up – I’m sure he is going to be a top player”.
Draper was playing his opening match at the Masters 1000 tournament – considered by many as the ‘ fifth Grand Slam event ‘ – after receiving a bye in the first round.
Draper has only played two tournaments this year – winning three five-setters in a row to reach the Australian Open last 16 before finishing runner-up in Doha – as he has continued to manage a hip injury sustained in the off season.
The performance against Fonseca, whose matches are attracting large numbers of vocal Brazilian fans, was another example of his increasing maturity.
Initially below his best, Draper showed resilience and composure to subdue one of the fastest risers on the ATP Tour.
The buzz surrounding Fonseca, who became the fourth youngest man to win an ATP Tour title since 2000, led to hundreds arriving early to ensure they bagged a spot on the smaller fourth court at Indian Wells.
Fonseca’s biggest weapon is a ferocious forehand and, while he regularly demonstrated his easy power from the baseline, there were also signs of his inexperience.
In moments where the world number 80 perhaps needed a little more subtlety, he continued to hit extremely aggressively and paid the price as Draper broke again in the ninth game.
The Briton continued to counter-punch well and took the opener on his second set point when Fonseca overeagerly pushed another forehand wide.
Saving four of five break points proved key for Draper, while Fonseca’s 23 unforced errors outweighing nine winners was another key statistic.
The second set was a different story.
Boosted by the lead, a more confident Draper vastly improved his first-serve percentage, dominated the rallies and moved sharply around the court.
The only blip was three successive double faults as he served for the match, but he recovered to clinch an impressive victory.
Draper knows a strong run in the Californian desert could push him into the world’s top 10 for the first time in his career.
“I have still got a long way to go and build my tennis, fitness and mentality day in, day out”, he added.
There was much fanfare when Prince Harry and Meghan Markle first set up home in the States. The couple were welcomed with open arms and seemed to have found their ‘ happy ever after ‘ in Montecito, California.
But fast forward five years, and much has changed. Initially, the Sussexes enjoyed huge popularity, but their constant criticisms of the royal family saw the tide start to turn. Then came claims of bullying members of their staff – which Meghan has always denied – and criticism of their work projects, with a Spotify exec famously describing them as ‘ grifters’.
Their work with Netflix has also proven to be lacklustre with their latest offerings, Polo and With Love, Meghan, failing to make the grade. Furthermore, they have been labelled ‘ disaster tourists’, and criticised for making political statements, not to mention the ongoing row over Harry’s visa application.
Now a PR expert has claimed to have an explanation as to why America seems to have turned its back on the Sussexes. Speaking on the Channel 5 show Harry and Meghan’s American Nightmare, Nick Ede revealed: “Hollywood is falling out of love with Meghan and Harry because over there you have to earn your stripes – and it really feels like they haven’t earned those stripes.
” If you are a George Clooney or an Arnold Schwarzenegger, you can get to a level where you can be a little bit political, where you can use your gravitas to really make a change. What I feel about Meghan and Harry is, they haven’t earned that so people are beginning to stop listening. “
Certainly, it’s been a brutal start to the year for Meghan and Harry. The Duchess’s lifestyle series, With Love, Meghan, has been making headlines for all the wrong reasons. And at the start of 2025, Vanity Fair – which once favoured the couple – published a scathing 8, 000 word article about the Sussexes.
The cover piece, titled ‘ American Hustle’, set out what life was like ’Inside Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s Big Business Ambitions, 5 Years After Their Royal Exit’. It contained troubling claims about what it’s allegedly like to work for the Sussexes, complaints from their neighbours in Montecito, and the bombshell allegation that a member of Meghan’s team had reached out to a publishing house to” gauge interest “in a post-divorce book.
The article also quoted sources claiming Meghan could be” really, really awful “when things did not go her way at work and that projects often went poorly due to the couple’s ‘ demands’. Other claims include the suggestion that Harry underestimated the impact his explosive memoir Spare would have on relations with his family, that Meghan has ‘ re-parented ‘ Harry, and that the couple lacked ideas when it came to their Netflix and Spotify deals.
The Sussexes were reportedly upset by the claims made in Vanity Fair ‘ s explosive cover story. According to The Times, the couple dismissed the allegations, with a source close to them describing them at the time as ‘ distressing’.
Interim head coach Matt Sherratt says Wales can not fixate on breaking their record 16-game losing sequence after a 35-29 Six Nations defeat by Scotland.
The loss in Edinburgh was also a 10th consecutive Six Nations failure during a winless run that began in October 2023.
Wales launched a spirited Murrayfield comeback to claim two losing bonus points after Scotland had taken their foot of the pedal when leading 35-8 after an hour.
The stark reality now is Wales have now joined Italy as another tier-one team to have lost 16 successive internationals in the professional era.
England visit Cardiff next Saturday with Wales bidding to avoid losing all their matches for a second Six Nations tournament in a row.
“There’s no point hanging on to the past at all”, said Sherratt.
“It]the losing run] is not something I’m going to talk about, it’s there in the background.
” Everyone knows that, but if you start taking the pitch with desperation and anxiety and worrying where the next win comes from, it’s just going to chew you up.
Scotland dominate opening half
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Wales had run Ireland close in Sherratt’s first game in charge, but could not replicate that intensity in the opening exchanges against Scotland.
Gregor Townsend’s side ran in four tries before the break to lead by 20 points as they outclassed Wales.
“We knew two things were going to be important”, said Sherratt.
“They edged the contestable kicking game and their defence at the contact area was so good.
” That’s what happened in the first 40 minutes as we gave their back three some run ups and they are dangerous. “
Sherratt has insisted it was those technical problems rather than any emotional issues.
” The easy thing is to say there was a drop off emotionally, but I don’t think that was the case, “said Sherratt.
” They are a good Scotland team and we’ve got to remember that. They’ve been together a long time and we ran into them on a good day.
“There was no lack of passion out there. There was a hell of a lot of effort from our boys in that last 20 minutes.
” It was nice to get that four-try bonus point, but what was more pleasing was seeing the desperation of them defending our line.
Keeping the structure
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Wales, who had scored in the first half through full-back Blair Murray, made the scoreline far more respectable with tries from Ben Thomas, Teddy Williams and Max Llewellyn as replacement fly-half Jarrod Evans helped orchestrate the second-half comeback.
Wales also had a late Taulupe Faletau try disallowed for Murray illegally hurdling a tackle in the build-up, a decision Sherratt described as “correct”.
“The game had run its course so when the bench came on it was pretty clear what we had to do”, said Sherratt.
“Ultimately the first 20 minutes was always going to dictate where the game went.
” It was a brave effort to come back and get two points, but I’ve seen enough of those games where the reality is they probably thought they’d done enough and dropped off 5%.
“The most pleasing thing was you could sense just before half-time, if we started chasing the game and getting unstructured, we’d hurt ourselves.
” There was an element of maturity in the second half where we weren’t reckless.
England waiting in the wings
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After they host Italy on Sunday, England will travel to Principality Stadium next Saturday for Sherratt’s final game in charge before he returns to Cardiff.
Gloucester-born Sherratt is looking forward to plotting the downfall of his fellow countrymen, who could still be in contention for the Six Nations title when they take the field in the Welsh capital.
“I can’t wait”, said Sherratt.
“Straight away after the game, the players said in the huddle that it’s not a week to lick your wounds for too long.
” There’s no greater challenge than England in Cardiff. I know it’s something the boys can’t wait for and personally for me, it should be a great occasion. “
