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Handle with care: why the iconic FA Cup is more than just a silver trophy | Emma John

Wreathed with more than 150 years of hopes, dreams and drama, the FA Cup reflects sporting heritage and mystique

Footballing physiques have changed a great deal over the decades, but when Chelsea meet Manchester City on Saturday there’s one outline we’ll all recognise. While the average shape has got leaner and more toned, this body has stayed comfortable in its old-school proportions. A modest waist gives on to surprisingly wide hips. Arms that have never lifted weights remain a little skinny for the frame. And yet none of this has been a hindrance in the modern game: every year, the FA Cup trophy still ends up on the winning team.

This is one of sport’s most iconic pieces of silverware, wreathed with more than 150 years of hopes, dreams and drama. It’s a far more emotive sight than the cartoonishly crowned Premier League trophy, or even the stylishly minimalist Champions League trophy. And this makes it even more extraordinary to remember that the object itself is still not out of its tween years. This weekend it will make its 13th Cup final appearance.

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Sportswatch Daily Listings

(All times Eastern)
Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts
Saturday, May 16
AUTO RACING
8:30 a.m.

FS2 — IndyCar: Indianapolis 500, Practice

11 a.m.

FS2 — IndyCar: Indianapolis 500, Qualifying

12 p.m.

FS1 — NASCAR Cup Series: NASCAR All-Star Race

2 p.m.

FS1 — IndyCar: Indianapolis 500, Qualifying

4 p.m.

FOX — IndyCar: Indianapolis 500, Qualifying

7 p.m.

FS1 — ARCA Menards Series: Owens Corning 200

COLLEGE BASEBALL
12 p.m.

ACCN — Georgia Tech at Boston College

SECN — Mississippi State at Texas A&M

3 p.m.

ACCN — Wake Forest at Duke

BTN — UCLA at Washington

SECN — Mississippi at Alabama

4:35 p.m.

BTN — Air Force at Oregon State

FOOTBALL
12 p.m.

ABC — D.C. Defenders at Louisville Kings

3 p.m.

ABC — Houston Roughnecks at St. Louis Battlehawks

GOLF
8 a.m.

GOLF — Ladies European Tour: German Masters, Third Round

10 a.m.

ESPN — PGA Championship: PGA Championship, Third Round

1 p.m.

CBS — PGA Championship: PGA Championship, Third Round

3 p.m.

GOLF — LPGA Tour: Kroger Queen City Championship, Third Round

ICE HOCKEY
6:20 a.m.

NHLN — Norway at Slovakia

10:20 a.m.

NHLN — Canada at Italy

2:20 p.m.

NHLN — Latvia at Switzerland

MLB BASEBALL
4:05 p.m.

FS1 — Baltimore at Washington

7:15 p.m.

FOX — San Diego at Seattle

FOX — New York Yankees at New York Mets

9:38 p.m.

MLBN — Los Angeles Dodgers at Los Angeles Angels

9:40 p.m.

MLBN — San Francisco at Sacramento

NHL HOCKEY
5 p.m.

ESPN — Anaheim at Vegas

8 p.m.

ABC — Buffalo at Montreal

SOCCER (MEN'S)
7:30 a.m.

CBSSN — Scottish Premiership: Hearts vs. Celtic

10 a.m.

ESPN2 — FA Cup: Manchester City vs. Chelsea

4:30 p.m.

Apple TV — MLS: Chicago Fire vs. CF Montreal

6 p.m.

CBSSN — USL Cup: Charleston Battery vs. Richmond Kickers

7:30 p.m.

Apple TV — MLS: Columbus Crew vs. Philadelphia Union

Apple TV — MLS: Atlanta United vs. Orlando City

Apple TV — MLS: Toronto FC vs. Charlotte FC

Apple TV — MLS: New York City vs. New York Red Bulls

Apple TV — MLS: Minnesota United vs. New England Revolution

Apple TV — MLS: St. Louis City vs. D.C. United

8 p.m.

FOX — USL Cup: Sacramento Republic vs. Oakland Roots

8:30 p.m.

Apple TV — MLS: Vancouver Whitecaps vs. Houston Dynamo

Apple TV — MLS: Sporting Kansas City vs. Austin

9 p.m.

Apple TV — MLS: Los Angeles Galaxy vs. Seattle Sounders

FS1 — MLS: Los Angeles Galaxy vs. Seattle Sounders

9:30 p.m.

Apple TV — MLS: FC Cincinnati vs. San Diego

Apple TV — MLS: Colorado Rapids vs. Real Salt Lake

10:30 p.m.

Apple TV — MLS: FC Dallas vs. San Jose Earthquakes

TENNIS
6 a.m.

TENNIS — ATP: Italian Open

11 a.m.

TENNIS — WTA: Italian Open

The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive TV listings provided by LiveSportsOnTV.

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Premier League and FA Cup final: 10 things to look out for this weekend

Guardiola can claim 17th City trophy, Arteta weighs up another Arsenal reshuffle and Brentford’s European dreams could edge closer

A measure of Pep Guardiola’s greatness is to be found in Saturday’s FA Cup final being a 24th visit to Wembley leading Manchester City. As this born winner could depart in the close season, the meeting with Chelsea may be a third-last outing in charge, in which he seeks the opposite result to the 2021 Champions League final. Yet Chelsea are now in a state of flux – Calum McFarlane is in a second caretaker spell of the season, following Liam Rosenior’s sacking last month, having also filled in when Enzo Maresca walked out on 1 January. This points to a City triumph and the 17th major trophy of Guardiola’s reign. But this is football, so who knows? Jamie Jackson

FA Cup final: Chelsea v Manchester City, Saturday 3pm (all times BST)

Aston Villa v Liverpool, Friday 8pm

Manchester United v Nottingham Forest, Sunday 12.30pm

Brentford v Crystal Palace, Sunday 3pm

Everton v Sunderland, Sunday 3pm

Wolves v Fulham, Sunday 3pm

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EFL says Southampton could be kicked out of playoff final and raises possibility of delay

  • Hearing over spying allegations on or before Tuesday

  • Fans warned before booking travel and accommodation

The English Football League has indicated that Southampton could be kicked out of the playoffs and that the date of the Championship playoff final may be delayed if the club are found guilty of breaching regulations.

Southampton have been charged by the EFL for allegedly spying on Middlesbrough’s training within 72 hours of their first-leg meeting and for not acting “with the utmost good faith”.

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Foden sparkles for City and Scottish title race goes to the wire | Football Weekly – video

Max Rushden is joined by Barry Glendenning, Jordan Jarrett-Bryan, Will Unwin and Ewan Murray to discuss the title races in England and Scotland

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On today’s podcast: Manchester City did what they had to do, beating Crystal Palace, and are now two points behind Arsenal with two games to play. Palace started brightly, but a couple of glorious assists, one from Phil Foden and one from Rayan Cherki helped Pep Guardiola and co to keep the pressure on.

The real drama, though, was in Scotland. Celtic won and scored a controversial penalty at the death at Motherwell as the title goes down to a final day showdown against Hearts, who beat Falkirk.

Plus, spygate, an FA Cup final preview and your questions answered.

Chapters:

00:00 - Coming up ...

00:44 - City keep up the chase

14:50 - Scotland and the worst VAR call of all?

29:35 - Southampton and spygate

41:12 - FA Cup preview

44:17 - Prem preview

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Arteta hoping Timber will win fitness race for Champions League final

  • Arsenal manager weighing up options at right-back

  • ‘We’re going to try to get him available as quickly as possible’

Mikel Arteta is crossing his fingers that Jurriën Timber will have a chance of facing Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League final as he weighs up his options at right-back.

Arsenal confirmed on Tuesday that Ben White would miss the rest of the season with a knee injury that is expected to rule him out of the World Cup, although Arteta said the defender must “wait and see” regarding the summer. Timber has not played since Arsenal’s win over Everton on 14 March owing to a groin issue. The Netherlands defender is understood to have been close to returning at the end of last month before experiencing a setback.

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Why are we getting more, not less, VAR? Football will not kill its golden goose | Jonathan Liew

In generating a constant stream of outrage, debate and engagement, much-reviled tech has become its own spectacle

“Just keep delaying,” Darren England tells the referee, Chris Kavanagh, at West Ham on Sunday afternoon. The title is on the line, possibly relegation too, and as replay after replay queues up on the tape machine, who could blame a humble video assistant for wanting to savour the moment?

To survey it from all the relevant angles, consider all contingencies. To feel the sensation of all that awesome power at his fingertips. They’re calling it the most important VAR review in Premier League history. Stuart Attwell, you’ll never sing that.

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Middlesbrough to train for playoff final in case Southampton are expelled over spygate

  • Boro to return to training on Friday after semi-final loss

  • Southampton analyst accused of spying on training

Middlesbrough are scheduled to return to training on Friday in order to be ready to contest a potential playoff final against Hull at Wembley on Saturday week.

Although Boro lost the semi-final to Southampton, they are pushing for the south-coast side to be expelled from the playoffs after William Salt, one of Tonda Eckert’s analysts, was allegedly caught spying on Kim Hellberg’s team at their Rockliffe Park base near Darlington last Thursday.

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Wednesday's Time Schedule

All Times EDT

Wednesday, May 13

MLB

N.Y. Yankees at Baltimore, 1:05 p.m.

L.A. Angels at Cleveland, 1:10 p.m.

Washington at Cincinnati, 6:40 p.m.

Colorado at Pittsburgh, 6:40 p.m.

Philadelphia at Boston, 6:45 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Toronto, 7:07 p.m.

Detroit at N.Y. Mets, 7:10 p.m.

Chicago Cubs at Atlanta, 7:15 p.m.

San Diego at Milwaukee, 7:40 p.m.

Kansas City at Chicago White Sox, 7:40 p.m.

Miami at Minnesota, 7:40 p.m.

Arizona at Texas, 8:05 p.m.

Seattle at Houston, 8:10 p.m.

St. Louis at Athletics, 9:40 p.m.

San Francisco at L.A. Dodgers, 10:10 p.m.

NBA - Playoffs

Eastern Conference Semifinal - Game 5

Cleveland at Detroit, 8 p.m.

NHL - Playoffs

Western Conference Second Round - Game 5

Minnesota at Colorado, 8 p.m.

WNBA

Seattle at Toronto, 7 p.m.

Las Vegas at Connecticut, 8 p.m.

Chicago at Golden State, 10 p.m.

Indiana at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m.

MLS

New York City FC at Charlotte FC, 7 p.m.

Miami at Cincinnati, 7:30 p.m.

Chicago at D.C. United, 7:30 p.m.

Portland at CF Montréal, 7:30 p.m.

Nashville at New England, 7:30 p.m.

Columbus at New York, 7:30 p.m.

Philadelphia at Orlando City, 7:30 p.m.

Vancouver at FC Dallas, 8:30 p.m.

LA Galaxy at Sporting Kansas City, 8:30 p.m.

Colorado at Minnesota, 8:30 p.m.

Los Angeles FC at St Louis City, 8:30 p.m.

Houston at Real Salt Lake, 9:30 p.m.

Austin FC at San Diego FC, 9:30 p.m.

San Jose at Seattle, 9:30 p.m.

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Pacific Northwest Sportswatch Daily Listings

(All times Pacific)
Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts
Wednesday, May 13
SOCCER (MEN'S)
7:30 p.m.

MLS: Portland Timbers vs. CF Montreal — Apple TV

9:30 p.m.

MLS: San Jose Earthquakes vs. Seattle Sounders — Apple TV

The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive TV listings provided by LiveSportsOnTV.

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Southampton 2-1 Middlesbrough AET: Saints book Championship playoff final place – as it happened

A bizarre 116th-minute winner from Shea Charles sent Southampton into the Championship playoff final against Hull City

It’s THREE changes for Southampton. Kuryu Matsuki, Shea Charles and Ross Stewart come into the side.

After the first leg, Luke Ayling of Middlesbrough was asked about the spy scandal. He was at Leeds when similar occurred under Marcelo Bielsa. He said he was “pleading the fifth”. Then, he said the players know nothing about that sort of thing.

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Spurs drop points in survival battle and mayhem at Madrid | Football Weekly – video

Max Rushden is joined by Barry Glendenning, Lars Sivertsen, Seb Hutchinson and Sid Lowe as Tottenham draw and Barça win La Liga

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On today’s podcast: the agony continues for Spurs as Roberto De Zerbi says they will fight until the final minute of the season after their 1-1 draw at home to Leeds. It could have been better for Tottenham. They took the lead, a wonderful goal from Matthys Tel who then later connected with an overhead kick, unfortunately not with the ball but with Ethan Ampadu.

Elsewhere, Sid Lowe joins us after a clásico that saw Barcelona win La Liga and to try and unpick the unfolding chaos at Real Madrid. Fights in training, a Kylian Mbappé petition signed by 70m people. Is José Mourinho really the man to come in and steady that particular ship?

Also, Hull City reach the Championship playoff final, more on ‘spygate’, Nigel Martyn for England and we answer your questions.

Chapters:

00:00 - Coming up...

00:45 - 1 point gained, 2 dropped for Spurs?

15:28 - West Ham vs. PGMOL

19:19 - Sid Lowe on Real, Barca and Rayo Vallecano

42:59 - Championship play-offs

51:19 - Beth Mead to leave Arsenal

54:38 - Baz vs. Parakeet

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Tottenham 1-1 Leeds: Premier League – as it happened

Mathys Tel scored a wonderful goal and conceded a penalty as Spurs got one more point in the fight against relegation

1 min: Peeeeep! Leeds, clad all in black (well, black and some funny blurry shapes), get the game going.

The players are out! The display of flags was a little underwhelming, only partly because if you’re watching on TV it was mostly covered up by a sequence of graphics.

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Football Daily | Arsenal emerge after being fed feet-first through the emotional wood-chipper

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Well, that escalated slowly. While Arsenal left it late to score their winner against West Ham on Sunday, they got the job done and now find themselves a couple of straightforward wins against the second worst team in the league and Crystal Palace Under-9s from the Premier League title that has eluded them for 22 years. Except this Arsenal team doesn’t really do “straightforward”, as they showed when letting West Ham nab an added-time equaliser, only for it to be snatched away following an intervention from the curtain-twitching buzzkills in their Stockley Park joy-vacuum. If Football Daily was an Arsenal fan, our soul would almost certainly have left our body as we watched Chris Kavanagh repeatedly rock-and-roll the footage on his touchline monitor, trying to pick through the weeds of the 1,057 different fouls being committed simultaneously by players from both teams. Eventually, he arrived at what (everyone except Peter Schmeichel and a few Pearly Kings agreed) was probably the correct decision.

I write with admiration of Stockport’s Dave Challinor for one or indeed two hidden skills (Friday’s Still Want More, full email edition). May I explain: he either has great willpower for not eating the Smarties on his tactics board and/or he knows how long he can keep his finger on the confectionery before it melts while the picture is taken” – Shaun Clark.

I really enjoyed the photo of Dave Challinor. My question: does he prefer using Skittles, M&Ms or Reese’s Pieces on his whiteboard? I’ve experimented with all three candies in my coaching sessions with U8 and U10 teams over the years. I’d appreciate his expert insight about which is most effective. Or tastes best” – Mike Wilner.

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