In Gloucestershire in the middle of March 1963, Arkle first came to the Cheltenham Festival.

The 18-year-old was withdrawn 18 minutes after stepping off the bench at the weekend.

Manchester United will have to cope without key midfielder Casemiro for their next four domestic games after the Brazilian's second red card in three league appearances

Oleksandr Zinchenko hailed Arsenal’s comfortable 3-0 win over Fulham as 'a perfect day' for the Premier League leaders

Paul Pogba will miss the start of France’s Euro 2024 qualifying campaign after being ruled out for several weeks with a muscle tear

The midfielder was shown his second red card in just three Premier League appearances on Sunday.

Cheltenham Festival 2023 kicks off on Tuesday, Ireland are aiming for the Grand Slam in the Guinness Six Nations and the U20s Six Nations and the Munster Schools Senior Cup final just a flavour of what's to come in sport this week. 

Here is a timeline of how events unfolded.

Jadon Sancho struggles in new role, Amadou Onana impresses for Everton and West Ham unsure how to use Gianluca Scamacca

The 62-year-old was taken off air for a tweet comparing the language used to launch a new Government asylum seeker policy with 1930s Germany

The corporation is expected to announce it is reviewing its social media guidelines following the controversy

You can bet your bottom dollar the BBC didn’t expect a collective downing of tools by the whole of the BBC’s TV and radio football freelance presenters, pundits and commentators

The Republic of Ireland international made a number of fine stops in the Saint's 0-0 draw at Old Trafford on Sunday.

The United boss wasn't happy about the decision to send off Casemiro in the first half.

Casemiro picked up his second red card in five weeks as Man United draw at home to a Southampton side who made the most of their extra player. 

The BBC One football highlights programme had an average audience of 2.6 million on Saturday night compared with the 2.1 million viewers who tuned in last Saturday, according to BBC overnight figures.

Sam Kerr’s strike fired Chelsea two points clear of opponents Manchester United as the Blues reclaimed top spot in the Women’s Super League with a 1-0 victory at Kingsmeadow

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In a season riddled with inconsistency and under-achievement, the display in itself was not an outlier, more the latest in a line of poor performances during a frustrating campaign

The BBC has been urged to get a “grip” of the impartiality row over Gary Lineker as its sports coverage faced disruption for a second consecutive day.