The daily pitch from Sports Editor Matt Daniels: Feb. 27, 2025 – Champaign/Urbana News-Gazette

Brighton forward Ansu Fati, who is on loan at the club from Barcelona, will be out for three months with a hamstring injury, Roberto De Zerbi has said.

Manchester United chiefs have accepted that Old Trafford “struggled to cope” with what has been described as unprecedented rainfall following the defeat to Arsenal on Sunday.