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Pat Cummins, Josh Hazlewood and Mitchell Starc will skip Australia's white ball tours of Pakistan and Bangladesh while numerous other Indian Premier League players have been chosen for the trip that also features a call-up for teenager Ollie Peake
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Multibillion stage of title-relegation stagger boils down to a referee in front of a screen decoding a raised forearmThere's a great moment towards the end of the otherwise non-great Rocky III, when Clubber Lang is asked by a straw-hatted, bowtie-twirling US sports reporter for a prediction before his imminent title fight. There's a pause as...
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This time it was Marcus Rashford who delivered the knockout blow. Three days after the fight between Fede Valverde and Aurélien Tchouaméni that ended with Real Madrid's vice-captain taken to hospital and the crisis at the club laid bare for all to see, they went to the Camp Nou and finally, definitively relinquished a league they had lost long...
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Barcelona secured their 29th Spanish league title with a 2-0 Clasico victory over Real Madrid at Camp Nou on Sunday. Marcus Rashford and Ferran Torres struck in the first half as Hansi Flick's side sealed consecutive La Liga crowns, leaving Madrid facing a second straight trophyless season.
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Boreham Wood 2-2 Rochdale (Rochdale win 3-1 on pens)Rush 22, Abdulmalik 69; Smith 78, Dieseruvwe 90+7Supporting Rochdale should come with a health warning. For all that football has a wonderful propensity for drama, few clubs have ever packed in the heartstopping tension of their past fortnight. But, after it all, they are a Football League club...
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Italian could win record sixth straight Masters 1000 titleNaomi Osaka beats Diana Shnaider to reach fourth roundCasper Ruud believes Jannik Sinner is not unbeatable but the rest of the field will have to catch the world No 1 on a favourable day as they try to stop him winning a record-extending sixth consecutive Masters 1000 title on home soil at...
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Khadija Shaw showed Manchester City what they are giving up and Chelsea what they are potentially getting in emphatic style at Stamford Bridge, scoring an injury-time equaliser and then an extra time winner as City came from two goals behind to earn a place in the FA Cup final against Brighton.Shaw has dominated headlines this week: the Women's...
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Exeter 35-12 BathFourth-placed Exeter secure bonus-point victoryThe road to the Prem playoffs continues to be full of compelling twists and turns. For a while it seemed Exeter might about to be reeled in by opponents renowned for their finishing strength only for second-half tries from Paul Brown-Bampoe, Len Ikitau and Campbell Ridl and a...
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1st ODI: England, 211-9, bt New Zealand, 210, by 1 wktCaptain guides long tail to low targetEngland's biggest summer got off to an underwhelming start at Chester-le-Street, as they limped to a one-wicket win in the first one-day international against New Zealand.Only a calm rearguard effort from the stand-in captain, Charlie Dean, who finished...
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Barça will win La Liga with a point from 8pm BST kick-off Live scores | Follow us over on Bluesky | And email JohnPictures emerging of a fan in the stand with a Jose Mourinho scarf. A plant by the great man?This Clasico win in October put Madrid five points clear. Continue reading...
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It was the most extraordinary finale to an occasion when the tension seemed to override everything. The spectacle suffered. Was there even one to speak of? It came to feel purely like a slow stumble towards the end; towards something decisive.Then there we were, the players from each team standing on the sideline behind Chris Kavanagh as he pored...
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The veteran seamer scalps four to restrict the five-time champion to 166 for seven; the all-rounder produces a fighting fifty to steady the holder in a tricky chase; Bosch's four-wicket haul in vain; the result also eliminates LSG from the playoffs race
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To the surprise of many, including UFC president Dana White, middleweight rivals Sean Strickland and Khamzat Chimaev embraced in a moment of sportsmanship after their back-and-forth title fight at UFC 328. Sportsnet’s Mike Johnston explains how it happened.
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Yurav Premlall, an unheralded South African ranked No. 598, capped one of the most extraordinary performances in European tour history Sunday by winning the Catalunya Championship by 14 shots — one off the all-time biggest margin of victory set by Tiger Woods at the 2000 U.S. Open.
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Fàbregas's team up to fourth in Serie A before later actionRoma head to Parma, Milan host Atalanta on SundayComo kept up their stunning bid for Champions League football on Sunday by beating relegated Verona 1-0 and moving to within two points of Serie A's top four.Tasos Douvikas rattled home the only goal of the game in the 71st minute at the...
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Deep in stoppage time, Dario Vidosic's staff tried to ask him about plans for extra time, but the Brighton head coach had a feeling. "Just wait ... I feel like it's coming here.” He was right. Nadine Noordam pounced on a loose ball in the box from a free-kick and completed a remarkable comeback to book Brighton a place at Wembley for the first...
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Middlesbrough apprehended alleged spy last weekSaints may claim that the offender was an internMiddlesbrough have been approached by fellow Championship clubs who harbour suspicions that their pre-match training sessions may also have been spied on by Southampton.The English Football League has charged the south-coast club with misconduct after a...
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If the scale of celebration that met the conclusion to this derby is anything to go by, Celtic believe retention of the Scottish title is within touching distance. This felt a hugely significant afternoon, not only in respect of palpable optimism in Glasgow's East End but for discussion around the Rangers manager, Danny Röhl. His side's latest...
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David Moyes's European dream is now hanging by a slender thread. Against a Crystal Palace side who have been distracted by their Conference League exploits, Everton were unable to take their opportunity to close the gap on their rivals as Jean-Philippe Mateta came off the bench to equalise after they had twice been ahead, through goals from James...
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Where did Elliot Anderson find the strength to score the goal that ultimately enabled Nottingham Forest to retain their Premier League status? Not only did he show incredible endeavour to start and finish the decisive move, propelling into the six-yard box with a couple of minutes of time to run, but the England midfielder, an ever-present for...
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It was always going to be difficult to follow up the high of booking a Europa League final place for Aston Villa but this draw at Burnley fell even below those expectations. This was supposed to be the day Villa all-but-secured Champions League football by beating an already-relegated team only for them to fluff their lines at Turf Moor.Villa are...
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FA Cup semi-final updates from the 3.30pm BST kick-off Liverpool 2-3 Brighton | Follow us on Bluesky | Mail JohnMillie Bright is in the stadium, the Chelsea legend having retired last month.Gordon gets in touch: "I am wondering if the Chelsea players will give their opponents today a guard of honour after City became WSL champions?” Continue...
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Premier League updates from the 4.30pm BST kick-off Live scores | Latest table | And follow us on BlueskyThere's a cracking atmosphere at the London Stadium. Alas, no sign of Danny Dyer yet. The players look ready for action; they jolly well need to be. This is huge.A quick reminder of the teams Continue reading...
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Brighton put their European push back on track by beating relegated Wolves at the Amex Stadium in a match that had the exasperated Wolves manager, Rob Edwards, pledging a summer clearout.Jack Hinshelwood headed home inside 35 seconds to register Brighton's fastest Premier League goal before the captain, Lewis Dunk, escaped the marking of João...
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If Michael Carrick goes on to secure the Manchester United job on a permanent basis as expected, then he is unlikely to spend too much time watching the highlight reel of this forgettable encounter during the summer. From the high of downing their arch-rivals Liverpool at a raucous Old Trafford to secure Champions League qualification to a chilly,...
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Teenager had performed well in 1-1 draw with ChelseaCoach: 'He said that was enough … he was playing well'Arne Slot said he understood the boos that greeted Liverpool's draw with Chelsea and his decision to substitute Rio Ngumoha but remains "100% convinced” he can win back the Anfield crowd next season.Anfield's frustrations at an...
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Silva is first Uruguayan to win a Grand Tour stageNearly 20 riders involved in crash 198km into routeGuillermo Thomas Silva won stage two of the Giro d'Italia to become the first Uruguayan to win a Grand Tour stage after a dramatic sprint after a crash involving nearly 20 riders disrupted the hilly, rain-soaked 221 km ride from Burgas to Veliko...
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Semi-final: St Helens 0-32 WiganWarriors will face Warrington or Hull KR at WembleyThe Challenge Cup kings have done it again. For the first time in a long time, Wigan Warriors were underdogs going into this semi-final against their fiercest rivals, St Helens, with four successive Super League defeats before stopping the rot last week against...
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World No 1 beaten 2-6, 6-3, 7-5 in third round in RomeJannik Sinner eases through; Cameron Norrie outAryna Sabalenka, the world No 1, suffered her earliest defeat in more than a year as she was toppled in the third round of the Italian Open by the soaring Romanian veteran Sorana Cirstea, who brilliantly held her nerve to close out a 2-6, 6-3, 7-5...
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The much-loved football sticker album is to be discontinued after 2030. Guardian writers recall their thrills and frustrationsWith this summer's World Cup already mired in controversy over politicisation, potential travel bans and rows over ticket prices, fans were dealt another piece of sad news this week: the tournament's much-loved Panini...
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The eggheads can argue the head coach is merely an interchangeable cog in a team's fortunes – but emotion counts in an ever-changing game Your manager has fallen out with the sporting director and results have gone awry, so you replace him. Easily done, it happens. But then it turns out that the new manager could not be more ill-suited to the...
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Aston Villa and Crystal Palace's runs to European finals are historic achievements, but symptomatic of a worrying trendThere will be no doubting Unai Emery's supremacy in the Europa League if he is reacquainted with the trophy in Istanbul this month. A fifth title would add to the Aston Villa manager's legend and it would show he can do it with an...
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Italy 33-61 EnglandPacker scores four to set up possible France showdownMarlie Packer made her England debut 18 years ago, but she is playing some of her best rugby, with the openside flanker once again key as the Red Roses set up a Championship decider against France next Sunday. The former England captain has won back the starting shirt because...
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Leicester 41-17 NorthamptonFreddie Steward caps six-try victory for hostsYou can play all the classy rugby you want, you can be leading the table with a few matches to play, but certain elemental truths still apply. One of them is that if you find yourself overpowered up front away from home in a sold-out East Midlands derby, you will be blown...
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French rider claims second victory of this year's raceBreakaway denied by peloton inside final kilometrePaul Magnier (Soudal Quick-Step) won his second stage of this year's Giro d'Italia, with the Frenchman catching Italy's Jonathan Milan (Lidl-Trek) on the line to take stage three in Sofia.Milan hit the front on the final bend with 150 metres to...
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Dubois recovers from knockdown in opening secondsWardley knocks him down again but stopped in 11th Daniel Dubois completed his latest resurgence with brutal efficiency when he became the WBO world heavyweight champion after stopping Fabio Wardley early in the 11th round of a dramatic and blood-soaked contest. Howard Foster, whose pale blue shirt...
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Naavya Sharma took three wickets in one over as Middlesex claimed victory over Lancashire Harry Duke has a great head of blond hair, very Tudor prince bob. Four slips as Harris charges in to Jones.Jones seems to have decided that attack is the way forward. His toes are twitching to come forward to Higgins. Continue reading...
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Hosts chasing target of 211 to win at Chester-le-Street County cricket: day three – live | And email James4th over: New Zealand 11-1 (Plimmer 3, A Kerr 2) Plimmer clips a single into the leg side and Kerr opens her account with a flick off an in-swinger into the leg side. All eyes on England's fielding, that is an area that Charlotte Edwards has...
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Premier League updates from the 2pm BST kick-offs Live scores | Tables | Follow on Bluesky | Email Simon Burnley interim manager Mike Jackson explains why he has made six changes for today's game against Aston Villa:I just think it needs freshening up a little bit. I think these guys deserve a chance to show what they can do. It's got nothing to do...
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Scottish Premiership news from the 12pm BST kick-off Live scores | Motherwell 1-1 Hearts | And email Billy2 min: A couple of nervy early touches from both teams give way to some controlled Celtic possession around the halfway line until Moore forces Johnston to run it out of play."We'll fight it out until the end,” reads a banner among the Green...
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