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Kitching and Sims strike late for league leadersSouthampton's Eckert makes it four out of fourLate goals from Liam Kitching and Ellis Simms helped Coventry to extend their advantage at the top of the Championship table with a 4-2 win against Middlesbrough.The Sky Blues landed two early blows in the opening 15 minutes, going ahead through Simms's...
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You had to go back to September 2018 for the last time Manchester City lost a Champions League group match at home, when Pep Guardiola was in the stands because of a ban, and Nabil Fekir's winner gave Lyon a 2-1 victory.Guardiola stood down all but one of the XI that lost at Newcastle United and witnessed Bayer Leverkusen end a 23-match run in the...
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There cannot have been many moments during Lamine Yamal's short, golden career when the Barcelona winger has had to let another wonderkid dominate the stage. The accolades have come his way but it was different at Stamford Bridge.Lamine Yamal was barely given a kick by Marc Cucurella, who delighted in neutralising his international teammate, and...
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Olympique de Marseille revived their Champions League campaign on Tuesday with a spirited 2–1 comeback against Newcastle United, powered by a second-half brace from Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang. The victory at the Stade Vélodrome halted Newcastle's winning run and lifted the French side back into contention in the group.
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Players scuffled after end of Monday night's gameMoehrig suspended for one game over actionsGame report: McCaffrey stars against former teamSan Francisco receiver Jauan Jennings said he threw a punch at Tre'Von Moehrig at the end of Monday night's game after a "cheap shot” from the Carolina safety.Television cameras caught Moehrig delivering a...
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Twenty years after the league introduced its controversial policy, many players see it as helping them develop self-expressionLonzo Ball froze in confusion. The question – "What do you think about the NBA dress code?” – hung in the air for a second before he cracked a sheepish grin."There's a dress code?” he said, smiling. Continue...
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Newcastle cannot complain that they were not warned. Eddie Howe had cautioned his players that Pierre‑Emerick Aubameyang was "as good as ever” and would need to be "controlled” but, ultimately, the visitors proved powerless to prevent the 36-year-old transforming both the match and Marseille's Champions League ambitions.While Aubameyang...
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Spain, Argentina, France, England will be top seedsFifa says measure will 'ensure competitive balance'The four highest-placed teams in Fifa's rankings have had a pathway cleared to meet in the World Cup semi-finals after tennis-style seeding measures were introduced in the name of "ensuring competitive balance”.Spain, Argentina, France and...
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Estêvão was the star of the show as Chelsea thoroughly dominated ten-man Barcelona4 min: … there's a scramble in the Chelsea box. Fofana chests down on the right-hand edge of the six-yard box and cuts back for Fernandez, who slams home from close range. But the flag immediately pops up for handball. Chest then ball. There's not much in it, but...
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This four-year experiment has produced exhilarating cricket – it is worth seeing the whole thing through before casting judgmentTravis Head's latest masterpiece is three days old, the postmortems are complete and England supporters have done their pained vox pops in Australia. And somehow we're still more than a week out from the second Ashes...
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Updates from the 8pm GMT kick-offs around Europe Live scoreboard | Table | And sign up to Football Daily Chelsea v Barcelona – follow it liveFull time: Ajax 0-2 BenficaJose Mourinho has won his first Champions League game Before Covid, 26 November 2019 to be precise. Ajax stay bottom with five defeats from five. Continue reading...
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Head coach's current deal runs until 2027RFU annual report shows net loss of £1.9mThe Rugby Football Union has no plans to begin talks with Steve Borthwick over extending his contract beyond 2027 "for the foreseeable future” despite England's 11-match winning streak and autumn clean sweep.Borthwick's contract runs until the end of 2027 but...
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Cricketer killed himself after period of depressionWidow said remote support offered was 'woeful'Graham Thorpe's widow believes that he would still be alive if there had been more support from the England and Wales Cricket Board after he left his coaching role with the governing body.Thorpe – one of the most respected batters of his generation...
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'We are not there yet,' Mikel Arteta said on club's standingBayern visit Arsenal in Champions League on WednesdayMikel Arteta believes Arsenal remain in a "different universe” to European heavyweights such as Real Madrid and Bayern Munich given they have yet to win the Champions League.The Premier League leaders head into their meeting with...
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'You've got to stay in it and make most of middle session'Siddle and Law back tourists' decision to skip CanberraAs they lick their wounds after defeat in the first Test, during which they lost five wickets for 12 runs in their first innings and four for 11 in their second, England have been warned to prepare for conditions where "wickets fall in...
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'I apologised after one second,' he says'Losing four games, we have to improve a lot'Pep Guardiola has admitted his shame at a dispute with a camera operator after Manchester City's 2‑1 defeat at Newcastle on Saturday.At full time the visibly upset City manager went on to the St James' Park pitch and had heated discussions with the referee, Sam...
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Coach insists more opportunities needed for teamExecutive knocks back idea England will not be ready England's rugby league team will go into next year's World Cup without playing a fixture for almost an entire year after it was confirmed there was no room in the 2026 Super League schedule to give the national team a mid-season international...
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Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now!When Jordan Pickford's time as England and Everton's eternal No 1 comes to its end, a career in peacekeeping, or failing that, manning the doors back in Sunderland, may await. As Idrissa Gueye and Michael Keane, teammates let us recall, went for each other at Old Trafford in full hold-me-back,...
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Players are being worn down by a cluttered calendar and lack of unity over their welfare from governing bodiesElina Svitolina simply could not go on. Her hopeful start to the 2025 season had given way to despair as the mental and emotional strain of constant competition, travelling and stress left its mark. The 31-year-old understood that competing...
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Defensive end died this month at age of 24Player's car reached speeds of more than 145 mphBody and dash cam footage from law enforcement officials have charted the events leading up to the death of Dallas Cowboys player Marshawn Kneeland earlier this month.The 24-year-old was found dead in the early morning of 6 November, hours after being pursued...
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Some great news for the Columbus Blue Jackets, and some not so great news for the struggling Toronto Maple Leafs.Blue Jackets defenceman Zach Weresnki is expected to return to action on Wednesday against the Maple Leafs after leaving the game in Monday’s 5-1 loss to the Washington Capitals with an upper-body injury, Frank Seravalli reported on...
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India will open their campaign against USA in Mumbai on February 7; will then face Namibia in Delhi on February 12 and head to Colombo for the high-voltage clash against Pakistan on February 15, before concluding their league engagements against the Netherlands in Ahmedabad on February 18
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Cooper Flagg left college after one year. His education, however, continues.The No. 1 pick in this year’s draft has been part of more losses with the Dallas Mavericks this season than he experienced in his last four years of basketball combined. Duke lost four times last season, Florida’s Montverde Academy lost a total of three games in...
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It's been a busy, fascinating month for UFC's welterweight division, as most of its top-10 waged a grand prix that produced a new champion, gave rise to multiple exciting up-and-comers, and created an array of fresh matchup possibilities the company could pursue in the new year.
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The segregation of the 38 teams into Elite (32) and Plate (six) divisions, like the Ranji Trophy, will make competition more cut-throat. Moreover, for the Elite division, the knockout rounds have been replaced with an eight-team Super League phase, followed immediately by the final on December 18
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Carolina Panthers 9-20 San Francisco 49ersNiners overcome three Brock Purdy interceptionsChristian McCaffrey gained 142 yards from scrimmage and scored a touchdown in his first game against Carolina since he was traded away three years ago, leading the San Francisco 49ers to a 20-9 victory over the Panthers on Monday night.McCaffrey's big night...
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Research is on 'an upward curve' and the next five years could be vital in trying to limit cruciate rupturesPlayers who compete in the top two levels of German women's football are four times more likely to rupture their anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) than their male counterparts, according to the German Football Association (DFB).The governing...
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Faye Carruthers is joined by Suzy Wrack, Sophie Downey and Theo Lloyd-Hughes for an NWSL special, looking at the final between Gotham FC and Washington Spirit, as well as the season as a whole, and all of the latest news from the home nationsOn today's pod: we have a National Women's Soccer League Special for you – after Gotham FC were handed the...
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Gueye addressed players following 1-0 win at Old TraffordDe Ligt accuses United of lacking urgency in Monday lossIdrissa Gueye received a round of applause from the Everton squad after apologising for his extraordinary red card in Monday's victory at Manchester United.The midfielder became the first Premier League player to be dismissed for...
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The sport may have jumped from the gaming-fuelled bandwagon just in the nick of timeAfter many months of campaigning, an unprecedented "strike” when racing relocated to London to make its voice heard and an intervention by a former prime minister, no less, the UK's second-biggest spectator sport will soon discover whether its concerted and...
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The centre-back had a difficult start in Ligue 1 but now he is captaining the club and dreaming of winning the World CupBy Get French Football NewsLeonardo Balerdi bursts into laughter as he describes the moment a police van stopped in front of his car in Marseille, sirens blaring, only for four officers to jump out, shout and sing "Allez l'OM!”...
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We turn the dial towards whimsy and revisit some of the moments that made the autumn internationals irresistibleSouth Africa and Ireland played out a slugfest for the ages and the discourse has been dominated by yellow cards and flying shoulders to the head. England held off a spirited Argentina to claim their 11th consecutive Test win and it seems...
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Arrangement is latest addition to burgeoning relationshipInfantino joined group with Bin Salman at White HouseFifa has announced the creation of a partnership with a Saudi Arabian government agency, with up to $1bn (£762m) being pledged to fund the development of football infrastructure across the globe.The game's global governing body announced...
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Last-minute side trips the norm for fans in Bazball-eraCricket Australia faces $4m shortfall after two-day TestRegional centres are rolling out the red carpet to travelling England cricket supporters with newfound time on their hands, and last-minute side trips are becoming the norm for the Barmy Army as Bazball changes what it means to tour...
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