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The Toronto Blue Jays made their first move to bolster a bullpen in need of help ahead of Thursday's Major League Baseball trade deadline, acquiring right-hander Seranthony Dominguez from the Baltimore Orioles for pitching prospect Juaron Watts-Brown.
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Colombian signs four-year deal with German championsLiverpool boost finances prior to potential bid for IsakLiverpool's financial position has been strengthened before a potential bid for Alexander Isak after Luis Díaz completed his €75m (£65.5m) move to Bayern Munich.Díaz has signed a four-year contract with the option of an extra year with...
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Jason Whittingham claims to be in talks with consortiumPanjab Warriors had received takeover clearance in JuneMorecambe's prospective buyers have implored the owner of the crisis-hit club to sell up and announced that all first-team football operations have stopped there.Morecambe were suspended from the National League on Monday after a deadline...
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Nelly Korda and Charley Hull praise potential phenom after Woad's Scottish Open triumph on her first professional startHistory suggests caution is advisable when assessing female golf phenoms. Michelle Wie won just a single major. Charley Hull has reached the age of 29 while scaling golfing heights, but it is fair to say wild excitement about her...
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Broadcaster reluctant to pay for extra matchesCurrent £21.5m contract ends after next seasonSuper League's long-term partnership with Sky Sports that bankrolls the sport could be jeopardised by plans to expand the competition to 14 teams next season. The existing 12 Super League clubs voted in favour of expansion earlier this week following the...
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Hailed as one of the world's best players, the Irish hooker wants to end his remarkable season with victory in Sydney Dan Sheehan freely admits that his Superman dive for the British & Irish Lions' first try in Melbourne last week was not out of the playbook. It was an instinctive finish to avoid getting "melted”, putting the Lions on the...
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Mauritian rider prevails in seven-rider breakawayMarianne Vos down to sixth in GC after being droppedKim Le Court won stage five of the Tour de France Femmes, becoming the first African rider to win a stage of the race. The Mauritian also took the yellow jersey from Marianne Vos, who lost time on her rivals after getting dropped by a breakaway.Le...
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With England looking to win the series and India still able to share the spoils, the loss of three headliners at the Oval is suboptimalMuch like the Dude in the Big Lebowski during his various moments of confusion, it was impossible not to repeatedly blink upon seeing England's XI for the fifth and final Test against India that starts on Thursday....
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The visitors will fancy their chances against a depleted England, sans its inspirational leader Stokes; skipper Pope has his task cut out with Archer and Carse also missing out; captain Gill says India will consider the conditions and weather forecast before deciding on Bumrah's inclusion in the XI
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Hope is to increase appeal of Everton Women to investorsCapacity to start at 20,000 with scope to increaseEverton have transferred ownership of Goodison Park to their women's team in a move it is hoped will attract external investment amid growing interest in the sport in the US.The club announced in May that Everton Women would play their home...
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Regulations come into effect for world championships'The test is a very important step,' says Sebastian CoeAthletes will be eligible to compete in the female category for world-ranking competitions such as the world championships only if they clear a one-time gene test.The test for the SRY gene, which needs to be taken only once and helps in...
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Latest updates as the riders tackle 166km stage to GuéretStage four: Wiebes prevails over Vos in sprint | Mail Luke152km to go: "We'll have to see how the day will go,” said the race leader Marianne Vos before today's stage. "It's the longest stage and there is more climbing in the final. Every rider, the whole bunch wants to be in the breakaway...
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ECB confirm deals with final two to be completed soonProceeds to be shared between counties and grassrootsThe ECB has announced that deals for six of the eight Hundred franchises have been completed, with a total windfall of £520m expected once paperwork for the final two teams is finalised later this year.The sales process was completed in...
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Former biathlete struck by rockfall at altitude of 5,700mTributes paid to athlete 'with heart, attitude and vision'The German double Olympic biathlon champion Laura Dahlmeier has died after a mountaineering accident in Pakistan, her management confirmed on Wednesday.The accident occurred at around noon on Monday, at an altitude of approximately...
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Villa won't listen to lower offers for England strikerUnited may switch focus to RB Leipzig's Benjamin SeskoManchester United are interested in signing Ollie Watkins but are unwilling to meet Aston Villa's valuation of the striker. Arsenal made numerous bids for the England international in January but were knocked back as Villa held out for £60m,...
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Shoulder tear likely to require seven weeks of rehabOllie Pope to lead England, while Jofra Archer is restedBen Stokes has been ruled out of the final Test match of England's international summer with a grade-three muscle tear in his shoulder, aggravated during the drawn fourth game against India at Old Trafford. Ollie Pope will captain the side in...
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Fifteen players have represented both Arsenal and Chelsea in the Premier League but that is not a recordNoni Madueke has made the short journey across London to join Arsenal from Chelsea. Some Arsenal fans have expressed annoyance at their club giving yet more money – £52m – to their rivals for a player deemed surplus to requirements at...
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England will host China at Wembley on 29 November Prize fund for Women's FA Cup frozen for another yearEngland will play China in a friendly at Wembley on 29 November, their first confirmed fixture following European Championship glory at the weekend.The match will be the third of four friendlies for Sarina Wiegman's victorious team across the...
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Prohibition notice issued 10 days before season startsStand built in 1960 has structural and electrical faultsSheffield Wednesday have been banned from opening Hillsborough's North Stand to spectators due to safety concerns, further compounding the challenges facing the crisis-hit club before the new Championship season.With Wednesday currently...
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Post-Olympic injury blues banished with Singapore swimRookie Harrison Turner wins bronze in 200m butterflyAustralian swimmer Mollie O'Callaghan's golden touch has continued with an emotional victory at the world championships in Singapore.O'Callaghan collected gold in the women's 200m freestyle on a Wednesday night when Australia's fortunes...
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Players battle through, sometimes they fade away, sometimes they come back stronger. It's all part of the gameI'll be honest, I'm done in. Not feeling it. Quills deep in the red zone. This white blank page looks impossibly foreboding. I feel like I'm blinking up at a vast Eiger-shaped word document. Nine hundred words of Garamond from the summit...
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Spurs and Newcastle are two of the clubs who have made signings from the world's fastest growing talent pools, with greater recognition of the technical ability they bringArsène Wenger was ahead of the curve in 2013 when he identified one of the world's fastest growing talent pools. "I find a new market that is very interesting and very...
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Xhaka: 'I'm ready to help team with my experience'Black Cats agree deal for NEC keeper Robin RoefsSunderland have completed the signing of the Swiss midfielder Granit Xhaka from Bayer Leverkusen on a three-year contract. The fee has not been disclosed but is thought to be an initial £13m, with a further £4m in potential add-ons.The 32-year-old...
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Ground rescue of Laura Dahlmeier to launchWinter Olympian struck by rockfall at altitude of 5,700mA team of climbers are due to launch a rescue mission for the German double biathlon champion Laura Dahlmeier days after she was seriously injured by a rockfall on a mountain in northern Pakistan.The accident happened at around midday on Monday at an...
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Palace ask for £35m in advance if deal goes throughGlasner warns of 'another false start' if no new arrivalsArsenal have been informed that they would have to pay more than half of Eberechi Eze's release clause up front to sign the England forward, with Crystal Palace determined not to allow him to leave for less than a fee that could reach up to...
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Day two updates from around the groundsSign up to get The Spin newsletter | Mail TanyaAnd Yorkshire get their man at last, a smart sliding catch by Duke to send Lamb on his way for a team face-saving 48. Sussex 222 all out, a last wicket stand of 72.Out go Stokes (shoulder injury), Archer, Dawson and Carse – in come Bethell, Atkinson, Overton,...
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US president has championed his course Turnberry to stage world's oldest major but hosting Scottish Open is more realisticEven a cursory glance towards the scale of this year's Open Championship at Royal Portrush emphasised why ongoing and occasionally fevered chatter about Turnberry staging the world's oldest major is futile. Whether the Turnberry...
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Bristol Rovers will be hoping theirs is a short stay in the fourth tier, while another difficult season awaits AccringtonMK Dons finished 19th last season but Paul Warne is a good manager and the club have backed him in the transfer market. Aaron Collins has arrived from Bolton for £800,000, a huge fee in the fourth tier, with Will Collar also...
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In a Euro 2025 special, we look at other champions with short-lived leads and young England award-winnersMail us with your questions and answers"Chloe Kelly scored the goal that won Euro 2022 and the penalty that won Euro 2025. Including penalty shootouts, has anybody else scored the winner in two major international tournaments? And which women...
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History-making England captain is often seen barking orders but has a more introverted persona off the pitchLeah Williamson stops, unable to scrape the grin off her face, pizza in hand, hair still damp from the post-match shower and a fat lip. "Not annnother one?!” I say to her, mimicking her parody of the viral general election clip after...
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It's the 200th Episode of Freddy & the Eighth, the boys reflect on the FIRST EVER edition of the show with special guest and former host James Bracey. Joey claims Harry Grant is already a top 3 dummy-half of all time. Jasmin Strange joins the show in hopes of finding a girlfriend for her brother and Canberra Raiders star Ethan Strange. All that and...
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'We knew we had to get out of that country,' says former Canada coach Move to A-League Women side an opportunity to 'reset' her careerFormer Canada women's football coach Bev Priestman has said she "didn't feel safe” living in North America following her one-year ban for spying at the Paris Olympics.Wellington Phoenix announced Wednesday that...
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