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A year to the day since Ruben Amorim fielded his first Manchester United XI, his latest iteration folded in a capitulation to 10-man Everton, who ended United's unbeaten sequence at five games.Idrissa Gueye's bizarre red card for slapping Michael Keane, his centre-back, gave United most of the match to overcome Everton, who had previously won once...
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Forward fit to face Chelsea after shaking off coldBarça manager is happy to have England playerHansi Flick has said that joining Barcelona on loan from Manchester United and experiencing life in a new country has put the smile back on Marcus Rashford's face.The forward was out of favour at United last season but he has found fresh momentum since...
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Magpies' away record is a worry before Champions League meeting with Roberto De Zerbi, Mason Greenwood and coNewcastle fans are travelling to Marseille with a soundtrack of uncertainty echoing in their ears. Quite apart from the official warnings about rampant pickpocketing, street crime and potential football‑related violence, their phones...
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After 11 successive victories, England will go into next year's Six Nations as the team to beatA Six Nations grand slam, plus Nations Championship victories against South Africa and Fiji and England would head to Argentina next July having equalled their record run of 18 wins, in pursuit of a ground-breaking No 19. Sounds simple put like that,...
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Arsenal v Chelsea was watched by only 71,000 viewersSaturday noon kick-off believed to be a factor in drop-offThe Women's Super League is concerned about its broadcast slots this season after only 71,000 people watched televised coverage of the flagship fixture between Arsenal and Chelsea this month.The average audience on Sky Sports Main Event was...
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Discounted loans for construction of stadiumsPriority given to developing nationsFifa 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 on Monday that it had signed a...
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Premier League updates from the 8pm GMT kick-off Live scores | Weekend talking points | Email Michael2 min: A loose pass from Coleman, who captains Everton tonight, but Dewsbury-Hall does well to retain possession and earn a free-kick. Wasted by Garner. Moyes scowls on the touchline. He knows how important set pieces are today.And we're off at Old...
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Late equaliser was a kick in the teeth for Eder Sarabia's plucky promoted side who threatened first win since 1970s"It sounds a little crazy,” David Affengruber said but it didn't sound crazy at all, not to anyone who had actually been watching. "We only come into this league this year and we're a little bit disappointed to get a point against...
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The Dallas Wings won the WNBA draft lottery for the second consecutive season on Sunday night. The league is expanding to 15 teams this season with the addition of the Toronto Tempo and Portland Fire. The two teams will also pick sixth and seventh in the draft next April.
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Test-winning century and Usman Khawaja's bad back make strong case for the stand-in opener to lead Australia's innings againAccidents do not come much happier. Usman Khawaja's mid-game back problem was annoying for the player and potentially damaging for his team, until it wasn't. Clearing out the regular dry-powder opener created space in the...
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When Chelsea host Barcelona, fans can assess two 18-year-olds who are equally tipped as future Ballon d'Or winnersComparisons mean little to Estêvão Willian. The Brazil winger did not even take kindly to being nicknamed Messinho – "Little Messi” – earlier in his career. He called the nickname "disruptive” and made clear that he had no...
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Argentina lodge complaint and demand investigationPost-match incident follows anger over Curry tackleEngland have been told to provide CCTV footage of the alleged tunnel bust-up between Tom Curry and Felipe Contepomi after Argentina lodged a formal complaint and demanded an investigation into the incident.It is understood that Six Nations Rugby –...
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The left-hander has batted at five different slots in his last seven Test innings, despite which he has scored 297 runs at 59.4. He has batted with batters, he has batted with all-rounders, he has batted with bowlers and sometimes, like in the Delhi Test against WI, he hasn't batted at all
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The Australian did not make the Guardian's recent list of the top 100 Ashes players, but his Perth heroics sit comfortably alongside the series' best individual innings everCometh the hour, cometh Travis Head. The always swashbuckling but recently out-of-sorts middle-order batter put his hand up and said "I'll do it,” as Australia were again left...
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The most successful quarterback of all-time approached his playing career with ruthless focus. He could do with the same intensity in his retirement projectsTom Brady played for 23 NFL seasons with a single, maniacal goal: to become the greatest quarterback who ever lived. He achieved it. Now, in retirement, Brady has dabbled in everything. He...
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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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Nervous flyer considered driving from Perth to BrisbaneFast bowler says team was shellshocked after first Test lossMark Wood has considered driving from Perth to Brisbane – a journey of 2,500 miles (4,000km) over four days – just to fill the extra time created by the chastening start to England's much-hyped Ashes moonshot.The fast...
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The midfielder has made plenty of headlines in the last 26 months but he is finally back gliding across a football fieldBy Get French Football NewsHow much can you learn from Paul Pogba's nine-minute cameo? Perhaps just that he does indeed exist and not only in columns, fitness updates and social media posts. That is where he has existed for the...
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Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now!At the beginning of the season, when Nottingham Forest appeared to have taken on the unwanted mantle of the top-flight's designated "b@nter club”, Football Daily was one of many media outlets to relentlessly riff on the famous old club's pain. The reasons for the ridicule were plentiful: the...
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Manager can view visit to Paris as a free hit, but the same does not apply to Fulham's visit on SaturdayWelcome, then, to another of those Spurs weeks, where the executives are deeply concerned and it is impossible to ignore the sense of foreboding. The 4-1 derby humiliation at Arsenal on Sunday ensured the club are playing a game of crisis‑baton...
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Guardiola: 'I apologised after one second''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...
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One of the WNBA’s most recognizable franchises is modernizing its look.The three-time WNBA champion Phoenix Mercury — who also made a surprise run to the Finals this season — released their new logos for the upcoming season on Monday, continuing an aggressive financial push by team owner Mat Ishbia.
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It was a hard day on the field for the Indian cricket team on Day 3 of the second Test against South Africa in Guwahati on Monday. South Africa bowled India out for just 201 runs, gaining a massive lead of 288 on Day 3 of the ongoing second Test of the series in Guwahati.
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Hat-trick against Dortmund showed striker's instinct and invention as Sebastian Hoeness finds a solution yet againThis had felt like one of those weeks not in which momentum was shifting, but in which it had already shifted. It was ultimately a positive one for Germany; they had entered Monday's reception of Slovakia, who had beaten them in the...
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Pair target of fan anger after team's poor start to seasonClub's American owners leading search for replacementsRangers have announced the sacking of their chief executive, Patrick Stewart, and the sporting director, Kevin Thelwell. The pair have been the target of intense supporter anger after a disastrous start to the season. Rangers won one of...
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Boro pay £250,000 to bring him from HammarbySwansea appoint Matos after missing out on HellbergKim Hellberg has completed his managerial move to Middlesbrough from Hammarby. The 37-year-old Swede, who appeared poised to take charge at Swansea until Boro's hijacking of that mooted deal, will aim to reinforce a reputation as one of Europe's...
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Only three fringe players will go to CanberraRest of squad to have extra sessions at the GabbaTo hell with the optics was the message from England on Monday after confirmation that none of the players who collapsed to the shattering two-day defeat in the first Ashes Test will change tack and travel to Canberra.In a move that risks drawing further...
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A pension-pot World Cup looms and with Trump in the White House and a crown prince at his back, it is now a safe spaceIt was hard to choose one favourite photo from football's double-header at the White House this week. In part this is because the pictures from Donald Trump's state dinner with Mohammed bin Salman and his in-house hype men Cristiano...
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Opener dealt with back spasms in Perth as Travis Head excelled Josh Hazlewood's injury not bad enough to sideline him for seriesAustralia coach Andrew McDonald has failed to guarantee Usman Khawaja will be selected for the second Ashes Test, even if the under-pressure veteran opener is fit, while Josh Hazlewood is expected to take "some part” in...
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Italians win singles matches against Busta and MunarAlcaraz and Sinner both absent for Davis Cup finalItaly have been crowned Davis Cup champions for a third successive year, after victory over Spain. The two teams reached the final despite the absence of their respective star players, Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz, in Bologna this week.Italy...
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Spurs punished for negativity, Dyche's gameplan downs Liverpool and Wharton's quality shines through againTop scorers: check the latest race for the golden bootAmid Liverpool's deepening crisis and the growing scrutiny on Arne Slot, it is only right that Nottingham Forest's role in it is given some attention and acclaim. Back-to-back league wins at...
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