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Kepler banned after testing positive for epitrenboloneSuspension applies if free agent signs in 2026Veteran outfielder spent last season with PhilliesFree agent outfielder Max Kepler has been suspended for 80 games after testing positive for a banned performance-enhancing substance, Major League Baseball announced on Friday, a ruling that sidelines...
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As Netflix and Paramount Skydance clash over WBD, football rights once considered peripheral could become central to the future of UK streamingNetflix has spent years politely rebuffing Premier League and Uefa entreaties to bid for their TV rights, so it would be ironic if it picked them up by default. That intriguing outcome is a possibility as a...
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Former champion on his relationship with trainer Brendan Ingle, now portrayed on film, quitting at the right time and the importance of his faithNaseem Hamed carries himself with a stately grandeur these days. Having settled his considerable bulk into a comfortable chair he pauses meaningfully. We look at each other intently and it's hard to...
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Paris has shifted this year's Group of 7 summit after Donald Trump confirmed plans for a UFC fight card on the White House lawn on 14 June, his 80th birthdayFrance has delayed this year's Group of 7 summit by one day to avoid a scheduling conflict with an Ultimate Fighting Championship fight card planned at the White House on 14 June, according to...
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The postseason kicks off on Saturday. Our writers pick the dark horses, players to watch and make their tips for the NFL's championship gameMelissa is right about the Lions (see below), but how about the Dallas Cowboys? Their defense was nauseating, and nobody wants a playoff weekend spoiled watching that. But their offense was electric. They...
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Eight-time champion withdraws two days before eventO'Sullivan also pulled out 12 months agoRonnie O'Sullivan has pulled out of the Masters two days before the tournament starts on medical grounds.O'Sullivan claimed a record-extending eighth win at the tournament in 2024 but opted against defending his crown 12 months ago, giving the same reason as...
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Manager takes charge of first game on Saturday in FA Cup'It's not possible to be in this job and not be your own man'Liam Rosenior is confident he will make the decisions at Chelsea, insisting he would not have agreed to take over as head coach if he doubted his ability to work within the club's structure.Rosenior, who takes charge of his first...
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North Americans have rarely been fans of draws in sport, so the unscripted FA Cup drama of seeing Arthur Okonkwo take a starring role in a penalty shootout after Wrexham were pegged back in the final minute of normal time must have brought joy to co-owner Ryan Reynolds in the stands. The club the Hollywood actor invested in were just about...
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At last, Morocco have arrived at the tournament they are hosting. For four games they had played scratchy, crabbed football. Finally, in a spiky, ill-tempered quarter-final, there was something more like the Morocco that reached the semi-finals of the World Cup two years ago. If the game wasn't fluent, that was largely Cameroon's doing as they...
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Arthur Okonkwo was the hero of the shootout as the Championship team downed ForestBig noise from both sets of fans on a chilly night in what used to be known as Clwyd.Sean Dyche, of course, is wearing shorts as he carries out his pre-match duties. Continue reading...
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Coach is vying with Michael Carrick to be interim managerSolskjær due at Carrington training base on SaturdayOle Gunnar Solskjær will have face-to-face talks with Manchester United on Saturday regarding becoming the interim manager until the end of the season.The Norwegian is vying with Michael Carrick for the role and is expected to meet Omar...
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Goals from Brahim Díaz and Ismael Saibari earned the hosts a deserved victory and a first semi-final place since 20041 min: The hosts, playing in all white, kick off to a raucous reception. El Khannouss appeals hopefully for a penalty after his early cross hits Kotto on the shoulder.The anthems ring out around the Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium,...
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National League South side face Grimsby in the third round and those at the club are desperate for the ride to continueWeeks on from the FA Cup third-round draw, inside Weston-super-Mare's modest clubhouse at their stadium a couple of miles from the holiday haven beachfront, there is still a tinge of incredulity at what might have been. Bridget...
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Dutch head coach has been rewarded for winning Champions League with contract that runs until 2029 designed to return club to domestic dominanceThe summer of 2029 feels very distant, whether you think of it as the year of the next Women's Euros, the year when theoretically there will be the next UK general election or the year when a near-Earth...
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Kim, 25, injured shoulder during training in LaaxMRI will determine Olympic availability for US starTwo-time champion chasing historic third goldChloe Kim's pursuit of an unprecedented third straight Olympic gold medal has been thrown into uncertainty after the American snowboard star dislocated her shoulder during a training session in...
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If there is one takeaway for England from this Ashes tour it should be how cricket thrives in a nation where it is readily and freely available as the dominant summer pastimeThe drive to Bowral in New South Wales takes you through some of Australia's most English countryside. Pastoral hills roll right up to the roadside and finish in grassy verges,...
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His demeanour after defeat by former club causes upsetNuno has two wins from 16 games since replacing PotterWest Ham are losing faith in Nuno Espírito Santo's ability to save them from relegation and unhappy with their manager embracing Nottingham Forest players on the pitch after losing to his former side on Tuesday.Nuno, fired by Forest last...
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After a breakout week in Auckland that saw her defeat world No 15 Emma Navarro, injuries that have dogged the 25-year-old's career have bitten againDuring the first weeks of last year's clay-court season, Francesca Jones found herself fighting through a breathless three-set tussle in Bogotá that was rapidly falling out of her control. Trailing 5-3...
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Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now!Some British managers who have chanced their arm on the continent have won trophies and the adoration of supporters. Others have at least provided the Daily with plenty of content. For every Bobby Robson, there's a Tony Adams, or to meet somewhere in the middle, Steve McClaren – who can deliver...
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Warwick and Kempton face 8am Saturday inspectionsCautious approach adopted in face of falling temperature The valuable meetings at Warwick and Kempton on Saturday are subject to inspections at 8am due to the threat of overnight frost as cold weather continues to threaten the racing programme.Kempton was initially declared fit for racing on Friday...
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The Austrian has thrived at teams who do not expect to have much of the ball but this style may not work at Old Trafford where possession is expectedOliver Glasner has shown a penchant for one-liners, as well a 3-4-2-1 formation, since he took over at Crystal Palace almost two years ago. The Austrian declared he was "not David Copperfield” in his...
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All the latest ahead of FA Cup third round weekend Ten things to look out for | Football Daily | Email JohnThe third round of the FA Cup threw up plenty of intriguing ties. Check out some of the storylines ahead of the action which gets underway with four matches tonight.Today's Rumour Mill has been released into the wild. How many bloody...
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Deal understood to lift pay to about £300,000 a weekArsenal keen to reward Declan Rice with new dealBukayo Saka has agreed a new five-year contract at Arsenal that will make him one of the highest-paid players in the club's history.The England forward's deal that he signed in May 2023 is thought to be worth about £200,000 a week and is due to...
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Despite recent stumbles, manager is confident 'the club is getting itself back together' and his enthusiasm for the job remains intactDavid Moyes, face puce with anger and swearing under his breath, did not resemble a man contented in his work as he dissected Everton's disappointing draw with Wolves. As the first anniversary of his return to...
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Head coach defends methods and leadership after AshesTeam culture likely to be main focus of ECB review At the end of a sorry Ashes loss capped off by news of Harry Brook's involvement in a late-night incident two months earlier, Brendon McCullum set out his position as England head coach: if his wings are clipped and his ethos...
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The BBL is enjoying a resurgence even as Cricket Australia pushes the case for private investment to keep pace with T20 competitions around the globeRenegades fans got a kick out of the Melbourne BBL derby last Sunday, as they watched their side triumph in the final over against the crosstown Stars. But it was Australian cricket officials who went...
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Tennis Kenya said a controversial wildcard granted to Hajar Abdelkader should not have happened after the young Egyptian's performance at a professional tournament in Nairobi went viral. The 21-year-old won three points and served 20 double faults on her way to a 6-0, 6-0 defeat against the German world No 1,026, Lorena Schaedel. Videos shared on...
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The Australian's rare attitude to the game and his destructive batting against England have seen him elevated to cult hero status Fast bowler Mitchell Starc won player of this Ashes series but make no mistake, talismanic bat-out-of-hell Travis Head was the man who ripped out England's heart and served it to them on a silver platter with a cold beer...
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IM Alex Golding, 22, who earned nearly £2,000, is among the rising talents aiming to match the leading English grandmastersHastings is the grandfather of international chess tournaments, first staged in 1895 and then every year since 1920, with breaks for war and pandemics. Its vintage years were the 1930s, 50s and 70s, when world champions and...
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In 1934 and 1978, Fifa's big event was given over to authoritarian aims. There's no more doubt that 2026 will be the sameBy 1934, it was entirely evident what Benito Mussolini was up to. Italy's dictator had already consolidated power, colonized Libya and annexed the city of Rijeka. He nevertheless got to stage the second-ever World Cup, managing...
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Home team eliminated after losing mixed doubles rubberAlex de Minaur had kept hopes alive with battling winAustralia have been knocked out of the United Cup by Poland despite a battling performance by Alex de Minaur that lit up the Ken Rosewall Arena in Sydney.The Australian men's No 1 repelled everything Hubert Hurkacz could fire at him before...
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Football has to be held to account: we cannot have another generation of qualified black coaches being ignoredFootball's start to 2026 has been seismic, with the festive season soon replaced by sacking season. At times this week it has been hard to keep up. The lifetime of a head coach or a manager seems to be getting shorter, with pressure for...
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Phoenix club are lowest-ranked in third round and could have sold hundreds more tickets for visit of holders Crystal PalaceIn the corner of a small dressing room Macclesfield's manager, John Rooney, and his assistant Francis Jeffers are locked in serious conversation. The pair scribble on tiny pieces of paper, planning one final training session...
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Strip away the peroxide hair, the TikTok dancing and the trademark try celebrations and the Northampton and England flanker has a white-hot ambition to be the bestNext Wednesday will be Henry Pollock's 21st birthday. You slightly feel for his family and friends: what do you buy a guy with the Midas touch? Two tries on debut for England in Cardiff,...
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Bournemouth will find it hard to replace a player at the peak of his powers, an attacker polished up perfectly for the eliteAntoine Semenyo's rise is a reminder the big clubs' scouting systems are not infallible, that not all players will flower at the same time. Fulham, Arsenal, Crystal Palace, Millwall, Reading and Tottenham rejected the...
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Footballer who captained and managed the Wales national team and starred in Don Revie's famous Leeds United side of the 1970sTerry Yorath, who has died aged 75, was a long-serving Welsh football international who went on to manage his national side during a successful five-year period from 1988 to 1993. As a player he was best known as a combative...
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The postseason consistently serves up enthralling football. But there are ways to make it even more compellingNo legitimate Super Bowl champion should have a losing record in the regular season. The Panthers, crowned NFC South champions at 8-9, are not an outlier. Since 2010, five teams with losing records have made the postseason. The 2022 Bucs...
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Mitchell Starc and Travis Head were astoundingly good, but plenty of England players will want to look away nowBy 99.94 Cricket BlogBen Stokes: 184 runs at 18.4; 15 wickets at 25.1; two catchesA body unable to match his will, a team unable to match his ambition and, surely, a screaming sense that he made mistakes when preparing for this challenging...
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Deal with Bournemouth has add-ons and sell-on clauseSemenyo says he is aiming to get City into the title raceAntoine Semenyo says he has arrived at Manchester City with the intention of getting the club back into the Premier League title race. The £62.5m signing joins a team six points behind the leaders, Arsenal, with 17 matches remaining.The...
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Midfielder given permission to fly to EnglandTransfer talks behind her omission from USA squadManchester City are in advanced talks to sign the United States midfielder Sam Coffey from Portland Thorns, the Guardian understands.The 27-year-old has been granted permission to fly to Manchester to try to finalise the move, which multiple sources have...
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Only one club are sitting pretty at the top of the Premier League, but the supporters' anxiety after 22 years without the title risks infecting the playersFull-time and handshakes. A little Tears for Fears tinkles over the public address system. Beyond that … what, exactly? How to describe this swirling, velvety anti-noise? The sound of no gloves...
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From Ben Stokes's drastically reduced strike rate to Mitchell Starc's near best ever bowling figures, the statistics from the series tell their own storyThe Ashes are over, and the post-mortems have begun. Some may point to a lack of preparation, uneven pitches or a mid-tour Noosa bender for England's failures, and wonder what might have been if...
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'Five setters are a different beast', says 30-year-old Australian has attempted comeback from injury in recent weeksNick Kyrgios's surgically-repaired knee and wrist will not prevent him from taking part at Melbourne Park, where Australian Open qualifying begins next week, but he will not feature in the singles draw.The 30-year-old posted on social...
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Macclesfield and Weston-super-Mare carry the non-league hopes while fringe players need to seize their chancesSilly goals conceded, chances missed, a lead surrendered and points squandered against relegation fodder. On the face of things, Manchester United have changed manager but nothing else. The reality is different. They started slowly at...
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White-ball captain issues apology for October incidentRevelation after abject Ashes deepens England crisisHarry Brook will retain the captaincy of England's white-ball team for next month's T20 World Cup, despite receiving a final warning for his off-field conduct after an altercation with a nightclub bouncer in Wellington the night before a...
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Atlético Madrid 1-2 Real MadridSørloth 58; Valverde 2, Rodrygo 55Real Madrid hold on and so does Xabi Alonso, all the way to the final. Judgment was due to come in Jeddah but it will be put off for another day at least, and instead of the sack there may be a medal waiting at the end of a month spent on edge after Real defeated Atlético 2-1....
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Point proven? Well, not exactly. Just when Arsenal looked ready to lay down a real marker for their title aspirations, a rejuvenated Liverpool side that has been through the wringer since they were crowned champions last season showed the Gunners remain fallible.It could have been even worse for Mikel Arteta's side if Liverpool had been awarded one...
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Chiefs say they are aware and in touch with NFLAllegations surfaced in Instagram posts WednesdayNo police reports filed in Overland Park, KansasThe Kansas City Chiefs said in a statement Wednesday night that they were aware of domestic violence allegations made in a series of social media posts by a former girlfriend of wide receiver Rashee Rice...
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Hajar Abdelkader won just three points in 6-0, 6-0 loss'Wildcard should not have been granted' to EgyptianTennis Kenya said a controversial wildcard granted to Hajar Abdelkader should not have happened after the young Egyptian's performance at a professional tournament in Nairobi went viral.The 21-year-old won three points and served 20 double...
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The 1958 says club has become a 'laughing stock'Protest planned at Old Trafford in early FebruaryManchester United supporters group The 1958 has called for a vote of no confidence in the club's ownership model, calling Sir Jim Ratcliffe "an incompetent clown”. The organisation will also hold a protest at the home match against Fulham on 1...
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Capacity will increase from 37,645 to about 53,000Proposals were approved by city council on Thursday Leeds have received planning permission to redevelop Elland Road and lift the stadium's capacity from 37,645 to about 53,000.There had been fears that a delay to the long-mooted introduction of a tram network in the surrounding area until the late...
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Premier League updates from the 8pm GMT kick-off Live scores | Table | Football Daily | Follow us on Bluesky"Arsenal have been annoyingly composed and consistent over the winter holidays and into the new year,” writes Peter Oh, "but I'm an optimist and haven't given up hope of an imminent 'Oh Arsenal!' extended dip in form."Preferably starting...
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Reference to 'lies' deleted from his social media postCaptain spoken to by Frank and co-sporting directorCristian Romero has been spoken to by Thomas Frank and one of Tottenham's sporting directors after an apparent swipe at board for staying silent amid the team's struggles. The captain posted a strongly worded message after Wednesday's...
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Australia were there for the taking but Brendon McCullum's tourists were so poor and ill-prepared they never got closeAs far as endings go, it ended nicely. People streamed on to the Sydney Cricket Ground, wanting to get close to the trophy presentation and to have a canter on the turf. Nothing thrills an audience more than a chance to walk the...
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The bowler's smarts and stamina from the first ball in Perth to the last in Sydney – not to mention his batting – made him a worthy man of the seriesIt was right that Mitchell Starc should clean up the last two English wickets of this Ashes. Right, too, that Travis Head should mop up a few more runs, but for all of the enjoyment that Head...
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League One club asked for greater share of gate receiptsManchester City not changing their standard club policyManchester City will not offer Exeter extra money from Saturday's third-round FA Cup tie. The financially troubled League One club revealed this week they had asked the Premier League club for a greater proportion of the gate receipts as a...
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Players will stay at club's Seixal training groundBenfica lost 3-1 to Braga in League Cup semi-finalsJosé Mourinho has turned on his Benfica players after the team's 3-1 defeat by Braga in the Portuguese League Cup semi-finals, suggesting that the squad would be staying at the club's Seixal training base until further notice."The players will...
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There have to be consequences for Rob Key and Brendon McCullum but English cricket's problems lie much deeper and will be much harder to fixIt seemed fitting, as the final moments ticked down at the Sydney Cricket Ground, as the day, the match, the tour seemed to ooze and melt a little at the edges under a hard white January sun, that Ben Stokes...
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Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now!There's been much talk in recent years about moving Premier League games to various parts of the world that do not boast Premier League teams – Sheffield, Miami and so on – with the stated aim of spreading the gospel, had the gospel been stolen from Jesus and the Four Evangelists, to be...
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Tottenham totem shone under Bill Nicholson's tough love, inspiring League and Uefa Cup triumphs, but struggled with the stresses of fameThe Martin Chivers route from record signing to Tottenham legend was anything but simple. White Hart Lane needed time to learn to love him and Bill Nicholson, who paid Southampton £125,000 in 1968, never...
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Glenn reclaims short program record at nationalsLiu close behind as Olympic spots near decisionEfimova, Mitrofanov lead pairs amid eligibility waitTwo-time defending champion Amber Glenn set the record for a women's short program at the US Figure Skating Championships on Wednesday night, giving her a narrow lead over world champion Alysa Liu...
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A federal enforcement operation ended with a woman dead and the facts contested. The NBA cannot treat state violence in a residential neighborhood as background noiseThe SUV sat motionless against a tree on a south Minneapolis street, its engine quiet, angled as if it had simply run out of gas. Except the windshield bore a small shattered star,...
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Hawks trade Young, ending eight-year partnershipWizards land four-time All-Star as rebuild centerpieceMcCollum, Kispert head to Atlanta in returnTrae Young's tenure in Atlanta is over, with the Hawks agreeing to trade the high-scoring and frequently criticized guard to the Washington Wizards for a package including veteran CJ McCollum, a person...
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They landed in Perth expecting to challenge Australia but after a 4-1 defeat and more off-field revelations, the laid-back approach of McCullum's regime is in the ECB's sightsIt was billed as "the series of our lives” by Brendon McCullum but as he and Ben Stokes looked over towards the podium to watch Steve Smith and Pat Cummins lift the crystal...
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'She has everything to be a world-class striker – fast, two great feet, good with the head and strong,' says the coach who set the forward's career rollingSince they were promoted to the Women's Super League in 2019, no Manchester United player has managed to score more than 10 league goals in a single season. In Lea Schüller they have signed...
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Max Rushden is joined by Barry Glendenning, Lars Sivertsen and Jonathan Liew as Manchester City draw their third game in a row and Manchester United slip up at Burnley tooRate, review, share on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Audioboom, Mixcloud, Acast and Stitcher, and join the conversation on email.On the podcast today: a seven-goal thriller at St...
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Mama Does Derby, based on theatre-maker Clare Watson's experiences as a single mum searching for community, is bringing the sport to the stageGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailThe roller derby skater Maddy "BB Gun” Wilkinson has speed and scale on her side. The 24-year-old jammer (primary point-scorer) for the Adelaide team the Wild...
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On Saturday, Jonathan David's lazy penalty cost Juventus a win. By Tuesday, he was the best player on the pitchFour years have passed since Andrea Agnelli, still the chairman of the European Club Association and president of Juventus back then, floated the idea of selling 15-minute viewing subscriptions for football games. A response to research...
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A league champion with Leeds, midfielder won 59 capsAs Wales manager just missed out on 1994 World CupTerry Yorath, the former Wales captain and manager, has died at the age of 75 following a short illness.As part of Don Revie's formidable Leeds team in the 1970s, the midfielder whose life would later be deeply affected by personal tragedy became...
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Supporters serenaded Solskjær, Carrick and Fletcher among others at Burnley and staged a brief anti-Ratcliffe protest"Jim can't fix this,” the sign said. Bright red letters nestled on a white background, a stark contrast in an away end at Turf Moor full of dark-coated figures in front of which they were held aloft. It was small, a couple of...
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Today's rumours are riding the District lineAntoine Semenyo's farewell goal for Bournemouth, before his move to Manchester City, sets off a chain reaction over who succeeds him. Ethan Nwaneri, who has struggled for game time at Arsenal, is wanted by a few suitors.Bournemouth are very interested in a loan move for someone who was the next big thing...
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Solskjær remains the slight favourite for roleDarren Fletcher will oversee Sunday's FA Cup tieMichael Carrick has edged closer to Ole Gunnar Solskjær in the bid to become Manchester United interim manager, though the Norwegian is still the slight favourite, the Guardian understands.Omar Berrada, the chief executive, and Jason Wilcox, the...
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Even with Aston Villa enjoying their best season for years, Unai Emery cannot get one over Oliver Glasner. The Crystal Palace manager has been struggling with a threadbare squad that still has not recorded a victory for several weeks but stretched his unbeaten record against Emery to seven matches after a game which both sides felt they could have...
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Australia, 567 & 161 bt England 384 & 342, by five wicketsCarey hits winning runs at SCG as hosts wrap up series 4-1There were a couple of wobbles along the way but at 2.30pm on the final day in Sydney, Australia had knocked off a target of 160 runs to win the fifth Test by five wickets and claim this Ashes series by a 4-1 scoreline.Like...
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Innovation means every player being digitally scannedInfantino: Move will ensure more accurate decisionsEvery player at the World Cup this summer will have his own physically accurate "AI avatar” that will be used in taking video assistant referee (VAR) decisions.The innovation, which will involve every player being digitally scanned and leaves...
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40-year-old was flown to Austin after accidentShipley played three seasons in NFLFormer Texas star and NFL receiver Jordan Shipley is being treated in hospital after suffering severe burns in an accident on his ranch near his home town of Burnet, Texas.According to a statement from his family, Shipley was operating a machine when it caught fire....
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Despite a late wobble at the SCG Australia held their nerve to secure victory and win the series 4-178th over: England 312-8 (Bethell 145, Potts 7) Bethell finally has the strike … and he immediately takes a single off Webster. I wonder if he's going to play some shots before that second new ball? The singles continue as Webster tosses the ball...
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The game's gone, part 999. The Wolves recovery continued at Everton yet their impressive resolve under Rob Edwards was overshadowed by the ludicrous red card that should embarrass Professional Match Game Officials and the Premier League.Common sense and elite level referees parted company long ago but the decision to dismiss Michael Keane for...
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Tactical anarchy reigned supreme on a night of chaotic, bewildering, thrilling drama played out amid freezing conditions.Not that the on-pitch temperature ever seemed to drop below boiling point as a renascent Leeds led three times yet departed with their seven‑match unbeaten run at an end and Yorkshire hearts broken by Harvey Barnes's stoppage...
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Few things in life can be more awkward than sitting next to your new boss while 3,000 malcontents bellow abuse at him. On the bright side, at least this was a crash course in the modern Chelsea for Liam Rosenior.The new head coach saw poor defending undermine flashes of defiance, witnessed his erratic side collect their eighth red card of the...
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Darren Fletcher failed to produce what Manchester United's interim manager, fans and chief executive craved: a cathartic victory to move the club on quickly from the recent turbulence.The big plus was Benjamin Sesko, whose two goals doubled his season tally. He said: "It's been tough but now I finally did it. Now it's just up to me and up to us to...
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In this winter of managerial discontent, Keith Andrews and Régis Le Bris are proving capable frontmen for stable, carefully structured football operations. The Irishman's exemplary rookie season as a head coach continued with Brentford's commanding win against Le Bris's Sunderland. The visitors' west London trip will undoubtedly be remembered for...
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For the best part of 95 minutes, Antoine Semenyo was almost entirely anonymous. He can do that sometimes; drift in and out of games. When you possess the type of artistry Semenyo does, you can afford such periods of quiet absence.Then came the type of moment that has convinced Manchester City to shell out £65m for his services; the gamechanging...
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Pep Guardiola believes team spirit will help Manchester City get through a difficult period, but more than camaraderie alone will be required on this evidence. City endured a third consecutive draw to leave the leaders Arsenal, who have a game in hand, five points ahead and currently without a title challenger.An Erling Haaland penalty gave City a...
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UK Athletics chief Jack Buckner expresses outrage'As a former athlete, I find this particularly appalling'The UK Athletics chief executive, Jack Buckner, has described Reece Prescod's decision to participate in the controversial Enhanced Games as "appalling”.The former Great Britain sprinter Prescod gave a statement to the Times saying he is...
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He was admitted to hospital with abdominal symptomsKeegan, 74, 'grateful for intervention and ongoing care'The former England manager Kevin Keegan has been diagnosed with cancer.Keegan, who also played for England, Scunthorpe, Liverpool, Hamburg, Southampton and Newcastle before later managing Newcastle (twice) as well as Fulham, Manchester City...
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Premier League updates with games from 7.30pm GMT Burnley v Manchester United – follow it live Live scores | Table | Follow us on Bluesky | Email NiallEverton (4-2-3-1): Pickford; O'Brien, Tarkowski, Keane, Mykolenko; Garner, Iroegbunam; McNeil, Armstrong, Grealish; Barry.Subs: Travers, King, Patterson, Beto, Dibling, Rohl, Aznou, Welch,...
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Premier League updates from the 8.15pm GMT kick-off Fulham v Chelsea, Bournemouth v Spurs, and more – live Live scores | Table | Follow us on Bluesky | Email DanielThey're about to discuss Mainoo on Sky, so here's my take. He's got incredible ability in tight spaces, but needs to get better and finding the ball – too much of too many games...
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Harbaugh was NFL's second longest-tenured head coachRavens went from Super Bowl favorites to 8-9 finishThe Baltimore Ravens have fired head coach John Harbaugh after 18 seasons in charge, the team announced on Tuesday.Harbaugh is the most successful coach in the history of the franchise and was the second longest-tenured head coach in the NFL...
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Real attendance closer to 34,000 than 62,429 announcedMarketing push fails to attract fans to watch ailing clubWest Ham's official attendance of 62,429 for their 2-1 defeat by Nottingham Forest was almost twice as high as the number of fans who went through the turnstiles at the London Stadium on Tuesday night.The club have an increasingly...
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There is no guarantee the Norwegian would restore a sense of positivity like he did first time round – and failure would be a nightmareOle Gunnar Solskjær's prime candidacy to become Manchester United's interim manager for a second time appears the latest faulty strategic move by Jason Wilcox, the club's director of football, and the chief...
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Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now!While precisely nobody else thought to say so at the time, when those West Ham fans who were howling for the head of Tin Pot-winning saviour David Moyes two years ago, Football Daily wondered if – whisper it – they should be careful what they wished for. While the turgid meat-and-potatoes fare...
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British cyclist calls time aged 33 after a 13-year career'Now feels the right moment,' says Giro d'Italia winnerSimon Yates, one of Britain's most storied riders and the winner of last year's Giro d'Italia, has stunned cycling by announcing his retirement at 33.The Visma-Lease a Bike rider said on Wednesday that he is quitting with "deep pride and...
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Chivers also had long spell with SouthamptonHe scored 13 times in 24 games for England The former Tottenham, Southampton and England striker Martin Chivers has died at the age of 80. Chivers, a League Cup and Uefa Cup winner with Spurs, won 24 caps from 1971 to 1973, scoring 13 goals."It is with immense sadness that we announce the passing of our...
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IIHF president says seating at arenas may be reducedNHL concerned about ice quality and dimensionsThe head of the International Ice Hockey Federation said parts of the main hockey rink for the Milan Cortina Olympics might not be fully finished on time, but the playing surface, practice facilities and dressing rooms will be ready when the puck drops...
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With his one Ashes opportunity Webster outscored his fellow all-rounder while looking calmer, more organised and switching to off-spinThere was an irony to the fact that Cameron Green's catch made Beau Webster's day look even better. Green had not had a good one, having earlier dived in front of Australia's most prolific slip catcher to spoil a...
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In a bad season for big-money transfers in the Premier League, maverick Frenchman has been a notable exceptionBy WhoScored"There are moments I just want to shout at him and there are moments I want to kiss him.” Such is Pep Guardiola's relationship with Rayan Cherki: part exasperation, part adoration. Guardiola is football's master of...
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Special Ks lose topsy-turvy match 6-0 1-6 (10-6) Performance bodes well for Kyrgios's wild card hopesNick Kyrgios was a motivational speaker, a part-time masseur and a dancer on the way to an entertaining doubles loss in Brisbane, with the defeat unlikely to harm his Australian Open wildcard hopes.Kyrgios and Thanasi Kokkinakis looked set for an...
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On the podcast today; a huge win for Nottingham Forest at the bottom of the Premier League. West Ham were a little unlucky, a second goal disallowed just before the equaliser and the agony of Alphonse Areola punching Morgan Gibbs-White's head after the ball had gone. Does this result mean the bottom three is done a week into the new year?...
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Liverpool manager says team struggling to create'My teams always try to play attacking football'Arne Slot has said it hurts his principles as an attacking coach to hear his Liverpool team described as boring but he could not entirely disagree on current form.Liverpool have stabilised after a damaging sequence of nine defeats in 12 matches, the...
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Leader of resurgent WSL side on what he demands of players, his relationship with the hierarchy and the change that has surprised himTottenham have as many points in the Women's Super League this term, at the halfway stage, as they accumulated in the entirety of last season. That sentence will offer some satisfaction to their supporters but the...
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England captain suffered groin injury in opening sessionBethell says 'I knew it was coming' over maiden centuryBen Stokes is set to spend the final day of this Ashes tour watching on from the old pavilion at the SCG and hoping for a miracle in his absence after seeing yet another Test series cut short by injury.The all-rounder had worked hard to...
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A brilliant hundred against an elite attack on a wearing pitch shows this England team can survive and evolveEt in dystopia ego. In the midst of death, we are in life. On a throbbingly hot deep blue afternoon in Sydney, as this ghost ship of an England Ashes tour creaked towards its final dock, the fourth day of the fifth Test produced an...
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Seven of the eight nations have won the tournament before while Mali take on the role of stubborn outsidersA comfortable 3-0 victory for the defending champions, Côte d'Ivoire, over Burkina Faso on Tuesday evening completes the highest-powered set of quarter-finalists the Cup of Nations has ever known. Seven of the last eight are former champions;...
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Documentary makers seeking funds to finish making film of an extraordinary man and his influence on the gameAfter a mere 100 years the Spin, always first with the news, is finally able to reveal the details of one of the more extraordinary secrets in the history of English cricket. The story comes from the private family archives of the former...
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Max Rushden is joined by Barry Glendenning, Jamie Jackson, John Brewin and Nooruddean Choudry as Ruben Amorim is sacked as Manchester United head coachRate, review, share on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Audioboom, Mixcloud, Acast and Stitcher, and join the conversation on email.On the podcast today: five minutes after the Monday edition of Football...
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Today's rumours are staring at bare wallsAnother day, another Jørgen Strand Larsen rumour. The latest speculation concerning the Wolves striker has Tottenham tussling with Newcastle for his services. With Mohammed Kudus sidelined by injury, Thomas Frank needs attacking reinforcements for his ailing side and Strand Larsen could fit the bill....
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Hockey fans threw thousands of stuffed animals on to the ice for the Hershey Bears annual teddy toss. The stuffed animals collected will now be distributed to over 60 local charities as part of the club's Hershey Bears Cares program, where they will go to children in need.The Bears collected 81,796 stuffed animals, increasing the total number of...
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Fifth Test; day four: England 302-8 & 384; Australia 567Tourists lead by 119 after late wickets let hosts back inIt was good. So good. So unbelievably good. On the penultimate day of a tour packed with regret for England, a star was born as Jacob Bethell, 22 years young, compiled a truly golden hundred that offered hope for the future.There...
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Police leaders defend position after being recalled to give further evidence in second hearing to home affairs committeePolice chiefs facing scrutiny over a decision to ban fans of an Israeli football team from attending a match in Birmingham have insisted the move was not politically influenced.West Midlands police (WMP) leaders defended their...
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Plus: goals (not) on film and was Liverpool's substitution chain at Spurs the longest in football?Mail us with your questions and answers"After St Mirren beat Celtic in the Scottish League Cup, I wondered where it actually is,” writes Dan J. "The answer is (as everyone bar me knew) Paisley, right next to Glasgow airport. Which got me wondering,...
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CFG have ditched Mumbai City and losing the glamour will hurt the game in the world's most populated nationThe world's biggest multiclub network shrank from 13 to 12 in the last week of 2025 but few blame the City Football Group for walking away from Mumbai City and India after six years. The reason for divesting their shares which gave them 65%...
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WSL2 side beat off competition for winger's signatureShe started career at City and has been on loan at EvertonThe England winger Katie Robinson is poised to complete a shock move from Aston Villa to Bristol City, the Guardian understands, as the Women's Super League 2 club make a significant signal of their ambition.The 23-year-old, who made her...
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The 41-year-old is at home with young players and, crucially, he is familiar with the demands of Chelsea's ownersBy Get French Football NewsLiam Rosenior looks up at the towering Strasbourg Kop. He shouts and pleads as he points to his players, demanding the fans applaud them. Met with hostility, boos and jeers in the stands, he cuts a lone figure,...
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In Manchester United's brave new world coaches are more like Deliveroo drivers: not really responsible for the food, but still to blame if it arrives cold Turns out he could survive losing against Grimsby. Survive losing a crucial European final against one of the worst Tottenham teams in living memory. He could survive losing at home against...
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Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now!While Football Daily spent most of New Year's Day shivering, sweating and staring at hallucinatory rodents while questioning the wisdom of embarking on our first Dry January since 1989, it didn't escape our blurred vision that Chelsea chose to ring in 2026 by firing Enzo Maresca. While he may have...
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Over-by-over updates from Sydney Cricket Ground The Ashes top 100 | Follow us on Bluesky | Email Jim128th over: Australia 542-7 (Smith 136, Webster 58) England hit Australia with a five-man pace attack on the first day at Perth. Brydon Carse is the last man standing and continues to charge in with intent, if not always accuracy. A poor ball is...
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Last 16: Côte d'Ivoire 3-0 Burkina FasoAlgeria break DR Congo in extra time to reach last eightAmad Diallo scored one goal and created another to continue his excellent form in Morocco as the defending champions Côte d'Ivoire eased past Burkina Faso 3-0 in their Africa Cup of Nations last-16 game in Marrakech on Tuesday.Côte d'Ivoire will face...
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West Ham are drifting towards the most gutless of relegations. The London Stadium was half empty on another dismal night, encapsulating the apathy gripping this miserable club, and it is hard to see a way out for Nuno Espírito Santo's accident prone side after a combination of misfortune and dismal defending left them seven points below...
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Bournemouth's Semenyo due for medical on Thursday Academy graduate Alleyne recalled amid injury crisisManchester City will be without Rúben Dias for up to six weeks with a hamstring injury, exacerbating Pep Guardiola's defensive injury crisis and leading the head coach to admit the club may enter the transfer market. The Crystal Palace captain,...
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Resolution has been delayed by packed fixture scheduleManager says defender may be sold for the right priceOliver Glasner expects to decide in the coming weeks whether he will sign a new contract at Crystal Palace and has said Marc Guéhi could be sold this month if his "threshold” is met.Glasner is the bookmakers' early favourite to be the...
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Premier League updates from the 8pm GMT kick-off Live scores | Follow us on Bluesky | And email BillyWest Ham get the ball rolling!The teams are on their way out of the London Stadium tunnel. It's slightly above freezing and rain, probably not snow, is forecast a bit later this evening. Kick-off is next. Continue reading...
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The great Australian batter was typically twitchy before passing his latest personal milestone in SydneyThere was a time, while Steve Smith was at the height of his batting prowess, when "best since Bradman” was used with confidence. The thing about that line is that even when the recipient has dominated for years, it gets applied too quickly,...
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Adil Boulbina's sensational strike deep in extra time gave Algeria a 1-0 win in the Africa Cup of Nations last-16 ties against DR Congo10 min: Algeria win their first corner … Bensebaini takes but it barely clears the first man. Amoura is now down and the replay shows his football boot came clean off during that corner. No foul, which is the...
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Steve Phelps stepped down after 20 years at the circuitAntitrust trial was settled late last yearThe fallout from Nascar's federal antitrust trial continued into the new year as Nascar Commissioner Steve Phelps on Tuesday announced his resignation after more than 20 years with the top racing series in the United States.His resignation comes after...
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Neil Harvey, 97, the last surviving Bradman Invincible, blasts the Bazball experiment from his La-Z-Boy armchair Twenty‑five kilometres north of the SCG, the world's oldest living Test cricketer is sitting in his La-Z-Boy armchair and watching the Test. Neil Harvey was once the youngest of Bradman's Invincibles; now he's 97, his old cricketing...
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The club are in a decent position but there is dissatisfaction with the ownership and the new head coach must not get caught in the crossfireThe way Chelsea are run will come as no surprise to Liam Rosenior. He has longstanding relationships with three of the five sporting directors and will know from his time at Strasbourg, who are part of the...
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The head coach (or should that be manager?) fired cryptic shots at his Old Trafford bosses, then was fired himselfAmorim sacked after power struggle over transfersDiscontent at Manchester United these days is only ever deferred. Ruben Amorim's departure from the club on Monday was long anticipated and came, in the end, with a weary sigh. He had...
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Duo begin 2026 again troubled by physical problems and hoping this will finally be the year things changeFrom the moment news of Great Britain's planned team for the United Cup was announced in October, jokes began to fly. On paper, it was a dream. Jack Draper and Emma Raducanu, the top tennis players in the country and figureheads of a new...
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On the podcast today: five minutes after the Monday edition of Football Weekly had finished recording, news broke that Ruben Amorim had been sacked by Manchester United. Twenty-four hours later, today's assembled panel react to the news.How do we view his tenure? And what happens next? Darren Fletcher is at the wheel for now, with Oliver Glasner...
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Once they seemed an unstoppable force but a huge gap between the Nordic leagues and Europe's elite has emerged in the past 20 yearsFor a brief period in the early 2000s, Scandinavian clubs seemed unstoppable in European women's football. Umeå lifted the Uefa Women's Cup in 2003 and again in 2004, using a blend of technical skill and tactical...
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Wilcox considers Norwegian a prime candidate for roleSenior players would welcome temporary appointmentOle Gunnar Solskjær could make a shock return to Manchester United as interim manager, with Jason Wilcox, the director of football, considering him a prime candidate for the role.Solskjær is thought to be open to taking up the position at a club...
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While England's batting always gets to hog the limelight, this tour has also been lost in the bowling fade-outsForty-five minutes into a quietly overcast morning at the Sydney Cricket Ground, Matt Potts came into the England attack from the Randwick End, and immediately began running through his variations.His first ball was wide and smashed...
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Administrators should emulate departing correspondent's unflinching take on the game and preserve its spiritHe never won an international cap nor played a single minute of professional rugby. So why did a national newspaper devote four and a half pages of its sports section to celebrating him at the weekend? There have been generational British...
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'It was a tough day but that's what it's about'Player suggests spin may now play a part in TestEngland hit the wall on day three at the Sydney Cricket Ground, or at least the latest in a series of walls, at the end of which Jacob Bethell admitted mental and physical fatigue was understandably, playing a part. There were dropped catches and some...
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He arrives from Strasbourg to replace Enzo Maresca'I cannot turn down Chelsea,' says former Hull coachLiam Rosenior has been confirmed as Chelsea's head coach on a contract to 2032, describing the opportunity to replace Enzo Maresca at Stamford Bridge as one he could not turn down.Rosenior has left Strasbourg, Chelsea's partner club, after holding...
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Fifth Ashes Test; day three: England 384; Australia 518-7Host captain on 129 not out following Head's 163 from 166They do things well here in Australia. On the first day of this fifth Test came a fitting tribute to the victims and first responders of the Bondi atrocity, and on the third the Sydney Cricket Ground was turned into a sea of pink to...
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Australian's disappointing performance in Brisbane could vindicate officials' reluctance to hand him a Melbourne Park wildcardNick Kyrgios appears set for little more than a peripheral role during Australia's summer of tennis after a brisk, anticlimactic and – for fans of the 30-year-old – worrying defeat at the Brisbane International in his...
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Mason was appointed in June on three-year contractWest Brom 18th in the Championship after latest lossWest Brom have sacked Ryan Mason as their head coach after a stoppage-time defeat at Leicester on Monday left the club 18th in the Championship. It was the team's 10th away defeat in a row and ended the 34-year-old's tenure after seven months.Mason...
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Cleveland fires two-time coach of the yearBrowns missed playoffs for second straight seasonWeek 18 NFL roundupThe Cleveland Browns have fired coach Kevin Stefanski after six seasons.Stefanski is the fourth NFL coach fired this season, joining Tennessee's Brian Callahan, the New York Giants' Brian Daboll and Atlanta's Raheem Morris. Continue...
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Sean Ruiz and his team reveal the kit preparations and dressing room routines that make the players tickSean Ruiz always leaves his training-ground office door wide open. He is no fan of enclosed spaces, but there is much more to it. The passing Wolves defender Yerson Mosquera spots Ruiz and pops in for a brief chat with a fellow Colombian. Minutes...
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Club must learn to play without fear and harness their young players, particularly Kobbie Mainoo, and regain a seat at Europe's top tableWhatever the protestations from Manchester United about the relationship between Ruben Amorim and the higher-ups not collapsing like a house of cards, clearly something was not right. The head coach became...
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Men's and women's singles champions will pocket $4.15m eachPlayers who lose in qualifying still take home at least $40,500Tennis Australia has channelled a share of its spectacular rise in revenue back to players by announcing a $111.5m prize pool for this year's Australian Open, up 16% on last year.The uplift takes the "happy slam” past...
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Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now!Considering it took Chelsea 19 days to sack Enzo Maresca following his very public act of insubordination towards the Stamford Bridge hierarchy in mid-December, it is only the speed with which Manchester United kicked their head coach towards the kerb following yesterday's outburst at Elland Road...
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Over-by-over updates from Sydney Cricket Ground Live scorecard | The Ashes top 100 | Email Angus36th over: Australia 167-2 (Head 92, Neser 1) "It's at least possible we'll see the traditional England management shakeup after the Ashes,” says Ben Mimmack, "so who in the current squad do you think would welcome a change and who won't? These are my...
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Fee of around £40m needed to sign Palace centre-backClub say Croatian suffered tibial fracture in Chelsea game Manchester City are considering a move for Crystal Palace's Marc Guéhi, with the south London club expected to demand around £40m for the defender who is out of contract in the close season.Palace's fee expectation for their captain is...
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Goalkeeper who swapped city rivals in the summer proved pivotal on his return with a stunning series of saves"I hope people don't get angry but he's my friend.” There wasn't long until the Barcelona derby and Jofre Carreras had briefly abandoned the warm-up to talk to the TV. There on the touchline, talk inevitably turned to his former roommate,...
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Max Rushden is joined by Barry Glendenning, Nick Ames and Seb Hutchinson to discuss a weekend of Premier League dramaRate, review, share on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Audioboom, Mixcloud, Acast and Stitcher, and join the conversation on email.On the podcast today: Arsenal move six points clear at the top after Manchester City drop four points in...
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The man widely expected to be the next Chelsea head coach once opined on a wide variety of topics in his Guardian columnCoaching may be Liam Rosenior's forte but, during his days as a Brighton defender, the man widely expected to be Chelsea's new manager was also a pretty useful Guardian columnist. His eagerly awaited dispatches were invariably...
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It's not supposed to be like this. Nigeria, for at least two decades, have been a team that huffed and puffed, struggled with the weight of their own history and expectation, seemed always less than the sum of their parts. Even as they won the tournament in 2013, or got to the final in 2024, the sense of effort was palpable. Nothing came easily to...
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Even the return of Martin O'Neill is unlikely to placate supporters frustrated by poor performances, a lack of investment, and chaos in the boardroomAny club confirming the end of an error after eight games owes an apology to their supporters. In Celtic's case, even the admission of an all-time blunder in hiring Wilfried Nancy would be unlikely to...
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Fallout from a dour and unsuccessful reign will hit well-paid executives who backed the outgoing head coachRuben Amorim's tenure as Manchester United head coach began its final unravelling via four words uttered in Friday's media conference to preview the weekend trip to Leeds. "You are very smart,” was Amorim's signoff to this correspondent's...
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Shortest managerial career in club's historyO'Neill and Maloney come in for rest of campaignWilfried Nancy's woeful reign as Celtic's manager has ended after 33 days – the shortest managerial career in the Scottish club's history. Martin O'Neill has been reinstalled as interim manager until the end of the season.The 48-year-old French coach was...
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Head coach goes after outburst at Leeds gameGlasner and Iraola among long-term candidates Ruben Amorim was sacked by Manchester United on Monday morning after 14 months as their head coach. He departs after a power struggle with the hierarchy over transfer policy, with Amorim demanding his colleagues in the recruitment department "do their job”...
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Systemic failures at Old Trafford led them to the wrong man last time around – and there is concern that those problems remainWhen Manchester United embarked upon this season full of fresh hope and optimism, there was an unexpected note of caution from one of the best executives in the game. "It's clear they don't have a process,” the executive...
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