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All-rounder and ‘the best teammate you could wish for’ has seen profound change since his first-class debut in 2006 The Spin this week comes from York, where Chris Woakes and I sat down on Monday evening to discuss his new autobiography, The Wizard. There were just shy of 400 international wickets on stage, not a single one mine, and an audience that happened to include one of his old teachers. I…

Kvaratskhelia to undergo surgery on right knee Dembélé and Marquinhos out for weeks Paris St Germain’s Khvicha Kvaratskhelia ⁠will undergo surgery after rupturing the anterior cruciate ⁠ligament in ⁠his ​right knee in the Champions League win over ⁠Barcelona . Kvaratskhelia twisted ⁠the knee during PSG’s 4-2 ​victory on ‌Tuesday and was ‌helped off the pitch just ‌before the hour, with the Georgi…

Jonathan Bukabakwa gets extra five-year ban from Fifa DRC’s FA ordered to improve education and compliance A coach in the Democratic Republic of the Congo who was banned from football for 20 years by Fifa for sexual abuse of a minor has had his ban extended by five years to 2048 by the world governing body. Jonathan Bukabakwa, known as Messi, has also been ordered to pay an additional fine of $15…

As women’s sprinting enters a golden era in the run-up to LA 2028, controversy surrounding a top coach threaten to overshadow the sport’s biggest stars When Olympic 200m champion Gabby Thomas came second at the recent track and field World Athletics Ultimate Championship in Budapest, she tried her best to be diplomatic: “I am an equal-opportunity doping hater,” she said. “If you are actively dopi…

The duo have carved out lucrative and successful careers as TV audiences elsewhere are falling. It seems they won’t be together for much longer Troy Aikman knew when it was time to go. His aching body made the decision for him when he ended his NFL career in 2001. A quarter of a century later, with one of the top quarterbacks of the 1990s established as half of the pre-eminent broadcasting duo in…

Silver Ferns claim 12th consecutive win on home soil against Diamonds Grace Nweke scores 49 goals from 52 attempts against world No 1 side New Zealand have inflicted more pain on the under-fire Diamonds, pulling off a 62-50 triumph to maintain their perfect start to the Constellation Cup . With Kate Moloney back from injury, Australia were determined to bounce back from an opening 56-50 loss in A…

Updates as the Proteas host Australia at St George’s Park Any thoughts? Get in touch with an email That’s the first job of the day done for South Africa. Boland has done his initial job, which was to survive until this morning to protect the specialist bats, but he would have dreamed about staying on for a while, absorbing some new-ball overs and annoying the opposition. Instead, as a right hande…

The Overlap has gone daily, with Steven Gerrard and Joe Hart among the latest additions to an ever-growing family Viewed in 2026, Nathan Barley, Chris Morris’s 2005 sitcom, shows remarkable prescience about the last two decades of metropolitan life, from smartphone addiction and digital derangement to sheer existential vapidity. When Barley’s character referred to his occupation as “self-facilita…

Plus: the longest kit supply partnerships, more own goals (part II) and consecutive goalless draws Mail us with all of your questions and answers “Harry Kane is now Bayern’s seventh-highest scorer of all time, as well as being Tottenham’s highest scorer. The man he overtook at the top of that list, Jimmy Greaves, is also Chelsea’s seventh-highest scorer of all time. Do any other players feature o…

Arsenal have beaten Nottingham Forest, Sunderland and Leeds this season thanks to goals from players off the bench By Opta Analyst They say that once is an accident, twice is a coincidence and three times is a pattern. After Mikel Arteta’s substitutes proved decisive yet again for Arsenal, we can say with certainty that his ability to change games from his bench is a pattern worth noting. With Ar…

Design includes face of a chief and cultural drawings by artist Tabu NZ Rugby injunction over use of Chiefs moniker denied in high court The PNG Chiefs have pushed ahead with the unveiling of their logo and jersey despite lingering legal issues with New Zealand Rugby over its rights to use the name. Pending the outcome of a dispute in New Zealand, the Chiefs will run on to an NRL field for the fi…

Chair David Kogan insists regulator has power to act City have appealed against Premier League’s charges The Independent Football Regulator (IFR) will have “absolute power” to force Manchester City’s owners to sell if they are ultimately found to have run the club improperly, the watchdog’s chair has said. Manchester City have been found guilty of circumventing Premier League rules by an independ…

Detroit erase 22-point deficit to beat Boston 121-113 Paul George scores 38 points on Celtics debut in defeat Robinson scores 15 of his 21 points in fourth quarter Duncan Robinson scored 15 of his 21 points in the fourth quarter as the Detroit Pistons reeled off 23 unanswered points to beat the visiting Boston Celtics 121-113 in the NBA’s regular-season opener on Tuesday afternoon. Jalen Duren an…

WBO heavyweight champion targets big paydays against Hrgovic, Kabayel and Itauma after second round win Thirty minutes after Daniel Dubois had dismantled Fabio Wardley in less than two rounds on Saturday night, his promoter Frank Warren shook his head in slight awe as he described the intensity before the annihilation: “I went in the dressing room beforehand like I normally do and I couldn’t have…

Getting rid of head coach is not going to solve the problems that led to his appointment. Perhaps it’s worth, for once, doing something different At the final whistle at Elland Road the TV cameras cut to a lingering shot of the Manchester United chief executive, Omar Berrada, looking down pensively from the stands, deciding, it is to be hoped, on a little clemency, a re-sheathing of the manageria…