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Morgan Rogers expected to keep place at No 10 Guéhi in line to join Scott in not making match squad Jude Bellingham is poised to start on the bench for England’s World Cup qualifier against Serbia on Thursday, with Thomas Tuchel expected to keep faith with Morgan Rogers in the No 10 role. Bellingham has missed England’s past four games but has been recalled for this week’s internationals against …

Yorkshire’s Patel the only ethnically diverse CEO or chair No women in leadership roles until August this year The 18 first-class counties have been criticised by the England and Wales Cricket Board for failing to make any progress in increasing the ethnic and gender diversity of their senior leadership. The annual State of Equity in Cricket Report published on Thursday, which was first commissio…

Kane has £57m summer release clause in Bayern contract Lewandowski’s contract with Barcelona expires in June Barcelona have made Harry Kane their first-choice target to replace Robert Lewandowski. The Spanish champions regard the 32-year-old England captain as the ideal younger replacement for the 37-year-old Pole, whose contract expires in June, and may well be prepared to trigger the clause in …

Forward led chant after Leeds won promotion in April Wilder sign him to help struggling Championship club Patrick Bamford has joined Sheffield United seven months after leading derogatory chants about their manager, Chris Wilder. The 32-year-old striker, a free agent since leaving Leeds, has signed a contract with the Championship strugglers until January. His seven-year career at Elland Road was…

While there are promising signs of Swiss growth, there is some way to go to cement lasting legacy for the tournament Switzerland were the toast of the continent this summer as hosts of the Women’s European Championship. The national team reached the quarter-finals for the first time and a total of 623,088 were in attendance at the 31 matches, a tournament record. The hope within Switzerland was f…

Nuggets star is averaging triple-double this season Serbian star had lost previous 50-point games Nikola Jokić scoring 50 or more points had never been enough for the Denver Nuggets to win. Until now. Jokić tied the highest-scoring performance in the NBA this season with 55 points, and the Nuggets beat the Los Angeles Clippers 130-116 on Wednesday night for their sixth straight victory. The Nugge…

England Lions XI 382 all out on first day of warm-up Stokes banishes fitness fears with 6-52 in 16 overs Eight days before the curtain rises on the Ashes in the sold-out enormodome that is Perth’s Optus Stadium, England’s campaign began in semi-earnest a few actual kilometres and a million metaphorical miles away in front of a few dozen spectators in leafy, sedate Lilac Hill. What followed was in…

England’s keeper and a 19-year-old French forward are part of our selection of players who are essential to their clubs Unless his arms suddenly enjoy a miraculous growth spurt the T rex jibes will never fully be banished, but Jordan Pickford has been one of the Premier League’s most reliable goalkeepers for some time. His long passing and shot-stopping have always been of decent standard, but, o…

The showdown channels centuries of Spanish tension and pride – and may soon collide with the NBA’s ambitions to expand into Europe Scores of fans filed past the silhouettes of cranes and construction work surrounding Barcelona’s Camp Nou last Friday night. But they weren’t there for the world famous soccer stadium. Instead, the sea of Barça jerseys was heading for the club’s basketball arena, the…

Champions League-style model among the options Dynamic pricing ruled out for Euro 2028 tickets The Football Association has thrown its weight behind plans to revamp the European qualifying format for major international tournaments amid fears that the process has become stale. Uefa is concerned that fans and broadcasters are no longer engaged by current routes to the World Cup and European Champi…

Wolves are yet to win a game in the Premier League this season but their older fans know it could be far worse By That 1980s Sports Blog You fear for Wolves. Eleven matches into the season they are without a win, have sacked manager Vítor Pereira and look likely to be relegated after nearly a decade in the Premier League. It turns out that selling your best players and failing to replace them ade…

On the bench in Madrid and out of the England squad, the full-back has no one to fight his corner – so will have to do it himself “He chose to start from zero. To keep showing up, day by day. It was about respect, courage and a genuine desire to belong. What I saw was a person growing beyond himself. In football, words can build trust, connection, identity. That is what true professionalism reall…

The Black Ferns pair arrive at Harlequins eager to put semi-final defeat behind them and ‘to see how this side of the world plays’ There’s a certain aura that surrounds New Zealand rugby players. Liana Mikaele-Tu’u and Layla Sae have all the athleticism, talent and professionalism that come with being a Black Fern but during a joint interview at Harlequins’ training ground in Surrey, what stands …

The head coach faces England with a tough battle to qualify for the World Cup on his hands as he recalls his career path Veljko Paunovic’s right hand moves in a wide, smooth arc: up, around and down. “This tends to happen to me a lot,” he says, eyes following his finger as it traces a curve. It is his first day as Serbia’s coach and he is waiting for his players to arrive, entrusted with an “urge…

The Reggae Boyz are well placed to play on the biggest stage for the first time since 1998 and lift a nation needing hope in a time of adversity Steve McClaren has spoken of a determination to put “a smile on people’s faces” in Jamaica. Over the next six days the former England manager has a golden chance to do so by guiding Jamaica to the World Cup when they play for the first time since Hurrica…