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Williams fans 12 as Cleveland win decisive Game 5 Ramírez’s two-run homer provides only scoring Guardians to face Rays for place in World Series Gavin Williams struck out 12, José Ramírez homered on a pitch just above home plate and the Cleveland Guardians beat the Chicago White Sox 2-0 on Saturday night to complete a comeback from a 2-0 deficit in their best-of-five American League Division Seri…

Kenyan breaks Melbourne Marathon record by two seconds ‘I’m happy to run with the Gen Zs,’ 41-year-old says Marathon’s greatest competitor Eliud Kipchoge has sent a message to the next generation, declaring he’s not done yet. The 41-year-old Kenyan revelled in his Melbourne Marathon debut on Sunday, breaking the race record and delighting thousands of fans at the MCG finish. Continue reading...

Six points from six games is worst start since 1986 De Zerbi praises Spurs’ character after late equaliser Michael Carrick was left “massively disappointed” by Manchester United’s 1-1 draw with Tottenham at Old Trafford and admitted they need more points after managing six from their opening six league games. This is United’s poorest start to the season since 1986, Saturday’s draw coming when con…

Yan Diomandé earned Real Madrid a tight 1-0 victory over Villarreal to keep them six points behind La Liga leaders Barcelona, even though winger Vinícius Júnior was sent off for hair pulling. Vinícius, on as a substitute, scored but his goal was disallowed and then he was dismissed after a VAR review showed he had pulled the hair of Villarreal’s Nathan Saliba. Continue reading...

Mike Ditka, the fiery former NFL player and coach who led the Chicago Bears to their lone Super Bowl title and became one of the most recognizable figures in American sports, has died aged 86 Mike Ditka, legendary Chicago Bears head coach, dies at 86 Continue reading...

This long-awaited fight is happening exactly as intended: at the sweet spot where commercial potential meets a genuine absence of jeopardy The 1912 Olympic marathon was held in a brutal Scandinavian heatwave, and before long Shizo Kanakuri of Japan was flagging. His journey to Stockholm had been debilitating; he had barely trained and struggled to sleep. At around the 16-mile mark he finally gave…

The story from the 2018 Test in South Africa will stay alive for years more, unless it is finally put to sleep with the truth of what happened Add it to the immeasurable list of things that you can blame Covid for. Without the pandemic, Australia’s Test team would have headed to South Africa in February 2021, less than three years after the 2018 sandpaper scandal saw them come home from Johannesb…

Guijarro and Navarro score in opening 14 minutes US midfield and defensive lapses exposed by Spain Yohannes misses penalty as US fightback falls short In less than a year’s time, the United States and Spain will almost certainly arrive in Brazil as the top two contenders to win the Women’s World Cup. Spain, holders of the top spot in Fifa’s rankings for the past 60 weeks, are the defending champi…

There’s little prospect of the model changing in a country that welcomes wealthy international owners with open arms Football, the world’s most popular sport, played by laws drawn up in London in 1863. The Premier League is the UK’s greatest soft power export. Premier League clubs are owned by a deputy prime minister of Abu Dhabi, the public investment fund of Saudi Arabia, a billionaire based in…

Old habits resurface as Australia fritter away advantage and allow All Blacks to mount aerial assault at Eden Park Les Kiss stood forlornly in the middle of Eden Park wearing a thousand-yard stare. The past 10 Wallabies coaches had all been where he was now, shaking their heads and cursing after a failed attempt to storm the fortress of New Zealand rugby. This was Kiss’s first loss as Australia c…

Augsburg’s Robin Fellhauer scored after eight ⁠seconds Rayo Vallecano match abandoned as fans protest Augsburg ’s Robin Fellhauer scored after eight ⁠seconds against Bayern Munich on Saturday to record the fastest ⁠goal in Bundesliga ⁠history, ​but the visiting German champions twice came from a goal down to snatch a 2-2 ⁠draw. Fellhauer benefited from a blunder by Bayern’s Manuel Neuer as the ke…

Middlesbrough go second with win over Wolves Burnley off bottom; Birmingham beat West Brom Vítor Matos praised his Swansea side for overcoming a lack of training as they strengthened their position at the top of the Championship with a 2-1 comeback win over Norwich . Second-half goals from Moussa Yeo and the Republic of Ireland striker Adam Idah wiped out Jacob Wright’s strike just before the hal…

Gers beat Kilmarnock 3-1 to go ahead of Celtic overnight Calvin Miller scores two penalties in Hearts 5-0 St Mirren Ryan Naderi scored twice as Rangers moved top of the Premiership with a 3-1 win over Kilmarnock . The German striker twice headed home in the first half to take his tally for the season to six. Kevin Kelsy was also on target before the break as Rangers leapfrogged Celtic, who will m…

Watch and learn, kids. The day began with one for the youth audience, Cole Palmer appearing on a live stream to explain the thinking behind his latest contract extension, and it ended with the oldest player to join Chelsea during the BlueCo era stealing the show with an all-action midfield display in a 5-1 win over Bournemouth. The Age of Henderson is under way. There was a time when the idea of …