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⚽ Three Premier League matches and much more ahead ⚽ Today’s games | Sign up for Football Daily | Get in touch Well, well, well. We’re back again. New season, same fun. Firstly, Spurs fans, I’m very sorry. And secondly, how is this happening again? And Man United fans don’t you look anywhere. I’m talking to you guys well. It’s better to get these things all out in the open so let me know your tho…

Supporters held banners in support of women as others expressed conflicted feelings at SCG double-header Some Sydney Swans fans have walked out of the Sydney Cricket Ground in protest during a historic double-header amid a scandal that has shaken Australian football. Five AFL players – Isaac Heeney, Nick Blakey, Chad Warner, Riley Bice and James Jordon – have been stood down for the rest of the s…

Australia 210; Bangladesh 64 & 95 Starc stars with 10 wickets in second Test Mitchell Starc has rocked the Bangladesh batting order for the second time in as many days in Mackay to secure Australia victory by an innings and 51 runs in the second Test. For the third time in the last seven matches, a Test in Australia has finished inside two days after Starc and captain Pat Cummins (3-10) ripped th…

Player booed during team’s preseason loss to Bills QB has battled injuries during time in Cleveland Watson was suspended over sexual assault allegations Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson has called the booing he heard from the team’s own fans during Saturday’s home loss to Buffalo “disrespectful” and “personal.” Watson, who has a complicated relationship with Cleveland fans because of injuries, o…

French youngster beats No 7 seed 6-3, 6-4 in Cincinnati Jessica Pegula battles past Swiatek to reach women’s final In the middle of a tense, erratic start to a rain-delayed semi-final day in Cincinnati, Arthur Fils found himself locked in defence and miles behind the baseline on his serve at 3-3. He scurried from sideline to sideline, lunging toward the ball at full stretch, seemingly with no rea…

The old master is back at Madrid as he begins with celebrations, frustrations and finally relief at Espanyol José Mourinho says he is calmer now so when the rest of the bench emptied, sprinting down the touchline to celebrate the 90th-minute goal that finally delivered victory on his first game in charge of Real Madrid in 4,380 days, he didn’t set off with them. Instead, he clenched his fists, go…

Defensive tightness and replacing a key goal scorer are Natalia Arroyo’s focus in her second season in charge Guardian writers’ predicted position: 9th (NB: this is not necessarily Sophie Downey’s prediction but the average of our writers’ tips) Last season’s position: 9th Continue reading...

Norway’s world No 1 outclassed the field and won the $250,000 first prize at the four-day event in France Magnus Carlsen, Norway’s world No 1, triumphed again last weekend when he won the 2026 Esports World Cup, staged over four days at the prestigious venue of the Paris Expo Porte de Versailles. Carlsen retained his title from Riyadh 2025 and took home a monster first prize of $250,000 (£183,000…

Canny Brentford show it will take more than a few new players to restore any sense of stability to Tottenham This was supposed to be New Spurs . Daniel Levy, such a magnet for fan apathy, has been sidelined. Roberto De Zerbi’s recruitment drive has won the transfer market. The stadium is still nice. But Spurs and ambition were always an awkward combination and all those cash-fuelled dreams were s…

Maresca: ‘You need to be good at recruiting the next one’ City face Bournemouth after Community Shield defeat Enzo Maresca has brushed off the loss of Rodri to Barcelona for £65m by stating Manchester City will search for the “new Rodri” in the same way Sergio Agüero was replaced by Erling Haaland. Rodri’s departure is a sizable blow to the club’s new manager as he embarks on a first season in ch…

Bob Iger and Josh Kushner’s $12.5bn bid to buy the Lakers shows that NBA teams are no longer family dynasties, but quick flips for private equity sharks For years, the NBA was built on the alliance of patient money and marketing pizzazz, and no team captured that curious mixture better than the Los Angeles Lakers. Through Showtime in the 1980s and the dominance of the Shaq-Kobe years, the Lakers …

Striker must win over new head coach after tough first season at Liverpool – starting on Sunday at an inhospitable St James’ Park When Liverpool’s team bus turns a tight corner and inches down the narrow, covered, access road behind Newcastle’s Milburn Stand on Sunday, Alexander Isak will know there are no hiding places. After that coach pulls up, its occupants must navigate a set of painted step…

After exodus of key players, youthful arrivals over the summer amount to a fresh beginning with plenty to get excited about Last season was the greatest Aston Villa have enjoyed since they won the European Cup in 1982. They claimed their second European trophy by lifting the Europa League , but even without that would have secured Champions League qualification by finishing fourth in the Premier …

Second-half Esposito and Bisseck goals seal 4-1 win Udinese hold Como to draw; Lens put five past Auxerre Inter kicked off their ⁠Serie A title defence with a 4-1 home win over ⁠ Monza , ​after the promoted side recovered from conceding an early ⁠goal to go in level at the break before the ⁠champions turned on the style. Hakan Calhanoglu ​put Inter ahead ‌in the ‌sixth minute, but the hosts were …

Tadej Pogacar edges out Ethan Hayter to claim red jersey Joshua Tarling third a week after death of brother Finlay Tadej Pogacar stormed to victory in the individual time trial to claim the leader’s red jersey after the first stage of the Vuelta a España on Saturday. The overwhelming favourite, aiming to complete a career Grand Tour treble , completed the 9.4km ride just 0.09 seconds faster than …