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Manchester City unrepentant in victory, Spurs make progress of a sort and Noni Madueke meets the moment Andoni Iraola’s Liverpool reboot will require patience. They showed plenty of drive and determination against Manchester City but also uneven edges , polish lacking. Iraola’s aim was to get his players in their opponents’ faces, deepening any doubts circulating in City’s players. Mission mostly…

Follow updates from the match at Kingsmead Start in Durban 9.30am local/6.30pm AEDT/8.30am BST Any thoughts? Get in touch with an email Australia’s day in the field was all about The Quartet, those four absurdly credentialled bowlers who are still going strong. Here’s my piece from yesterday. Hello world. It’s day four! Hooray. Well, it’s really kind of day three, because we’ve had about 220 over…

Wigan forward is one of England’s brightest hopes for the World Cup and says he wants to ‘inspire young black people’ England’s players will have no shortage of motivation when they step on to the field this Saturday for the opening match of their Rugby League World Cup campaign. But few, you suspect, have as strong a desire to send the right message out as Junior Nsemba. Whether you are a season…

After three straight game-winning drives, Cleveland’s quarterback was sacked eight times in a dismal defeat that punctured the hype surrounding his revival I guess the New York Jets didn’t get the memo. This was supposed to be a Deshaun Watson lovefest kind of day. A day where, much to the chagrin of those of us with a moral compass and a functional memory , football fans worldwide could declare …

A lively atmosphere greeted the former Premier League champions for their first game since being found guilty of breaking financial fair play rules Fans lined the streets of Anfield in preparation for the arrival of the Manchester City team bus, with pyrotechnics and pure vitriol adding to the tense pre-match atmosphere. Every vantage point was taken, with spectators standing on walls to get a gl…

31-year-old finishes sixth to beat Jess Stenson’s national record Time of 2:20:38 betters her personal best by two minutes Izzi Batt-Doyle is the new distance queen of Australian athletics, smashing the national record by more than 45 seconds with a blistering run in the United States. Batt-Doyle clocked a time of two hours 20 minutes 38 seconds on her way to sixth place in the Chicago Marathon o…

Italian can win the title in Texas in late October Verstappen led race at Marina Bay from start to finish Kimi Antonelli said he can finally dare to dream about winning his first Formula One world championship after he finished in third place at the Singapore Grand Prix and put himself in a position where he could secure the title at the next round in Austin. Max Verstappen won with a dominant dr…

Bangladesh 220-6; Australia 221-1 | Australia win by nine wickets Voll’s unbeaten 131 off 97 helps hosts take unassailable 2-0 series lead Opener Georgia Voll smashed her third ODI century in just her 15th match to secure Australia a comfortable nine-wicket win over Bangladesh and a series victory. Earlier, Bangladesh centurion Sobhana Mostary played one of the great ODI knocks to lift the visito…

Álvarez vows to fight in Riyadh despite deadly strikes Airport attacks leave at least 12 dead, hundreds hurt Mexican seeks redemption after Crawford defeat Canelo Álvarez intends to go ahead with his world title fight in Saudi Arabia later this month despite a series of deadly attacks on airports and other infrastructure in the kingdom, according to Turki al-Sheikh, the Saudi official who has bec…

‘You cannot imagine how happy I am … I’m here to win’ City win 3-0 at Anfield in first game since guilty verdict Enzo Maresca praised Manchester City for “making their own noise” at Liverpool as they brushed aside the controversy and threats surrounding the club with a comprehensive 3-0 win at Anfield. City, in their first outing since the club were found guilty on 114 charges relating to Premier…

Football felt secondary on the first weekend of action since club were found guilty of breaking financial rules The Cimbri are heading menacingly south, but in Rome life goes on. The asteroid is definitely coming this way, but people go to work, eat, drink, plan as usual. The White Walkers are approaching the Wall, but the squabbles between the great houses go on. Everyone in the Premier League k…

Prem Rugby: Exeter 34-28 Newcastle Wade becomes second player to score 100 top-tier tries Amid the current gushing torrent of Prem tries here was a reminder that winning still trumps all else. Exeter finally have their first relieving victory of the campaign but there were times when it seemed Newcastle might conceivably secure a first away league success in almost four years. In the event the Re…

It is a soundtrack that Manchester City have heard before but never for such sustained bursts during a match. It came from the Liverpool support, first ringing out around Anfield before kick-off and coming at regular intervals thereafter. It was always going to be like this as City feel their way into a new reality , one conditioned by the guilty verdicts handed to them by an independent commissi…

Gattuso’s side ease to 3-1 win against 10-man Monza Roma frustrated after goalless draw away at Como Lazio moved level on points with Inter at the top of Serie A with a 3-1 win over Monza on Sunday as 10-man Roma played out the first goalless draw of the Italian season at Como . Under Gennaro Gattuso, who has bounced back after his failure at the helm of the Italian national side who missed out o…

Jaguars’ opening kickoff return TD called back Two players ejected after midfield confrontation Chaotic scenes force opening kickoff to be replayed A 90-yard kickoff return for a touchdown nullified and two players ejected. It was quite a start to the game between the Jacksonville Jaguars and Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. Continue reading...