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⚽️ Champions League updates from the 8pm GMT kick-off ⚽️ Live scores | League phase standings | And email Will Roma sit one place above Como in Serie A, which should worry United. I went to see Michael Carrick yesterday for a bit of knockabout fun. Continue reading...

⚽️ Champions League updates from the 8pm GMT kick-off ⚽️ Live scores | League phase standings | And email Luke “One more match . Just one more match.” Sure, Unai. Sure. Just like all the other matches that generated a local tremor measured at 1 on the Richter scale when that seventh and final goal went in at the Camp Nou in March 2017. “It was inevitable that Unai Emery would be asked about the R…

Six clubs found to be balance-sheet insolvent Spending restraint urged despite investment Prem Rugby clubs’ collective losses and debt levels are continuing to increase despite growing interest from global companies and financiers shown by the recent investment of Red Bull, Sir James Dyson, and the Black Knight group which owns AFC Bournemouth. The third edition of the Leonard Curtis Rugby Financ…

Explosive batter calls time having amassed 2,897 runs at 28.97 38-year-old will continue to play franchise cricket Australian short-form cricket star Glenn Maxwell has retired from the international game. The 38-year-old had already retired from one-day international cricket in 2025 but has hung up his bat and gloves for Australia’s T20 team, as well as for his state. “Post the last one-day game …

US set to host Summer and Winter Olympics USOPC CEO says business model in early stages The US Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) is in the advanced stages of setting up an entity to sell a stake ⁠in the commercial rights for Team USA in return for capital, according to multiple reports. Any deal would mark a significant shift for the USOPC, a non-profit organization that, unlike many natio…

Faye Carruthers is joined by Suzanne Wrack , Tom Garry and Freddie Cardy to discuss the weekend’s WSL action Faye Carruthers is joined by Suzanne Wrack , Tom Garry and Freddie Cardy to discuss the weekend’s WSL action. On the podcast today: Bunny Shaw and Lauren Hemp star for Manchester City as they battle past London City Lionesses. It’s yet another draw for Arsenal against Aston Villa, with the…

Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now! While Football Daily hasn’t actually seen much of West Ham this season, we’ve noted enough of their results to presume they were doing OK in their attempt to bounce back to the Premier League after relegation. Less than a third of the way through the Championship season under Nuno Espírito Santo, they’d already spanked six without reply past bot…

Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now! When Jamie Carragher appeared as a pundit on Sky Sports Super Sunday, Football Daily was surprised he didn’t have a solicitor sitting alongside him, occasionally jotting notes on a pad or leaning over to give whispered instructions and answer “no comment” to any leading questions about Trey Nyoni starting ahead of Ryan Gravenberch. On Friday nig…

Jack van Poortvliet expected to start against Australia Fin Smith also an injury concern to Steve Borthwick Alex Mitchell has been ruled out of all of England’s Nations Championship campaign as a result of his latest hamstring injury, dealing a significant blow to Steve Borthwick before the opener against Australia on Sunday. The Northampton scrum-half had already been deemed unavailable for the …

From the miracle of Mumbai, gamechanging centuries and a rare Test ton, here are half a dozen of the Big Show’s most destructive knocks Glenn Maxwell has bowed out from international cricket leaving behind a trail of destruction razed by his most blistering innings and unconventional shots. Yet for all the outrageous highlights and gamechanging knocks, the 38-year-old’s legacy is tainted by an un…

Tough does not remotely cover the job of the world’s best rugby referees and the lengths to which they go to navigate the sport’s labyrinthine laws The 13th team participating at the Nations Championship this month are an intriguing bunch. If you didn’t know much about rugby and had wandered into a first-floor conference room at a hotel near Windsor on Monday you might almost have mistaken them f…

Father says Rachel Apa died from rhabdomyolysis Runner was former college athlete in ‘perfect shape’ A 24-year-old woman died after collapsing during the final stages of Sunday’s New York City Marathon , her father has said. Rachel Apa’s father, Steve Apa, told the New York Times his daughter was in Central Park, two miles from the end of the race, when she collapsed. It was Rachel’s first marath…

Slovenian is averaging 38.3 points a game this season Antetokounmpo offers high praise to fellow All-Star Giannis Antetokounmpo has offered high praise to his fellow All-Star Luka Dončić after the Los Angeles Lakers star went on another scoring tear on Monday night. Dončić scored 42 points in the Lakers’ 138-117 win over Antetokounmpo’s Heat to bring the Slovenian’s scoring average this season to…

From January, when the latest legislation comes into force, Australia will arguably be a world leader in gambling regulation The 2026 Melbourne Cup is not due off until 4am GMT on Tuesday – which is 3pm local time on what is still a public holiday in the state of Victoria – but there has already been some spectacular action in the betting market for the “race that stops a nation” over the last fe…

Financial success of the three-day finale in London later this month promises to make or break the concept Guess how many people attended the recent Oktoberfest in Munich, the famous annual pilgrimage for people with a sense of fun and a collective thirst to quench? Admittedly the event spanned a fortnight but the figure is still pretty remarkable. There were 7.4m visitors – a record – with aroun…