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Australian finishes strongly to win 200m freestyle title in California Pallister comes in second behind Katie Ledecky in 1,500m freestyle Australia’s freestyle star Lani Pallister has collected gold and silver medals in her arduous opening to the Pan Pacific championships in the United States. Pallister triumphed in the women’s 200m freestyle and then set a personal best when finishing behind Ame…

The Australian has become Al-Nassr’s 12th coach of the 2020s and while taking over a star-studded squad may seem a comfortable gig, it will be anything but in the Saudi Pro League When Ange Postecoglou left Nottingham Forest in October , few would have predicted his next port of call would be Riyadh, but taking over Al-Nassr is likely to be one of the biggest challenges of his varied career. This…

Fly-half overcomes calf injury to partner Ryan Lonergan in halves Prop Massimo De Lutiis primed to become 1,000th player capped After three false starts, the Carter Gordon era for the Wallabies may have finally arrived after the flyhalf was named in the Australian XV to play Japan in Townsville on Saturday. New coach Les Kiss dropped Declan Meredith after last week’s inconsistent performance in O…

Updates as the Test match gets under way at Marrara Cricket Ground Play starts in Darwin at 10am ACST/10.30am AEST Any thoughts? Email James The players line up and the anthems are duly dusted off. Righto, lets do this. As a side note, David Warner has arrived in Darwin dressed as a pocket sized Mick Dundee. “Call that a pull shot? This is a pull shot ” Continue reading...

After a period of underachievement and upheaval for the Blues, the arrival of Xabi Alonso could signal a change in fortunes Guardian writers’ predicted position: 3rd (NB: this is not necessarily Billy Munday’s prediction but the average of our writers’ tips) Last season’s position: 10th Continue reading...

After 25 years away, can Coventry make their return to the top division stick under Frank Lampard? Guardian writers’ predicted position: 18th (NB: this is not necessarily Ben Fisher’s prediction but the average of our writers’ tips) Last season’s position: 1st (Championship) Continue reading...

Centre-back closes on move to La Liga side Hull break their transfer record to sign Nobel Mendy Tottenham have reached an agreement with Atlético Madrid over the sale of captain Cristian Romero. Romero was given the green light by the club and Roberto De Zerbi to depart Spurs this summer after a turbulent 2025-26 campaign where he served four separate suspensions. Continue reading...

Uefa Super Cup: Paris Saint-Germain 2-1 Aston Villa Kvaratskhelia 20, Doué 62; Madjo 45 Luis Enrique says it doesn’t matter what sport he is playing – football, tennis, padel or parchis, a board game – he wants to win every game, all the time. In Paris Saint-Germain, he has built a winning machine, the back-to-back Champions League victors maintaining their habit by conquering Aston Villa in an a…

Becomes first man to win three European 400m titles Hudson-Smith: ‘Nobody is going to beat me on this track’ Stand … and deliver. On a balmy night in Birmingham, Matt Hudson-Smith powered past the stand bearing his name at the Alexander Stadium and into history by becoming the first man to win three European Championship 400m titles. And afterwards, as the adrenaline flooded his body and he posed…

Manchester United 1-1 Leeds (5-4 on pens) First game between two ­English clubs at Croke Park With blazing sunshine fading over a hot Dublin day, this penultimate friendly for Manchester United and Leeds United felt like a pre-season game on a far continent, not one staged a few hundred miles from the teams’ home across the Irish Sea. The phoney-war element is always present whatever the locale, …

Midfielder takes confidence from World Cup performances Anderson intent on making impact for City Elliot Anderson has admitted ­England’s World Cup semi-final defeat to Argentina still pains him, but is hoping to use the confidence from his performances at the ­tournament to inspire the start of his Manchester City career. Anderson will probably make his debut when City play ­the Premier League w…

Former world No 4 reflects on his emotional reaction in Canada and rebuilding after the most difficult period of his career Those painful images have relentlessly spread to all corners of the internet. Deep in the final set of the first-round match at the Canadian Open against Térence Atmane just over a week ago, 15 months of pent up emotion erupted. Two games from defeat, Draper spent the entire…

Former Barcelona coach given deal until 2030 World Cup Spaniard has been out of management since 2024 Former Barcelona head coach Xavi Hernández has been appointed the new head coach of the Netherlands. The 46-year-old Spaniard has agreed a contract to lead the team through to the 2030 World Cup. He replaces Ronald Koeman, who stepped down following the Netherlands’ last-32 defeat by Morocco at t…

2017 MVP announces retirement after 18 seasons Westbrook holds NBA record with 209 triple-doubles Guard spent first 11 seasons with Oklahoma City Russell Westbrook, the NBA’s career leader in triple-doubles and the 2017 MVP, announced Wednesday he’s retiring after 18 seasons during which he was selected to the league’s 75th anniversary team. The two-time scoring champion shared his decision on so…

The lineup of Championship teams this season is fearsome, leaving some supporters fearing a long slog to come A new season is supposed to be about renewed hope and optimism, a fresh campaign opening up a world of possibilities, a clean slate. But with the English Football League due to kick off on Friday night when Wolves host Blackburn in the Championship, the sense of rejuvenation is not univer…