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Tackle forces Mallía off with suspected serious injury Borthwick insists England forward is ‘respectful guy’ Tom Curry found himself at the centre of a storm after England’s win against Argentina , as Felipe Contepomi accused the flanker not only of a “reckless” tackle on Juan Cruz Mallía but of shoving him, the Pumas’ coach, in the tunnel afterwards. Mallía, the full-back, was forced off late on…

‘When a player has such a talent, these things happen’ Frank ‘disappointed’ by Spurs’ performance in 4-1 loss Mikel Arteta credited Eberechi Eze for adding an “aura” to the Arsenal team after he scored the first hat-trick of his career to haunt Tottenham and send Arsenal six points clear at the top of the Premier League. Eze was close to joining Spurs from Crystal Palace in the summer before they…

Everton manager says United needed rebuild in 2013 Moyes goes to Old Trafford with United on good run David Moyes has said he believed Manchester United needed a long-term rebuild when he succeeded Sir Alex Ferguson in 2013 and the subsequent upheaval at Old Trafford represents a departure from the club’s values. Speaking before Monday’s return to Old Trafford with Everton, Moyes admitted his 11-…

Italians win singles matches against Busta and Munar Alcaraz and Sinner both absent for Davis Cup final Italy have been crowned Davis Cup champions for a third successive year, after victory over Spain. The two teams reached the final despite the absence of their respective star players Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz in Bologna this week. And it was Italy who retained their title after Matteo B…

Detroit and Kansas City avoid costly defeats New England confirm place as AFC No 1 seeds Patrick Mahomes threw for a season-high 352 yards, Kareem Hunt ran for 104 yards and a touchdown, and Harrison Butker’s fifth field goal of the game gave the Kansas City Chiefs a come-from-behind overtime victory over the Indianapolis Colts. Rashee Rice had eight catches for 141 yards, including two crucial o…

The England forward has made a decent start to his Emirates career but this performance was stick-it-on-a-mural stuff Has there ever been a softer, more delicate act of derby day brutality than this, a hat-trick in a 4-1 win where every goal must have felt like being bludgeoned to death with a feather‑light Parisian macaron? Eberechi Eze’s third goal, the killer, the legend-maker, was the funnies…

21-year-old beats grand champion Hoshoryu Wrestler uses ring name Aonishiki Arata Danylo Yavhusishyn has become the first Ukrainian to win a sumo tournament in Japan. The 21-year-old, who fled the war in Ukraine three years ago, won the Kyushu tournament after a tie-breaking victory over grand champion Hoshoryu from Mongolia. Continue reading...

Versatile back’s standout performance against Argentina on his second cap should give Borthwick a valuable option It is a quirk of England’s November clean sweep that there were no debutants throughout an autumn campaign for the first time in 25 years but Max Ojomoh’s performance against Argentina when winning his second cap certainly felt like the arrival of the next big thing. For Ojomoh was th…

Ben Stokes’s side had been more bullish than past teams to tour Australia, but history implies another belting is coming As an Australian, even one lacking in cricket parochialism, it’s flat to sit around the Perth CBD city centre on what should have been the third day of the opening Ashes Test but isn’t. In the same way that this city of heatwaves is now being combed by chilly winds and rain, th…

Roma claim 3-1 away victory to maintain league form Teenager Ouédraogo scores in victory for RB Leipzig Roma gave themselves a chance of finishing the weekend top of Serie A with a 3-1 win at Cremonese, where the Irish striker Evan Ferguson came off the bench and ended his almost 13-month goal drought at club level. Roma are on 27 points, two points ahead of Napoli who beat Atalanta 3-1 on Saturd…

American enjoys comfortable margin of victory 30-year-old has three World Cup wins in a row Mikaela Shiffrin continued her slalom domination with a record-extending 103rd Alpine skiing World Cup win in the Austrian resort of Gurgl on Sunday. Shiffrin is a big gold medal hope for the US team at February’s Winter Olympics, and the 30-year-old made it two out of two for the season in slalom with ano…

Five defeats in six and the anxiety is beginning to show for Leeds. For the second game in a row they took an early lead through Lukas Nmecha but ended up with nothing, Morgan Rogers producing a pair of remarkable finishes to lift Aston Villa into the Champions League qualification slots. Leeds remain in the relegation zone. Villa began the season apparently still feeling the hangover from the de…

Scotland 56-0 Tonga Visitors given three yellow cards and one red Duhan van der Merwe moved in front of Darcy Graham at the top of Scotland’s all-time try-scoring charts as Gregor Townsend’s side rounded off a disappointing autumn with an eight-try 56-0 win over indisciplined Tonga at Murrayfield. The Scots’ series was always going to be defined by results against New Zealand and Argentina, so ba…

One derby goal tends to be enough for a place in Steel City folklore, so Tyrese Campbell is more than assured of his entry to the pantheon after scoring twice in Sheffield United’s 3-0 win at Hillsborough, 12 months on from his similar match-winning effort in the fixture at Bramall Lane. Chris Wilder’s side remain in the Championship bottom three but this was a bright spot in what has otherwise b…

Losing the first Test to Australia by eight wickets after being 105 ahead with one man out could derail the entire tour Stuart Broad was a highly meme-able cricketer and it turns out that talent now extends into commentary. As Joe Root chopped Mitchell Starc on to his stumps during England’s subsidence on Saturday afternoon, Broad summed up the mood of a nation without uttering so much as a word.…