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Provisional cause of death for former boxing world champion given at opening of inquest in Stockport Ricky Hatton, the former world champion boxer who died in September, is believed to have killed himself, according to a provisional cause of death given at the opening of his inquest at Stockport coroner’s court. Hatton, 46, was found dead in his home on 14 September. News of his death caused an o…

Three straight defeats laid bare the issues with Arne Slot’s offseason makeover, with one departure looming particularly large Sign up for Soccer with Jonathan Wilson here It’s not a crisis, not yet, but Liverpool’s run of three defeats in a row is reason to take stock. It’s true that the two league games in that run were both lost via last-minute winners, and that in isolation these three games …

Updates from the ODI in Visakhapatnam Play starts at 3pm local/8.30pm AEDT Any thoughts? Get in touch with an email 1. Rubya Haider 2. Farzana Hoque Continue reading...

This new realistic, pragmatic approach, with no snags or celebrity bodge-jobs, means that this time could be the one We’re on our way. We are Tom’s 26. This time, more than any other time, this time. We’re going to find a way. Find a way to get it right. This time. Well, maybe. Next time is also good. And the time after that. You don’t like this time? We have other times. Hey, Spain are pretty go…

Aston Villa, Chelsea, Leeds and Nottingham Forest fail to respond to questions sent by the Guardian, while Sunderland refuse to comment Eleven Premier League clubs will have to find new principal sponsors next season when the ban on front-of-shirt advertising for betting companies takes effect. This will represent a financial blow for the clubs concerned: gambling operators are known to pay a sub…

Blue Jays hit five homers in Game 3 blowout Kirby, Mariners tagged for 18 hits in loss Toronto cuts ALCS deficit to 2-1 v Seattle George Kirby was in the strike zone – perhaps too much. The Toronto Blue Jays had 18 hits, including five home runs, all within the first three pitches of an at-bat in a 13-4 rout of the Seattle Mariners on Wednesday night that pulled them to 2-1 in the AL Championship…

Titmus became the first Australian athlete since Dawn Fraser in 1964 to win back-to-back gold medals in the same event The swimming great steps away from the sport as the current 200m world record-holder Four-time Olympic gold medallist Ariarne Titmus has announced her shock retirement from swimming. The 25-year-old, who grew up in Tasmania, will retire as one of the greatest distance swimmers of…

Ahmedabad is also bid city for 2036 summer Games Concerns over mismanagement and governance issues India will be formally approved as hosts of the centenary Commonwealth Games in 2030 next month as the country steps up its ambitions to stage the 2036 Olympics. Commonwealth Sport says its executive board had recommended Ahmedabad, in the state of Gujarat, as the host city for the 2030 Games ahead …

An enraptured crowd soaked up the atmosphere at the first official sumo tournament held outside Japan in 34 years At 6pm exactly, the first, and only, professional sumo dohyo anywhere outside Japan was finally ready. It had taken four days to build. The clay, shipped up from Kettering, where, the experts said, the earth had just the right consistency, had been shaped, sculpted, pounded into a sta…

Watching footballers for a living is not as glamorous as it may seem and, as this book extract reveals, the job is changing with technology “I once travelled from Greece to Denmark to scout a goalkeeper. I went straight from the airport to the stadium, only for him to face zero shots. After away fans rioted, the match was abandoned, and the police had to intervene. My phone battery died, and I on…

Four decades ago Mike Gatting lamented 30-game schedule and while improvements were made, players will be weary of gruelling season ahead A meteorologist would say that England’s winter will start this year at midnight on 1 December; an astronomer would point a few weeks later to the 21st, perhaps even the moment at precisely 3.03pm when the northern hemisphere is tilted furthest away from the su…

A new study shows twitches and involuntary movements between throws can lead to things going wrong at the oche Sunday night in Leicester. A study in contrast. At one point Luke Humphries’s eyes widen as another 22g Red Dragon dart flies past double 16. He shakes his head. Looks down. Bites his lip. Meanwhile, the automaton beside him powers on. Until the moment Luke Littler is pumping his fists, …

A fifth successive Il Lombardia triumph completed another dominant season for the Slovenian, while on the women’s tour Pauline Ferrand-Prévot divided opinion Tadej Pogacar’s command of world cycling now seems limitless. The man from Slovenia ended 2025 as he began it, dominating a coveted Italian classic, Il Lombardia, to win the “race of the falling leaves” for the fifth consecutive time . The 2…

Unpredictability and fresher feel has been apparent this season and whets the appetite for England’s home Tests against Australia For the first time in two decades Super League woke up on Sunday morning with a name other than Wigan Warriors, St Helens or Leeds Rhinos as its champions. Hull KR are the first new winners of the competition since 2004, and only the fifth in history to be crowned at a…

Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now! Following the murine pitch invasion in which a rat halted Tuesday’s match between Wales and Belgium, Football Daily rather hoped a like-minded, attention-seeking bear, elk or wild boar might inject some much-needed jeopardy into England’s methodical 5-0 rout of Latvia by emerging from the long row of trees at the side of Riga’s Daugova Stadium a…