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Women’s 100m and men’s 5,000m top opening billing Britain ends 92-year wait | Mail Billy | Follow on TikTok The opening ceremony starts at a (for now) sparsely populated Alexander Stadium with everyone on their feet for God Save the King. This is, remarkably, the first time the European Championships have been held in Great Britain in their 92-year history. Here is Sean Ingle’s preview of the wee…

Former England midfielder keen for north-east to thrive Newcastle have made ambitious signings this summer Jordan Nobbs says winning promotion to the Women’s Super League with Newcastle would be “job done” for her footballing wishlist and would fulfil a personal ambition to see a club from the north-east play in the top tier. Nobbs, who has 71 England caps, was born in Stockton-on-Tees and believ…

In a mailbag edition of his newsletter, Jonathan Wilson answers questions about Michael Carrick, VAR and the Premier League’s new teams Sign up for our free newsletter here Manchester United finally seem to have something that resembles stability in the dressing room under Michael Carrick. I feel with quality signings in defence and midfield, they could mount a decent challenge for the Premier Le…

New owners SEN have lodged trademark application for ‘Sirens’ But Sydney ice hockey team with 20-year history has same name It is David versus Goliath – meets Odysseus – in a looming legal stoush on the fringes of Australian sport. One one side, there is an amateur women’s ice hockey team, long-established if under-resourced. On the other is one of Australia’s most influential sporting owners. At…

Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now! “You don’t do a documentary with a guy who wins nothing,” parps José Mourinho during the trailer for his shiny, new Netflix film, although since 2017, his sole piece of silverware is the 2021-22 Tin Pot with Roma. And while his failure to win anything with Tottenham, Fenerbahce or Benfica didn’t exactly – on paper, at least – make him the most o…

Referee was controversially refused entry to US in June He will take charge of PSG v Aston Villa on Wednesday The Somali referee Omar Artan, who was refused entry to the US to officiate at the World Cup, has spoken publicly for the first time about the decision and detailed his pride as he prepares to take charge of Wednesday’s Super Cup between Paris Saint-Germain and Aston Villa. Uefa awarded A…

Group including Amazon founder has held talks with FSG Bhatia and Facebook co-founder Saverin also involved A consortium including Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is close to completing a deal for a 30% stake in Liverpool after months of talks with Fenway Sports Group. The investors are led by Amit Bhatia, the son-in-law of Indian billionaire Lakshmi Mittal, who previously was a shareholder at Queens P…

With most of their rivals changing managers, can the champions go back-to-back for the first time in more than 90 years? Guardian writers’ predicted position: 1st (NB: this is not necessarily Ed Aarons’ prediction but the average of our writers’ tips) Last season’s position: 1st Continue reading...

Max Rushden is joined by Robyn Cowen, Dan Bardell, Sam Dalling and Matt Hughes to look at how Fifa deals with its Infantino problem Continue reading...

Coritiba’s Jacy Maranhão plunged into a dressing room His goal was then ruled out by the video assistant referee A Brazilian footballer’s goal celebration went badly wrong when he jumped over advertising boards after scoring, only to fall down a hole in the ground. Thankfully, Jacy Maranhão, a defender for Coritiba, escaped without serious injury, though his spectacular viral moment proved in vai…

Fresh bid expected for Villa’s Konsa Arteta says existing players need to improve Arsenal are stepping up their efforts to sign defensive cover for William Saliba after Mikel Arteta revealed Jurriën Timber is well away from returning to competitive action. Saliba will be sidelined for an extended period after breaking down during the World Cup with a back injury . After Arsenal lost a second succ…

Overall winner was uncertain until final climb – a world away from Slovenian’s dominance of men’s event Demi Vollering’s second overall win in the Tour de France Femmes in Nice on Sunday was achieved after a heated dispute with Kasia Niewiadoma, but by the time the sun was setting on the Promenade des Anglais, the sisterhood that has always characterised this race had kicked back in. On a final s…

Unai Emery’s task seems to get harder each year, and the Europa League winners need their big signings to shine Guardian writers’ predicted position: 7th (NB: this is not necessarily Ben Fisher’s prediction but the average of our writers’ tips) Last season’s position: 4th Continue reading...

Barcelona’s Ronald Araújo set to arrive on loan at Anfield Captain made first pre-season appearance in Monaco loss Virgil van Dijk is ready to welcome Ronald Araújo as his new centre-back partner at Liverpool with the deal to sign the Barcelona defender almost complete. Van Dijk played almost an hour, his first pre-season appearance, as Liverpool were beaten 3-2 by Monaco at Anfield, having led 2…

Confederations write open letter damning Fifa president Concacaf president Montagliani seen as top contender Uefa, the Asian Football Confederation and Concacaf will push for Gianni Infantino to resign after writing an open letter calling for “leadership that serves football, not seeks to command it”. In a dramatic escalation of the war that has threatened to tear football apart since details eme…