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⚽️ WCL updates from 5.45pm GMT kick-off ⚽️ Live scoreboard | And email Simon Team news is in, and the lineups are as follows: Barcelona Women: Coll, Camara, Paredes, Van Asten, Brugts, Serrajordi, Guijarro, Schertenleib, Hansen, Pajor, Pina. Subs: Font, McCamey, Torrejon, Bonmati, Julia, Fernandez, Torres, Dominguez, Jimenez. Arsenal Women: Misa, Fox, Williamson, Catley, Hinds, Stanway, Little, B…

Michael Carrick’s replacement must find solutions on the pitch and pressure the hierarchy to accept a share of blame One of the final images of Michael Carrick’s time in charge will be of him standing in the rain on the Old Trafford touchline watching his side succumb to Bournemouth , while his sullen captain sat unused on the bench. Bruno Fernandes was dropped after calling out his head coach’s …

Danny Baker pays tribute to the ‘funniest man I knew’ Kelly was former editor of the NME and Q magazines The journalist and broadcaster Danny Kelly, who helped define coverage of music and football in the UK for a generation, has died at the age of 69. Kelly edited the NME and Q magazine, and launched the Football 365 website before going on to be a presenter and pundit on the BBC and TalkSport. …

Sage goes after 16 games with club bottom of table He is the favourite to take over at former club Lens Pierre Sage has been sacked as Crystal Palace’s manager after 16 games, with Thomas Frank in advanced talks to succeed him. The Frenchman, appointed in mid-June to replace Oliver Glasner, has gone after Sunday’s 3-1 defeat by Liverpool left his team bottom of the Premier League. Frank, out of w…

Claire Emslie and Emma Kelly are among those taking advantage of new research and guidelines for pregnant players Claire Emslie wasn’t expecting to be able to run at 81% of her max speed at 32 weeks pregnant. Emslie, a Scotland international who also plays as a forward for Angel City FC , documented her journey through pregnancy and football training on social media and is part of a growing numbe…

England go into Friday’s final against France hopeful of retaining their title – and inspiring more to take up their fast-growing, compelling sport Sport in Britain is so often judged on various key metrics. Attendances, TV viewing figures, revenue and, arguably the most important one of all, trophies. On Friday morning, a group of men will represent England in a World Cup final, hoping to retain…

Kerr admits concern is ‘high’ for Curry’s injury Bassey says Smart guilty of ‘fake toughness’ Kevin Durant scored 20 points, Alperen Sengun and Amen Thompson added 19 and the Houston Rockets snapped Golden State’s eight-game winning streak with a 115-108 victory on Wednesday night. The Warriors played most of the game without Stephen Curry after the star left in the first quarter with right abdom…

Disastrous decisions and confused appointments have been a constant theme at Old Trafford since Sir Alex Ferguson’s retirement in 2013 For a window into the alarming dysfunction at Manchester United that Michael Carrick failed to manage and caused his sacking , consider the case of Eddie Howe, initially a favourite to succeed the 45-year-old before Mauricio Pochettino’s emergence as the chosen on…

Midfielder’s old-school attributes came to the fore during Nottingham Forest’s win against Manchester City Modern football is more systematised and data-driven than ever but some things never change. Winning the first ball is important but the second ball – the Holy Grail for Sunday league footballers – is often more so. Nottingham Forest’s 3-1 win against Manchester City last weekend featured a …

Left out of squad to tour South Africa, spin bowler’s exclusion points to a sport reshaped by the needs of T20 and hard data During the summer, Sky Sports would frequently run an advert for one of English cricket’s blue-chip financial sponsors. I forget its exact name – something like WXYZ Tradify or Crypto Max 301 or Wealth Centaur would be my guess. But I remember there was a mind-shreddingly b…

With the season reaching its halfway point, it’s time to see which teams and players are excelling Josh Allen, QB, Buffalo Bills. Joe Burrow is excelling for the Bengals and is rightly a frontrunner for MVP. He’s stylish, precise and mentally rock-solid, everything a franchise needs. But is he the most thrilling quarterback in the NFL? Right now, Allen is box office each and every week. But it’s …

Veteran bowler was released by Lancashire ‘I can’t wait to start a new chapter in my career’ Jimmy Anderson will continue his career in 2027 after signing to play for Surrey. England men’s all-time leading wicket taker was released by Lancashire at the end of the 2026 season. But the 44-year-old will play on after agreeing a deal at the Kia Oval. More to follow Continue reading...

Japan FA honorary president is hoping a calmer approach that makes fewer unwelcome headlines for Fifa will be welcomed by football Not many remember Japan’s bid for the 2022 World Cup, when the country finished the race with only two of the final 22 votes. Kozo Tashima was involved then, and now the honorary president of the Japan Football Association is going it alone in the hope of ousting Gian…

Creation of Sport Org sparks disquiet at governing bodies Smaller sports concerned they might be taken over The leaders of Britain’s Olympic and Paralympic sports have been responsible for some of the country’s greatest successes over the past two decades. But there are changes afoot that are increasingly ruffling feathers and stoking fears. Most people will not have heard of Sport Org, the organ…

Ban on Russian teams competing internationally has been lifted but days of friendly relations between Norwegian, Finnish and Russia players are a distant – if fond – memory For years, playing ice hockey against teams from Russia was a central part of Janne Tervahauta’s social life. Through his team, Tunturi-Kiekko, based in Ivalo, a rural Arctic town close to Finland’s most northerly border cross…