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Updates from the first men’s semi-final at Melbourne Park Are tennis players right to feel like they’re on Big Brother? Any thoughts? Get in touch with an email How did these two get here? Carlos Alcaraz (1) has yet to drop a set on his way to the final four and has been getting noticeably better in every game: seeing off Alex de Minaur (6) , Tommy Paul (19) , Corentin Moutet (32) , Yannick Hanfm…

Nico O’Reilly gives Manchester City options, Sunderland miss Granit Xhaka’s grit and West Ham find a way Just when Brighton supporters were hoping their side was building some momentum after a run of five games undefeated in all competitions, Saturday’s stoppage-time loss to Fulham arrived. Fabian Hürzeler’s side led at half-time, but their collapse was typical of performances on the road this se…

Boxer fights back tears in first video since fatal car crash Joshua: ‘I am going to do what is right by them’ An emotional Anthony Joshua has insisted he knows what he has got to do after the death of close friends Sina Ghami and Latif “Latz” Ayodele last month, adding that their company was akin to “walking with giants”. The two-time world heavyweight champion Joshua was involved in a fatal car …

AFC prize pot stagnates amid global women’s football boom Tournament is now world’s lowest-paying continental competition It has been billed as the most successful Women’s Asian Cup to date, yet prize money at the upcoming tournament in Australia will not increase from what was offered by the Asian Football Confederation at the last edition four years ago. Celebrating its 50th anniversary this ye…

Nottingham Forest cruised into the Europa League playoffs with a one-sided victory against Ferencvaros, Igor Jesus maintaining his impressive goalscoring form to cap a fine few days for Sean Dyche. The last time Forest won three successive home games in a European competition, in 1979, it culminated in them lifting their first European Cup under Brian Clough. While there is a long way to go in th…

Nineteen-year-old fires winner to give Villa 3-2 win Rangers’ poor campaign ends with 3-1 loss to Porto The 19-year-old Jamaldeen Jimoh-Aloba was the hero as Aston Villa came from two goals down to beat Red Bull Salzburg 3-2 at Villa Park, though they lost Ollie Watkins to injury in the first half. Jimoh-Aloba hit the winner with three minutes remaining, tucking Kadan Young’s low cross into the c…

Celtic 4-2 Utrecht This was a little more fraught than it needed to be and looked as if it would be for Celtic. Still, Martin O’Neill can focus on the most important fact in that he has guided the Scottish champions into the Europa League’s playoff phase. Job done, once again, for the effervescent O’Neill. Celtic were fully deserving of their win in what became an entertaining clash. Their wobble…

Spanish-language MLS 360 show will cease Some live games will be produced from London Major League Soccer will make significant changes to its broadcasts on Apple TV this season, including a significant scaling back of its Spanish-language broadcast talent, five sources familiar with the league’s plans said this week. The sources spoke to the Guardian under condition of anonymity because they wer…

A unit of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents will join a US delegation to the Winter Olympics in Italy, sparking confusion and uproar in the country. Guardian reporter Jakub Krupa looks at what role the agency, which is embroiled in a violent US immigration crackdown, might have at the Milan-Cortina Games. ICE said agents would 'vet and mitigate risks from transnational criminal org…

Full-back wants one-handed ‘flapping’ outlawed Steward says it is now much harder to collect high balls Freddie Steward believes rugby union’s rulers should review the laws around contestable kicks that are making it “more difficult than ever” for those under aerial fire. With the Six Nations championship commencing next week, England’s full-back wants one-handed “flapping” by chasing players to …

International sporting events don’t often see teams refuse to participate for a cause – but when it’s happened, it hasn’t been effective It was probably fitting that the first call from someone with genuine power should emanate from Germany, long one of soccer’s moral centers. “The time has definitely come,” German soccer federation vice-president Oke Göttlich told the Hamburger Morgenpost , “to …

Dana White has promised boxers a new deal. But the deal he’s offering looks worse than the old one. Will Congress give Zuffa the power to dominate boxing? Even Turki al-Sheikh ’s most severe critics acknowledge that, under his guidance, the Saudi interests that have dominated professional boxing in recent years have paid generous purses to fighters. Now the Saudis have turned to TKO Group Holding…

A country where safety is under threat from federal violence on the streets is not fit to stage soccer’s showpiece event Removing the United States as co-host of the 2026 World Cup would hurt for pretty much everyone. Fans would miss out on seeing the sport’s pinnacle in their home towns (or somewhere nearby). Cities and businesses small and large would lose the financial benefits they had banked…

Former Wasps forward Kearnan Myall is now performance director of GB Snowsport and using F1 tech and brain science to prepare for Milano Cortina 2026 It is not every day that a former rugby player is pivotal to Great Britain’s Winter Olympic prospects. Until recently Kearnan Myall, who spent 15 seasons playing professionally for Leeds, Sale and Wasps, had never skied so it has been a steep learni…

British No 1 has had nine different coaches in 18 months ‘I will cherish the times we spent together,’ says Raducanu Emma Raducanu will begin a fresh search for a coach after the British No 1 confirmed she has split with Francisco Roig in the wake of her early loss at the Australian Open last week. Raducanu, who had worked with Roig for six months, said in a statement on social media: “Francis, T…