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Club gets boost for development of Racecourse Ground, but move comes months after it received £14m state aid The Wrexham AFC owners Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney have sold a stake in the company to the US private equity investors Apollo, less than three months after the football club was given £14m in state aid . The Welsh club on Monday announced the investment by Apollo Sports Capital, part …

Mohamed Salah’s row with Liverpool follows a long line of player-club spats – here are some of the most memorable When players break dressing-room code by airing their grievances publicly, the result is almost always the same: a breakdown of trust and an unceremonious exit. After Mohamed Salah became the latest to express his dissatisfaction , we look at the others whose explosive comments sealed…

Our cartoonist on what inspired him to draw some of his finest cartoons this year Buy a special print from his collection here David’s new book, Chaos in the Box: buy it now “Denis Law is one of the few footballers I’m too young to have seen play live, but like all followers of the game, I’m aware of his impact and talent. What I hadn’t fully appreciated was what a kind and generous person he was…

Minute-by-minute report of the 8pm GMT kick-off Amorim: Mainoo is proof I trust United’s academy Get in touch! Email Will with any thoughts Rob Edwards: “We knew it was going to be tough. Nothing has surprised me. We’ve had three games, we’ve had the good, the in between and no so good. We want to try and find consistency, and be better at both ends of the pitch. “There’s realism in the conversat…

MPs, media and supporter groups accuse club of attacking press freedom with bar after reporting on owner Brighton & Hove Albion has been accused of setting a “dangerous precedent”, as it faced criticism for banning Guardian reporters and photographers from home matches after reports on allegations concerning the club’s owner. MPs, media and football supporter groups accused the Premier League clu…

The minimum bet rule model is there in Australia for all to see and the Gambling Commission should act now Racing enjoyed its biggest win for many years in last month’s budget. The threatened harmonisation of duty rates for betting and gaming was not simply seen off, but routed, with the differential between the two rates significantly increased. As an added bonus, meanwhile, racing was excluded …

Fly-half labels change a ‘backward step’ for sport ‘Unfortunately I think it’s changed how everybody plays’ The Gloucester fly-half Ross Byrne believes international head coaches could convert second-rows into wings for the next men’s Rugby World Cup in 2027 to capitalise on the crackdown on escort defenders. Last October World Rugby instructed referees to scrutinise and punish defending teams ob…

Max Rushden is joined by Barry Glendenning, John Brewin and Seb Hutchinson to discuss Mohamed Salah’s explosive interview, Arsenal’s late defeat at Villa and the best of the weekend’s Premier League action On today’s pod: Mohamed Salah goes nuclear after being left out at Elland Road, questioning his head coach, his role and seemingly everything around him, as Liverpool throw away another late le…

Australia’s superior basics have shattered expectations and pushed the broader philosophy into the spotlight Brendon McCullum hated the term Bazball from the moment it entered the lexicon, deeming it to be reductive and perhaps knowing how it might be weaponised down the line. Now, 2-0 down in an away Ashes series that began with high hopes, it has become the butt of Australian jokes. But McCullu…

Handing the Egyptian a contract extension while also bringing about a new identity has backfired terribly Sign up for Soccer with Jonathan Wilson here There is perhaps nothing in a career as hard as the leaving of it. Unless something utterly remarkable happens, Mohamed Salah has played his last game for Liverpool. Left out of the starting lineup for each of the last three matches, he trained on …

Hosts were shown five cards in 38 seconds before Williot Swedberg delivered the coup de grace that left them bereft Sunday night’s final scene at the Santiago Bernabéu was the way a final scene should be. Like something from a war film or a western, a heist movie or the truest romance, Williot Swedberg just walked calmly through the chaos and the noise, nothing the defeated could do now. Some had…

HSV are back in the Bundesliga and remain a huge club even if they have adjusted expectations this season Alexander Røssing-Lelesiit did not play for Hamburg in Sunday’s stellar win, and he will hope that his career has more decisive contributions than this one in store. As the final whistle went on a breathless Nordderby victory over Werder Bremen, the 18-year-old bobbed in front of the visitors…

Seven-time world champion could not ‘wait to get away’ First year without podium for Brit in Ferrari debut season A despondent Lewis Hamilton said he could not wait to get away from Abu Dhabi after enduring what has been the worst season of his Formula One career. He finished in his lowest ever championship position of sixth place and is looking forward to the winter break and disconnecting from …

Club legends in opposing dugouts, Turin giants as underdogs against the juggernaut Partenopei … it was a weird night at the Maradona The man with the Napoli tattoo was met with hostile whistles on his return to the Stadio Maradona. Luciano Spalletti had the club’s emblem inked on to his arm, together with a Scudetto badge, after leading the Partenopei to their third Serie A title in 2023 . The de…

‘I drove at a level I don’t think other people can match’ Driver apologises to Hamilton over Hungarian GP spat Lando Norris said he performed at a level his rivals could not match this season after he was crowned Formula One world champion for the first time. Norris celebrated at a glitzy afterparty at the W Hotel which sits on top of the Yas Marina Circuit, where only hours earlier he realised h…