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Tadej Pogacar to miss rest of season after surgery on fractured collarbone14:02 Injury rules Slovene out of world championships Pogacar crashed at the Vuelta a España last weekend Tadej Pogacar will end his season prematurely after undergoing surgery on the fractured collarbone sustained in a crash at the Vuelta a España , he said on Saturday, with the injury ruling him out of this month’s world championships. “Of course, this isn’t the way I wanted my season to finish. Righ… Liverpool look for new sporting director after Richard Hughes formally leaves13:30 Hughes in line for similar role at Saudi club Al-Hilal FSG president Mike Gordon leads search for successor Liverpool are searching for a fourth sporting director in four years after confirming that Richard Hughes has stepped down from the role. Hughes’s departure has been long expected, with the 47-year-old in line to take up a similar position with the Saudi Pro League club Al-Hilal. He informe… Newcastle United v Bournemouth: Premier League – live12:58 Updates from St James’ Park, kick-off 12.30pm (BST) Premier League: 10 things to look out for | Mail David Newcastle are unchanged from the side that won 2-0 at Spurs last weekend. That means £51m signing Matias Fernandez-Pardo starts on the bench. For Bournemouth , Tyler Adams comes in for Lewis Cook in midfield. Continue reading... Nottinghamshire v Leicestershire, Essex v Sussex: county cricket, day four – live12:26 Action from around the County Championship grounds Mail Tanya , post BTL | Sign up for The Spin newsletter Meanwhile, things are hotting up at Wantage Road. Chahal (5-84) is too much for the tail and Durham are all out for 261. I wonder if Scriven and DAvey will have to deal with Olly Stone soon if they get any closer. 31 to avoid the follow-on. Continue reading... Sydney blow away shellshocked Brisbane to revive ‘torpedoed’ AFL season12:26 Swans defeat Lions 21.15 (141) to 13.10 (88) in qualifying final at SCG Reigning premiers to host Crows or Bulldogs in semi-final Sign up for our free weekly AFL newsletter Sydney’s season had been “torpedoed” even before they were locked in to meet two-time reigning premiers Brisbane in a qualifying final, at least according to the club’s chair, Andrew Pridham, a couple of weeks ago. But a seaso… CTE in football players is a health crisis. It’s time for us to stop watching12:26 A new study offers more evidence that America’s biggest sport produces life-altering head trauma. The NFL will never turn itself off, so it’s on fans to do so As a new NFL season begins this Wednesday, the danger of America’s most-watched sport has never been more clear. A new and widely circulated study published in the British Journal of Medicine examined the donated brains of former NFL player… Katie Taylor finally gets her ‘fairytale ending’ with Croke Park homecoming12:26 Irish fight legend can cap a special career by retiring as the undisputed super-lightweight champion with victory against Flora Pili on Saturday “I won’t be like Tyson Fury, coming back again and again,” Katie Taylor told me with a little smile a few years ago as she explained how, when she finally retired, she would leave boxing for good. The moment is almost here because, on Saturday night, in … Bill Simmons’s embrace of ChatGPT is a breach of his website’s creative spirit12:26 The founder of The Ringer and Grantland was famous for discovering and developing writers. Now he is promoting a technology eroding the creative industries Bill Simmons may have stopped writing with any regularity in the mid-2010s – he claims his fingers don’t work – but that won’t stop him from reminding you of his greatest hits. On a recent podcast about Russell Westbrook’s retirement , he couldn’t stop quoting his old columns. He first referenced an article from the 2012 NBA finals, and wasn… ‘The ideal teammate’: why Bradley Barcola could be just what Liverpool need12:26 The France forward took his time to develop but his attacking verve and ability to exploit spaces can endear him to Liverpool fans “As a kid, he always spoke to me about Liverpool,” says Amaury Barlet, one of Bradley Barcola’s youth coaches. No wonder that when the Merseyside club came knocking, the forward “didn’t ask any questions”, as he said in his first interview after a £123m move to Anfiel… ‘Reverse bucket list’: Arteta channels Wenger in defence of Arsenal window10:18 The champions’ manager echoed his illustrious predecessor and urged fans unhappy at the lack of a deadline-day arrival to see the bigger picture For many people connected to Arsenal, it has been a time to remember the old line from Arsène Wenger. “We live in a society of ‘news’,” the club’s former manager once said, and by that he meant new things – the shinier the better. Nowhere is the obsessio… Uefa legal case may be beginning of the end for Infantino as Trump’s support evaporates | Barney Ronay10:18 The order of discovery related to Fifa’s failed plan to sell the World Cup will worry the American president, a situation that tends to end badly for the culprit “Tell Mike it was just business. I always liked him.” “He understands.” Continue reading... ‘The noise was unbelievable’: the referee’s view of Mexico v England at the World Cup10:18 England’s manager Thomas Tuchel called the officiating ‘just not good enough’ in the fiery last-16 tie. Now Alireza Faghani gives his version of events It was 6pm on 5 July in Mexico City, and Alireza Faghani, a 48-year-old Australian-Iranian, was asleep in the locker room, snoring. His assistants had turned the music down. Had it not been for the muffled roar of nearly 90,000 fans through the co… Ben Simmons handed NBA lifeline in one-year deal with Sacramento Kings5:02 Australian returns on AU$4.9m contract after season on sidelines Former No 1 pick hopes to reignite basketball career with fourth club Australian former No 1 overall draft pick Ben Simmons has taken a significant step towards resurrecting his NBA career, agreeing a one-year deal with the Sacramento Kings. The Melbourne-born guard returns on a US$3.5m (AU$4.9m) contract after sitting out the enti… Cameron Myers shines in star-studded field to win 1500m at Diamond League final3:28 Australian beats Olympic champs Jakob Ingebrigtsen and Cole Hocker Pole vaulter Kurtis Marschall soars over 5.82m to finish third in Brussels Middle-distance runner Cameron Myers has become only the eighth Australian to win a Diamond League final crown with victory in the men’s 1500m in Brussels. The 20-year-old claimed one of the biggest wins of his career to date as he beat a star-studded field… Andy Ruiz Jr once turned boxing upside down. Can he do it again at 36?1:19 Seven years after springing one of the biggest upsets in boxing history, the Mexican Rocky is back with his old trainer for one final run at the heavyweight summit Seven years ago, Andy Ruiz Jr became the first fighter of Mexican descent to win the world heavyweight championship in one of the biggest upsets boxing has ever seen, stopping the undefeated Anthony Joshua inside seven rounds at Madiso… |