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Scotland gymnast secures individual all-around gold Langton cheers for teammates after fall on Friday Surely the most heartwarming sight at these Commonwealth Games came shortly before lunchtime on Sunday, when a young English gymnast hobbled to his seat in the Glasgow International Arena. Thirty-six hours earlier, Gabriel Langton had landed on his neck after a horror fall off the high bars, leav…

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Inter sporting director confirms attempt to sign Romero Spurs captain helped Argentina reach World Cup final Inter have entered talks with Tottenham over the potential signing of Cristian Romero. The Spurs captain helped Argentina reach a second straight World Cup final this month, but could leave this summer for a significant fee after an eventful five-year spell. The centre-back has made 156 ap…

Aziz Abdul faces England’s Damar Thomas in +90kg category ‘I will be the baddest man in the Commonwealth’ England super-heavyweight Damar Thomas must overcome the grandson of Idi Amin, the former Ugandan dictator and self-proclaimed “King of Scotland”, if he is to progress into the medal rounds of Commonwealth Games boxing competition in Glasgow on Wednesday. Aziz Abdul, known as “Ringo”, is not …

Forward scored in friendly win against Sunderland Chiesa had frustrating two seasons under Arne Slot Federico Chiesa has said he wants “a new chapter” at Liverpool with Andoni Iraola following a frustrating time under Arne Slot and claimed the club were lucky to qualify for the Champions League last season. The Liverpool forward has been linked with a return to Italy this summer having struggled …

Le Bris: ‘Granit wants to stay in Sunderland’ Xabi Alonso managed midfielder at Leverkusen Régis Le Bris has declared Chelsea’s pursuit of Granit Xhaka “closed” and insisted there is no prospect of Sunderland selling their influential captain this summer. Xhaka played a major role in Sunderland qualifying for the Europa League on their return to the Premier League last season, prompting Chelsea t…

World champion wins from pole; Piastri’s gearbox fails Max Verstappen second, Kimi Antonelli third Lando Norris won the Hungarian Grand Prix with an assured drive for McLaren at the Hungaroring, his and the team’s first victory of the year. His run was a commanding performance once he was in front but behind him the there was no little drama and incident as Max Verstappen claimed second for Red B…

Shortened 89km stage begins at 5.50pm CEST/4.50pm BST Stage 20 report | Share your thoughts with Tom via email The experiment last year with climbs of the Butte Montmartre was a success, an epic win for Wout van Aert in spite of rain meaning that the stage did not count for the overall; it’s back again, but the circuit is extended so there are 10km from the top of the climb to the finish on the C…

Joshua’s lack of punch resistance is clear, which could place him in danger in the highly anticipated £150m fight with Tyson Fury The bedlam and madness lasted for just five minutes and 43 seconds and, after Anthony Joshua was back in the sanctuary of his dressing room, he claimed to have learned “a valuable lesson”. Joshua had been knocked down twice by Kristian Prenga before he rescued himself …

Australia 66-47 England Sophie Garbin pours in 41 goals from 42 attempts Eight years after England’s dramatic last-gasp triumph over Australia on the Gold Coast, netball’s greatest Commonwealth rivalry was renewed in Glasgow. But this time there was no fairytale finish for the Roses as the defending champion produced a ruthless display to dismantle England 66-47 at the Hydro, the Diamonds extendi…

Action, news and reaction on opening weekend 10 things to look out for at Glasgow 2026 | Mail Daniel In the netball, with one quarter to go, Scotland lead Wales 42-31. England v Australia is to come, and I can’t wait for that one. Awrite and welcome to the Commonwealth Games 2026 – day three! Continue reading...

Those who knew the South African, who died aged 25 not long after playing at the World Cup, describe a humble and hard-working man who cared about friends and family For Jayden Adams, the South Africa midfielder who died this month at the age of 25 , football was a “safe space”. Those words, used by Adams’s junior coach Steve Barker at his memorial service last Thursday, tell you everything you n…

Shanahan suffered concussion in 14 July crash Assistant Chris Foerster to lead practices Team expects coach back before opener San Francisco 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan suffered a concussion and other injuries in a car crash earlier this month that will limit his participation at the start of training camp, the team announced Saturday, when camp opened. The two-car accident happened on 14 Jily in P…

Norway’s striker left his mark, as did Scotland’s fans in Boston, but Turkey’s dark horses fell at the first hurdle “I played with him on my PlayStation, and now I’ve scored against him,” Livano Comenencia said after converting Curaçao’s first World Cup goal past Manuel Neuer in their opening match against Germany. The smallest nation ever to qualify for the World Cup went on to lose 7-1 but that…

The NBA superstar’s shock move to the Philadelphia 76ers isn’t about money or legacy. It’s about confronting the end of a career and making the most of whatever remains The most enormous celebrities, those larger-than-life characters with immense cultural impact, occupy a kind of hard-to-quantify space in the zeitgeist. They’re human, of course; that’s what makes them compelling. But they often c…