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Prem Rugby: Bristol 41-24 Northampton Bears win opening two games for first time since 2023 Bristol overcame a nasty-looking head injury to the England centre Benhard Janse van Rensburg to clinch an impressive victory over Northampton and maintain their flying start to the season with Louis Rees-Zammit in fine finishing form, helping himself to a double. Van Rensburg received lengthy treatment an…

Grand Final updates, 6pm BST kick-off at Old Trafford Wakefield’s wild rise | Warrington’s long wait | Mail Lee Get in touch! Kick off in just over half an hour, in the meantime you can let me know all your thoughts, or question my view of rugby history on the email . I look forward to hearing from you. Continue reading...

Golden State rally from 16 down for 77-73 victory Williams scores 19 and hits go-ahead jumper Valkyries advance to face defending champion Aces Gabby Williams scored 19 points and hit a go-ahead 17-footer with 1:17 remaining, and the Golden State Valkyries won a late replay review to complete a rally from 16 points down and beat the Dallas Wings 77-73 on Friday night in a wild deciding Game 3 of …

Domenicali confirms schedule for final races Bahrain and Saudi Arabia races were scrapped The final races of the Formula One season in Qatar and Abu Dhabi will go ahead as planned despite the conflict in the Middle East, the sport’s chief executive, Stefano Domenicali, said on Saturday. “Based on the information we have, everything is confirmed for [us to stay in] Qatar and Abu Dhabi,” Domenicali…

Irish manager Hallgrimsson calls for ‘cool heads’ Accusations of racism dismissed as ‘completely untrue’ The Republic of Ireland’s press conference on the eve of their second Nations League match against Israel in Serbia was cut short as the head coach, Heimir Hallgrimsson, fielded questions from Israeli journalists. Ireland beat Israel 3-0 in Hungary in their first match on Tuesday following a t…

Julia Zigiotti Olme’s sixth-minute lob proved enough to earn the Manchester United coach, Eva Olid, a second Women’s Super League victory of the season with a 1-0 home win over Liverpool. Zigiotti Olme capitalised on a mistake by Liverpool goalkeeper, Khiara Keating, and, despite some late pressure by Gareth Taylor’s side, United held on to make it back-to-back league wins. Continue reading...

Nations League updates, 5pm BST kick-off (6pm local) Live scores | Get the Football Daily newsletter | Mail Scott Welcome to the rematch of the 2018 World Cup semi-final. Yes, England have won their last three games against Croatia, the latest in some style in Arlington this summer , but memories of the 2018 World Cup semi-final loom largest whenever these two countries meet, that’s just how it i…

Rui Pinto faces loss of witness safeguarding in Portugal More documents over City affairs may be made available Rui Pinto, whose leaks helped to trigger the Premier League’s investigation into Manchester City’s financial affairs, is prepared to help authorities in the UK with their legal case in exchange for protection from threats , the Guardian understands. Despite the crowdfunding campaign lau…

Ferrari’s Lewis Hamilton starts second on the front row Kimi Antonelli in fourth, George Russell down in eighth Max Verstappen claimed pole position for the Bahrain Grand Prix in Malaysia at Sepang, taking the top spot for Red Bull for the first time this season. The Dutch driver beat Lewis Hamilton, who delivered a mighty lap into second, for his first pole since last year’s Abu Dhabi GP . The c…

India 211-6; Pakistan 192-6 in Twenty20 cricket final Captains refuse traditional pre-match handshakes India beat their fierce rivals Pakistan by 19 runs to complete a golden double in the Asian Games cricket after a pulsating final in front of a small but raucous crowd in Nagoya, Japan. The T20 world champions posted 211 for six in their 20 overs with Abhishek Sharma scoring 61 and Tilak Varma 5…

A rare repeat success could be on the cards with Daryz well fancied, while O’Brien Jr and Sr go head-to-head in Paris Trainer: Francis-Henri Graffard. Jockey: Mickael Barzalona. Draw: 5. Pedigree: Sea The Stars x Daryakana (by Selkirk). Age: 4. Odds: 7-4. Continue reading...

Former England winger could face a prison term next month and his career collapse raises many questions In another world, where careers broke in different directions, Raheem Sterling would be in this England squad now, playing for the manager, Thomas Tuchel, who made him the No 1 target of the new Chelsea era after the Todd Boehly-Clearlake Capital takeover. He is 16 months younger than Harry Kan…

From Franco Mastantuono to Estêvão, we select some of the most talented players born in 2007. Check the progress of our classes of 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 … and look at the editions from further back Continue reading...

There are no real precedents and emotions are still raw, but good can come from this mess if ownership models change A 17-year transfer embargo. Replay the entire era with all the original players. Restore the 2009 squad and force them to mount a title challenge with Stephen Ireland, Martin Petrov and Richard Dunne. Force Ferran Soriano to drive a parade bus backwards through Manchester, once for…

The sports world has accomplished a rare feat: calling out industrial-scale cheating on both sides of the Atlantic Sign up for our free newsletter here The first stage of billionaire exposure to accountability is vociferous denial . The second is bafflement that such an earthly and proletarian problem should even be allowed to happen to you, titan of industry, pillar of society, master of man and…