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Kolek calls singer’s courtside appearances ‘performative’ McBride agrees as teammates question celebrity fandom Knicks give statement saying Swift is longtime supporter Taylor Swift’s love story with the New York Knicks caught an unexpected stray after two players from last season’s NBA champions accused the singer of being a fair-weather fan. The Knicks released a statement on Friday defending S…

Former Test opener says object also used on cricket ball in Port Elizabeth CA remains ‘comfortable’ with bans only for Bancroft, Warner and Smith Usman Khawaja has claimed “all” of the Australia touring party knew about the plot to tamper with the ball against South Africa in Cape Town in 2018 and the team also used sandpaper during the second Test at Port Elizabeth. The former Australia batter s…

Ireland 42-12 Argentina Carreras scores twice in Nations Championship defeat If taking each game as it comes is the North Star for every sportsman then it wasn’t easily visible approaching this opener to November’s international window. There has never been a time when Ireland and Argentina liked each other. Not in the era when their collisions were uncapped affairs – by Ireland – and certainly n…

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The most optimistic Evertonian – if that is not an oxymoron – could not have envisaged David Moyes’s team sitting fifth in the Premier League and Thierno Barry just behind Erling Haaland in the goalscoring chart at the end of the club’s calamitous transfer window. Yet there they are, team and striker defying all expectations, following a rousing if fortuitous comeback against luckless Coventry. F…

Bilka and Edwards score twice each in American rout Canada open with 5-1 win over Sweden as Eldridge shines Jersey dispute overshadows tournament’s Danish debut The United States opened their defense of the women’s ice hockey world championship with a 7-0 victory over Switzerland on Friday in Esbjerg, Denmark. Hannah Bilka and Laila Edwards scored twice each, while Kirsten Simms, Hilary Knight an…

Pointless after eight games, Karen Hills’ team are struggling to compete against clubs with chunkier wallets Played eight, lost eight. Welcome to the Women’s Super League, Charlton Athletic, a club in danger of being chewed up, toyed with and spat straight back out by the top tier. Bruised by their 6-0 defeat against Chelsea on Sunday, last season’s playoff winners are finding WSL life tough, con…

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Only 3,587 people live in his family’s village but the streets of Navahermosa were fuller yet quieter to mourn the Tenerife striker at his funeral The narrow streets of Navahermosa in La Mancha were fuller than they have ever been on Thursday afternoon and quieter too. Silence accompanied the funeral cortege as its made way from the funeral home to the parish church of San Miguel Arcángel carryin…

Some of Brian McDermott’s players will arrive home a week after their early exit from the tournament By No Helmets Required England players would have been well advised to ignore the advert outside their North Bay hotel in Wollongong over the weekend: “Everything that truly matters is possible,” it read. Not quite everything, it turns out. While England women packed their cases and headed out of …

The Wallabies have a squad capable of magic but doubts remain over whether their talents can be knitted into a great team There are moments when Australia look like a team that can take on the world. Moments when they’re trailing by two in the 83rd minute at Twickenham and all of a sudden Len Ikitau has snapped an underhand pass through to Max Jorgensen and he’s haring down the wing to score in t…

Dallas teammates say they split more than a year ago Bueckers rejects claims relationship influenced draft Pair decry hostile messages sent to friends and family Paige Bueckers and Azzi Fudd have confirmed they ended their romantic relationship more than a year ago, with the Dallas Wings star backcourt tandem rejecting suggestions that their relationship influenced the team’s decision to select F…

Sunday’s hosts need to stop looking for excuses and focus on what they can control to kick off the Nations Championsip against battle-hardened Australia Several things are increasingly guaranteed from an English rugby perspective around this time of year. Bang on cue the injury news and the weather both start to worsen. Cracks in the relationship between the players and their head coach, in this …

Concern among counties due to reliance on ECB funding Optimism that eventual figure could be reduced to £35m The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) is forecasting losses of tens of millions of pounds next year despite hosting the Ashes, with county executives told last week that the deficit could be as large as £50m. The anticipated shortfall, after posting a profit of £12.6m in 2025, is due t…

Jude had asked head coach to scout Dortmund midfielder ‘It will be beautiful for Jude to have his brother close’ Thomas Tuchel has given a first England call-up to Jobe Bellingham , admitting the midfielder’s older brother, Jude, had nagged him to do so, as he set up the prospect of their family dream being realised. Tuchel’s inclusion of the younger Bellingham for the Nations League ties against…