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Updates from the latest County Championship matches Sign up for the Spin | Mail Tanya or comment BTL A fifth wicket at Canterbury, where events are hurtling towards a conclusion. Shoaib Bashir, whose throw ran out Northeast, now catches Ekansh Singh off Rory Haydon, who is having quite a game – eight wickets and counting. Kent 65-5. Mike Daniels has an eye on events from the Grace Road scorebox: …

Ipswich are back in the Premier League. And in what style. Folk in this part of Suffolk have become accustomed to promotion parties under Kieran McKenna and the latest certainly did not disappoint. Two early goals dismissed any fears of shredded nerves to ensure an afternoon of revelry could commence. By the time a late third was added, the pitch perimeter was already lined with elated spectators…

⚽ Women’s Super League updates, 12pm BST kick-off ⚽ Get in touch: email Emillia and follow us on Bluesky Hello, good morning and welcome to coverage of the WSL meeting between Manchester City and Liverpool. A win for City today will keep them in complete control of the WSL title race, but anything less could allow Arsenal - who will have three games in hand by this evening - to swoop in and take …

The 35-year-old, brother of Will Still, lasts three months Watford sack 11th head coach since end of 2020-21 season Watford have sacked head coach Ed Still, just three months into a two-and-a-half year contract, following the Championship club’s dismal end to the season. Still was Watford’s 11th permanent head coach since the end of the 2020-21 season. Still, 35, was appointed in February followi…

For fans of schadenfreude there was plenty to enjoy as Wrexham and Middlesbrough saw their dreams ended. The latter fell short in their unlikely attempt to reach the Premier League automatically, while the former missed out on the playoffs thanks to this final-day draw. Wrexham were aiming to secure sixth, but finished two points behind Hull, who beat Norwich 2-1, to end their hopes of a fourth s…

⚽ All the latest going into Sunday’s big games ⚽ Scores | Tables | Follow us on Bluesky | Mail Emillia How the top of the Premier League table looks following Arsenal’s huge win against Fulham… Mikel Arteta said his Arsenal team had played some of their best football of the season in Saturday’s 3-0 home win over Fulham and demanded that they take the positive feelings into the return leg of their…

Arsenal put pressure on Manchester City with 3-0 win First-half performance ‘one of the best’ this season Mikel Arteta said his Arsenal team had played some of their best football of the season in Saturday’s 3-0 home win over Fulham and demanded that they take the positive feelings into the return leg of their Champions League semi-final against Atlético Madrid on Tuesday. Arsenal picked a fine t…

Lachlan Kennedy’s 4x100m team equal national record and make final Men’s and mixed 4x400m quartets set new Australian benchmarks An Australian team including sub 10-second man Lachlan Kennedy have equalled the national 4x100m record on a big day one for the green and gold contingent at the World Athletics Relays in Botswana. Kennedy, Joshua Azzopardi, Christopher Ius and evergreen anchor leg runn…

Australian dominated by Brazilian in one-sided clash in Perth Quillan Salkilld wins co-main event with first-round knockout Jack Della Maddalena has suffered the most brutal loss of his UFC career, with the former welterweight champion beaten to a pulp in a one-sided loss to Carlos Prates in Perth. In his first fight since losing his crown to future hall of famer Islam Makhachev in New York, Dell…

Renegade finishes second at Churchill Downs Jockey Jorge Ortiz beats brother Irad for first Long shot Ocelli (70-1) takes third place Golden Tempo won the 152nd Kentucky Derby on Saturday, making Cherie DeVaux the first woman to train the winner of the opening leg of the Triple Crown. Ridden by Jose Ortiz, Golden Tempo – who was at the back of the back early – charged down the stretch to make his…

Antonelli seals third straight pole in tight contest Mercedes star narrowly pips Verstappen; Leclerc in third Kimi Antonelli took pole position for the Miami Grand Prix with a strong lap, but only by narrowly beating a resurgent Max Verstappen and Red Bull into second place. Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton were in third and sixth for Ferrari, with Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri in fourth and s…

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Expansion clubs are taking different routes with funding, leadership, talent pathways and fan engagement as important as marquee player signings The path to top-level Australian rugby league can take myriad forms. Clubs may win promotion from a second division (Cronulla and Penrith in 1967), command franchises with huge heartland support (Brisbane and Newcastle in 1988), get shoe-horned into an i…

Bournemouth face Crystal Palace this weekend before their successful head coaches move on with top level still unclear On Sunday afternoon, Bournemouth face Crystal Palace: Andoni Iraola, in his fourth-last league game in charge of the home side, against Oliver Glasner in his fifth-last league game in charge of the away side – although the latter also has the Europa Conference League to deal with…

Champion nicknamed the Monster holds off late surge Both boxers had unbeaten records entering Saturday Battle billed as biggest fight in Japanese boxing history Naoya Inoue successfully defended his undisputed super-bantamweight championship with a close but uncontroversial 12-round unanimous decision over Junto Nakatani in their eagerly anticipated showdown at the Tokyo Dome on Saturday night. B…