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Injuries have ravaged Colts quarterbacks Rivers last played in NFL in 2020 The Indianapolis Colts have not ruled out starting Philip Rivers at quarterback after luring the grandfather out of retirement amid an injury crisis. The Colts lost starter Daniel Jones for the season after he tore his achilles on Sunday, while their first-round pick in 2023, Anthony Richardson, is out with a broken orbita…

Australia’s superior basics have shattered expectations and pushed the broader philosophy into the spotlight Brendon McCullum hated the term Bazball from the moment it entered the lexicon, deeming it to be reductive and perhaps knowing how it might be weaponised down the line. Now, 2-0 down in an away Ashes series that began with high hopes, it has become the butt of Australian jokes. But McCullu…

The young Australian is a gifted driver racing in an exceptional car, but was prone to error this season and in 2026 will face new adversity Tumbling from the Formula One precipice, ultimately Oscar Piastri was not the first Australian in 40 years to be crowned world champion. The man from Melbourne finished a narrow third in the driver standings this year behind his McLaren teammate Lando Norris…

Handing the Egyptian a contract extension while also bringing about a new identity has backfired terribly Sign up for Soccer with Jonathan Wilson here There is perhaps nothing in a career as hard as the leaving of it. Unless something utterly remarkable happens, Mohamed Salah has played his last game for Liverpool. Left out of the starting lineup for each of the last three matches, he trained on …

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Kildunne is known for her startling speed and audacious tries, but there’s more to the talented full-back than rugby, from a passion for photography to a sideline in DIY tattooing Ellie Kildunne says it’s not quite sunk in yet. A couple of months on from winning the Rugby Union World Cup with her England teammates, she’s still on a high. I ask if she slept with her winner’s medal by her bed the n…

Brendon McCullum’s regime may be unravelling but there is rarely any suggestion of what to do next and how the team can be improved Overprepared. Overconfident. Overblown. Over there. And now just over . We know how this goes from here, don’t we? We know this cycle. The days since England’s defeat in Brisbane have boiled down to a real-time competition to become the hate-click boss, to describe i…

Construction delays have beset ice hockey arena in Milan ‘If the ice isn’t ready, we’re not going,’ warns NHL deputy The NHL says it is “disappointing” that the main ice hockey venue for the Winter Olympics will not be ready until the new year – and warned that its top players will not show up unless the ice is shown to be safe. The men’s and women’s tournaments are expected to be among the highl…

⚽ Updates from Wednesday’s 8pm GMT kick-offs ⚽ Live scores | Follow us on Bluesky | And email Sarah Hosts Chelsea will be without Erin Cuthbert and Nathalie Bjorn because of injury but they do start star striker Sam Kerr. Chelsea : Peng, Bronze, Bright, Buurman, Charles, Walsh, Kaptein, Kaneryd, Macario, Baltimore, Kerr. Continue reading...

Slugger to sign five-year deal with Baltimore Mets fans also saw closer Edwin Diaz leave team For the second day in a row, the New York Mets have seen a beloved star agree to terms with another team. Pete Alonso, the Mets’ all-time leader in home runs , has reportedly agreed to a five-year, $155m contract with the Baltimore Orioles. The news comes a day after the Mets’ long-term closer, Edwin Día…

In an exclusive interview, the former World Cup winner talks about taking Uzbekistan to the 2026 World Cup and a project close to his heart in Naples Uzbekistan may have made history by qualifying for the World Cup for the first time in the country’s 34 years of independence in June after losing only once in 15 qualifiers. But they then had a problem: Timur Kapadze stepped down and they needed a …

⚽ Updates from the 8pm GMT kick-off at the Bernabéu ⚽ Live scores | Football Daily | And you can email Scott Real Madrid are sixth in the Champions League table, and second in La Liga. So of course their coach Xabi Alonso, just a few minutes in the job, is already in danger of the push. Of course he is. He could probably do without the visit of Manchester City, then. Not that life is as comfortab…

⚽ Updates from the 8pm GMT kick-offs around Europe ⚽ Live scores | Follow us on Bluesky | Email Michael Hello world and welcome to this Champions League clockwatch. As Flight of the Conchords once sang, it’s business time. After today’s matches, there will be just two rounds of matches remaining in the league phase, so time is running out for teams to make the top eight automatic qualification sp…

‘I would never do something like this on purpose’ South Africa lock accepts 12-match ban Eben Etzebeth, the Springboks lock serving a 12-match ban for eye-gouging Alex Mann of Wales, has claimed it was “never intentional”, contradicting the verdict of an independent disciplinary committee announced last week. In an Instagram post on Wednesday the Sharks second row accepted guilt and apologised, s…

Sirianni backs Hurts amid turnover slump Fans booed as Eagles dropped third straight QB change talk ‘ridiculous’, Sirianni says Philadelphia Eagles coach Nick Sirianni moved quickly on Wednesday to shut down the rising speculation around Jalen Hurts’ job security, calling talk of a potential quarterback change “ridiculous” despite his team’s three-game losing streak and their franchise star’s sud…