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Aga Khan Studs consulted staff in Dubai about decision Calandagan is the world’s top-rated Flat horse Calandagan, the world’s top-rated Flat horse in 2025, will fly to Dubai from Paris on Saturday to run in the Sheema Classic at Meydan next weekend, despite the continuing conflict in the Gulf region. The gelding’s owner, Aga Khan Studs, consulted staff already in Dubai before deciding to give the…

Arteta said he had ‘all the information’ about City 18 months ago Guardiola not worried by Arsenal’s tactics for Carabao Cup Pep Guardiola has insisted relations with Mikel Arteta are cordial despite the friction sparked between the pair after Manchester City’s 2-2 draw with Arsenal last season. Following the highly eventful game at the Etihad Stadium in September 2024, Guardiola was left unhappy…

Brit wins 800m heat despite blister from borrowed spikes ‘I won’t be happy with anything other than gold’ No opponent has come close to knocking Keely Hodgkinson off her stride in 2026. But after breezing to the semi-finals of the world indoor championships, she revealed that her preparations had been interrupted by an airline, KLM, losing her kit for 48 hours on the flight to Poland. It led to t…

With Wolves and Burnley all but relegated, which club will join them in the Championship next season? By WhoScored Reasons for optimism: West Ham came from behind to pinch a point against Manchester City on Saturday and, for 18 glorious hours, they tasted life outside the relegation zone. This was their first spell outside the bottom three in 112 days and, even though results on Sunday dragged th…

Time is running out for the Australia team led by captain Sam Kerr to win a major trophy as they prepare to meet a red-hot Japan in the final on Saturday The end is nigh, and Ellie Carpenter – even though she is not 26 for another month – knows it. The Matildas fullback revealed the significance of the Women’s Asian Cup final in a brutally frank pre-match press conference that underscored time is…

Steve Borthwick will be reprieved by the RFU’s review but there are other factors at play from the makeup of his backroom team to the conveyor belt of English talent The Rugby Football Union’s review into England’s least successful championship for 50 years is already up and running with an alacrity that would impress Louis Bielle-Biarrey. And one detail seems clear: barring something spectacular…

Graham Napier’s IPL career amounted to a solitary game but the all-rounder has no regrets about how things turned out “Some people do recognise me occasionally and it’s always nice to have a chat about cricket.” Graham Napier has a few minutes between appointments. As a fire safety officer in Suffolk the 46-year-old former Essex all-rounder “goes everywhere, schools, cafes, barbershops, churches …

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Teenager files application to prevent fake products Littler defies boos to fight back and defeat Gerwyn Price Luke Littler has made an application with the Intellectual Property Office to trademark his face. It is understood the application will prevent fake products powered by AI using his picture without permission and breaking copyright laws. The teenager, who has won back-to-back World Darts …

Max Rushden and Barry Glendenning went to the SXSW festival in Austin Texas last week. With only a few months to go before the World Cup, the pair are joined live on stage by The Guardian’s senior US soccer editor, Alexander Abnos, and star of the hit TV show Ted Lasso, Brendan Hunt. Max Rushden and Barry Glendenning went to the SXSW festival in Austin Texas last week. With only a few months to g…

Transformative 999-year deal is a massive moment in the history of the club and the violent cultural push-pull of London I have in my hand several hundred pieces of paper. Dog-eared, scribbled with rewrites, and stained with sweat and ancient Bermondsey vinegar. But a wodge of paper that may just guarantee, finally, what passes for peace around here. There was a moment at the Den on Saturday afte…

Two of the three co-hosts of this summer’s tournament have been hit with the injury bug, casting doubt on a number of star players When Marcel Ruiz slumped into the grass of San Diego FC’s Snapdragon stadium late in the first half of Toluca’s Concacaf Champions Cup game last Wednesday, he seemed to already know. He covered his mouth with his left hand and clutched his right knee – first the back …

Igor Thiago looms over Leeds, Newcastle need to bounce back from Barça and Viktor Gyökeres aims for hero status Premier League top scorers: latest top-flight standings Though Manchester United continued to win after playing brilliantly against Manchester City and Arsenal in Michael Carrick’s first two games as manager, the quality and coherence of their performances decreased thereafter. Lacking …

Having lapped its rivals in the US landscape, the most powerful American sports league is pushing for supersonic expansion of its calendar and its geography “Pigs get fat, hogs get slaughtered. And they’re getting hoggy.” When Mark Cuban, then owner of the NBA’s Dallas Mavericks, fired that line at the NFL in 2014, he was partly goading and partly gloating. It felt directionally true. The NFL loo…

⚽ Football updates heading into a busy weekend ⚽ Things to look out for this weekend | Mail Xaymaca Michael Carrick has changed Manchester United’s fortunes since taking over as interim coach after Ruben Amorim’s dismissal. His side have only lost once in the nine games that he’s been in charge – a 2-1 loss against Newcastle. Read Jamie Jackson’s piece about how Carrick keeps his cool on the touc…