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Head coach ‘happy and pleased’ Salah is back from Afcon Forward is expected to start in European tie at Marseille Mohamed Salah is in line for an immediate return to the Liverpool team at Marseille on Wednesday with Arne Slot insisting he has no issues with the Egypt international. Salah trained with Liverpool on Tuesday for the first time since returning from the Africa Cup of Nations, where his…

To channel Bjorge Lillelien and his famous commentary on Norway’s win against England in 1981: Pep Guardiola, your Manchester City boys took a heck of a beating here on the shores of the Norwegian Sea, below the skies of the aurora borealis, and on the Aspmyra Stadion’s artificial pitch graced by this immortal Bodø/Glimt victory which downed a continental superpower. Jonas Gahr Støre was present …

Annex attempt could bring about Uefa-led boycott Implications for World Cup alarming heads of FAs European football’s leaders are increasingly concerned about Donald Trump’s wish to annex Greenland and have held initial discussions about how the sport could respond. The Guardian understands the implications for this summer’s World Cup were among the topics raised among about 20 football associati…

Players to have eight seconds to take goal-kicks Ifab focused on limiting disruption of play Football’s law-making body has backed plans to extend the use of the video assistant referee system, allowing it to intervene on second yellow cards and the awarding of corners, provided the process “does not slow the flow of play”. With the speed of the game in mind, the International Football Associatio…

Doubt over regions is fast escalating into a civil war Six Nations squad announcement overshadowed The prevailing mood in Welsh rugby has frequently been dark but rarely this bible black. Once upon a time a Six Nations squad announcement would have topped the agenda across the country; on Tuesday it felt like a semicolon in a much bigger narrative. Even Wales have never selected seven players who…

Life-size statue disappears in golf legend’s hometown ‘Everything indicates that it was a theft,’ says council Spanish authorities have launched an investigation into the disappearance of a statue commemorating Seve Ballesteros from his hometown of Pedrena, near Santander in northern Spain’s Cantabria region. The Marina de Cudeyo Town Council confirmed the incident on Sunday through their social …

Ceferin, as well as Fifa, intervened with the Israeli FA Aida facility was set to be removed by security forces A football pitch used by refugees in the occupied West Bank has been saved from demolition after an intervention by the president of Uefa, Aleksander Ceferin. A decision to stop plans to remove the pitch in the Aida refugee camp outside Bethlehem was taken by Israeli security forces on …

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Bencic wins 6-0, 7-5 after Briton rallies in second set Sonay Kartal dispatched 7-6(3), 6-1 by Kalinskaya Before her meeting with one of the most in-form players in the world, Katie Boulter reassured herself in all the right ways. All the pressure, she reasoned, would be on her opponent’s shoulders and nobody expected her to win, meaning this was the perfect chance to swing freely. Even when play…

Hafley replaces fired Mike McDaniel 49ers defensive coordinator heads to Tennessee The Miami Dolphins hired former Packers defensive coordinator Jeff Hafley as their coach on Monday, ending a swift search and tasking him with turning around a franchise that hasn’t won a playoff game in 25 years. Meanwhile, another coaching source is reportedly over with the Tennessee Titans hiring San Francisco 4…

Caleb Williams pulled off a miracle against the Rams and Chicago looked destined for the Super Bowl. The hope wouldn’t last long A playoff game often pivots on a single moment. The Bears thought they had theirs. Down a score, driving to keep the game alive, the Bears had the ball on the Rams’ 14-yard line. Fourth down. Four yards to pick up a fresh set of downs. A play to keep their season alive.…

There would be no Australian Open were it not for the work undertaken in an unassuming underground room at Melbourne Park Underneath Rod Laver Arena, a group of tennis specialists cut and twist and weave – intently focused on their preparation for the action on the blue court a few metres above their heads. In the lead-up to the Australian Open, these experts maintain a consistent workload, train…

Over the years, tennis has had its share of noteworthy fashion moments. And Osaka added another in Melbourne Naomi Osaka’s renowned 125mph serve is positively slow compared to the jellyfish’s sting, which can cover 10 to 20 micrometres in less than one-millionth of a second . But it wasn’t just the invertebrate’s speed that the tennis player was calling on when she wore a jellyfish-inspired outfi…

Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now! Back in the 1990s, when sitting in a TV studio chair gravely intoning that “you’ll never win anything with kids” became fashionable, Manchester United fans took grave exception to what they viewed as the excessive number of highly decorated former Liverpool players being given a platform from which to pontificate because they felt they were all …