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The Test captain kept his promise to answer all questions at a press conference that made his position clear and filled some but not all gaps Our coverage on Thursday said that Pat Cummins needed to front up , and nobody can fairly say that he didn’t. It was a proper ’til-they-drop affair from Australia’s cricket captain, an hour and 10 minutes at a press conference podium taking questions about …

Neither side have lost in the league yet but a more competitive division should take title race to the wire There was a time when the games between the top three – traditionally Chelsea, Manchester City and Arsenal – were title-deciding games. Where every point taken off a title rival was key. Such was the gap in investment and quality between those teams and the rest of the Women’s Super League …

Robyn Cowen is joined by Jacob Steinberg, Lars Sivertsen and Paul Watson as Manchester United appoint Mauricio Pochettino as their head coach and Harry Kane becomes the sole leading appearance maker for the England men’s team Continue reading...

England prevail 50-38 over France in Wollongong final Joe Coyd scores four tries to set England up for glory England successfully completed their defence of the wheelchair Rugby League World Cup after edging old foes France in a thrilling final in Wollongong. The two best sides in the wheelchair discipline were perhaps always destined to meet in the final given the superiority they possess over t…

Despite all the advantages offenses have secured over the years, defenses are better at pressuring the QB than any other time in recent history The Baltimore Ravens are preparing to start their fourth quarterback this year, Jacoby Brissett, against the beleaguered Los Angeles Chargers on Monday, because of injuries to Lamar Jackson, Tyler Huntley and Joe Fagnano. That puts them dangerously close …

A week of quietly watching Australian cricket descend into civil war ended with smiles being wiped from English faces as a stunning debut from fast bowler Mahli Beardman consigned the tourists to an all-too-familiar hammering in Perth. Victory in a low-key one-day international was never going to atone for the galling start to that failed Ashes campaign here 12 months ago. Nevertheless, England a…

Football and the art world have long remained distant but the breadth of entries for this year’s award revivals a healthy revival It may be the Beautiful Game, but in its early decades football was a rare subject for artists. The Italian Futurist Umberto Boccioni whirled an athlete’s body into a vortex of movement in his 1913 painting Dynamism of a Soccer Player . You can see one of the earliest …

USMNT head coach is due to speak later on Friday Today’s fixtures | Follow us on TikTok | Mail David Ahead of Mauricio Pochettino’s unveiling at Manchester United , Andrew Beasley crunches the numbers to look at the Argentine’s possible impact. An elite manager? The stats say yes: only the five “big beasts” of Alex Ferguson, Arsène Wenger, José Mourinho, Jürgen Klopp and Pep Guardiola have better…

The Norwegian world No 1 will be among 500 competitors in the 10-round contest of 15-minute games Magnus Carlsen makes a very rare appearance in an open tournament on 5-6 December when the Norwegian, who has topped the world rankings for 15 successive years, competes in the 10-round Super Rapid at the XTX Markets London Classic. The venue is the Novotel West at Hammersmith and the time limit is 1…

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Washington Commanders 24-21 New York Giants Stefon Diggs’s TD seals win in final minute Jayden Daniels threw his third touchdown pass of the game, a 32-yarder to Stefon Diggs with 57 seconds left, and the Commanders rallied to defeat the New York Giants 24-21 on Thursday night in what was essentially a must-win game for Washington. Daniels’ connection with Diggs in the final minute came after the…

The USMNT head coach is on the verge of sealing a move to Manchester United, but it’s hard to know who could be in the chair next Sign up for our free newsletter here Even before the 2026 World Cup, the US Soccer Federation projected an air of confidence in its ability to, someday, replace Mauricio Pochettino. “We have a process of, on a regular basis, always reviewing sort of succession planning…

The Ballon d’Or validated the forward’s career and he extended his incredible record for England with yet another goal on his 126th appearance Happy Harry Kane day! And many happy Harry returns. There is a process in clinical psychology known as semantic satiation. Subjects are asked to repeat a word or phrase so many times that it loses any kind of meaning. Suddenly “daffodils” is just an absurd…

American saves three set points in second-set rally Gauff wins six straight games to seal 6-4, 7-5 victory World No 4 needs Noskova help to reach last four Coco Gauff clawed out a 6-4, 7-5 round-robin victory over Marta Kostyuk on Thursday to keep her WTA Finals hopes alive in Indian Wells, California. The world No 4 still needs help to reach the semi-finals of the elite season-ending event. If f…

Loss is Zinedine Zidane’s first as France head coach Spain beat Czechia 2-0 to maintain 100% record Pio Esposito struck twice to inflict a first defeat on Zinedine Zidane as France head coach as Italy stormed back to win 3-1 at San Siro and go top of their Nations League group. Michael Olise profited on a Gianluigi Donnarumma error to put the visitors in front after 10 minutes, but Italy hit back…