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Wales 28-21 Japan Adams scores twice as Wales secure third win in five Tests Josh Adams grabbed two tries ⁠and Louis ‌Rees-Zammit rounded off the scoring as Wales claimed a bonus-point 28-21 victory over Japan in ⁠the Nations ⁠Championship, but there will be much for their coach, Steve ⁠Tandy, to ponder after a lacklustre display. It was a third win ⁠in five Tests for Wales, an ​improvement on th…

Harriers storm to victory at Aggborough Blackpool survive fright against Hornchurch Non-league Kidderminster breezed into the second round of the FA Cup with a convincing 3-0 victory over League One Doncaster . The National League outfit opened the scoring after 22 minutes when Maz Kouhyar pulled the ball back to Lewis Walker and he fired home at the second attempt after his initial shot had hit …

️ Updates from the Interlagos (session starts 6pm GMT) ️ Sign up for The Recap newsletter | And email Philip Half an hour to go to qualifying, and it has not been a good day for Lewis Hamilton, who will start at the back of the grid tomorrow. Today, in third practice, he had smoke coming out of his car. Hamilton and Charles Leclerc had already replaced their engines, leading to 10-place grid pena…

Rodrigo Muniz came off the bench to rescue a point for Fulham and deny Matthias Jaissle a welcome victory after a difficult week. Newcastle produced an improved display after a run of four defeats in five games in all competitions but they could not hold out after going 1-0 up thanks to a vicious late strike from Jacob Murphy. Muniz stretched Fulham’s unbeaten run to four games after scoring his …

As most Arsenal supporters would testify, patience is a virtue. They needed plenty during the 22-year wait to be crowned Premier League champions and Mikel Arteta’s side certainly had to retain their composure as they tried to break down a dogged Hull team. They had not beaten Arsenal in 14 attempts since winning on their first visit to this ground in 2008. But with 20 minutes still to play, ther…

Veteran becomes club’s oldest player but suffers injury Keeper also in spotlight after another gaffe Bayern Munich secured a 2-1 victory over Mainz in the Bundesliga on Saturday but the form ⁠of goalkeeper Manuel Neuer will again be in the spotlight after another error almost produced an equaliser for the home side ⁠in the first ⁠half. Neuer became Bayern’s ​oldest player at 40 years, 225 days, o…

Scotland 21-43 New Zealand Ashman scores hat-trick before Scotland fall to defeat Scotland never got going; Murrayfield never got going; New Zealand did. Scotland have had some agonising defeats here in recent years, as they chase that first win against the All Blacks. This was not one of them. This was dispiritingly routine. Despite a hat-trick of tries for Ewan Ashman, the irrepressible hooker,…

National League South match postponed Player ‘required medical assistance during the warm-up’ Truro’s National League South game at Folkestone Invicta was called off after the visitors’ midfielder Yassine En-Neyah had a medical emergency and was taken to hospital. A club statement said: “Truro City can confirm that this afternoon’s match against Folkestone Invicta has been postponed. This story i…

⚽ Premier League updates from the 5.30pm GMT kick-off ⚽ Live scores | Full tables | Follow us on TikTok | Mail Tom With two defeats in a row for Manchester City in the Premier League, buffered slightly by a midweek Champions League win in Leipzig, a trip to the City Ground where Nottingham Forest are yet to score this season seems quite welcoming. Oliver Glasner is getting increasingly spikey. He…

Decades of professionalism, investment and industrialised training methods have rendered the gulf between the sporting gods and mortals virtually unbridgeable “She walked in here a hairdresser from Milton Keynes – and walks out £501,000 richer!” Gary Lineker announced at the conclusion of Netflix’s Beat Luke Littler on Friday night. Which, while strictly accurate as a description of the winner Fa…

Khadija Shaw hits hat-trick in City’s 5-0 rout of West Ham Chelsea held 1-1 by Everton after Lucy Bronze own goal An own goal by defender Lucy Bronze ⁠against Everton cost Chelsea top spot in the Women’s ⁠Super League as ⁠they ​were held to a 1-1 draw at home, allowing Manchester City ⁠to leapfrog them with a 5-0 drubbing of West Ham. Bronze headed ⁠the ball back across the goal to tee ​up Sandy …

Wilmot grabs winner to seal 2-1 comeback at Portsmouth Norwich hammer Bristol City 5-0 at Ashton Gate Jack McGlynn and Ben Wilmot scored as Stoke hit back to beat Portsmouth 2-1 and maintain their impressive Championship form. Tyrese Shade put Portsmouth in front after six minutes with a lovely bending finish, but Stoke turned a tame first half around to make it five away wins in a row. This stor…

Leeds secured their first win in six Premier League games as Noah Okafor’s goal was enough to end Tottenham’s winning run on an afternoon when the tactical creativity of Daniel Farke proved significant. Leeds had started the season superbly, with eight points from their first four games. They had begun to stutter of late though, leading Farke to revert to the 3-5-2 system which many believed save…

New Zealand 34-10 Tonga Kiwis come from behind and will face Australia or Samoa What had been billed as one of the most intriguing Rugby League World Cup semi-finals in history was, in the end, a brutal exposé of the standards the world’s chasing nations must rise to in order to match Australia and New Zealand. Few nations have as close a connection to the rise of international rugby league quite…

Kiwi Ferns defeat Fetu Samoa 32-0 in semi-final in Newcastle Centre Stacey Waaka scores three of Kiwi Ferns’ seven tries A Stacey Waaka hat-trick has helped secure New Zealand their place in the Women’s Rugby League World Cup final. The Kiwi Ferns were rarely threatened in their 32-0 victory over an inexperienced Fetu Samoa in Newcastle, running away with it late with four tries in the final 12 m…