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Enzo Fernández and Sandro Tonali had big-money summer moves, but can they hold a candle to past greats? Perhaps the only thing you really need to know about the modern midfield role is that Enzo Maresca reckons that Marc Guéhi can play it better than Mateo Kovacic. Guéhi, in reality a centre-back, started the season in midfield for Manchester City, ahead of Kovacic, the now-departed Nico González…

Irish fight legend can cap a special career by retiring as the undisputed super-lightweight champion with victory against Flora Pili on Saturday “I won’t be like Tyson Fury, coming back again and again,” Katie Taylor told me with a little smile a few years ago as she explained how, when she finally retired, she would leave boxing for good. The moment is almost here because, on Saturday night, in …

After a record equalling finish under Martin Ho last season and a summer recruitment strategy that has turned heads can Spurs push into the top four? Guardian writers’ predicted position: 5th (NB: this is not necessarily Suzanne Wracks’s prediction but the average of our writers’ tips) Last season’s position: 5th Continue reading...

British No 1 outclassed 6-1, 6-0 in second round Francesca Jones claims big win over Magda Linette With the grounds of the Billie Jean King National Tennis Centre at a standstill in the middle of a furious downpour and all eyes on the only two stadium courts under retractable roofs, there was nowhere for Katie Boulter to hide as her grand slam season came to a bitter end with an excruciating 6-1,…

Kieffer Moore and Jacques Ekomié score in 3-0 win QPR beat Cardiff; Middlesbrough draw at Burnley Wrexham powered to their first Championship win this season with a ruthless 3-0 rout of injury-plagued Millwall on Wednesday. The Welsh side had drawn with Cardiff and Watford before losing at home to Birmingham prior to this match. But they bounced back in emphatic fashion in south London to kicksta…

Colombian opens scoring in 3-0 win against Aberdeen Falkirk 1-2 Rangers; Kilmarnock 0-1 St Mirren The Celtic striker Camilo Durán inspired the Scottish champions’ 3-0 win over Aberdeen , while Rangers snatched a 2-1 victory against Falkirk on Wednesday. Durán has scored six goals in five matches for Martin O’Neill’s side after his latest eye-catching contribution at Parkhead. The Colombian netted…

From accepting a bid for Armstrong to collapse of Balogun deal, TFG has shown an amateurish and unambitious approach To be placed in the same bracket as owners whose lack of ambition, lack of resources and/or incompetence has contributed to the longest trophy drought in Everton’s history, particularly 20 months into a reign that has accompanied the move to a glittering new stadium and the clearin…

Team circumvented salary cap rules to sign star Owner Steve Ballmer lands one-year ban The NBA has handed down one of the biggest punishments in the history of the league to the Los Angeles Clippers after finding that the franchise circumvented salary cap rules when it courted Kawhi Leonard as a free agent. The league has stripped the team of five first-round draft picks, giving the team no natur…

Real Sociedad 0-1 Chelsea (agg 2-6) Keira Walsh scores at corner to settle tie Chelsea ensured there will be three Women’s Super League teams in the league phase of the Champions League as Keira Walsh’s second-half strike against Real Sociedad extended their three-goal margin from the first leg of the third-round qualifier. The 5-2 win against the Spanish side in Chelsea’s first game at Wimbledon…

Diomansy Kamara says players must ‘be heard’ Monaco defend halting Lamine Camara’s Chelsea move Ismaïla Sarr’s agent has claimed some African players are treated like “a commodity” after Crystal Palace turned down Liverpool’s approach for the Senegal forward and Lamine Camara’s move from Monaco to Chelsea broke down on deadline day. Palace are understood to have rejected a bid from Liverpool for …

The transfer window has broken all rational rules and limits, leaving us to marvel and, ultimately, pick up the bill There was a research study a few years back into a key period in the life of the TV show Location, Location, Location. You know the one. Half an hour of mid-morning drift. Hosted by two people whose common quality is they both look as if the minced essence of Wellington boots, the …

Carse also missed second Test after incident in Derby bar Matthew Fisher absence is only change from Lord’s squad Brydon Carse has been left out of England’s squad for the final Test of the summer, against Pakistan at Edgbaston next week, with police still investigating allegations of an assault connected with the late-night incident at a Derby bar last month that led to the Durham seamer being b…

F1 champion first to back junior team in single-seater era Norris also creates legacy programme to support talent Lando Norris has co-founded a new junior, single-seater racing team. Named LN4 Fusion it will compete in multiple championships including the feeder series for Formula One, F3 and F2, as the current F1 world champion commits to helping young drivers make it to the top level in motorsp…

19-year-old remains hospitalized after Sunday crash Caudell receiving care for ‘multi-system trauma’ Lotto-Intermarché yet to update on Milan Menten American cyclist Ezra Caudell remains hospitalized with “multi-system trauma” after being seriously injured in a crash during Sunday’s Philadelphia Cycling Classic , his team said on Tuesday. The 19-year-old Modern Adventure Pro Cycling rider was inv…

Untold Raygun: Breaking Badly finds warmth and humor in Rachael Gunn’s ordeal, but never fully reckons with what her notoriety meant for breaking Early in Netflix’s new documentary, Untold Raygun: Breaking Badly, Australian B-girl Rachael Gunn, recounts a session she had with her sports psychologist prior to the 2024 Paris Olympics. “Right before the Olympics, I went to my therapist, panicked,” s…