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Australian Phil Gore in hospital after 152-hour solo run Persistent pain in thigh requires 12cm incision to suck fluid out Phil Gore’s legs have delivered extraordinary numbers, including running more than 1,000km last month in a solo attempt during a backyard ultra marathon. This week, they produced another: 500ml of pus, roughly the equivalent of a pint. The 40-year-old Australian saw a doctor …

Invented a little over a decade ago in Hungary, teqball is a combination of football and ping pong In Bangkok’s Sports Science Centre, Jutatip Kuntatong is airborne, executing a gravity-defying bicycle kick that slams the ball on to the curved table with a force that echoes throughout the gym. She is preparing to represent Thailand at the Asian Games, which start on Saturday, but six years ago sh…

Spurs and Villa meet in desperation derby and Andoni Iraola faces test on south-coast return Premier League top scorers: check the latest standings Chelsea have not won this west London derby since Brentford’s first Premier League season. Each visit since October 2021’s 1-0 win , Ben Chilwell the scorer, has been a draw. This season has continued the divergence between the clubs’ respective appro…

Hoops beaten again after chastening loss to Rangers Juventus hammer NEC, Besiktas pile woe on Marseille Celtic suffered another European embarrassment as the Scottish champions were beaten 3-1 at home by Ferencvaros in the Europa League. Just weeks on from crashing out of the Champions League qualifiers to Austrian side Lask, despite at one point holding a four-goal lead, Celtic’s defensive flaws…

The first goal that AFC Bournemouth ever scored in Europe could be heard out on the Bay of Biscay. The second sounded around San Sebastián soon after. A tradition from Real Sociedad’s old Atotxa ground, recovered at Anoeta in 2009, dictates that a single firework is set off every time the visitors score while two are lit when the home team do; that way those out to sea know the score. And so it w…

Joanna Wietrzyk ‘regrets’ decision to keep racing She forfeits points from her win in the Beijing race The Australian athlete who caused a storm by winning a Hyrox event in China despite soiling herself during the race has apologised to the “people of China” and rival athletes in a statement online. Posting on Instagram, Joanna Wietrzyk offered a “sincere apology” to the “people of China, my fell…

Banton and Brook lead England home in style Big hitting leaves Sri Lanka looking out of their depth England extended their extraordinary hex over Sri Lanka to a 14th game, with the tourists looking as out of their depth as the balls that were repeatedly deposited into the River Taff as their opponents cantered to their target of 146 to win by six wickets, with 47 balls remaining. More than a doze…

It was worth the wait for Crystal Palace. After being denied their rightful place in the Europa League last season, Pierre Sage’s side made the perfect debut by brushing aside Lech Poznan with a victory that will take some of the heat off their new manager. The Frenchman has big shoes to fill in replacing Oliver Glasner after his predecessor won three trophies in 12 months and there had been some…

Floyd Samba lit up this tie with a debut that will have the 17-year-old grinning for a while as it featured a superb goal in each half that ensured Manchester City advanced to face Brighton in the last 16 of the Carabao Cup. Samba has an older brother by a year, Tyrone, who is also in the academy, their father being Christopher, the former Blackburn and Queens Park Rangers defender. Continue read…

Get-in for game v LeBron James’s 76ers spiked to $1,408 MSG Sports to restart sales and refund fans who paid The New York Knicks said Thursday they are pausing ticket sales after a mistake caused them to be listed at prices that were too high. The NBA champions put individual game tickets for the 2026/27 season on sale this week. The get-in price for the 20 October season opener against the Phila…

Chelsea forward back in form after World Cup snub Alex Scott and Morgan Gibbs-White also in contention Thomas Tuchel is considering an England recall for Cole Palmer and could include Alex Scott in his squad for the Nations League. Tuchel’s first selection since the World Cup will be confirmed on Friday morning and the head coach has been weighing up claims from a host of players who failed to ea…

Letter sent before Fifa council meeting on 15 October Infantino under pressure before presidential election The Football Association’s chair, Debbie Hewitt, has written to Gianni Infantino demanding that Fifa releases all documents relating to his abandoned World Cup sell-off plan and the decision to lift the USA striker Folarin Balogun’s suspension during last summer’s tournament. The Guardian r…

The US manager’s first squad of the 2030 World Cup cycle leans heavily on youth, injecting intrigue into the four-game window. Sign up for our free newsletter here In the moments after the USMNT’s 4-1 crash-out in the last-16 at this summer’s World Cup, Mauricio Pochettino took the podium for what many assumed would be his last press conference as the US head coach. I had a question for him: “Wou…

US PGA champion shoots first-round 66 at Wentworth Ryan Fox and Patrick Reed also lay down early markers What do you get for shooting 60 in a pro-am? Just ask Rory McIlroy. “Nothing,” said the Masters champion. “Besides a social media post I didn’t want.” McIlroy was laughing but the underlying sentiment was obvious; exceptional rounds are best saved for the real stuff. News that McIlroy had take…

Hull were nearly relegated to League One last year. Now they are fourth in the Premier League By WhoScored Sixteen months ago Hull City avoided relegation to League One on goal difference. Four months ago, they needed a last-minute goal from Oli McBurnie at Wembley to win the Championship playoff final. Three weeks ago, when the pre-season predictions were published, they were tipped to threaten …