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⚽ Get match updates from the Premier League and beyond ⚽ Live scores | Tables | Mail John | And follow us on TikTok Our weekend previews of the Premier League matches today: In Sergej Jakirovic and David Moyes, Hull City and Everton boast two of the more “pragmatic” managers in the Premier League. Renowned for their safety-first defensive styles, both teams are happy to surrender possession, rank…

Follow updates from Kingsmead Cricket Ground Start time is 9.30am local/6.30pm AEDT | Email Rob “These may be famous last words, but you’d want to bat out here,” says Mark Nicholas on the South African TV coverage. “It looks a superb surface.” The Durban pitch is expected to turn more and more as the match progresses , so South Africa’s batters will be desperate to cash in today. If they are batt…

Manchester City’s rule breaches have dominated headlines and shifted focus from both clubs’ self-inflicted wounds Turning back the clock is impossible. Up in the Stretford End’s middle tier, the ticker had returned, a retouching job to “51 years” invoiced for the pertinent sum of £114. The Manchester City that existed before the Abu Dhabi project won their last trophy in 1976. Questionable maths …

Peterborough’s new boss has long been a divisive figure but a stunning win at struggling former club offered a glimpse of his fearless philosophy It felt as though the stars had aligned when Robbie Savage’s first League One match in charge of Peterborough – his first EFL managerial role – happened to be at Leicester. He made his name here and forged a divisive and enduring reputation that has kep…

Williams fans 12 as Cleveland win decisive Game 5 Ramírez’s two-run homer provides only scoring Guardians to face Rays for place in World Series Gavin Williams struck out 12, José Ramírez homered on a pitch just above home plate and the Cleveland Guardians beat the Chicago White Sox 2-0 on Saturday night to complete a comeback from a 2-0 deficit in their best-of-five American League Division Seri…

Kenyan breaks Melbourne Marathon record by two seconds ‘I’m happy to run with the Gen Zs,’ 41-year-old says Marathon’s greatest competitor Eliud Kipchoge has sent a message to the next generation, declaring he’s not done yet. The 41-year-old Kenyan revelled in his Melbourne Marathon debut on Sunday, breaking the race record and delighting thousands of fans at the MCG finish. Continue reading...

Yan Diomandé earned Real Madrid a tight 1-0 victory over Villarreal to keep them six points behind La Liga leaders Barcelona, even though winger Vinícius Júnior was sent off for hair pulling. Vinícius, on as a substitute, scored but his goal was disallowed and then he was dismissed after a VAR review showed he had pulled the hair of Villarreal’s Nathan Saliba. Continue reading...

Mike Ditka, the fiery former NFL player and coach who led the Chicago Bears to their lone Super Bowl title and became one of the most recognizable figures in American sports, has died aged 86 Mike Ditka, legendary Chicago Bears head coach, dies at 86 Continue reading...

This long-awaited fight is happening exactly as intended: at the sweet spot where commercial potential meets a genuine absence of jeopardy The 1912 Olympic marathon was held in a brutal Scandinavian heatwave, and before long Shizo Kanakuri of Japan was flagging. His journey to Stockholm had been debilitating; he had barely trained and struggled to sleep. At around the 16-mile mark he finally gave…

The story from the 2018 Test in South Africa will stay alive for years more, unless it is finally put to sleep with the truth of what happened Add it to the immeasurable list of things that you can blame Covid for. Without the pandemic, Australia’s Test team would have headed to South Africa in February 2021, less than three years after the 2018 sandpaper scandal saw them come home from Johannesb…

Guijarro and Navarro score in opening 14 minutes US midfield and defensive lapses exposed by Spain Yohannes misses penalty as US fightback falls short In less than a year’s time, the United States and Spain will almost certainly arrive in Brazil as the top two contenders to win the Women’s World Cup. Spain, holders of the top spot in Fifa’s rankings for the past 60 weeks, are the defending champi…

There’s little prospect of the model changing in a country that welcomes wealthy international owners with open arms Football, the world’s most popular sport, played by laws drawn up in London in 1863. The Premier League is the UK’s greatest soft power export. Premier League clubs are owned by a deputy prime minister of Abu Dhabi, the public investment fund of Saudi Arabia, a billionaire based in…

Old habits resurface as Australia fritter away advantage and allow All Blacks to mount aerial assault at Eden Park Les Kiss stood forlornly in the middle of Eden Park wearing a thousand-yard stare. The past 10 Wallabies coaches had all been where he was now, shaking their heads and cursing after a failed attempt to storm the fortress of New Zealand rugby. This was Kiss’s first loss as Australia c…