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Andy Burnham was in the posh seats at Hill Dickinson Stadium to witness how his beloved Everton would fare without the key additions to David Moyes’s team that even the Prime Minister had voiced an opinion on. No right-back, no new centre-forward, no problem: Everton capitalised on a wasteful Crystal Palace display to start their season with an ultimately convincing victory. Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall…

For Nottingham Forest, a few minutes before kick-off and before the curtain went up on another season, a new protagonist emerged from the tunnel. Oliver Glasner, Forest’s fifth head coach in less than 12 months, surveyed the scene from the home technical area. But the start of the new dawn, this Glasner’s first competitive game in the job, did not go to plan, Anton Stach sneaking a whipped free-k…

Norris came back at the last to seal top spot Russell earlier took victory in the sprint race Lando Norris claimed pole position for the Dutch Grand Prix, producing a mighty lap at Zandvoort to beat the Mercedes of George Russell and Kimi Antonelli into second and third place, coming back at the last to seal the top spot against the odds. Norris’s McLaren teammate, Oscar Piastri, was in fourth, w…

Former Test batter has interim coach post for Pakistan series Australian Mike Hussey confirms ‘casual approach’ Marcus Trescothick would like to remain part of Stephen Fleming’s backroom staff when the incoming head coach takes charge of England’s Test side after their series against Pakistan. Trescothick, an assistant during Brendon McCullum’s tenure, has the head coach role for the three Tests …

⚽ New-look Spurs make short trip to Brentford. 5.30pm (BST) KO ⚽ Today’s scores | Sign up for Football Daily | Mail Scott Just the one debut for Brentford this afternoon: the aforementioned Mali midfielder Mamadou Sangaré. Tottenham by contrast have four debutants in their starting XI: Sandro Tonali, Andy Robertson, Jan Paul van Hecke and Marcos Senesi. Matheus Fernandes and 17-year-old attacking…

Arconte double helps Millwall sink 10-man Norwich 3-0 Portsmouth beat Lincoln 3-1 to register first league win Tairyk Arconte scored his first two goals for Millwall as they breezed past 10-man Norwich 3-0 to make it two wins from two this season. Having been tipped to challenge for the playoffs, Norwich have lost both of their opening games and had defender José Córdoba sent off in the second ha…

The All Blacks begin their four-test tour at Ellis Park. 7.10pm KO Sign up for The Breakdown | Mail Daniel A quick tale of the tape: All Blacks v Springboks: 110 Tests - New Zealand 63 wins, South Africa 43, four draws. At Ellis Park: 16 Tests - South Africa 10 wins, New Zealand six. This is the 13th Test series between the sides. The series ledger is 5-5, with two draws. Together they have won s…

Incident happened when Inter Miami met Philadelphia Union Argentinian lashed out at Quinn Sullivan in 2-2 draw Lionel Messi has been fined for slapping an opponent during a Major League Soccer game. The 39-year-old Inter Miami forward lashed out at Quinn Sullivan of Philadelphia Union during their match on Wednesday, catching the midfielder around the back of the head. The Argentinian appeared to…

Ever since Sir Alex Ferguson’s retirement 13 years ago, Manchester United have been stuck in football’s equivalent of purgatory and a chastening experience in Hull suggests they could be there a while longer. Michael Carrick’s permanent appointment was supposed to hail a new era at Old Trafford but very little has changed based on this defeat. United were sluggish from start to finish and rightly…

The shirts, the songs, the supporters, the rivalries. Somebody created the whole thing and it’s all disconnected from county cricket’s culture and history I went to Old Trafford expecting to watch a game of cricket. Instead, I left thinking about history, identity and whether you can manufacture belonging. Walking through the concourses, I found myself surrounded by the faces of Lancashire’s grea…

Several young men arrested over incidents at games Trend emerged last season during games Cryptocurrency group has claimed responsibility Chicago Sky guard Natasha Cloud has spoken out after the return of a trend that involves sex toys being thrown on to the court during WNBA games. Arena staff removed the objects from the court during the Sky’s win over the Golden State Valkyries on Friday night…

Zolani Tete was arriving at his house in Eastern Cape when two men in balaclavas got out of a car and shot him The former boxing world champion Zolani “Last Born” Tete was shot dead outside his home in South Africa on Friday amid rampant violence in the country, which has one of the world’s highest murder rates. The 38-year-old athlete was arriving at his house in the Mdantsane township, Eastern …

Arteta: ‘I’m really happy with the squad we have’ Lampard upbeat despite defeat on top-flight return Mikel Arteta has warned there is plenty more to come from Arsenal’s established stars this season after they began their Premier League title defence with a convincing victory over Coventry . A week after dispatching Manchester City by the same scoreline in last week’s Community Shield, goals from…

Live updates as festival concludes on Saturday Love Me Tender can give Mullins fourth Ebor win Drop Greg an email with your thoughts Hello from the Knavesmire in York, where Dick Turpin came to a sticky end back in 1739 and racehorses have been contesting the Ebor Handicap since 1843. It’s the fourth and final day of York’s festival meeting and that, of course, means that the Ebor itself is the c…

Updates from around the grounds Championship day two roundup | Sign up for the Spin | Mail Tanya Ben Stokes could have been at Leeds, taking part in the demolition of Pakistan. Instead, he was 80 miles away, bashing 53 and hooplaing two wickets against Derbyshire at the Racecourse Ground. There were plenty of trademark shots in his 11 fours, including a cross-legged lofted drive down the ground t…