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Liyanage hits six for win with one ball to spare England captain’s record innings not enough Harry Brook pulverised his way to the fastest double hundred in ODI history and it still was not enough for England. Sri Lanka were the victors in this absurd contest, hauling down a target of 430 in Rawalpindi, the second-highest successful chase in the history of the format. Only that magical 438 game, …

Lendeborg takes issue with appeals for foul calls Forward says he had limited exposure to league Golden State Warriors rookie Yaxel Lendeborg had an extraordinary NBA debut as he jawed with Luka Dončić and admitted he had largely been exposed to the league through highlights before turning professional. Lendeborg was given the task of guarding the Los Angeles Lakers star for large parts of Wednes…

Rabada and Mulder lead hosts to victory in second Test Boland bats for more than three hours as nightwatcher It took time, it gently frayed nerves, but ultimately South Africa sealed the second Test at Gqeberha deep into the final day, clear by an innings and 31 runs, levelling the series with one to play. In truth, although Australia made 295 and got within 28 overs of safety, they did not deser…

Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now! We’re in the midst of what the kids call “spooky season” – or, for our fellow fusty old-timers out there, “autumn”. If you’ve been cosying up with a few horror flicks this month, you’ll know nothing good can come from hanging around a lake at this time of year. And so it proved for Manchester United, who endured an early Halloween nightmare on t…

The first awarding marked the apex of Gianni Infantino’s hubris. A new version could highlight the good in the world of soccer Sign up for our free newsletter here Poor Fifa peace prize. Unloved, unliked, mocked, tainted by association with its first winner. And now demoted, too, after Fifa president Gianni Infantino dumped the thing on the global governing body’s “social responsibility committee…

⚽ Updates from 5.45pm BST kick-offs, then the 8pm games ⚽ Live scores | Table | Read Football Daily | And mail Daniel It’s been a strange start to the season for Sunderland and I’m not just talking about those pink Elvis kits. Yes, that is a real sentence. They’ve had some rotten luck – if they could’ve picked two players to avoid injury, Dan Ballard and Brian Brobbey would probably have been the…

Bruno Fernandes followed Lisandro Martínez in revolt after his team’s 4-1 defeat to Como in the Champions League You have to credit Manchester United. Your local rivals have turned the Premier League into an almost meaningless farce. We are questioning the validity of anything we’ve seen over the past 20 years; wondering how many goals Erling Haaland will get in the Championship. We are looking a…

The reigning champions must deal with the absence of Khvicha Kvaratskhelia for some time, while fans at Anfield were thrilled by Rio Ngumoha Paris Saint-Germain beat Barcelona 4-2 on Tuesday , but the reigning champions lost the best player in last season’s tournament, Khvicha Kvaratskhelia. This autumn has seen much lobbying for the Ballon d’Or, with the Georgian a popular choice, despite his ab…

A culture of silence has buried the stories of women who allege sexual assault in surf industry settings When news broke last week that a surfer had been provisionally suspended from international competition, after what the International Surfing Association (ISA) described as “recent reports of serious allegations of abuse within the surfing community,” the response online was unprecedented in t…

Midfielder says there were a lot of tears as he said goodbye at St James’ Park but he is enjoying the remorselessness at his new club For Bruno Guimarães, it was a time to show his steeliness, to fix his eyes on the prize – even if he knew it would surely mean them welling up. And then some. It was a tumultuous summer for the Brazil midfielder. A fine World Cup on a personal level was marred by a…

The duo have carved out lucrative and successful careers as TV audiences elsewhere are falling. It seems they won’t be together for much longer Troy Aikman knew when it was time to go. His aching body made the decision for him when he ended his NFL career in 2001. A quarter of a century later, with one of the top quarterbacks of the 1990s established as half of the pre-eminent broadcasting duo in…

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‘You’ve got to hit the ground running, which we didn’t do’ Coach bemoans 10-team structure and Tonga defeat Brian McDermott has conceded England’s hopes of reaching the Rugby League World Cup semi-finals may already be over, the head coach blaming the tournament’s “harsh” format and their opening loss to Tonga . The World Cup has been reduced to 10 nations, down from 16 four years ago. That is la…

Max Rushden is joined by Jonathan Liew , Paul Watson and Archie Rhind-Tutt to discuss the latest Champions League action Max Rushden is joined by Jonathan Liew , Paul Watson and Archie Rhind-Tutt to discuss Wednesday night’s Champions League action . On the podcast today: another player questions the hierarchy at Manchester United after they are hammered in Como, but should captain Bruno Fernande…

Clinic named by Ruti Aga did not exist, testers found Prescription signed by a family member, not a doctor One of the world’s leading marathon runners, Ruti Aga, has been banned for six years after anti-doping investigators found she submitted a fake prescription to explain a failed drug test. The Ethiopian athlete won the Tokyo marathon in 2019 and has reached the podium at the Berlin and New Yo…