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Teenager endured a frustrating wait for his registration to be approved but took no time to show his potential on the big stage against PSG At first glance there was the usual stuff: the wide smile, the guttural release, the punch of the air, teammates quickly on the scene to offer congratulations. But then the real celebration followed for the 17-year-old Brian Madjo. After scoring his first Ast…

Max Rushden is joined by George Elek, Ali Maxwell and Seb Hutchinson to run through all you need to know about the Championship, League One and League Two Continue reading...

Palace take a risk with new manager Pierre Sage, who is tasked with building on Glasner’s unprecedented success Guardian writers’ predicted position: 16th (NB: this is not necessarily Ed Aarons’ prediction but the average of our writers’ tips) Last season’s position: 15th Continue reading...

The former England full-back is back in the Championship after 12 years away, hoping to lead Wolves out of it When the question inevitably comes, Kieran Trippier is happy to set the record straight. Fresh from training, head to toe in Wolves kit – vest, shorts and club-branded sliders – he walks into a suite at their Compton Park base, conversation soon shifting to an episode that rocked supporte…

Manchester City want around £65m for Spain midfielder Al-Qadsiah closing on move for City’s Tijjani Reijnders Manchester City have rejected Barcelona’s second bid of around €60m (£51m) for Rodri, while Chelsea have set a 5pm (BST) Friday deadline for the club to bid £120m for the midfielder’s potential replacement, Enzo Fernández. On Tuesday Barça improved on their initial offer of €45m but this …

Cricket Australia boss backs women’s vice-captain’s leadership Monica Wright went public over ex-wife’s affair with Georgia Voll Australia vice-captain Ash Gardner has apologised for the pain caused by her marriage breakdown and thanked Cricket Australia for backing her leadership. Gardner’s affair with Australian teammate Georgia Voll while married to ex-wife Monica Wright created headlines. Con…

The author of a new novel about the famed detective explores a little-known facet of Holmes’s creator What do Sherlock Holmes and Arthur Conan Doyle have to do with boxing? More than you may think. Doyle, who created Holmes, was a boxing enthusiast who boxed a bit and wrote extensively about the sport. Doyle stood 6ft tall and weighed in the neighborhood of 200lb. He began sparring while a medica…

This should be a big year for Jarrod Bowen, Zan Vipotnik, Ethan Galbraith, Lorent Tolaj, Léo Scienza, Othmane Maamma and Mason Melia By Opta Analyst The Championship, often called the most exciting league in football, is also among the least predictable competitions in Europe. It’s the perfect stage for players to show off their talent before progressing to top-flight football. We’ve picked seven…

First Test, day one: Australia 198; Bangladesh 96 for 1 at stumps No 4 batter hits 71 as Hasan Mahmud takes six wickets for tourists Australia got the “Big Four” back together but was overshadowed by the Bangladesh bowlers on day one of the first Test, with Hasan Mahmud taking a career-best haul of 6 for 55 to help dismiss the hosts for 198. And just to show that the flurry of wickets Thursday wa…

Today’s fluff preferred Bonnie Tyler’s version Curtis Jones’s future has been the subject of much gossipmongering this summer, especially with Inter plonking him in the middle of their radar. The Italians have sniffed around the midfielder for quite a while and may ramp up their interest very soon with a bid of £30m to test Liverpool’s resolve. Ipswich are not willing to stop their summer spendin…

About to start his ninth season, his first under a club manager who isn’t Pep Guardiola, this could be the year we finally find out who the City enigma is Phil Foden says he is excited about working under Enzo Maresca, his new manager at Manchester City . We should call this exactly what it is: a very obvious barefaced lie. No doubt Foden is excited about playing football again, about challenging…

Uefa presented some of its crown jewels through European champions PSG but the turmoil engulfing Fifa is still the main topic on the menu This was an opportune night to show off some of Uefa’s crown jewels. Khvicha Kvaratskhelia knows a thing or two about sitting Fifa tournaments out, albeit through sheer accident of birth, but proved yet again that he will show up whatever the stage. It was some…

Back-to-back world champions can use Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry to establish themselves as one of the greatest teams of all time South Africans are supposed to care about the All Blacks more than this. On Tuesday night 14,759 people dotted the 52,000-seat Kings Park Stadium to watch New Zealand dismantle the Sharks 54-0. Durban was cold and soaked, with snow falling elsewhere in KwaZulu-Natal, but …

American wins 1500m freestyle in 15min 36.09sec Walsh beats Douglass to claim 50m butterfly title Urlando breaks Michael Phelps’ 20-year-old record Katie Ledecky won the 1500m freestyle on opening night of the Pan Pacific Championships on Wednesday, earning the first international medal of her storied career on home soil. The two-time Olympic champion in the event was under her own world-record p…

Sarah Wilson delighted fresh investment was found ‘It honestly feels now that nothing’s ever happened’ The Durham captain Sarah Wilson has spoken of her relief over the fresh investment that saved the club this summer, after what she recalled as a “horrendous” period worrying that the Women’s Super League 2 club could fold. Durham finished 10th in England’s second tier last term and have been eve…