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White-ball captain’s focus ‘in the moment’ before T20s Black Cap luminary Tim Southee set for coaching role Harry Brook says there has been no Ashes talk in the England camp as the tourists prepare for “a hell of a long winter” , with the white-ball captain’s determination to “stay in the moment” so strong that he has not even noticed the ramping-up of pre-series trash talk by David Warner and St…

Manchester City and Netherlands player explains why she has become an LGBT Foundation patron and the importance of keeping football free of hate In April, after scoring for Manchester City against Everton, I kissed a band in the blue, white and pink colours of the transgender flag on my right wrist. I felt very strongly about the supreme court ruling , politically and emotionally. It really hurt …

Almost three years after his last game the former Barcelona and Everton player is in Udinese’s gym each weekday morning, refusing to give up The morning light is still sharpening, training its beam through the windows at the far end of the gym. Around the walls, painted black up to halfway, are motivational slogans that have become common currency in training environments. “Go hard or go home,” o…

Mixed year ends with Melbourne seeding up in the air British No 1 pulls out of Tokyo and Hong Kong events Emma Raducanu has brought an early end to her season following physical struggles in China. The British No 1 had hoped to put together a strong finish to 2025 to guarantee herself a seeding at the Australian Open in January but that is now up in the air. There is good news on the coaching fro…

Sports science graduate Alex Revell’s team lead League One with a record unrivalled in the top four divisions These are heady days at Stevenage. They are top of League One under Alex Revell and a mile or so up the road an Airbus hub is building robots to explore Mars. A couple of months ago the club’s longstanding chair, Phil Wallace, highlighted how Stevenage were one of the best points-per-poun…

Angel City and New Zealand defender on injury pain, losing her childhood home in LA’s wildfires and why the sport needs to talk more about IVF Under a blazing-hot sun, among a crowd of 90,185 at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena on 10 July 1999, an 11-year-old girl was standing behind the goal where Brandi Chastain struck the penalty that won the World Cup for the United States , soaking in pure inspirat…

Provisional cause of death for former boxing world champion given at opening of inquest in Stockport Ricky Hatton, the former world champion boxer who died in September, is believed to have killed himself, according to a provisional cause of death given at the opening of his inquest at Stockport coroner’s court. Hatton, 46, was found dead in his home on 14 September. News of his death caused an o…

Three straight defeats laid bare the issues with Arne Slot’s offseason makeover, with one departure looming particularly large Sign up for Soccer with Jonathan Wilson here It’s not a crisis, not yet, but Liverpool’s run of three defeats in a row is reason to take stock. It’s true that the two league games in that run were both lost via last-minute winners, and that in isolation these three games …

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This new realistic, pragmatic approach, with no snags or celebrity bodge-jobs, means that this time could be the one We’re on our way. We are Tom’s 26. This time, more than any other time, this time. We’re going to find a way. Find a way to get it right. This time. Well, maybe. Next time is also good. And the time after that. You don’t like this time? We have other times. Hey, Spain are pretty go…

Aston Villa, Chelsea, Leeds and Nottingham Forest fail to respond to questions sent by the Guardian, while Sunderland refuse to comment Eleven Premier League clubs will have to find new principal sponsors next season when the ban on front-of-shirt advertising for betting companies takes effect. This will represent a financial blow for the clubs concerned: gambling operators are known to pay a sub…

Blue Jays hit five homers in Game 3 blowout Kirby, Mariners tagged for 18 hits in loss Toronto cuts ALCS deficit to 2-1 v Seattle George Kirby was in the strike zone – perhaps too much. The Toronto Blue Jays had 18 hits, including five home runs, all within the first three pitches of an at-bat in a 13-4 rout of the Seattle Mariners on Wednesday night that pulled them to 2-1 in the AL Championship…

Titmus became the first Australian athlete since Dawn Fraser in 1964 to win back-to-back gold medals in the same event The swimming great steps away from the sport as the current 200m world record-holder Four-time Olympic gold medallist Ariarne Titmus has announced her shock retirement from swimming. The 25-year-old, who grew up in Tasmania, will retire as one of the greatest distance swimmers of…

Ahmedabad is also bid city for 2036 summer Games Concerns over mismanagement and governance issues India will be formally approved as hosts of the centenary Commonwealth Games in 2030 next month as the country steps up its ambitions to stage the 2036 Olympics. Commonwealth Sport says its executive board had recommended Ahmedabad, in the state of Gujarat, as the host city for the 2030 Games ahead …

An enraptured crowd soaked up the atmosphere at the first official sumo tournament held outside Japan in 34 years At 6pm exactly, the first, and only, professional sumo dohyo anywhere outside Japan was finally ready. It had taken four days to build. The clay, shipped up from Kettering, where, the experts said, the earth had just the right consistency, had been shaped, sculpted, pounded into a sta…