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Circuit of approximately 18km to finish on the Mall GB’s Cat Ferguson among favourites for yellow jersey London will provide the backdrop for a landmark moment in cycling history as it hosts the first team time trial in the women’s Tour de France next year. The best riders in the women’s peloton will race against the clock, as teams, on a central London circuit of approximately 18km, passing the …

Ex-US youth international injured in collision v Palermo Further tests with specialist to take place Sign up for the World Behind The Cup newsletter Goalkeeper Jonathan Klinsmann, the son of former Germany striker and US national team head coach Jürgen Klinsmann, is recovering from a broken neck sustained playing for second-tier Italian side Cesena on Saturday. The former US youth international, …

Manchester City eked a win by the slimmest of margins on Sunday, setting up a season finale that will be determined by nerves Sign up for the World Behind The Cup newsletter It was probably Arsenal’s best performance in two months, but that will be scant consolation. Manchester City’s win on Sunday leaves Pep Guardiola’s side in control of the title race; they will go top of the Premier League on…

Mercedes principal confident F1 will find way forward Changes have come in for heavy criticism this year The Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff is confident Formula One will find a constructive way forward in an approach of using a “scalpel rather than a baseball bat”, as the sport’s leaders meets on Monday to agree changes to the new regulations which have come in for considerable criticism over…

Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now! A penny for the thoughts of Mikel Arteta, who it seems can’t do right for doing wrong. Widely derided all season for the largely risk-averse, belt-and-braces approach to football matches that has his team perched atop the Premier League, the Arsenal head coach defied expectations and went comparatively gung-ho for Sunday’s potential season-defin…

Max Rushden is joined by Barry Glendenning , Barney Ronay and John Brewin to discuss a wild weekend in the Premier League Rate, review, share on Apple Podcasts and join the conversation on email . On today’s pod: Manchester City take control of the title race with a huge win over Arsenal . The panel ask just how decisive this result is, did City win it, or did Arsenal lose it in the margins? What…

The Uzbek 20-year-old won first prize unbeaten but his girlfriend, Bibisara Assaubayeva, finished second to the lowest seed in the Women’s Candidates Javokhir Sindarov finished with a record total in the world championship Candidates in Pegeia, western Cyprus, as the 20-year-old from Uzbekistan won the competition with a record 10/14 total, 1.5 points clear of his nearest rival, Anish Giri. The W…

Hagi takes national job for second time, 25 years later ‘I was born to win, not just to exist,’ says 61-year-old Gheorghe Hagi has taken over as manager of the Romanian national team for a second time, with the former Barcelona star announcing ambitious targets for his new charges. “Our goal is to win every game. Our goal is to win the Nations League. Our goal is to qualify for the European Champ…

Bill Foley – who also owns Bournemouth – thinks he can do better than Olivier Pantaloni but he may prove mistaken By Get French Football News “Why can’t we beat everyone?” asked Lorient owner Bill Foley earlier this month. It’s not the kind of fighting talk you are accustomed to hearing from a newly promoted side but, given that they have already beaten Lens, Lyon, Monaco, Rennes, and now Marseil…

Max Rushden is joined by Barry Glendenning , Barney Ronay and John Brewin to discuss a wild weekend in the Premier League. On today’s pod: Manchester City take control of the title race with a huge win over Arsenal . The panel ask just how decisive this result is, did City win it, or did Arsenal lose it in the margins? What do we make of those near-misses from Eberechi Eze and Kai Havertz? There’…

Youngster takes 6-3 lead after aggressive early display Ding Junhui secures last-16 date with Zhao Xintong Halifax teenager Stan Moody announced himself on the World Snooker Championship stage with some superb play for a 6-3 first-session lead over No 3 seed Kyren Wilson. The 19-year-old Crucible debutant discharged himself from hospital after suffering from a serious bout of tonsilitis to enable…

Giallorossi manager has struggled to build and his relationship with Claudio Ranieri is beginning to fray Right from the beginning of Gian Piero Gasperini’s time as Roma manager, there have been people who believed it would all end in tears. Despite a brilliant record with Atalanta, whom he made into consistent top four contenders, as well as winning the Europa League in 2024 , a section of his n…

Player forced to miss Madrid Open and Italian Open Latest setback for Briton represents another painful blow Jack Draper has been sidelined for at least another month as injuries continue to disrupt his hopes of establishing himself as one of the top players in the world. Draper has withdrawn from the Madrid Open this week and the subsequent Italian Open due to the aggravated knee tendon injury t…

Union’s interim head coach has been given a hospital pass and, despite a vastly improved performance, her team went down to Wolfsburg So different, but absolutely the same. If you had wanted a clear demonstration of why exactly 1. FC Union Berlin was just the place for Marie-Louise Eta to become the first female head coach in a top five European league, you got it on Saturday afternoon . Eta made…

It is 45 years since the Women’s Professional Basketball League played its final game. But it laid the foundation for the stars of today Sign up for our WNBA 30 newsletter It was the night before the 1980 Women’s Professional Basketball League draft in New York City and the Dallas Diamonds had the No 1 pick. But the team’s top brass was split. Coach Greg Williams wanted to take the 6ft 5in Danish…