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Before kick-off a banner was raised in the Gallowgate End inscribed with a quotation from the late Kevin Keegan. “I want people to dream about their football,” it read. “We should all be dreamers at heart.” Out on the pitch it swiftly became apparent that both Matthias Jaissle, Keegan’s latest successor in the Newcastle dugout, and Liverpool’s Andoni Iraola are on individual missions to create fo…

England forward is considering move to Al-Hilal ‘This question is for him … I answer only with silence’ Unai Emery did nothing to deny that Ollie Watkins had refused to play for Aston Villa in their sobering 4-0 defeat by Brighton at the Amex on Sunday. The head coach had a selection crisis up front with Brian Madjo and Tammy Abraham injured. However, he did not include Watkins in the matchday sq…

England fast bowler released without charge Incident happened in Derby as Durham celebrated win Brydon Carse was handcuffed by police in Derby on Saturday as he became the latest England cricketer to become involved in a late-night incident. A brief video on social media shows the fast bowler being apprehended by several police officers outside a nightclub as he celebrated Durham’s County Champio…

The 20-year-old Briton is riding in his first grand tour Tadej Pogacar retains overall leader’s red jersey Matt Brennan emerged triumphant from a bunch sprint to claim Vuelta a España stage two victory while overall favourite Tadej Pogacar retained the red jersey on Sunday. Briton Brennan was followed over the line by Pau Miquel and Pogacar after a long 214.3 kilometre stage with over 3,000 metre…

Antonelli second and Russell third in final Zandvoort race Dutch driver hits wall on opening lap resulting in restart Lando Norris won the Dutch Grand Prix, putting in a superb drive to retake the lead in a thrilling fight with Mercedes’ Kimi Antonelli late in the race, after the Italian had led for most of the 72 laps. The McLaren driver ultimately beat Antonelli into second and his Mercedes tea…

Manchester United again struggled against a back five as their newly promoted hosts exploited a set-piece weakness Hull scored nine league goals from set plays last season, the joint-fewest in the Championship. Yet two in 21 minutes earned them a famous victory over Manchester United on Saturday. It was a disastrous start to the campaign for the visitors. While Michael Carrick said before the gam…

“WELCOME BACK ENZO” read the tifo beforehand and by the breathless close this was a joyous return for Manchester City’s new manager, Enzo Maresca, as a damaging loss became a memorable win due to Marc Guéhi’s 84th-minute equaliser and Josko Gvardiol’s added-time winner. Until then, Marco Rose had been closing in on leading Bournemouth to a first ever away victory at City. But two lapses in defenc…

Mauritian claims landmark victory at Leamington Spa Wiebes finishes second after 137th career stage win Kim Le Court sealed overall victory in the Tour of Britain Women in Royal Leamington Spa, despite Lorena Wiebes taking her 11th career stage win in the British race and her fourth win in the 2026 edition, with a typically irresistible sprint. It was the 137th win of Wiebes’s career. Le Court, w…

Striker becomes first Englishman to win the award Teammate Michael Olise finishes second Bayern Munich striker Harry Kane was voted the 2026 player of the year in Germany by an association of sports journalists on Sunday, finishing ahead of teammate Michael Olise. Kicker magazine revealed the results of its yearly polls of members of the Association of German Sports Journalists. This story will b…

Isaac Price inspired West Bromwich Albion to a 3-1 comeback win against promotion favourites Burnley in the Championship at the Hawthorns. The Northern Ireland international scored twice in the second half after setting up Harry Whitwell’s equaliser to cancel out Callum Styles’s early own goal. Burnley, without injured star striker Zian Flemming amid intense speculation of a move, failed to match…

Signing will take City’s window spending to nearly £200m Moroccan stood down from Lille’s game against Angers Manchester City have agreed a deal with Lille worth €95m (£81.4m) plus €5m in potential add-ons for Ayyoub Bouaddi, with the Morocco midfielder’s arrival to take the club’s summer spend to nearly £200m after Elliot Anderson’s £116m signing earlier in the window. The 18-year-old was stood …

Striker wants move and said final year of deal was invalid 29-year-old took his case to tribunal and Fifa but lost Jean-Philippe Mateta is in dispute with Crystal Palace over the final year of his contract but failed in an attempt to have it ruled invalid by an independent Premier League tribunal and Fifa. The France striker signed a four-and-a-half-year contract when he joined permanently from M…

Updates from around the grounds on the final day Australia thrash Bangladesh | Get The Spin | Mail Tanya Durham showed why they are 50-league-boots ahead at the top of Division Two with a crushing display at Derby. Where to start with such a thrashing? The glorious 140 from Ben McKinney, eight match wickets for the magnificent Matthew Potts or some entertaining humpty and five wickets for the sti…

The old master is back at Madrid as he begins with celebrations, frustrations and finally relief at Espanyol José Mourinho says he is calmer now so when the rest of the bench emptied, sprinting down the touchline to celebrate the 90th-minute goal that finally delivered victory on his first game in charge of Real Madrid in 4,380 days, he did not set off with them. Instead, he clenched his fists, g…

Supporters held banners in support of women as others expressed conflicted feelings at SCG double-header Some Sydney Swans fans have walked out of the Sydney Cricket Ground in protest during a historic double-header amid a scandal that has shaken Australian football. Five AFL players – Isaac Heeney, Nick Blakey, Chad Warner, Riley Bice and James Jordon – have been stood down for the rest of the s…