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The Norwegian world No 1 will be among 500 competitors in the 10-round contest of 15-minute games Magnus Carlsen makes a very rare appearance in an open tournament on 5-6 December when the Norwegian, who has topped the world rankings for 15 successive years, competes in the 10-round Super Rapid at the XTX Markets London Classic. The venue is the Novotel West at Hammersmith and the time limit is 1…

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Australian cricket captain breaks silence over allegations in Usman Khawaja’s book about 2018 ball tampering in South Africa After a torrid week, Australia’s Test captain, Pat Cummins, promised he would answer every question thrown at him in one of the most eagerly anticipated press conferences in recent sporting memory. And, over the course of 70 minutes at Cricket Central in Sydney, he did just…

Argentinian oversaw high-scoring games in his one Chelsea season and Opta predicts his Manchester United side will move upfield quicker than that team Among the 20 managers with more than 290 matches in the Premier League, only the five “ big beasts ” of Alex Ferguson, Arsène Wenger, José Mourinho, Jürgen Klopp and Pep Guardiola have better points-per-game averages than Mauricio Pochettino. He is…

Washington Commanders 24-21 New York Giants Stefon Diggs’s TD seals win in final minute Jayden Daniels threw his third touchdown pass of the game, a 32-yarder to Stefon Diggs with 57 seconds left, and the Commanders rallied to defeat the New York Giants 24-21 on Thursday night in what was essentially a must-win game for Washington. Daniels’ connection with Diggs in the final minute came after the…

Updates from the ODI series opener at Perth Stadium Play start time is 11.30am AWST/2.30pm AEDT/3.30am BST Any thoughts? Get in touch with an email Pat Cummins opened his press conference saying he would stand there until every question had been asked and answered. He did just that for more than an hour as he covered a range of topics from sandpaper and ball tampering to Australian cricket cultur…

The USMNT head coach is on the verge of sealing a move to Manchester United, but it’s hard to know who could be in the chair next Sign up for our free newsletter here Even before the 2026 World Cup, the US Soccer Federation projected an air of confidence in its ability to, someday, replace Mauricio Pochettino. “We have a process of, on a regular basis, always reviewing sort of succession planning…

The Ballon d’Or validated the forward’s career and he extended his incredible record for England with yet another goal on his 126th appearance Happy Harry Kane day! And many happy Harry returns. There is a process in clinical psychology known as semantic satiation. Subjects are asked to repeat a word or phrase so many times that it loses any kind of meaning. Suddenly “daffodils” is just an absurd…

Forward springs to defence of Chelsea teammate ‘He wanted to come and represent his country’ Morgan Rogers has said accusations that his Chelsea teammate Cole Palmer is not committed to playing for England are “a lie”. Palmer, who was left out of the squad for this week’s Nations League ties against Croatia and Spain, has faced questions over his desire to play international football since withdr…

American saves three set points in second-set rally Gauff wins six straight games to seal 6-4, 7-5 victory World No 4 needs Noskova help to reach last four Coco Gauff clawed out a 6-4, 7-5 round-robin victory over Marta Kostyuk on Thursday to keep her WTA Finals hopes alive in Indian Wells, California. The world No 4 still needs help to reach the semi-finals of the elite season-ending event. If f…

Loss is Zinedine Zidane’s first as France head coach Spain beat Czechia 2-0 to maintain 100% record Pio Esposito struck twice to inflict a first defeat on Zinedine Zidane as France head coach as Italy stormed back to win 3-1 at San Siro and go top of their Nations League group. Michael Olise profited on a Gianluigi Donnarumma error to put the visitors in front after 10 minutes, but Italy hit back…

Only three retained in same positions from Australia game ‘We want the very best of these guys,’ says Maro Itoje England’s World Cup hopefuls have been warned not to go off script when auditioning for a place on the plane next year after Steve Borthwick rang the changes to his side to face Japan on Saturday, handing starts to rookies Will Joseph and Max Ojomoh as well as Henry Pollock. Borthwick …

Disastrous decisions and confused appointments have been a constant theme at Old Trafford since Sir Alex Ferguson’s retirement in 2013 For a window into the alarming dysfunction at Manchester United that Michael Carrick failed to manage and caused his sacking , consider the case of Eddie Howe, initially a favourite to succeed the 45-year-old before Mauricio Pochettino’s emergence as the chosen on…

Arsenal continue to be a sharp thorn in the side of the European champions, Barcelona, digging deep to hold on to a draw here. Frida Maanum put the Gunners ahead despite a hugely dominant performance from Barcelona, but Caroline Graham Hansen’s equaliser ensured the spoils would be shared. The last time these two teams met, Arsenal were lifting aloft the Champions League trophy at Barcelona’s exp…

Death announced by wife, ESPN’s Hannah Storm Hicks had a 35-year career in broadcasting Sportscaster Dan Hicks, who was the voice of golf, Olympic swimming and Notre Dame football during a 35-year career at NBC Sports, has died, his family and NBC announced Thursday. He was 64. Hicks died late Wednesday in Connecticut. He died of an acute illness, according to his wife, ESPN broadcaster Hannah St…