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What England’s former captain did – and didn’t – say in two-hour podcast interview with his old teammates Stuart Broad and Jos Buttler Over the course of two hours chatting to his old friends Stuart Broad and Jos Buttler on their podcast, Ben Stokes sounded at peace with his decision to retire from England duty five weeks ago. Dare we say it, refreshed and ready to go again. Beyond playing for Du…

Mauritian rider outsprints Kerbaol and Pieterse ‘Winning a stage in a Tour de France is very special’ Marlen Reusser retained the overall lead in the Tour de France Femmes from rival Demi Vollering after another broiling stage through central France saw Kim Le Court take the second Tour stage win of her career in Tournon-sur-Rhone. The Mauritian rider Le Court recovered from a mechanical problem …

Barça ready to hijack rivals’ plans to sign Spain captain Manchester City will allow midfielder to go for £60m Barcelona have stepped up their attempts to hijack Real Madrid’s move to sign Rodri from Manchester City. While City have not given up hope that Spain’s World Cup-winning captain will sign a new contract after he entered the final year of his deal, they are thought to be willing to allow…

Cycling legend on living with a stage 4 diagnosis, fundraising with Miguel Induráin and why Andy Burnham could be key to his ambition of helping others Sir Chris Hoy arrives a couple of minutes late and the apologies roll from him. I don’t have a chance to tell the six‑time Olympic sprint cycling champion that waiting an hour for a star interviewee is more common. Hoy is already deep into a story…

City taken aback by forward’s absence from training WSL champions yet to publish any reference to move The Brazil forward Kerolin failed to report back for pre-season training at Manchester City in July before her transfer to Barcelona had been agreed, the Guardian has learned. Barcelona announced their lucrative signing of the 26-year-old on Tuesday but, as of Thursday afternoon, Manchester City…

Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now! There are at least 6,001 days in the year. Days occur at a rate of approximately 16.5 days a day. This is confusing, sure, but it’s the world we live in. Get over it. This is based on the boast from daysoftheyear.com that they list “over 6,000” commemorative days, and that this number, whatever it is, has just swollen by one with the declaration…

Angel Reese, Paige Bueckers to make World Cup debuts Americans seek fifth consecutive tournament title World Cup will be held in Berlin from 4-13 September Caitlin Clark, Angel Reese and Paige Bueckers will make their World Cup debuts as members of the US women’s national team next month. The trio will try to help the US win their fifth consecutive Fiba World Cup title. The young stars will be jo…

Forward becomes most expensive African player Club are in positive talks with Vinícius Júnior Real Madrid have sealed the €135m (£115.7m) club-record signing of Yan Diomande from RB Leipzig. After several weeks of negotiations that saw Paris Saint-Germain pull out of the race, the deal for Diomande – the 19-year-old who joined the German side from Leganés last summer and starred for Côte d’Ivoire…

European body says Fifa statement ‘changes nothing’ ‘Conditions not met’ to call off boycott of competitions Uefa has doubled down on its threat to boycott Fifa-run competitions and reiterated its loss of confidence in Gianni Infantino’s presidency. European football’s governing body said Fifa’s public backing of Infantino on Wednesday night “changes nothing” and explained it had not been provide…

The throwback series rekindles memories of the past, but the focus is very much on realities of the modern game Just in case you were unaware that the forthcoming series between South Africa and New Zealand, dubbed Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry (RGR), is a “tour like no other”, the Springboks have just unveiled a jersey to prove it. “A jersey like no other” to be worn four times and then consigned to …

David Owori, who played for the national team, died in hospital after he tried to stop robbers taking his phone The Ugandan football community is in mourning after the death of a player who was fatally injured during a robbery in the capital, Kampala, on Tuesday night. David Owori, who captained Sports Club Villa, a Uganda Premier League club, and represented the national team, was attacked after…

Club reveal salary to Turkish stock exchange Striker will receive 20% from products sold in his name Mohamed Salah has signed a two-year deal with Trabzonsporand the Egypt forward will receive €17m (£14.5m) a season. The ⁠announcement to ‌the Turkish stock ‌exchange came ​as Trabzonspor fans prepared to head to the club’s stadium for a ceremony to mark the 34-year-old’s former Liverpool player’s …

Bid team reach agreement with West Ham to use stadium Host city for event to be announced in September London has submitted its bid for the 2029 World Athletics Championships after reaching an agreement with West Ham to allow it to host the event in September. World Athletics is yet to announce the other candidate cities, but Rome, Munich and Nairobi have also submitted applications for 2029. Con…

A crop of young players emerges every season in the Premier League. Who will make the grade this year? By Opta Analyst Dowman is old news by now, so we’re going to look at someone four months older than him. Much like the fish of the same name, Salmon has risen quickly. The defender became the fourth-youngest player to represent Arsenal last season when he came off the bench against Club Brugge i…

Proposals to convert skateparks, children’s play areas and basketball courts have angered residents Aiwa Saito and her children are one of many families who were regulars at Barking Skate Park. But after skating there for more than five years, London’s only full-size indoor skate park closed on Sunday and will be replaced with padel courts. Padel is one of the UK’s fastest-growing sports, accordi…