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Coach says of need to adjust to refereeing interpretations Genge calls timing of ‘hip-drop’ tackle law change ‘beserk’ Steve Borthwick is urging his England players to act smarter and recognise the vital importance of keeping 15 players on the field before a pivotal month for the national team. Borthwick’s side have been shown 14 yellow cards and one red in 2026 to date and, partly as a consequen…

The Australian swimming great on her decision to retire, her health and fertility journey – and her ‘intense’ former coach From a life tracing the black line three metres below the water’s surface, to one marked by shades of grey, Ariarne Titmus is still adapting. Now 26, and two years removed from her final competitive event, she recognises her excellence as a swimmer only partly prepared her fo…

Celtic slumped to a 2-0 defeat at Falkirk on Sunday to ramp up the scrutiny on manager Martin O’Neill after a run of three wins in 10 games. The Scottish champions had the chance to extend their lead at the top of the table to seven points, but never recovered from conceding a third-minute opener to Ethan Ross. Scott Tanser slammed in a second before half-time and the Bairns even had a third goal…

A coach shaped by her circuitous basketball journey was uniquely suited to building the trust that made Golden State champions just 534 days after their first game The mighty , miserly Golden State Valkyries won their first WNBA title on Saturday night with a point guard Dallas had given up on and cast aside, a starting forward who had been waived five times and a late-blooming All-Star once pass…

Updates from the match at Anfield (4.30pm GMT) Table | Top scorers | Email Daniel here So much of life is luck: when we’re born, where we’re born and to whom we’re born; the the skills we have; who we meet and when we meet them. Liverpool have lost one game this season. On the Premier League’s opening weekend, they needed a penalty in ninth minute of injury time for a point at Newcastle, recently…

Goals from Khadija Shaw and Lauren Hemp helped Manchester City escape from Bromley with three points after a thrilling encounter with London City Lionesses. It was a statement performance from the home team, despite the defeat delivering a blow to any title ambitions they may have been quietly holding on to prior to kick-off. The gap between the hosts and the champions is now six points, after He…

Eight injured in shooting outside Legion Field Annual game draws huge crowds to Birmingham One person was killed and eight others were wounded in a mass shooting outside Legion Field after the annual Magic City Classic football game on Saturday night, police in Birmingham, Alabama, said. Michael Pickett, chief of the Birmingham Police Department, said most spectators and families had left the sta…

Mageean won 2024 European 1500m title in Rome Athletics Ireland pays tribute to ‘inspirational figure’ Ireland’s European 1500 metres gold medallist Ciara Mageean has died at the age of 34. Two-time Olympian Mageean, who won the European title in Rome in 2024, announced last year she had been diagnosed with bowel cancer. A statement on her Instagram account on Sunday read: “At 6:30am this morning…

Fortune is not favouring Pierre Sage. Just when the Crystal Palace manager needed a positive result, Jean-Philippe Mateta’s early red card condemned his side to a third straight defeat in the league, leaving their manager’s position hanging by a thread. Goals from Archie Gray and Jan Paul van Hecke ensured that Tottenham recorded a third successive victory for the first time in 616 days as they m…

⚽️ WSL updates with games at 12pm, 2pm and 2.30pm (GMT) ⚽️ Putellas provides mindset change | Mail Luke A group of well-choreographed , fancy-dress-wearing school-age dancers fully embraced the Halloween spirit on Saturday as they boogied to one of Michael Jackson’s greatest hits at half-time here. Alas, the match itself was no thriller. For Manchester United, the only scary thing about this game…

United 17th in Premier League after Chelsea defeat No change expected until international break Michael Carrick is set to remain in charge of Manchester United for Tuesday’s Champions League game against Roma at Old Trafford despite Saturday’s 2-0 loss at Chelsea. The defeat means United have not won in nine games and have made their poorest start to a season since 1988, but Carrick’s position is…

Briton beats 18-year-old Austrian Lilli Tagger 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 Dart, a qualifier, was competing in her first WTA final Britain’s Harriet Dart won her first WTA title after coming from a set down to beat Lilli Tagger in the final of the Guangzhou Open in China. Dart, who saved three match points in her semi-final win over Sun Xinran to reach her first tour-level final, edged a thrilling match agains…

Tonga defeat Samoa 20-18 in Sydney England exit tournament on points difference England’s men have been eliminated from the Rugby League World Cup on points difference after Tonga’s 20-18 victory over Samoa. Brian McDermott’s side required Tonga to beat Samoa by 47 points or more to progress and it means it is the first time in history that England or Great Britain will not be in the last four. C…

The aim of reaching the Championship looks more realistic for a Manchester club in the shadow of City and United After seven seasons in League Two, Salford City are finally threatening to match the hype brought by their high-profile owners. First it was the Class of ‘92 who guided them up through the non-league system into the fourth tier but failed to progress any further. Gary Neville and David…

Valkyries prevail 68-63 in league’s first-ever Game 7 Williams scores 30 as Golden State win first title Second-year franchise complete remarkable rise In the middle of Chase Center, the Golden State Valkyries gathered somewhere they have been only a handful of times. They are, after all, just a second-year franchise. But on Saturday night they came together to collect their trophy as WNBA champi…