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Arsenal v Chelsea was watched by only 71,000 viewers Saturday noon kick-off believed to be a factor in drop-off The Women’s Super League is concerned about the broadcast slots allocated by its main rights partner, Sky Sports, this season after only 71,000 people watched televised coverage of the flagship fixture between Arsenal and Chelsea this month. The average audience on Sky Sports Main Event…

The most successful quarterback of all-time approached his playing career with ruthless focus. He could do with the same intensity in his retirement projects Tom Brady played for 23 NFL seasons with a single, maniacal goal: to become the greatest quarterback who ever lived. He achieved it. Now, in retirement, Brady has dabbled in everything. He calls games for Fox . He’s building chimneys in Birm…

Nervous flyer considered driving from Perth to Brisbane Tourists yet to decide if Test players will play tour match Mark Wood has considered driving straight from Perth to Brisbane – a 2,500 mile (4,000 km) journey over four days – just to fill the extra time created by the chastening start to England’s much-hyped Ashes moonshot. The fast bowler was among a side left “shellshocked” by the galling…

Spurs punished for negativity, Dyche’s gameplan downs Liverpool and Wharton’s quality shines through again Top scorers: check the latest race for the golden boot Amid Liverpool’s deepening crisis and the growing scrutiny on Arne Slot, it is only right that Nottingham Forest’s role in it is given some attention and acclaim. Back-to-back league wins at Anfield for the first time since 1963 deserves…

Former Wimbledon champion on how taking accountability for his crimes allowed for rehabilitation, watching Novak Djokovic from his cell and the new era of brotherhood in the sport “I heard the screaming and I didn’t know what it was,” Boris Becker says as he remembers staring into the dark in Wandsworth prison, just over two miles from Wimbledon’s Centre Court where he won the first of his three …

The Australian did not make the Guardian’s recent list of the top 100 Ashes players, but his heroics in Perth sit comfortably alongside the series’ best individual innings of all time Cometh the hour, cometh Travis Head. The always swashbuckling but recently out-of-sorts middle-order batter put his hand up and said, “I’ll do it”, as Australia were again left scrambling to find an opener to step i…

Opener dealt with back spasms in Perth as Travis Head excelled Josh Hazlewood’s injury not bad enough to sideline him for series Australia coach Andrew McDonald has failed to guarantee Usman Khawaja will be selected for the second Ashes Test, even if the under-pressure veteran opener is fit, while Josh Hazlewood is expected to take “some part” in the series despite speculation hovering over the s…

Tackle forces Mallía off with suspected serious injury Borthwick insists England forward is ‘respectful guy’ Tom Curry found himself at the centre of a storm after England’s win against Argentina , as Felipe Contepomi accused the flanker not only of a “reckless” tackle on Juan Cruz Mallía but of shoving him, the Pumas’ coach, in the tunnel afterwards. Mallía, the full-back, was forced off late on…

Everton manager says United needed rebuild in 2013 Moyes goes to Old Trafford with United on good run David Moyes has said he believed Manchester United needed a long-term rebuild when he succeeded Sir Alex Ferguson in 2013 and the subsequent upheaval at Old Trafford represents a departure from the club’s values. Speaking before Monday’s return to Old Trafford with Everton, Moyes admitted his 11-…

Italians win singles matches against Busta and Munar Alcaraz and Sinner both absent for Davis Cup final Italy have been crowned Davis Cup champions for a third successive year, after victory over Spain. The two teams reached the final despite the absence of their respective star players Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz in Bologna this week. And it was Italy who retained their title after Matteo B…

The England forward has made a decent start to his Emirates career but this performance was stick-it-on-a-mural stuff Has there ever been a softer, more delicate act of derby day brutality than this, a hat-trick in a 4-1 win where every goal must have felt like being bludgeoned to death with a feather‑light Parisian macaron? Eberechi Eze’s third goal, the killer, the legend-maker, was the funnies…

21-year-old beats grand champion Hoshoryu Wrestler uses ring name Aonishiki Arata Danylo Yavhusishyn has become the first Ukrainian to win a sumo tournament in Japan. The 21-year-old, who fled the war in Ukraine three years ago, won the Kyushu tournament after a tie-breaking victory over grand champion Hoshoryu from Mongolia. Continue reading...

Versatile back’s standout performance against Argentina on his second cap should give Borthwick a valuable option It is a quirk of England’s November clean sweep that there were no debutants throughout an autumn campaign for the first time in 25 years but Max Ojomoh’s performance against Argentina when winning his second cap certainly felt like the arrival of the next big thing. For Ojomoh was th…

Ben Stokes’s side had been more bullish than past teams to tour Australia, but history implies another belting is coming As an Australian, even one lacking in cricket parochialism, it’s flat to sit around the Perth CBD city centre on what should have been the third day of the opening Ashes Test but isn’t. In the same way that this city of heatwaves is now being combed by chilly winds and rain, th…

Roma claim 3-1 away victory to maintain league form Teenager Ouédraogo scores in victory for RB Leipzig Roma gave themselves a chance of finishing the weekend top of Serie A with a 3-1 win at Cremonese, where the Irish striker Evan Ferguson came off the bench and ended his almost 13-month goal drought at club level. Roma are on 27 points, two points ahead of Napoli who beat Atalanta 3-1 on Saturd…