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Updates from 4.10pm start time in Cardiff Have any thoughts? Send Sarah an email Some painful stats for Wales fans. Wales have not won a game since they beat Georgia at the 2023 Rugby World Cup pool stage. The team are at their lowest world ranking at 11th and they will hit their worst ever losing run if they fall to defeat today. Since Warren Gatland re-joined the side in December 2022 he has wo…

Popular studio show will air on ESPN and ABC next year Settlement of TNT suit likely to be announced Monday Inside the NBA will appear on ESPN and ABC beginning next season as part of a settlement between Warner Bros Discovery and the NBA. Warner Bros Discovery, the parent company of TNT Sports, sued the NBA in New York state court after the league did not accept the company’s matching offer for …

Goals, updates and news from Sunday’s WSL fixtures Any comments? Feel free to email Will Leicester: Leitzig, Nevin, Bott, Howard, Takarada, Cayman, Cain, Kees, Chossenotte, Momiki, Mace Subs: Kop, Ale, Thibaud, Swaby, Las, Sherwood, Pelgander, Rose, Goodwin Continue reading...

Anxiety issues curtailed former batter’s playing career Rob Key states ambition for future English head coach Marcus Trescothick has revealed he wants to become England’s head coach on a permanent basis after learning to cope with his mental health issues. The former England batter is serving as the men’s white-ball interim head coach during the West Indies tour before Brendon McCullum takes up t…

Jones dominates Miocic in UFC 309 main event Britain’s Aspinall likely next opponent for Jones Jon Jones sent Stipe Miocic into retirement with a stunning back kick to the ribs and used a series of blows to the head in the third round to retain the UFC heavyweight championship in front of US president-elect Donald Trump in the main event of UFC 309 at Madison Square Garden on Saturday night. Jone…

South African was only player that could pip McIlroy McIlroy now level with Seve Ballesteros on all-time list Rory McIlroy claimed the sixth Race to Dubai title of his career after Thriston Lawrence finished in midfield at the DP World Tour Championship. The Northern Irishman only needed a top-11 finish at Jumeirah Golf Estates to reach the summit of the season rankings, with Lawrence the only pl…

Erin Cuthbert described Mayra Ramírez’s goal as “sheer euphoria”, after the Colombia international broke the resolve of a resilient Alex Greenwood to put Chelsea ahead, before Guro Reiten added a second, in the tightest of chess matches against Manchester City. It was an emphatic end at Stamford Bridge and Chelsea took the spoils to leapfrog City at the top of the WSL table, two points clear and …

Autumn Nations Series: Scotland 59-21 Portugal Wing takes try total to 29 in 41 appearances Wing Darcy Graham equalled the record for the most tries for Scotland as they ran in a total of nine in a dominant 59-21 victory over Portugal in their Test at Murrayfield on Saturday. Graham scored the third of Scotland’s five first-half tries to bring his total to 29 in 41 international appearances and e…

Former world champion beaten in Texas mismatch Paul praises 58-year-old as ‘the greatest to ever do it’ After Mike Tyson’s first professional boxing match in nearly 20 years proved little more than a high-profile mismatch on Friday night, the former undisputed heavyweight champion expressed satisfaction with his performance and hinted that he may stay unretired. Tyson lost an eight-round unanimou…

A fifth defeat in succession, this time to South Africa, is latest evidence of the damaging limitations of this team The charge of the heavy brigade ended face down in the dirt, an inch short of where it needed to be. One man up, nine points down, and with 11 minutes to play, England were right up on South Africa’s try-line, so close to the score they needed to grab control of the match. Harry Ra…

Inter legend enjoyed a remarkable career in Spain and Italy, but football was not his only love growing up in Sydney I am having to explain to Christian Vieri that despite us being in London and only a few miles from Lord’s, organising a game of cricket with Sir Ian Botham is probably going to be a bit tricky. I just don’t have that sort of pulling power, but also because the former Ashes legend …

Young players with hopes of glory are being scammed by fake agents who offer trials but take the money and run Daniel Aldana had a dream, one shared by millions worldwide. He was desperate to be a professional footballer; all he needed was an opportunity. Aldana was training with a National League team when he was contacted on LinkedIn by someone claiming to be an agent and offering a trial with …

The comeback of the legendary boxer, 58, against former YouTuber Jake Paul drew 120 million virtual viewers – and condemnation Mike Tyson’s return to professional boxing after nearly two decades generated considerable public attention before Friday night’s comeback fight against the YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul, but the reviews were not kind. The 58-year-old former heavyweight champion’s lamen…

Karolyi trained multiple Olympic gold medalists and help turn the US into an international gymnastics power Bela Karolyi, the charismatic if polarizing gymnastics coach who turned young women into champions and the US into an international power, has died. He was 82. USA Gymnastics said Karolyi died Friday. No cause of death was given. Continue reading...

4th T20i: West Indies, 221-5, bt England, 218-5, by five wickets Opening partnership of 136 gives hosts a perfect platform For the seventh match in succession, it was win toss, win match in the Caribbean, as West Indies shone in a St Lucia runfest, chasing down England’s total of 218 with an over to spare. It was perfect conditions for batting in St Lucia, as a combination of playing on the same …