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Plenty of franchises spend decades looking for a star quarterback. New England appear to have found one after a few short years in the wilderness You have to feel for the Browns, Jets, and Bears. Those franchises have spent decades in quarterback purgatory, rotating through prospects and placeholders. Meanwhile, after just five years of searching, the Patriots – the post-Tom Brady Patriots – appe…

Four decades ago Mike Gatting lamented 30-game schedule and while improvements were made, players will be weary of gruelling season ahead A meteorologist would say that England’s winter will start this year at midnight on 1 December; an astronomer would point a few weeks later to the 21st, perhaps even the moment at precisely 3.03pm when the northern hemisphere is tilted furthest away from the su…

Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri argued over events in Singapore and their team have to be careful it doesn’t continue in the title run-in McLaren and Formula One could do with anything decisive in the championship battle between Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri being decided on the track and without reference to the pit wall as the title run-in begins at the Circuit of the Americas on Friday. With t…

Defender will win 100th cap against Belgium, just reward for the ultimate professional and his old school values As a 19-year-old Premier League footballer at Swansea, Ben Davies always took an eternity to leave the club’s training ground. In those days, he drove an old Volkswagen Polo with manual windows – much to the amusement of the rest of the squad – and autograph-hunting supporters kept him…

Seattle Mariners 3-1 Toronto Blue Jays Seattle pitchers combine for just 100 pitches Mariners return to ALCS for first time in 24 years Cal Raleigh homered, Jorge Polanco drove in the go-ahead run with a sixth-inning single and the Seattle Mariners beat the Toronto Blue Jays 3-1 Sunday night as they returned to the AL Championship Series for the first time in 24 years. George Springer homered on …

Australia captain to learn this week whether he will be fit for opener Star quick says he is ‘less likely than likely’ to face England in Perth Pat Cummins has admitted he is unlikely to play in the Ashes opener, conceding a return to proper bowling is still some time away. Cummins is expected to learn this week whether he will be able to feature in Perth on 21 November, with officials conceding …

Quote falsely attributed to star swimmer posted on Facebook and X World Aquatics rules bar Lia Thomas from competing in female category Swimming Australia has moved to shut down “fake news” and “fabricated quotes” linked to swimmer Mollie O’Callaghan about transgender athlete Lia Thomas. A comment attributed to O’Callaghan but not posted from her social media account has appeared in posts on Meta…

Teenager beats world No 1 6-1 in little more than an hour Littler wins World Grand Prix title for the first time Luke Littler swept aside Luke Humphries to win a first World Grand Prix title in Leicester. Humphries had looked the more impressive in making it through to the final, but Littler was superb in the clutch moments as he raced to a 6-1 victory. Continue reading...

Australia win by three wickets after being set 331 Captain Alyssa Healy sets tone with knock of 142 Australia completed a record women’s one-day international chase as Alyssa Healy’s commanding 142 runs powered the defending champions to a three-wicket win over India on Sunday. Set 331 for victory in the Women’s Cricket World Cup league game, Australia reached their target with six balls to spare…

Liverpool remain pointless in the Women’s Super League this season after Manchester City came from a goal down to win 2-1 at Anfield for the second season running. It was a fifth loss out of five for Liverpool since Gareth Taylor’s appointment as head coach in August but this victory was no more than Manchester City deserved. The Merseyside club have a game in hand on the teams around them but ar…

Scotland edged closer to the World Cup with this result. It is just that next summer’s festival of football felt so far away as the Scots limped and laboured to victory over Belarus. A dismal showing has left Steve Clarke with far more questions than answers beforethe two closing fixtures that will determine Scotland’s Group C fate. More of this will not do; as the Hampden Park crowd pointed out …

Teams meet in World Cup qualifier on Monday night ‘Positivity is something I have to have around me’ Craig Bellamy said he believes a “special moment” is brewing for Wales and hopes the perfect storm arrives when they host Belgium in Monday’s crunch World Cup qualifier. Wales’s fate is in their hands after Belgium were held against Group J leaders North Macedonia and victory in Cardiff would keep…

Harlequins 20-14 Saracens England fly-half in inspired form with the boot Ordinarily a game-winning performance from Marcus Smith worth 15 points would include a dozen line-breaks, several off-loads and more hot-steps than a Motown nightclub. And while the England star dazzled in patches with ball in hand, it was his composed kicking that was the difference as Harlequins beat Saracens 20-14 in a …

New rules give clubs longer to sort out MCO issues Palace lost Europa League place despite Cas appeal Uefa is planning to give clubs more time to resolve potential multi-club ownership (MCO) issues next season following the controversy that led to Crystal Palace being expelled from the Europa League last summer. In a proposed change to its regulations discussed with elite clubs at last week’s mee…