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Parker takes over team eighth in Championship He has overseen three promotions to Premier League Scott Parker has been confirmed as West Ham’s head coach, taking over from Nuno Espírito Santo, who was sacked on Tuesday . The club’s former midfielder arrives on a two-and-a-half year contract with the team eighth in the Championship and takes charge of his first game at Cardiff on Wednesday. West H…

After an early career defined by competition success, the French paddler turned to wild rivers and waterfall drops, learning lessons on fear and facing unknowns Just hours before Nouria Newman planned to put in on the Klinaklini River in north-western British Columbia, she checked the water gauge at the mouth of the river. The levels had looked good. Then it started raining. Water flows doubled o…

Deal would be worth more than £2bn Cadillac are jointly owned by Mark Walter Liverpool’s owner, Fenway Sports Group, has held talks about buying a majority stake in the Cadillac Formula One team for more than £2bn as Mark Walter continues to sell off his sporting assets amid allegations of insurance fraud. Cadillac entered F1 this year as a joint venture between General Motors and Walter’s TWG Gl…

‘If it was punishment for the words, it was right’ Carrick hails ‘magical’ Old Trafford after comeback win Bruno Fernandes said Michael ­Carrick was correct to drop him last month as he reflected on a remarkable Manchester United comeback win against Roma at Old Trafford. A twice-taken penalty from ­Fernandes set United’s revival from 2-0 down in motion, two goals from Matheus Cunha ultimately se…

Title sponsorship with Qatar Airways also cancelled Paris’s Stade de France most likely venue for 2028 finals Qatar will not host the finals of the 2028 Nations Championship owing to uncertainty caused by the war in the Middle East in a development that has also led to the cancellation of a planned title sponsorship deal for the new tournament with Qatar Airways. Following months of negotiations …

Plus: managers sacked after signing new deals, war victims commemorated on kits and the first club website (part II) Mail us with all of your questions and answers It came as no surprise to the Knowledge that James Milner had spent the early months of his retirement training for – and then running in – the New York City Marathon. Yes, the bleep test-loving former Brighton, Liverpool and Mancheste…

John Aloisi’s side need a point on the final day to seal their maiden title – but their form has dropped off a cliff With four games of the Chinese Super League to go, Chengdu Rongcheng needed just a point to clinch their first title. With one game to go, they still need a point. What was a formality has become a formidable task. The biggest bottle job in Asian football history is very much on an…

Irishwoman Kearns lauded for pulling off illegal double Gaelic ‘solo’ AFLW boss says league to look at changing rules after 2026 finals The AFL will look at rule changes in its women’s competition to make it easier for Irish players to add their own flair, in a nod to the almost 50 former Gaelic footballers in the AFLW. One of the main differences between the sister sports, apart from the shape o…

“This stadium brings back bad memories but I hope to be able to replace them with good ones,” Harry Kane had said on Monday night, and 24 hours later this was a start. A small step, perhaps, towards coming back on 5 June and having a second go at winning the Champions League in the arena where he lost the 2019 final . On his first European outing since winning the Ballon d’Or , the England captai…

This was a chastening night for Aston Villa, and a familiar one for Unai Emery in this corner of town. On a chilly, damp, oddly processional night at the Camp Nou Barcelona produced a performance of unhurried, high-grade incision, easing to a 3-0 Champions League victory that never really seemed to tip into an actual close-quarter contest before it was gone. This Barcelona team will always give y…

The Super Falcons won’t be at the World Cup and with the prize money going up, they risk being left even further behind It was a historic result in Casablanca – but not in a good way. Nigeria’s 2-1 defeat against South Africa in a playoff in August meant that the Super Falcons are missing out on the World Cup for the first time. It is a crushing blow for the most decorated national side in Africa…

Tournament pushed back 11 months with proposed start on 23 December New dates with 21 January 2028 final must be approved by Fifa The 2027 Asian Cup in Saudi Arabia has been postponed as a result of the conflict in the Middle East. After a month of speculation following the airport attack on Riyadh’s international airport, the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) confirmed on Tuesday that the tourn…

Six clubs found to be balance-sheet insolvent Spending restraint urged despite investment Prem Rugby clubs’ collective losses and debt levels are continuing to increase despite growing interest from global companies and financiers shown by the recent investment of Red Bull, Sir James Dyson, and the Black Knight group which owns AFC Bournemouth. The third edition of the Leonard Curtis Rugby Financ…

US set to host Summer and Winter Olympics USOPC CEO says business model in early stages The US Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) is in the advanced stages of setting up an entity to sell a stake ⁠in the commercial rights for Team USA in return for capital, according to multiple reports. Any deal would mark a significant shift for the USOPC, a non-profit organization that, unlike many natio…

Faye Carruthers is joined by Suzanne Wrack , Tom Garry and Freddie Cardy to discuss the weekend’s WSL action Faye Carruthers is joined by Suzanne Wrack , Tom Garry and Freddie Cardy to discuss the weekend’s WSL action. On the podcast today: Bunny Shaw and Lauren Hemp star for Manchester City as they battle past London City Lionesses. It’s yet another draw for Arsenal against Aston Villa, with the…