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The 127.9km mountain stage starts at 2pm CEST / 1pm BST Stage 18 report | share your thoughts with Tom via email Richard Carapaz won stage 18 of the Tour de France after a breakaway group of six riders duelled their way to the winter sports station at Orcières-Merlette, but uncertainty surrounds the health of race leader Tadej Pogacar’s UAE Team Emirates XRG, which has been swept by a virus since…

Tommy Elphick and Shaun Cooper to work on set-pieces Iraola felt ‘very lucky’ to work with them at Bournemouth Andoni Iraola has outlined the roles his backroom staff will play in trying to improve Liverpool’s set-piece record next season and admitted he was “very lucky” to inherit a talented coaching team at Bournemouth. Iraola has brought several members of his Bournemouth backroom team with hi…

Spain head coach hits out at ‘acts of aggression’ Fifa investigation into incident yet to result in sanctions Spain’s head coach, Luis de la Fuente, has hit out at the “intolerable, unacceptable” behaviour of Argentina players in the immediate aftermath of Sunday’s World Cup final. At the forefront were Nahuel Molina and Leandro Paredes, who attacked Rodri and Eric García respectively at New York…

20-year-old agrees five-year contract at club Bamba expected to compete with Miley for No 6 role Newcastle have made Aladji Bamba their fourth signing of the summer after the 20-year-old midfielder completed a move from Monaco for a fee that could rise to £34m. “I’m very happy to be here,” said Bamba. “I was very excited when I heard Newcastle were interested in signing me. I know about the histo…

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Sixty years ago, the famed Red Sox slugger used his Cooperstown speech to champion Black players who were excluded because of the sport’s color barrier When Ted Williams, the last man to hit .400, was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame, he had an iconic career to reflect on. But he decided to dedicate a portion of his speech to championing Black players who had been excluded because…

All the action as the games get under way 10 things to look out for at Glasgow 2026 | Mail Taha 3x3 basketball: Australia finished as runners-up in the men’s 3x3 basketball four years ago – they’ve just kicked off their 2026 run with a 21-15 win against New Zealand. Artistic gymnastics: We’re underway in the men’s artistic gymnastics, with a team medal up for grabs today. Artistic gymnastics may …

Golfer punished for flattening grass around shot American threatened to pull out of tournament Bryson DeChambeau believes he would have been “right there for the Claret Jug” if he did not receive a two-shot penalty in the Open Championship last week at Royal Birkdale. DeChambeau made a positive start to last week’s tournament after opening with a 67 and then a 66 on Friday but his second-round sc…

Former Liverpool coach replaces Julian Nagelsmann Germany suffered exit to Paraguay at World Cup Jürgen Klopp is to return to the dugout after being appointed head coach of the Germany men’s national side. The 59-year-old takes over from Julian Nagelsmann in the job after Germany’s humbling last-32 exit to Paraguay at the World Cup . Klopp has been away from frontline management since leaving Liv…

British heavyweights return to the ring this weekend and face low-risk opponents in run-up to long-trailed bout Tyson Fury has won one fight in the past two years and nine months. Anthony Joshua, meanwhile, has enjoyed a solitary victory over the past two years and four months. Fury outpointed Arslanbek Makhmudov , the lumbering Russian heavyweight, in April while Joshua laboured through five tor…

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Harrow schoolgirl eclipses legend Judit Polgar’s mark as youngest girl ever to defeat a grandmaster rated above 2600, then draws with a former 2700 England’s 11-year-old talent Bodhana Sivanandan scored her best individual result last Saturday, when the Harrow schoolgirl defeated France’s 2628-rated grandmaster Marc’Andria Maurizzi, 19, in the opening round of the Dole Trophy in Aix-en-Provence. …

Australia forward allegedly driving almost 50km/h over speed limit 22-year-old was stopped twice for speeding on Anzac Bridge in Sydney Socceroos forward Cristian Volpato has allegedly tested positive for cocaine after being stopped while driving at almost 50km/h over the speed limit in Sydney. Volpato was one of Australia’s breakout stars of the 2026 World Cup but is now back in the spotlight af…

Betts and Hernández opt against joining team for event Back-to-back World Series winners gift ring to Trump Many loyal fans had conflicted feelings over visit Donald Trump hosted the World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers at the White House on Thursday for the team’s second trip to the White House in two years. The team gave the president a custom jersey and a World Series championship ring du…

The Hundred put on a show at Lord’s but the hosts’ men’s and women’s teams both lost to Manchester Super Giants London Spirit launched their new era with double defeat at Lord’s, and though they may have new owners, new coaches and new players it seems they’re still getting the same results. For the fifth time in their six-year history the men started their season with defeat, losing by seven run…