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Reaction to Saturday’s action and more football news Today’s matches | Results | Tables | And email Emillia In case you missed it, Tottenham suffered their second defeat of the campaign yesterday against Newcastle. Paul MacInnes was at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium for the clash. Today’s Premier League fixtures Chelsea v Brighton Leeds United v Brentford Sunderland v Fulham Manchester United v Ip…

Striker talks life in Saudi Arabia, problems with the Azzurri and ‘special feeling’ of playing for Manchester City Whenever the name Mario Balotelli is brought up, particularly in Italy, the conversation is almost inevitably laced with a sense of regret. There is that lingering “What if?”, a collective sigh over a player who possessed the raw, undeniable potential to be one of the best in the wor…

The Indian, just 21, scored his second major success of the summer following Norway Chess at Oslo while Wesley So halved to Sinquefield Cup victory with nine straight draws India’s world No 12, Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu, won the Grand Chess Tour finals in St Louis on Thursday night when he defeated the US’s world No 2, Fabiano Caruana, in a mix of classical, rapid and blitz games by 15-13. It was…

Rob Valetini filled in for captain Harry Wilson at No 8 but Fraser McReight’s performance will give Australia coach Les Kiss just as much food for thought Rob Valetini bulldozed, barged through and brought the hammer down on home hopes in San Salvador de Jujuy during the Wallabies’ 27-21 win over Argentina , Australia’s fourth victory on the trot. It was a rare start for Valetini, filling in for …

Ethiopian former javelin thrower claims men’s race in 2hr 4min 42sec Kenyan adds harbourside crown to Boston, New York and London titles Ethiopia’s Addisu Gobena surged to a record-breaking victory in the men’s race at the Sydney Marathon, while Kenya’s Peres Jepchirchir claimed the women’s crown on Sunday. In perfect conditions, Gobena won the hotly contested men’s race in two hours four minutes…

21-year-old Itauma runs out of steam in ninth round 34-year-old Hrgovic is first Croat to win such a title Moses Itauma’s hopes of becoming the second-youngest world heavyweight champion in history lay in ruins after the extraordinarily tough and resilient Filip Hrgovic stopped him in the ninth round of their IBF title fight. Yet, until the latter stages of round eight, the sheer speed and dextro…

Serb hopes to take advantage of wide-open men’s draw Elena Rybakina has eyes on No 1 world ranking Novak Djokovic said he was as prepared as he could be for the US Open as he attempts to take advantage of the wide-open men’s draw and battle for a potential 25th grand slam title. Djokovic arrived in New York having competed only once after his semi-final run at Wimbledon, losing in his opening mat…

Liverpool will hope Germany striker Vivien Endemann and Japanese youngster Mao Itamura can help get them off to a better start than they had last season Guardian writers’ predicted position: 8th (NB: this is not necessarily Tom Garry’s prediction but the average of our writers’ tips) Last season’s position: 11th Continue reading...

Argentina 21-27 Australia Rob Valetini leads heroic Wallabies effort The Wallabies have landed a major blow in their redemption story under Les Kiss, defeating Argentina 27-21 in a thrilling showdown in San Salvador de Jujuy. The hard-fought victory gives Australia their first four-match winning streak since 2021 and means Kiss remains unbeaten in his three Tests in charge. That winning run has c…

England all-rounder ‘desperate’ to establish himself Lawrence hits second fifty of Pakistan series at Lord’s Dan Lawrence said he was “desperate to establish myself in an England shirt” after taking some solid steps in the right direction on a rain-affected third day of the second Test against Pakistan. In a chill breeze and with frequent interruptions from the weather, the battle for England’s b…

Fourth official appeared to struggle with electronic boards ‘I wanted to make those substitutions about three minutes before’ Andoni Iraola bemoaned a poor first-half display plus a broken electronic board for Liverpool’s disappointing 2-2 draw with Nottingham Forest in the first home game of his Anfield reign. Forest led twice, but were denied a third successive Premier League win at Liverpool b…

It might be too early to push the panic button but Roberto De Zerbi faces a huge task if he is to turn Spurs around Time for Tottenham to start panicking? This is, of course, a subtle trick question. Tottenham is one of those clubs that never actually stops panicking. They panic when they concede and they panic when they score. They panic when they have the ball and they panic when someone else d…

The boss in the dugout is typically no longer an ageing former player – most are in their 40s on an exhausting treadmill One of the problems with getting older is that you’re never quite sure whether it’s you or them. Is the world really changing, or is it just you, struggling to adapt? There’s a milestone in life, probably as you’re contemplating university or a first job, when you realise you’r…

Real Madrid manager backs his striker to land award ‘The best player in the world is not at PSG or Spain’ José Mourinho has said Kylian Mbappé deserves to win this year’s Ballon d’Or, arguing the award should go to the best player in the world rather than be decided by World Cup or Champions League success. “The best players in the world, there are two, three or four of them, and we know who they…

Team from town of 13,000 stun 2023-24 champions Nkunku returns as RB Leipzig ease past Gladbach Bundesliga newcomers Elversberg began their first top-flight campaign in style, stunning Bayer Leverkusen with an impressive 3-2 home victory on Saturday. The Bulgarian winger Lukas Petkov and American winger Cole Campbell scored within 60 seconds of each other to put Elversberg 2-0 up before the 10-mi…