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American scores 19.06 to beat Medina at Tahiti Pro Eleven-time world champion tames Teahupo’o barrels Even at the grand old age of 54, the evergreen Kelly Slater’s mastery of surfing appears to know no bounds. Having been handed a wildcard for the Tahiti Pro, the American delivered yet another masterclass as he tamed Teahupo’o, one of the world’s heaviest waves, to knock out Gabriel Medina with a…

Uefa, Concacaf and AFC working together on system Fifa has ignored calls for an independent review Gianni Infantino’s opponents are working together to produce a new framework for running world football to replace what they regard as a system of patronage that Fifa has adopted since he replaced Sepp Blatter as president 10 years ago. Repeated calls from Uefa, Concacaf and the Asian Football Confe…

Highlights are men’s 100m and women’s 100m hurdles Hodgkinson up and running | Ticket backlash | Mail Billy What happened this morning? The early session saw the fight for women’s 800m glory crank into gear. The three standout names – Keely Hodgkinson, Audrey Weero and Femke Broeders-Bol – all won their separate heats to progress to the semi-finals on Thursday. Read more in Sean Ingle’s report fr…

Chelsea also made aware of 19-year-old’s availability Newcastle’s Lewis Hall remains prime United target Myles Lewis-Skelly has been offered to Manchester United as a potential left-back option, with Arsenal wishing to recoup some of the £75m paid to Newcastle for Bruno Guimarães. Chelsea, it is understood, have also been made aware of the 19-year-old’s availability. Lewis-Skelly won the Premier …

NBC is current US broadcaster of tournament Streaming services making inroads into live sports Apple TV has joined the battle to win US rights to golf’s Open Championship in the streaming platform’s latest move into sport. The Guardian has learned that Apple has had preliminary discussions with the R&A about bidding for the Open, whose current US deal with NBC expires in 2028. Continue reading...

Unbeaten colt’s career cut short after six races Boughey: ‘He has given us some extraordinary days’ Trainer George Boughey announced the shock retirement of his superstar colt Bow Echo due to injury on Tuesday. The three-year-old had cemented his reputation as the outstanding miler in Europe at the Glorious Goodwood meeting two weeks ago, defying the odds by coming from what looked an impossible …

England defender keen on move to Italian champions Udogie and Porro set to be Spurs’ first-choice full-backs Tottenham are prepared to allow Djed Spence to join Inter, with the England defender expected to cost around €30m (£25.6m). Spence – who started four games for England at the World Cup, including the semi-final against Argentina – has fallen further down the pecking order at Spurs after th…

Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now! Far be it for Football Daily to make cheap gags [wait, what? – Football Daily Ed] relating to the involvement of Amazon founder and master of the universe Jeff Bezos in a consortium buying around 30% of Liverpool FC . Will new signings arrive via prompt delivery but end up next door at Everton? How will fans rate the packaging? Etc, etc. There’s…

Wicketkeeper Alex Carey says it has been a ‘long winter’ of waiting for the match in Darwin which is the first of at least 20 Tests over the next 12 months Test cricket Darwin is an oddity, as Australia and Bangladesh prepare for the first five-dayer in the Top End since 2004. But there is something downright strange about the red-ball adventure the Australians are about to embark on. The two-Tes…

Briton wore sunglasses for first time in a race in victory Hodgkinson’s time of 1min 57.28sec her fastest in a heat Keely Hodgkinson breezed through the opening 800m round of the European championships with her fastest time in a heat – before laughing about why she had worn sunglasses for the first time in a race. “It’s sunny out there,” she joked. “I’m just trying not to get wrinkles and stop th…

Max Rushden is joined by Nicky Bandini , Lars Sivertsen and Paul Watson to discuss Donald Trump’s nice words about the struggling Fifa boss, plus returning Madrid boss José Mourinho’s new Netflix documentary Continue reading...

With the final round of fixtures played on Tuesday, only one county are sure to be playing in the quarter-finals By the 99.94 Cricket Blog Middlesex, having lost just one of seven matches to date, cannot be caught for a top three slot in Group B and will play in the knockout phase on Friday or Sunday or both – it’s complicated. The better of their two wins last week came at Chester-le-Street and …

Fulham sign Shea Charles from Saints for £30m Chelsea’s Filip Jorgensen moves to Strasbourg on loan Nottingham Forest have signed Côte d’Ivoire defender Ousmane Diomande from Sporting Lisbon for an undisclosed fee, reported to be £34.2m. The 22-year-old centre-half, who featured in the Côte d’Ivoire’s World Cup squad, has agreed a four-year deal with Forest, who have an option for a further year.…

Keith Andrews and the high-scoring Igor Thiago face difficult second album after outperforming expectations Guardian writers’ predicted position: 8th (NB: this is not necessarily John Brewin’s prediction but the average of our writers’ tips) Last season’s position: 9th Continue reading...

WSL team will be favourites against Spanish side Financial implications of missing out are significant Chelsea will face Real Sociedad in the Women’s Champions League’s third qualifying round, needing a victory over two legs to earn a place in the main league phase of the competition. The 2021 runners-up and six-time European semi-finalists are taking part in the qualifying stage by virtue of the…