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Third Ashes Test: England 8-30 Australia Australia run in five tries to secure 3-0 series win Australia saw off another defiant effort from England to complete an Ashes series whitewash, in a Test match that had all the hallmarks of the first two but which leaves the hosts with major question marks over their future before next year’s World Cup. This series had been billed as the most important m…

⚽ Premier League updates from the 5.30pm GMT kick-off ⚽ Live scores | Edwards in talks with Wolves | Mail Scott Sunderland are in If It Ain’t Broke mode. They name the same XI that started the 2-1 win at Chelsea and the 1-1 draw with Everton. Arsenal make three changes after their 3-0 win at Slavia Prague. Eberechi Eze, Martín Zubimendi and Riccardo Calafiori step up; Ethan Nwaneri, Christian Nør…

Jockey returning to Britain after licence suspended Banned in 2007 for passing information for reward The former top Flat jockey Robert Winston, who made an unexpected and successful return to race-riding in Bahrain last week, has had his licence to ride in the country suspended and is believed to have returned to Britain while an investigation continues into the circumstances surrounding his dep…

NBA eyes 2027 launch for Europe league 16-team model with 12 permanent clubs Talks ongoing with investors, major cities The NBA is targeting October 2027 as a potential launch date for the new Europe-based league that it and Fiba have been working to make happen, a league official said Friday. NBA Europe managing director George Aivagolozu, speaking at a conference in Milan, said the first season…

The Real Madrid midfielder is part of an attack-minded squad but the manager will be watching him carefully One snub was enough. Another and it would have started to look vindictive from Thomas Tuchel, who is far too wily not to know that winning the World Cup is probably going to require help from Jude Bellingham, even if it is also on the midfielder to fit into the tactical structures and squad…

Game-by-game updates from the final in Riyadh Sign up for The Recap newsletter | Email Taha The ATP show kicks off tomorrow. It’s a fitting climax. The two players have come through the tournament unbeaten, battling through three sets in the semis. For Aryna Sabalenka this could be a wonderful way to wrap up a blistering year: one of three grand slam finals, another US Open title and her place se…

Republic of Ireland body alleges two statute violations FAI approved a resolution to submit a formal motion The Football Association of Ireland (FAI) has approved a resolution to submit a formal motion to Uefa urging it to ban Israel from European club and international competitions. The governing body’s resolution – proposed by the Dublin club Bohemians – cited alleged violations by the Israel F…

Hull up to fifth; Millwall and Preston draw at the Den Derby beat Blackburn in Eustace’s Ewood Park return Joe Gelhardt scored his fifth goal in six games as in-form Hull defeated struggling Portsmouth 3-2. The Leeds loan signing showed supreme calmness to dink the ball over goalkeeper Josef Bursik after he latched on to Charlie Hughes’s long ball in the 79th minute to settle the match. This stor…

How to make sense of a match that, so low on quality for the majority, swung in every conceivable direction in its final 15 minutes? Tottenham were on the brink of a potentially transformative win for Thomas Frank when Mathys Tel, who had only been on the pitch for five minutes, equalised out of nowhere before Richarlison glanced in an apparent clincher early in added time. It would have been the…

Qualifying to follow later on Saturday after sprint F1’s three-way title fight echoes battles of yesteryear Lando Norris’s world championship hopes were handed a boost after Oscar Piastri crashed out of Saturday’s sprint race in São Paulo. Norris began the race from pole position and was leading before the action was suspended on lap seven of 24 after Piastri hit the barriers at turn three. Franc…

Updates from the 3.10pm GMT start at Murrayfield Sign up for The Breakdown newsletter | Email Lee Is there much optimism out there Scotland fans, or are New Zealand the one side you can never be too hopeful in the face of? And what about you Kiwis, are you less worried that some quarters suggest you should be? Send answers to these questions and any others you fancy to to me on the email . Contin…

The boos rang out at the Emirates Stadium as the officials exited the pitch at the final whistle, the result of two disallowed Arsenal goals – one for handball and one for offside – the second of which would surely have turned a 1-1 draw into a 2-1 home win if it had stood. Alessia Russo’s late equaliser did at least keep alive the Gunners’ slim hopes of remaining in the title race, the gap betwe…

5th T20i: India, 52-0 (4.5), wash out. India win series 2-1 Storm scuppers final match to ruin Australia hopes India have won the T20 international series against Australia 2-1 after the fifth and final match was washed out at the Gabba. The sold-out crowd will receive a full refund as the fixture did not reach the stipulated cut-off of six completed overs. Lightning in the vicinity of the ground…

New York’s mayor-elect has taken on powerful institutions. With the World Cup taking place in his city, he should challenge Fifa next After winning the election for mayor of New York City, an exuberant Zohran Mamdani took to the stage at his victory speech and said , “If there is any way to terrify a despot, it is by dismantling the very conditions that allowed him to accumulate power.” He was al…

Head coach will not take charge of Birmingham match Edwards poised for Molineux move after Pereira sacking Middlesbrough have stood down Rob Edwards from taking charge of Saturday’s match at home to Birmingham, with the 42-year-old poised to leave for Wolves. Boro rejected an official approach from Wolves for their head coach on Thursday, but less than 24 hours later the Championship club pulled …