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Bruno Fernandes: ‘We gave too much of the ball to them’ Sergej Jakirovic happy Hull proved critics wrong Michael Carrick says he will not overreact, but has called for improvement after Manchester United started the season with a 2-0 defeat at Hull. United lost their opening game for the fourth time in the past seven years as Semi Ajayi and Nobel Mendy took advantage of poor defending from set-pi…

Super League: Wigan 26-12 Wakefield French leads the way as Warriors break club record If you are a Wigan supporter and a keen believer in omens, it may be wise to cancel any plans you had for the first weekend of October. The Warriors are back on top of Super League, albeit for potentially 48 hours before Leeds get the chance to return serve on Sunday in York. But this was a record-breaking nigh…

Striker must win over new head coach after tough first season at Liverpool – starting on Sunday at an inhospitable St James’ Park When Liverpool’s team bus turns a tight corner and inches down the narrow, covered, access road behind Newcastle’s Milburn Stand on Sunday, Alexander Isak will know there are no hiding places. After that coach pulls up, its occupants must navigate a set of painted step…

After exodus of key players, youthful arrivals over the summer amount to a fresh beginning with plenty to get excited about Last season was the greatest Aston Villa have enjoyed since they won the European Cup in 1982. They claimed their second European trophy by lifting the Europa League , but even without that would have secured Champions League qualification by finishing fourth in the Premier …

Second-half Esposito and Bisseck goals seal 4-1 win Udinese hold Como to draw; Lens put five past Auxerre Inter kicked off their ⁠Serie A title defence with a 4-1 home win over ⁠ Monza , ​after the promoted side recovered from conceding an early ⁠goal to go in level at the break before the ⁠champions turned on the style. Hakan Calhanoglu ​put Inter ahead ‌in the ‌sixth minute, but the hosts were …

Every new season opens with talk of a team winning the transfer window. It is not the same as winning on the pitch and Tottenham found out the hard way after being run out of west London by Brentford, whose dominance made a mockery of suggestions that Spurs are about to take off after casting off the shackles of Levynomics with a summer of relentless spending. Spurs, whose outlay on new signings …

Tadej Pogacar edges out Ethan Hayter to claim red jersey Joshua Tarling third a week after death of brother Finlay Tadej Pogacar stormed to victory in the individual time trial to claim the leader’s red jersey after the first stage of the Vuelta a España on Saturday. The overwhelming favourite, aiming to complete a career Grand Tour treble , completed the 9.4km ride just 0.09 seconds faster than …

Infantino used opportunity to lobby for election votes Fifa president was asked to stay away from CFU meeting Gianni Infantino has angered many of the Concacaf nations, whose support he is seeking in his re-election campaign, by hijacking a meeting of the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) to announce Fifa-funded development projects for the region with millions of dollars that had been delayed for m…

Toddler was found unresponsive in residential pool Player has been practicing with team since June tragedy Buffalo Bills general manager Brandon Beane has expressed the organization’s condolences to Ed Oliver after the death of the player’s two-year-old son. “It’s an unthinkable tragedy for any parent. We will continue to support Ed and his family as we grieve this tragic loss,” Beane said before…

First Test: South Africa 16-33 New Zealand All Blacks score five tries against world champions As first courses go, this was a delicious appetiser to a series that looks on course to live up to its billing. First blood goes to New Zealand, who withstood a barrage of South Africa scrum pressure and demonstrated a slickness that the double world champions could not live with, clinching a first win …

Dutch cyclist secures third stage win of 2026 event Liane Lippert finishes second, Le Court third Lorena Wiebes secured her third stage win of the 2026 Tour of Britain Women while Kim Le Court maintained the overall lead after stage four. Riders departed from Llanidloes in Mid Wales and passed through Rhayader and the Elan Valley, climbing at the Cambrian Mountains before the route took them to N…

Lightning the humanoid ⁠robot clocks 9.32sec in Beijing Quicker than ​9.58sec men’s world record set 17 years ago A ⁠robot named Lightning ⁠has run ​the 100m in 9.32 seconds, ⁠beating the human world ⁠record, China’s ​state broadcaster ‌has reported. The humanoid, developed by the Chinese smartphone manufacturer Honor, ‌reached a peak speed of 14.5 metres per second during ‌a test event for ​the …

It would be fascinating to know what recruitment algorithms or eagle-eyed staff in Ipswich’s recruitment department spotted the potential and capability in Emersonn to score the goals to keep them in the Premier League. Thirteen games, no goals and a serious knee injury at the Brazilian side Athletico Paranaense, two league goals in 17 games at the Turkish side Goztepe, then six in 28 at the Fren…

Andy Burnham was in the posh seats at Hill Dickinson Stadium to witness how his beloved Everton would fare without the key additions to David Moyes’s team that even the Prime Minister had voiced an opinion on. No right-back, no new centre-forward, no problem: Everton capitalised on a wasteful Crystal Palace display to start their season with an ultimately convincing victory. Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall…

For Nottingham Forest, a few minutes before kick-off and before the curtain went up on another season, a new protagonist emerged from the tunnel. Oliver Glasner, Forest’s fifth head coach in less than 12 months, surveyed the scene from the home technical area. But the start of the new dawn, this Glasner’s first competitive game in the job, did not go to plan, Anton Stach sneaking a whipped free-k…