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Updates from the 158.3km stage from Lannemezan Stage-by-stage guide | Stage four report | Mail Tom After stage four: 1. Alex Baudin (EF Education-EasyPost): 12 2. Alex Molenaar (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA): 10 3. Nicolas Prodhomme (Decathlon CMA CGM): 9 4. Raul Garcia Pierna (Movistar Team): 7 5. Marco Frigo (NSN Cycling Team): 5 6. Jan Tratnik (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe): 5 7. Brandon McNulty (UAE Tea…

Carrick set to welcome player back after World Cup Club preference is to ease wage bill by offloading player Marcus Rashford is set to be re-integrated at Manchester United following the World Cup, with the forward currently expected to start next season as part of Michael Carrick’s squad. Due to a breakdown in the relationship between the player and club, the 28-year-old, who has two years left …

On the eve of the first women’s Test at Lord’s, nine England players and one Australian from 1976 are gathering On Thursday, in a room in central London about three miles from Lord’s, a group of 10 women will gather together for a very special reunion. Fifty years ago, on 4 August 1976, they made history when they were among the first female cricketers to play a match at the so-called Home of Cri…

We assess the teams who played in the tournament’s last 16 before the next round of games begins A very different side of France came to the fore , proving they are not mere showboaters, there is plenty of steel, grit and determination among the ranks. It was a brutal encounter as they became targets for Paraguay, who added menace to the low block. No one in blue retreated to the shadows, instead…

Give or take the odd error, officials have got it right on most occasions, while VAR has helped them when they haven’t Thomas Tuchel was critical of the refereeing at the World Cup after England’s win against Mexico , describing it as unreliable, erratic and not good enough. His comments struck me as reverse psychology – the referees have generally been OK, with some positive decisions made, but …

Updates from the series decider at Suncorp Stadium Kick-off in Brisbane is 8.05pm AEST | Email Jonathan Andrew Abdo has just been on Channel Nine spruiking the NRL’s new massive broadcast deal. Nine Entertainment and Foxtel have retained the media rights to the NRL in a $5.3bn deal which will see the games aired on the free-to-air network and the global streaming company DAZN until 2034. The Aust…

From Philly’s blockbuster coup to LeBron James once again dominating the market, here are the early winners and losers from a frantic first week of NBA free agency Once again, it’s time to pass judgement prematurely. After all, I would have my basketball writer card revoked were I to not evaluate before the dust has fully settled: that’s why they pay me the modestly-sized bucks, I’m told. So, wit…

England coach Brian McDermott has just one cap for his country – and so do a surprising number of brilliant players By No Helmets Required Brian McDermott may have ended as many England careers as he has launched. The new head coach has picked a pool of 38 players who will train together in the buildup to the World Cup in October. He may have inadvertently handed a few players membership to an ex…

Max Rushden is joined by Barry Glendenning , Archie Rhind-Tutt , Barney Ronay and Alexander Abnos as Argentina pull off an all-time great World Cup comeback against Egypt Continue reading...

The fearless 23-year-old is determined to keep a level head as he prepares to face Flavio Cobolli on Wednesday A week ago, very few people knew who Arthur Fery was. But he has been propelled into the limelight as the last man standing after a disastrous start to Wimbledon for British players. Fery, who is ranked No 114 in the world, defied expectations on Monday night when he triumphed on Centre …

⚽ All the latest as we look ahead to the quarter-finals ⚽ Player guide | Bracketology | Golden Boot | Email us Fulham have named Alvaro Arbeloa as their new head coach on a three-year deal. He’ll hope for a less fractious dressing room than the one he had to grapple with at Real Madrid. Here’s the story. Alvaro Arbeloa has been appointed as Fulham’s new head coach on a three-year contract. The 43…

Plus: national team colours that are different from flags; Senegal’s goal difference record setters; and Scotland’s unbeaten 1974 tournament Mail us with your all of your questions and answers “Neymar’s consolation penalty against Norway at the World Cup means his first international goal, scored on his first cap, was in the same stadium (MetLife) as his last international goal on his final cap,”…

The 2022 semi-finalists have delighted fans at home as the continent’s other sides struggle with off-field problems Over the past six decades, Morocco have achieved several performance milestones for Africa at the World Cup. The first country to qualify directly, for the 1970 finals in Mexico, they returned in 1986 and became the first team from the continent to make the last 16, then made that i…

British wildcard takes on in-form Flavio Cobolli ‘I’m not going to change anything now – it’s working’ Arthur Fery said he won’t change a thing before the biggest match of his career on Wednesday, sticking strictly to the winning formula that has fuelled his fairytale Wimbledon run to the quarter-finals. “I’m just going to stick to what I’ve been doing, just keep believing in myself, not letting …

Novak Djokovic wins 7-6 (10), 3-6, 6-3, 6-7 (4), 7-6 (4) Serb lauds ‘one of the best matches in my career’ On Monday night The Odyssey, ­Christopher Nolan’s three-hour epic about one man’s heroic quest, had its world premiere in London. And 24 hours later at Wimbledon, 15,000 fans on Centre Court witnessed a tennis equivalent. A ­rugged hero: Novak Djokovic. A mighty quest: the hunt for a record-…