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Jones will miss Japan’s Nations Championship opener Australian apologises for ‘some inappropriate remarks’ Japan have suspended their head coach, Eddie Jones, for four games and cut his salary for “verbal abuse directed at local officials” during a tour in Australia. Jones will miss Japan’s Nations Championship opener against Italy on 4 July, the fourth game of his ban. The Japan Rugby Football U…

Updates from the ODI at Northampton; start 1pm BST Sign up for the Spin | Follow us on Bluesky | Mail Taha ‘We have a hoot’: Oswestry CC’s 10 mother-daughter pairs Good news: we’re going to have an inspection at 1.15pm BST. The worry? The forecast means we’re probably down for further interruptions. The first men’s Test of the summer starts on 4 June, but we’ve already got the squad. Zak Crawley …

Uncapped trio in squad for first New Zealand Test Crawley dropped; Ahmed and Bashir named as spinners Emilio Gay, James Rew and Sonny Baker are the three uncapped players in a 15-man England squad for the first Test against New Zealand next month. Ollie Robinson returns to the setup after a two-year absence. As part of the wash-up from the Ashes, England have a new selector in Marcus North – now …

Slot won the league in his first season but Liverpool’s title defence has been disappointing. Should he stay or go? By Opta Analyst The rare sound of boos rang out at Anfield after the final whistle on Saturday. Normally, that would be an extreme response to a 1-1 draw with Chelsea , but context is everything. The visitors went into the game on the back of six straight league defeats, looking vul…

Seagulls are in their first Women’s FA Cup final but their coach, Dario Vidosic, is determined to keep aiming higher As Brighton’s old song goes, “Hark to the merry bugles”, because there is something in the air in Sussex by the sea. A purpose-built women’s team stadium is in the offing, a second consecutive top-half Women’s Super League finish is on the cards and the women’s side are heading to …

Women and Girls section has built strong family dynamic since launching in 2018 – and embraced Wags moniker The acronym Wags first entered popular consciousness in 2006 during England’s football World Cup adventures in Baden-Baden. Victoria Beckham, Cheryl Tweedy and the gang became a sneering tabloid obsession, their matching outfits, nightclub antics and hair extensions gleefully picked apart. …

The man who shaped the Raptors’ NBA title has moved to Texas. But his ideals may clash with his new team’s ownership On its face, the fit between Masai Ujiri and the Dallas Mavericks is perfect. “It’s almost like a match made in heaven,” Ujiri said after being introduced as the franchise’s president of basketball operations and alternate governor last week. “Every single one of us in this world i…

Captain Alex Greenwood said ‘nothing comes close’ to club’s £10m facility built specifically for women’s team Whether it is the chopsticks in the canteen with individually engraved names on for Manchester City’s Japanese players, the bespoke pineapple and mango recovery shakes made for Khadija “Bunny” Shaw to satisfy her taste buds or the underwater treadmill allowing players to watch Sky Sports …

Middlesbrough coach accuses rivals of ‘disgraceful’ act Eckert insists Saints are taking allegations ‘very seriously’ Southampton’s head coach, Tonda Eckert, insisted the club are taking allegations of cheating “very seriously” after they advanced to the Championship playoff final against Hull at Middlesbrough’s expense amid the backdrop of so-called spygate . Shea Charles’s 116th-minute cross-sh…

In an exclusive interview the Brazil coach talks about being in charge of ‘the most important national team’, how to get the best out of Vinícius Júnior and what he learned at Madrid Is Carlo Ancelotti an ambitious man? The Italian leans back and smiles. “Me? I’m not ambitious. Why? Why are you asking that?” The reason for the question is simple: the 66-year-old is one of the most successful mana…

The DP World Tour putting its G4D disabled tour in cold storage does not fit the growing the game narrative, the Englishman argues Kipp Popert is a man on a mission. The 27-year‑old Englishman, who tops the disabled world rankings, uses one word a lot: “opportunity”. Popert was “shocked” to hear from the DP World Tour that its G4D circuit, which staged a handful of tournaments per year for disabl…

Discussion over racing should include those working in the sport and fans, along with MPs and animal rights campaigners The Green party surged to record results at local and national level in last week’s elections, prompting Zack Polanski, the party’s leader, to suggest that two-party politics is “dead and buried”. Ladbrokes, meanwhile, subsequently cut the odds about the Green party winning the …

Plus: winning two titles in the same season, trophies with family connections and an easy routes to finals Mail us with your all of your questions and answers “Carlisle and Barrow will play each other next season in the Cumbrian derby in the National League,” writes Peter Hutchinson . “The clubs are located at opposite ends of Cumbria and the distance between the two grounds is some 78 miles [by …

Collins, a pioneer for inclusion and an ambassador for the NBA, died after eight-month battle with glioblastoma Jason Collins, the NBA’s first openly gay player, who went on to become a pioneer for inclusion and an ambassador for the league, has died after an eight-month battle with an aggressive form of a brain tumor, his family announced on Tuesday. Collins spent 13 years as a player in the lea…

Club president launches scathing attack on media No mention of turmoil, fights or José Mourinho “Good afternoon, I regret to inform you that I’m not going to resign.” In a hot, packed press room at Valdebebas before an audience hurriedly summoned to witness a news conference so bizarre that they could barely believe what they were seeing, Florentino Pérez sat at a desk with a phone that he kept l…