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The Saracens wing is focused on becoming more disciplined and says that he is only going to get better after last term’s breakthrough Noah Caluori is addressing the dangers of second-season syndrome as he sets about charting a path to England’s World Cup squad next year and it soon becomes apparent he has one clear advantage. Twelve months ago he was an unknown quantity, now opponents will see hi…

Action from around the County Championship grounds Mail Tanya , post BTL | Sign up to get The Spin newsletter A lovely poignant read on Test cricket from Emma John. Matt Fisher, left out of England’s squad for the third Test, scrawled his name in neon crayons with a career-best six for 25 as Yorkshire were bowled out for 82 in their second innings at the Oval. But that came only hours after Surre…

Recruiting ex-pros. Inflaming Ukraine-Russia tensions. Suing the SEC and being sued back. The school is adapting to a new reality – and also creating a new one In 1893, a chemistry professor named Charles Coates arrived at Louisiana State University and wrote that, to his surprise, “there was practically no athletics in the student body: no football, no tennis, and only very little baseball in th…

Atlético rejected £500,000-plus bid for Fiamma Benítez City also unable to prise Ornella Vignola from Everton Atlético Madrid rejected a bid of more than £500,000 from Manchester City for the Spain midfielder Fiamma Benítez on the Women’s Super League’s transfer deadline day, the Guardian can reveal. The WSL champions are understood to have tried hard to add attacking-midfielder reinforcements be…

• All the latest news and previews before the weekend • Premier League: 10 things to watch for | Email Tom The WSL season kicks-off tonight and the Guardian’s women’s football writer Suzanne Wrack is answering your questions at 1pm BST/8am ET. Ask her anything: from her career as a sports reporter to her hopes for the new season and the future of the women’s game: On the eve of the new WSL season…

Letter sent to chancellor, John Healey, on Friday ‘Audience demand for women’s sport is growing’ The chief executives of the Football Association, Rugby Football Union and England and Wales Cricket Board have joined forces with leading broadcasters and YouTube in writing to the chancellor requesting tax credits for production companies to help deliver more television coverage of women’s sport. In…

Former champion into third round with 6-2, 5-7, 6-1 win ‘I hope to continue making good memories here’ For a second consecutive match at the US Open, Naomi Osaka appeared to be cruising. Everything was in hand as the two-time champion established a set and a break lead in her round two match against Katerina Siniakova, an uneventful return to the third round beckoning. Instead of carrying that gr…

Series and matches are getting shorter as the sport’s pace of change quickens – as if cricket is a proxy for wider fears There was a strange atmosphere on the final day of the Lord’s Test last week. It was a bank holiday Sunday, Jofra Archer was bowling the occasional rocket, and England were about to wrap up a much-needed series victory over Pakistan. The ground wasn’t full – it’s harder to sell…

Fans would have preferred contest for world crown, but 20-minute Rapid games are still competitive substitute Magnus Carlsen, the world No 1, will be paired at least twice in the next few days with the world championship challenger, Uzbekistan’s Javokhir Sindarov, in the Tech Mahindra Global Chess League, the six-team franchise competition based on cricket’s Indian Premier League. In 2024 the Glo…

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Seven years after springing one of the biggest upsets in boxing history, the Mexican Rocky is back with his old trainer for one final run at the heavyweight summit Seven years ago, Andy Ruiz Jr became the first fighter of Mexican descent to win the world heavyweight championship in one of the biggest upsets boxing has ever seen, stopping the undefeated Anthony Joshua inside seven rounds at Madiso…

Former official says he ‘tried to stay in the centre circle’ Referees’ group thought to be puzzled by remarks The former Premier League referee Mike Dean claims he used to take part in secret challenges while officiating, including trying to stay in the centre circle for as long as possible, as he confessed to “just joking about” during matches. The remarks, made by one of the most well-known off…

Untold Raygun: Breaking Badly finds warmth and humor in Rachael Gunn’s ordeal, but never fully reckons with what her notoriety meant for breaking Early in Netflix’s new documentary, Untold Raygun: Breaking Badly, Australian B-girl Rachael Gunn, recounts a session she had with her sports psychologist prior to the 2024 Paris Olympics. “Right before the Olympics, I went to my therapist, panicked,” s…

Frenchman falls in straight sets to No 14 seed Monfils, 40, will retire at end of 2026 season Tien reaches US Open third round for first time It would have felt more fitting if Gaël Monfils went out with a roar, with a five-set epic matching the reputation he has built as tennis’s great showman. He may have preferred the kind of bow he made at his home French Open earlier this year, a thrilling f…

Florian Wirtz has a chance to shine, there’s a Red Bull reunion on Tyneside and Chelsea face litmus test at Arsenal Florian Wirtz is easing himself into his second season at Liverpool after a forgettable first. There were signs of promise against Nottingham Forest , where he set up the second equaliser and would have had a goal of his own if not for an offside in the buildup. It is clear the Germ…