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Manchester City’s European campaign finally came roaring into life as they put four goals past Inter to record their first Women’s Champions League victory of the season and greatly improve their prospects of reaching the knockout stages. The English side had to come from behind after a slow start but two goals from Aoba Fujino put them ahead before half-time, and second-half efforts from Kerstin…

F10 unions fear financial loss if they play in second tier Promotion/relegation set for 2030 Nations Championship The Six Nations and Sanzaar are facing another battle with World Rugby over a desire from some unions to ensure that none of them can be relegated from the Nations Championship. As reported last week by the Guardian, the 10 leading unions have set up a new company, F10, to run the Nat…

Fearless winger has forced his way into Thomas Tuchel’s plans and believes he can become best player in the world Rio Ngumoha is fearless, exciting and ready to make his mark as an England player. The Liverpool winger narrowly missed the cut for the World Cup squad last summer but he impressed during the pre-tournament camp in Florida and has forced his way into Thomas Tuchel’s plans after an exc…

Midfielder was in hospital before Haiti match ‘I had to get the shock on my heart,’ says McTominay Scott McTominay has revealed he was in hospital under sedation to have a “shock on my heart” just 48 hours before Scotland began their World Cup campaign against Haiti in June. McTominay’s absence from training at the time was put down to a stomach complaint. It emerged in August that the Napoli mid…

England require back-line reshuffle after several injuries Kevin Sinfield says collaboration with clubs will be key England need to find a talented understudy for their injured star winger Manny Feyi-Waboso and are poised to invite Gloucester’s Will Joseph to audition for a leading role against Japan on Saturday. The latter was a travelling reserve for last weekend’s Australia game and appears se…

Imola stood down as back-up plan to finish the year Qatar and Abu Dhabi races set to go ahead as planned Imola has been stood down as a back-up plan for the Formula One season finale as the sport pushes ahead with its scheduled Middle East races. The Italian venue, 20 miles from Bologna, was lined up to replace Abu Dhabi as the final race amid concern over the ongoing conflict in the region. Cont…

Coach’s contract has release clause of about $10m United expected to sack Michael Carrick after awful start US men’s national team head coach Mauricio Pochettino is interested in a move to Manchester United, multiple sources told the Guardian, with those same sources characterizing the interest as mutual. United are expected to sack their head coach, Michael Carrick, after a disastrous start to t…

All the latest news and deals before the today’s deadline Jaguars add Davis to help defense; Simmons boosts Bears Follow the buildup to the 4pm ET cutoff and fallout Email Ella with your thoughts on the deadline moves I’m sure you’ll hear more on this topic later today from the Guardian’s resident Philadelphian Bryan Armen Graham, but for now! After trading Arnold Ebiketie to the Bengals, the Eag…

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Sage’s exit from Premier League club still not confirmed Manager’s potential return to France could benefit Palace Crystal Palace could avoid having to pay Pierre Sage significant compensation if he is re-appointed by former club Lens, with the Frenchman’s departure from Selhurst Park still yet to be confirmed. The decision to sack Sage was made on Sunday evening after Palace slumped to a 3-1 def…

Finals have hit California desert after stormy few years and pre-tournament kerfuffle has added to the fun Towards the end of a positive day for Mirra Andreeva, one of the brightest young stars of women’s tennis, the 19-year-old approached the broadcast cameras to dissect her excellent 6-4, 6-0 win over Elina Svitolina in her first match at this year’s WTA Finals. Andreeva took her place alongsid…

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A dinner-party question, a Sunday kickabout and an idea that snowballed. Nine years on, Tanvie Hans and Swetha Subbiah have taken sporting sisterhood to 10 cities On a breezy evening in 2017, as conversations flowed and so did the drinks at a dinner party, Tanvie Hans was asked an all-too-familiar question at the table: “Hey, can you teach me how to play football?” For the Indian-born British foo…

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Ban on Russian teams competing internationally has been lifted but days of friendly relations between Norwegian, Finnish and Russia players are a distant – if fond – memory For years, playing ice hockey against teams from Russia was a central part of Janne Tervahauta’s social life. Through his team, Tunturi-Kiekko, based in Ivalo, a rural Arctic town close to Finland’s most northerly border cross…