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Pole wins her first title in 11 months ‘Sometimes we need to fight things we shouldn’t’ It came as no surprise that almost a year of pent-up emotion exploded from Iga Swiatek the moment she slotted her final backhand winner to clinch the Canadian Open title by defeating Elena Rybakina in two clean sets on Thursday night. As she screamed towards her team members on her corner of the court, pointed…

Ultimatum issued hours before plan was scrapped European Football Clubs demanded Infantino back down Europe’s leading clubs threatened not to participate in future Club World Cups unless Gianni Infantino withdrew his Fifa Forward Enterprise scheme, issuing their ultimatum hours before the plan was scrapped. In a letter to the Fifa secretary general, Mattias Grafström, seen by the Guardian, the in…

⚽ Updates from Molineux; kick-off 8pm BST ⚽ Weekend fixtures | Follow us on Instagram | Mail Dominic You wonder if Tony Mowbray might equate his current squad, Forrest Gump-style, to a bag of Revels. He is seemingly a world expert on the chocolate, according to this video which has been doing the rounds this week. It says much about Blackburn’s summer that their starting lineup tonight includes z…

With Marco Silva leaving after five years, can the club take advantage of the links their new coach, Álvaro Arbeloa, has with Real Madrid? Guardian writers’ predicted position: 15th (NB: this is not necessarily John Brewin’s prediction but the average of our writers’ tips) Last season’s position: 11th Continue reading...

Former international sprinter not been for two months Situation ‘very worrying’, says former teammate Mystery surrounds a highly regarded British Athletics coach who has not been heard from since visiting Morocco around two months ago. Leon Baptiste, 41, who coaches a number of elite athletes including the Paris Olympic 4x400m relay bronze medallist Charlie Dobson, is believed to have gone to Mor…

Teenager involved in an accident in Portugal Rider’s NSN Development Team ‘heartbroken’ The British cyclist Finlay Tarling, 19, has died following an accident that occurred ⁠during the eighth stage of the Volta a Portugal race. Tarling ⁠was ​a Welsh time-trial specialist who had joined the NSN Development Team last ⁠year. Continue reading...

Updates from Friday’s evening session in Birmingham Latest report | Follow us on Instagram | Mail Tanya All times BST 7:35pm Women’s heptathalon shot put Continue reading...

Confirmed deal values club as a whole at £5.5bn Amit Bhatia will become club’s new vice-chairman Liverpool’s owner, Fenway Sports Group, has confirmed it has agreed the sale of 30% of the club to a consortium including Amit Bhatia, the Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and the Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin. The deal is understood to be worth £1.65bn, valuing Liverpool at £5.5bn, and will see Bhatia…

Bundesliga club want at least €50m for England defender Gunners remain interested in Aston Villa’s Ezri Konsa Arsenal have opened talks with Bayer Leverkusen over a move for Jarell Quansah as they intensify efforts to bring in cover for William Saliba and Jurriën Timber. The England defender, who left Liverpool last summer for an initial £30m and was part of Thomas Tuchel’s World Cup squad, has b…

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With the Hall of Fame game done, and the second round of preseason games underway, let’s look at the storylines that could dominate the coming weeks Winning the Super Bowl back in February puts the Seattle Seahawks in line to become the 10th team, and the ninth franchise, to repeat as champions (the Pittsburgh Steelers went back-to-back twice in the 1970s). While a lot of Super Bowl winners exper…

Apprentice Alex Jary can steer sprinter to success Dubai Honour set to defy a break at Newbury Frontrunners and prominent racers enjoy a significant edge at Ripon and Nigel Tinkler’s Lord Roxby, a winner over course and distance this month, has a fine chance to follow up that success in the Great St Wilfrid Handicap at the Yorkshire track on Saturday. A high-numbered stall is also an advantage in…

British sprinting sensation and Cambridge graduate with a passion for the Italian renaissance is creating a masterpiece of her own When Amy Hunt was a teenager, she was hailed by Vogue as “one of the faces to define the decade”. It has taken a few years, and several painful detours. But the 24-year-old Cambridge University graduate with a passion for the Italian renaissance is set to create an im…

The IPL-ification of the competition was supposed to transform its fortunes, but crowds are down as organisers say it is yet another transitional year It was a story about English cricket that took flight in the final days of July. A viral clip that prompted headlines around the globe. A cut-through moment for a sport always hunting for them and unrelated to the international game. Unfortunately …

Josh Kerr broke longstanding world mile record in July Norwegian says championships are ‘for the best athletes’ The European 5,000m champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen has criticised Britain’s Josh Kerr for being one of the athletes “ruining” the sport by missing the event in Birmingham. Ingebrigtsen, who won a brilliant gold medal in his first race after 11 months out of the sport due to an achilles inj…