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Noel Gallagher, fan and Oasis star, ‘shocked and sad’ David Bernstein: a fine is ‘not sufficient’ if appeal fails Manchester City’s manager Enzo Maresca posted a cryptic message on social media reading “I know nothing” after the club was found guilty on virtually all counts of breaching Premier League financial rules. News broke on Friday that City had been found guilty on almost all of more than…

⚽ Updates from the Group B1 game; kick-off 2pm BST ⚽ Live scoreboard | Read Football Daily | Mail Barry Slovenia (possible 4-4-2): Oblak; Brekalo, Bijol, Drkusic, Janza; Karnicnik, Cerin, Elsnik, Matko; Sturm, Sporar. Subs: Vidovsek, Leban, Balkovec, Zabukovnik, Kuzmic, Begic, Lovric, Celar, Svetlin, Zec, Vipotnik, Horvat. Continue reading...

The idea of 16-year-olds like Cavan Sullivan playing for the USMNT was once unfathomable – until Mike Slivinski, Mark Jonas and Nelson Vargas appeared in a 1991 friendly If 16-year-old Cavan Sullivan takes the field for the US men’s national team in the coming days, he will join a list of youngest-ever US players that has no shortage of recognizable names. At the top is onetime phenom (turned cau…

️ F1 updates from Baku from 12pm BST ️ Preview link | Sign up for the Recap | Mail Dominic “Today’s a big opportunity,” says Antonelli, speaking to the broadcasters. “The car is very quick, so hopefully we can gain a lot of places.” The 20-year-old is a confident young man. Continue reading...

Fighter blames feud between rival promoters ‘He’s cost us the biggest fight in boxing history ’ Tyson Fury insists his blockbuster showdown with Anthony Joshua is in doubt because of a feud between rival promoters Eddie Hearn and Dana White. The standout British heavyweights of their generation have agreed to fight in Cardiff on 11 December and are scheduled to face off at a press conference in L…

Four years in France have refreshed scrum-half’s outlook and he thinks his club can make their mark this season Most players returning home from the French Top 14 have had a life-enhancing experience and Dan Robson is the latest example. The former England scrum-half spent four seasons in the shadow of the Pyrenees with Pau, mixing it with the likes of Antoine Dupont and Maxime Lucu, before rejoi…

Aminata Seck’s detention shows the bargain facing international college athletes: universities eagerly recruit them, but support can disappear when their immigration status becomes precarious Earlier this week, news broke for the first time that Senegalese Division II Kentucky State women’s basketball player Aminata Seck was abducted by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) at Louisville’s Mu…

Updates from final round of county cricket games Get in touch with Tanya on email or comment BTL “Morning Tanya! “ Morning Mes! “I think all the press box will like this .” Continue reading...

Club’s owners FSG move swiftly to fill key post Move comes amid upheaval in Anfield hierarchy Liverpool have appointed Julian Ward as their sporting director for a second time following the departure of Richard Hughes to Al-Hilal. Ward, who was Liverpool’s sporting director for one season in 2022-23, has returned to the role after spending the past two years as technical director for Fenway Sport…

President’s ‘hard, drastic and necessary measure’, likely to attract widespread public support, polls suggest Brazilian president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, has signed an order banning fixed-odds sports betting just over a week before the first round of the presidential election, in a move he said was designed to tackle the pervasive problem of families falling into debt. The decision ends the o…

Lions beat Dockers 14.12 (96) to 12.17 (89) at electric MCG Wharfie Time backfires as Lions surge home in closing minutes The Brisbane Lions secured a historic third-straight AFL premiership, defeating Fremantle 14.12 (96) to 12.17 (89) at the MCG. In a barely believable grand final, the defending premiers ended with a four-goal spree in the final four minutes, including the final two from Logan …

Former England captain wants to go abroad next summer All-rounder also has complications over IPL availability Ben Stokes is on course for another clash with the England and Wales Cricket Board because the governing body is unlikely to grant him permission to play in overseas franchise competitions next summer. The former England captain is understood to have had discussions with franchises in th…

Thomas Tuchel wishes his team could play more like the world champions, but he may have to, as he himself put it, ‘embrace the chaos’ instead England are about to face the hardest challenge in international football, maybe at any level of the game. They are going to try to score against Spain. Spain conceded one goal in eight games on the way to winning the World Cup while allowing their opponent…

We analyse what City must do to appeal, why even that might not be the end of the legal wrangling, and the penalties that could await if the verdict is upheld Manchester City have been found guilty of the vast majority of the 134 disciplinary charges brought against them by the Premier League. Continue reading...

Spain and Barcelona wonderkid has won World Cup and European Championship but says there are no limits for his career Like the kid he is, Lamine Yamal just wanted to keep playing. This wasn’t Plaça Joan XXIII, wasn’t El Parque de Rocafonda either; it wasn’t the Mataró neighbourhood where it all began, but it might have been. “We’re in a World Cup final and I wanted to carry on,” he says, and ther…