Manchester City’s struggles continued as Pep Guardiola’s side remarkably blew a three-goal lead to draw 3-3 with Feyenoord in the Champions League on Tuesday, while Bayern Munich beat Paris Saint-Germain to leave the French club in danger of elimination. There…
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Arne Slot can seemingly do no wrong as Liverpool manager but uncertainty over the futures of Mohamed Salah, Virgil van Dijk and Trent Alexander-Arnold is casting a shadow over a spectacular season. Liverpool head into Wednesday’s heavyweight Champions League clash…
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World Athletics President Sebastian Coe said on Friday the new Ultimate Championship team event, officially unveiled by the sport’s governing body, would be a “gamechanger” for track and field. The inaugural event will be held in Budapest on September 11-13,…
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South Africa back-rower Pieter-Steph du Toit was named best men’s player in the 15-a-side game while France’s Antoine Dupont took the Sevens award at the World Rugby Awards in Monaco on Sunday. It it the second time Du Toit, 32, has…
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Ruben Amorim was given a stark illustration of the size of his task at Manchester United after his uninspiring team were held 1-1 by struggling Ipswich in his first match in charge on Sunday. The former Sporting Lisbon boss –…
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Mohamed Salah fired Liverpool eight points clear at the top of the Premier League as the leaders survived a scare from lowly Southampton thanks to the Egypt star’s second half double in a 3-2 away win on Sunday. Arne Slot’s side…
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Romelu Lukaku ensured Napoli maintained their one-point lead at the top of Serie A with the only goal in Sunday’s 1-0 win over his old club Roma. Belgium striker Lukaku poked home his fifth Napoli goal seven minutes after half-time…
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England ended a five-game losing streak with a nine-try demolition of Japan as Eddie Jones’ return to Twickenham ended in a 59-14 defeat on Sunday. Jamie George and Luke Cowan-Dickie each scored two tries as England eased the pressure on…
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Jannik Sinner completed his sensational year by leading Italy to a successful defence of the Davis Cup with victory over the Netherlands in the final on Sunday. The world number one eased to a 7-6 (7/2), 6-2 triumph against Tallon…
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Scotland captain Sione Tuipulotu scored a try against the land of his birth in a 27-13 win over Australia at Murrayfield on Sunday that dashed the Wallabies’ dream of a Grand Slam. Tuipulotu’s score helped give Scotland a narrow 7-3…
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Max Verstappen claimed a fourth consecutive Formula One world title under the lights of the Las Vegas Grand Prix on Saturday. The 27-year-old Dutchman came home in fifth place in a race won by George Russell of Mercedes as he…
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La Liga leaders Barcelona suffered a dramatic collapse in a 2-2 draw at Celta Vigo on Saturday with coach Hansi Flick saying his team played a “really bad” match. Raphinha and Robert Lewandowski’s goals put the Catalans in a healthy…
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