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NFL roundup: Ravens grab last-gasp win over Cowboys in Rio; Commanders stun Seahawks
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NFL roundup: Ravens grab last-gasp win over Cowboys in Rio; Commanders stun Seahawks

Cincinnati’s unbeaten start ends in PittsburghDrake Maye’s turnover woes continue for PatsLamar Jackson completed a 27-yard pass to Zay Flowers and alertly called a timeout with one second left, setting up Tyler Loop’s 56-yard field goal to cap a stunning seven-second drive that gave the Baltimore Ravens (2-1) victory over the Dallas Cowboys (1-2) in Brazil. The Ravens and Cowboys put on a entertaining show in front of a crowd of 72,792 during the NFL’s third game in Brazil and first in the city of Rio de Janeiro. For a moment, it looked as though it would be the Cowboys who would win the game in regulation. Continue reading...

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Newcastle find themselves the NRL’s fairytale team after scarcely believable return to glory | Nick Tedeschi
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Newcastle find themselves the NRL’s fairytale team after scarcely believable return to glory | Nick Tedeschi

The Knights’ incredible preliminary final win over the Penrith Panthers showcased everything Justin Holbrook has done to turn the club aroundFew teams have been mired in mediocrity longer than the Newcastle Knights, a club from a region that few dispute is the heartland of rugby league in Australia. They are built on the legend of Andrew “Joey” Johns and Paul “Chief” Harragon and so many others but have, for the better part of the last quarter-century, been an irrelevance.No more. After one of the most compelling, controversial and climactic preliminary finals in the history of the game, the Knights are on their way to the 2026 NRL grand final just 12 months after claiming their fourth wooden spoon in 11 seasons. Hollywood’s finest scriptwriter could not have written the story of Newcastle’s rise over the last year – and even the most creative could not have put together what will live in folklore as one of the most dramatic grand final qualifiers the game has seen. Continue reading...

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Snedeker says Trump ‘gets all the credit’ after US complete huge Presidents Cup comeback
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Snedeker says Trump ‘gets all the credit’ after US complete huge Presidents Cup comeback

Americans dominate final day singles contestsUS president gives speech before final dayThe United States made a stunning rally to capture an 11th consecutive Presidents Cup title on Sunday, completing a 17-13 victory over the Internationals with Donald Trump in attendance.Jacob Bridgeman secured the clinching point at Medinah by sinking a four-foot par putt at the 18th hole to defeat Australian Min Woo Lee 1-up. Continue reading...

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Nations League: Greece stun Klopp’s Germany, Netherlands sink Serbia but Gakpo hurt
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Nations League: Greece stun Klopp’s Germany, Netherlands sink Serbia but Gakpo hurt

Jürgen Klopp ‘unbothered’ despite 1-0 home defeatGakpo goes off in 2-1 win, Portugal edge past NorwayGreece stunned Germany 1-0 in Augsburg to go top of their Nations League group and spoil Jürgen Klopp’s debut in the home dugout.Dimitrios Kourbelis scored the only goal in the 74th minute, earning Greece their first-ever victory in 11 matches against Germany. Ivan Jovanovic’s side now lead ⁠Group A2 with six points ⁠from two matches; Klopp’s side are third with one point from two games after a 1-1 draw against the Netherlands on Thursday. Continue reading...

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McTominay’s role a poser for Pocognoli as Scotland offer positives in Slovenia
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McTominay’s role a poser for Pocognoli as Scotland offer positives in Slovenia

New coach still learning about his squad as they prepare to face Switzerland with the Napoli midfielder expected to return in NovemberAn elongated international window does not prevent Sébastien Pocognoli from glancing towards the next one. Scott McTominay’s absence from Scotland’s opening set of Nations League games is understandable as the Napoli midfielder recovers from a heart procedure.The scoreless draw in Slovenia on Saturday raised the question of where McTominay will fit in when he returns. “He can play in many positions,” Pocognoli said. “He is a top player so he can read the game. We will see.” Continue reading...

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Republic of Ireland put controversy aside to earn impressive win over Israel
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Republic of Ireland put controversy aside to earn impressive win over Israel

Football and politics are inseparable in the modern world, no matter how many people wish they were not. But whether the beautiful game can ease the ills of our age is another matter. After a week in which the issue of Irish support for the people of Gaza had turned this fixture into a battle of conscience, the outcome of this underwhelming match ultimately felt inconsequential.In the end the result was indeed a walkover, just not because of a boycott. On Saturday night the question had been whether Heimir Hallgrimsson’s side would take to the field in Hungary at all. If they did, would their heads be in the game? It turned out that a week of internal angst had been enough to produce collective resolve among the Irish squad, or at least those selected to play. Strong and assertive from the off, their forwards each scored in the first half to settle the contest, with plenty of symbolic action to assure those back home of their feelings. Continue reading...

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Denmark dominate Wales in Nations League to leave Bellamy ‘really hurting’
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Denmark dominate Wales in Nations League to leave Bellamy ‘really hurting’

Wales wilted in Copenhagen as a 2-0 defeat to Denmark left them bottom of their Nations League group with no points or goals from their first two games.After a first half in which Wales were very much second-best and fortunate to reach the break level, Denmark’s domination was rewarded by a Ben Davies own goal and a Gustav Isaksen strike in the second period. Continue reading...

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USA’s McNulty transcends chaos of Montreal road race to claim ‘miracle’ world title
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USA’s McNulty transcends chaos of Montreal road race to claim ‘miracle’ world title

Arizona rider first US champion since Lance ArmstrongPre-race favourite Evenpoel fails to add second goldBrandon McNulty, a UAE Emirates teammate of Tadej Pogacar, succeeded the Slovene as world champion with an unexpected solo win in the men’s UCI road race in Montreal.In the biggest triumph of his career, the 28-year-old American took his country’s first win in the UCI’s blue riband event since Lance Armstrong’s lone victory in Oslo in 1993. Continue reading...

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Liberty win Game 1 to put top-seeded Lynx on brink of WNBA playoff exit
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Liberty win Game 1 to put top-seeded Lynx on brink of WNBA playoff exit

Breanna Stewart scored 34 points with 12 reboundsLynx face must-win Game 2 in New York on TuesdayBreanna Stewart produced yet another clutch performance in the WNBA playoffs with 34 points and 12 rebounds for the New York Liberty in a 91-75 victory over the top-seeded Minnesota Lynx to open their best-of-three first-round series on Sunday.Stewart, the two-time league MVP, added six assists, two steals and two blocks. She shot 11 for 18 from the floor with her friend and former college teammate Napheesa Collier, the 2024 WNBA defensive player of the year, guarding her most of the afternoon. Continue reading...

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Chelsea turn up heat on Arsenal as Alyssa Thompson strike settles WSL derby
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Chelsea turn up heat on Arsenal as Alyssa Thompson strike settles WSL derby

Arsenal’s title chances were dealt a significant blow after a narrow defeat at the hands of Chelsea. Alyssa Thompson’s first-half finish was the difference on a competitive afternoon at Stamford Bridge but one that ultimately left Renée Slegers with more questions than answers about how to save their season.“Worried? No,” Slegers said. “Confidence is something that fluctuates. They know who they are and they know what they can bring. What’s important is that there’s always phases in the season and there’s different things you need to work on or focus on. Continue reading...

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Thomas Tuchel resists ‘madness’ of calls to rest England players despite longer window
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Thomas Tuchel resists ‘madness’ of calls to rest England players despite longer window

I don’t take calls from Premier League managers, he saysEngland play Czechia in Prague on TuesdayThomas Tuchel says it would be “madness” to allow his England players or the clubs to pick and choose their matches during the elongated Nations League window as he promised to go full throttle for victory against Czechia in Prague on Tuesday.The manager did accept that Declan Rice needed to rest and could not be part of the squad in light of the Arsenal midfielder’s heavy workload across a number of seasons and well-documented fitness issues. Rice was at Wembley on Saturday to watch England lose 3-2 against Spain in their opening Nations League game. Continue reading...

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James Trafford’s England dream burns with No 1 spot finally up for grabs again
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James Trafford’s England dream burns with No 1 spot finally up for grabs again

The Leeds player was surprise starter against Spain but, after his solid display, Jordan Pickford’s grip may be looseningJames Trafford looks genuinely affronted. The Leeds goalkeeper’s reaction borders on incredulity. Was it a season of frustration for him at Manchester City last time out, he is asked? A wasted year? “I won two trophies,” he says very simply and very firmly.Defiance is the stock in trade of a goalkeeper and Trafford has a nice line in it, on and off the pitch. Thrust into the England lineup against Spain at Wembley on Saturday for only his third cap, he performed well, particularly during the opening 35 minutes when the world champions threatened to run riot. Trafford made two excellent saves that kept England in contention, laying the groundwork for their surge into a 2-1 half-time lead. They ended up losing 3-2 in the Nations League opener after Harry Kane missed a 54th-minute penalty for 3-1. Continue reading...

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Alexander Zverev clinches Laver Cup for Team Europe with victory over Learner Tien
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Alexander Zverev clinches Laver Cup for Team Europe with victory over Learner Tien

Jakub Mensik and Flavio Cobolli win doubles 7-5, 6-3Andre Agassi goads Alexander Zverev at ceremonyTeam Europe reclaimed their Laver Cup title with a dominant 13-5 victory against Team World on the final day of competition at the O2 Arena.The contest had been finely poised after two days, with Team Europe holding a narrow 7-5 lead at the start of the day. With each match worth three points on Sunday, Europe needed two wins from the four remaining matches to win. They clinched their victory efficiently. Continue reading...

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England demolish Sri Lanka in ODI series decider as Banton bashes maiden ton
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England demolish Sri Lanka in ODI series decider as Banton bashes maiden ton

Batter hits first international century in one-sided winWill Jacks takes last wicket and named player of seriesA dysfunctional summer ended on a brighter note for England as Tom Banton’s eye-catching maiden international century and some masterful finishing from Jordan Cox propelled them to a one-sided victory against Sri Lanka in this one-day international decider.The neurosis had chiefly centred around the Test team, in fairness, with Harry Brook’s white-ball sides on something of an upward trajectory in 2026. Hence Brendon McCullum was relieved of only half of his duties as head coach in July. Continue reading...

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The Guardian view on Manchester City: a strange kind of glory | Editorial
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The Guardian view on Manchester City: a strange kind of glory | Editorial

If a guilty verdict on multiple counts of financial misreporting is upheld against the club, its achievements in the modern era will be forever tainted In surveys ranking the Premier League’s greatest moments, football supporters regularly give pride of place to Sergio Agüero’s championship-winning goal for Manchester City in 2012. Scored in injury time on the last day of the season, Agüero’s strike against Queens Park Rangers delivered the first league title for City since the 1960s. Knocking their historic rivals Manchester United into second place, it also signalled a new era in which the club replaced United as the dominant force in the English game.“Aguerooooooo!” – the incredulous single-word response from the match commentator Martin Tyler – has entered football folklore. But an asterisk may now be needed at the end of all those Os. Reports that an independent panel has found Manchester City guilty of breaking Premier League rules between 2009 and 2023 cast a dark shadow over that day, and much else besides. During that period, the club won seven Premier League titles, six League Cups, three FA Cups and the Uefa Champions League, all while under the ownership of Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, a member of the Abu Dhabi ruling family. The inescapable implication of the apparent ruling is that those trophies were won unfairly.Do you have an opinion on the issues raised in this article? If you would like to submit a response of up to 300 words by email to be considered for publication in our letters section, please click here. Continue reading...

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Tony Pulis says he and Stoke were ‘cheated’ in 2011 FA Cup final after Manchester City verdict
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Tony Pulis says he and Stoke were ‘cheated’ in 2011 FA Cup final after Manchester City verdict

Manchester City won match 1-0 after goal by Yaya TouréClub deny wrongdoing and say ‘process is ongoing’Tony Pulis has said his Stoke City team were “cheated” out of the 2011 FA Cup after Manchester City were found guilty on virtually all counts of breaching Premier League financial rules.Pulis’s Stoke lost the 2011 Cup final 1-0 after Yaya Touré’s goal. Yet following Friday’s news that City are guilty on all but one of the more than 100 charges laid by the Premier League in February 2023, Pulis feels serious discontent. City are expected to appeal and they deny any wrongdoing. Continue reading...

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Brisbane’s AFL dynasty is built on sheer talent, a loyal coach and their love of a dire situation | Jonathan Horn
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Brisbane’s AFL dynasty is built on sheer talent, a loyal coach and their love of a dire situation | Jonathan Horn

Chris Fagan kept faith in his Lions which meant they could thrive with the weight of the football world upon them – and rip out Fremantle heartsThere is no precedent for what happened at the MCG on Saturday. There have been devastating finals losses before – the Bulldogs losing the 1997 preliminary final to Adelaide and St Kilda losing the 2009 grand final to Geelong immediately spring to mind. A senior St Kilda staffer described the rooms after that game as resembling “a casualty ward following a mass disaster”. Thankfully, we don’t talk about sport like that any more. The modern athlete and the modern sporting club is better able to put their world into some sort of perspective.The prevailing mood in the rooms, in the stands and on the trains on Saturday was a mix of desolation and bewilderment. Part of it was Fremantle’s history. Part of it was the decision to activate Wharfie Time. Part of it was just how quickly it all happened. You establish an identity and for more than three decades you scratch, claw and hope. And in five minutes, your heart is ripped out. Continue reading...

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Lando Norris targeted by online abuse after calling for Franco Colapinto ban
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Lando Norris targeted by online abuse after calling for Franco Colapinto ban

Alpine condemn social media abuse of world championFans of Argentinian driver criticised after Baku incidentLando Norris has been the victim of a wave of online abuse, having stated that the Alpine driver Franco Colapinto should not be in Formula One after the Argentinian caused an accident on Saturday that knocked the defending world champion out of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix.Such was the level of abuse on social media, which appears to be from fans of Colapinto, that his Alpine team were prompted to issue a statement condemning the latest incident in a host of occurrences of fan abuse associated with the Argentinian driver. Continue reading...

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Gateshead’s fruitless trip south offers hint of Manchester City’s doomsday future
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Gateshead’s fruitless trip south offers hint of Manchester City’s doomsday future

His team bottom of the National League, Lee Cattermole’s ‘bomb squad’ approach could well end with him departingAmong many doomsday scenarios facing Manchester City is plunging down the football pyramid. Would that be so bad? Instead of yawning at the prospect of yet another meeting with Real Madrid or repeated Avanti train-hampered journeys to Wembley, how about the exoticism of away travel to Wealdstone? In the National League, City’s ownership may wish to know, there are no formal financial fair play or strict salary cap regulations.Wrexham, Notts County and Chesterfield have taken advantage of such lax constraints to regenerate. For City fans, Ruislip’s buzzy high street, full of nail bars, estate agents and a couple of homely pubs, would represent a welcome world away from Milan’s Via Monte Napoleone, as would the suburbia of Grosvenor Vale, Wealdstone’s home in the middle of a housing estate, which may jog memories of late-90s visits to Macclesfield and Lincoln. Simpler, happier times, perhaps. Continue reading...

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Ever feel you’ve been cheated? Consequences could be profound after Manchester City guilty verdict | Jonathan Wilson
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Ever feel you’ve been cheated? Consequences could be profound after Manchester City guilty verdict | Jonathan Wilson

Premier League could be hit hard by aftermath, while Manchester City fans may know they took 30 years to recover from a guilty verdict in 1906So it turns out none of that was real. Nothing that happened in English football between 2009‑10 and 2017-18 that involved Manchester City actually happened. City beating Manchester United 6-1 at Old Trafford? Fake. Sergio Agüero’s 94th‑minute winner to clinch the title in 2012? A figment of the imagination. That season City reached 100 points? Bobby Ewing dreamed it in the shower.Without those successes, City wouldn’t have been in the position they were for the past eight seasons (and 35 of the charges relate to a failure to cooperate with Premier League investigations between 2018 and 2023). The 14 successive wins that took them to the league title in 2018-19 would not have happened without what went before. Neither would the Treble of 2023 or the record four league titles in a row. Continue reading...

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Meet the new minute 55 England collapse, not the same as the old minute 55 England collapse | Barney Ronay
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Meet the new minute 55 England collapse, not the same as the old minute 55 England collapse | Barney Ronay

Things started to go wrong against Spain at the same time they did against Argentina, but for very different reasons and with far more cause for optimismYou could feel it inside the stadium, one of those moments where the air starts to shift, the birds fly backwards through the sky, and outside on Wembley Way an old man clutches his copy of the England Pathway Blueprint to his chest and cowers up at the moon. Welcome to the witching hour, 55 minutes in, when things just seem to happen to Thomas Tuchel’s England.Before this Nations League opener there was general agreement on the desirability of systems, pattern, repeatability. And you can’t say England aren’t consistent. Their last two significant matches, here and in Atlanta in July, have both involved going a goal ahead against the World Cup finalists, playing well and dominating parts of the game, right up until the 55-minute mark. Continue reading...

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Lula bans fixed-odds sports betting a week before Brazilian elections
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Lula bans fixed-odds sports betting a week before Brazilian elections

President’s ‘hard, drastic and necessary measure’, likely to attract widespread public support, polls suggestThe 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 operation, offering, intermediation and advertising of betting. Continue reading...

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Burnham’s booze ruse is a non-starter: just keep doing your drinking in the pub | Barney Ronay
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Burnham’s booze ruse is a non-starter: just keep doing your drinking in the pub | Barney Ronay

The prime minister, a life-long football fan, was just restating a personal opinion about having a drink in the stands, not trying to make policyHi, I’m Andy Burnham and I don’t believe any child should eat gravel for breakfast. That’s why we’ve launched the National No Gravel Breakfast initiative. Hi, I’m Andy Burnham and I think everyone should have access to sitting on a chair no matter if they live in the north or the chair-rich south. Hi, I’m Andy Burnham and I don’t think pensioners should be required to stab themselves in the hand with cocktail sticks. Unless that’s what they want. In which case I will personally do this for them.Hi, I’m Andy Burnham and I believe in a mother’s love, the laughter of baby horses and beautifully crisp and gooey churros straight from the pan. Unless you don’t want those. In which case I believe you have that choice and I will fight for it. Or not fight for it. Whichever. Continue reading...

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How drawn-out saga of Manchester City’s alleged cheating came to this
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How drawn-out saga of Manchester City’s alleged cheating came to this

Club’s ruthless approach was always at odds with their public image and this inglorious story has further to runThere is no episode in English football’s history that even resembles a precedent for the epic Manchester City disciplinary drama, which encapsulates the modern game at breaking point. Here was a grand, stoic old club, taken over in 2008 by Abu Dhabi royalty and mega-funded to imperious success, then crowned serial champions by a league simultaneously pursuing charges of monstrous financial cheating.On Friday sources confirmed that saga, in which Pep Guardiola’s expensively constructed City teams won five Premier League titles and the Champions League during the years since the investigation began in December 2018, culminated in guilty findings on almost all of more than 100 charges. Continue reading...

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The age of asterisk: Manchester City’s glittering era of success is tainted now | Barney Ronay
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The age of asterisk: Manchester City’s glittering era of success is tainted now | Barney Ronay

Friday’s verdict against Manchester City will change everything we understood about their Premier League title triumphsWelcome, then, to the age of asterisk. Whatever punishment Manchester City and their owners receive at the end of this process, the fact remains, everything is tainted now.Overturn the tables, scatter the gold coins. Throw your medals in the bin. You cheated to win them. Whatever that thing was, it’s done. Stolen glory, stolen income, stolen joy. Every chant, every “we won the lot”, every awkward documentary scene about the deep, throbbing heart of this empire of love. It all looks odd, sinister, cold, sloppy, but also, and this is always the best response, utterly absurd. Continue reading...

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My bad TV history qualifies me to discuss Disney’s women’s football coverage | Max Rushden
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My bad TV history qualifies me to discuss Disney’s women’s football coverage | Max Rushden

A golden retriever and a game of guess the pasta were unusual to see in a Women’s Champions League show – but I understand how they arrived thereDisclaimer: I have made a lot of bad TV programmes. I have done quite a few below-average radio shows. Podcasts, there are millions of them – some might say too many – and I’ve done my fair share that won’t go down in history. In between those, I’ve hopefully done some pretty good ones – it’s not for me to say.I have had good ideas and the odd great one that didn’t make it to air (attention the full-size unreferenced post-Keys and Gray elephant in the Soccer AM studio). I’ve had more awful ones. I’ve hosted shows where I’ve had almost complete editorial control, and ones where I could have been replaced by a performing monkey. Continue reading...

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Meet the real-life Pokémon professors, the unsung heroes of competitive monster-battling
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Meet the real-life Pokémon professors, the unsung heroes of competitive monster-battling

They offer advice, referee card games and manage players’ tantrums – we caught up with some of the volunteer profs who keep the competitive game going at this year’s world championshipsProfessors may be the most revered characters in the fictional world of Pokémon (apart from perhaps the Gym Leaders). In Pokémon Red and Blue, Professor Oak greets the player in a pixelated lab coat, and later provides trainers with their first battle partner; since then, each successive generation of games has introduced another professor to aid and guide trainers through their journeys. If you’ve ever played a Pokémon game, they are often the first people that you meet, apart from your in-game mom.But you may not know that there are also real-world Pokémon professors – volunteers who help organise the game’s competitive communities around the world. Instead of lab coats, they can be seen at events wearing red Pikachu-mascot shirts labelled “staff”, paired with black trousers and shoes. Continue reading...

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Mark Wood was a high-speed hero who put body and soul on the line for England | Taha Hashim
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Mark Wood was a high-speed hero who put body and soul on the line for England | Taha Hashim

Fast bowler won the Ashes and two World Cups but those successes were punctuated by long spells out with injuryTo reach for the career stats on Cricinfo is no way to go about it. This is a full-on YouTube job: boil the kettle, load up those spells at Headingley, St Lucia and the rest, and take in the whippy, absurd, mesmerising sight of perhaps the fastest English bowler there has ever been. That’s probably the best way to remember Mark Wood’s career.Tuesday’s announcement of his international retirement was coming from the moment Wood hobbled out of the Ashes last December, the series opener his only appearance. That always felt like the last act, one he rushed back for after surgery on his left knee earlier that year, and the game moves on fast. England’s seam stocks look healthy across formats, with Jofra Archer there to ramp it up when required. It’s a sore point that Archer and Wood played just two Tests together: one without supporters during the 2020 Covid-bubble summer, the other Wood’s farewell at Perth. Continue reading...

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Will anyone topple Infantino? How Fifa president is trying to cling on after World Cup sell-off debacle
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Will anyone topple Infantino? How Fifa president is trying to cling on after World Cup sell-off debacle

Fifa president continues to lobby for re-election despite no other candidates coming forward to challenge himFor Gianni Infantino there is no international break. The Fifa president is widely expected to make an appearance at the United Nations general assembly this week in New York, where he will lobby heads of state for their federations’ support as he continues his campaign to be re-elected next year.Infantino has not been idle during the lull since Fifa abandoned its World Cup sell-off plan last month, instead crisscrossing the globe on a private jet provided by Qatar Airways as part of its sponsorship deal with world football’s governing body. Continue reading...

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‘Hardships never last’: Jenn Lichter’s path from Colombian orphanage to ultrarunning records
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‘Hardships never last’: Jenn Lichter’s path from Colombian orphanage to ultrarunning records

Jenn Lichter’s childhood followed a difficult path. The resilience she gained helped her achieve an unbreakable ultrarunning feat this summerOn 27 June, Jenn Lichter lined up for her first 100-mile race, the Western States 100. The oldest and most prestigious 100-miler in the world, Western States attracts a highly competitive field from around the globe – the athletes run across the Sierra Nevada from Olympic Valley to Auburn, California. Despite 18,000ft of climbing and daytime temperatures often flirting with triple digits, Lichter went in confident. “I wanted to win, there was no secret to that,” she says. “That’s just who I am.”The race remained close for the first half, until the 30-year-old made a move on the climb to Devil’s Thumb. The gap grew and at the final aid station, Lichter had a sizable lead over the athlete in second place. A mile from the finish, Nick Cornell, Lichter’s fiance, told her she was just ahead of the course record. “That was the first I had heard about it,” Lichter says. “He knew my competitive side would jump at the challenge.” Continue reading...

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Ten lessons from Jakob Ingebrigtsen, one of the world’s most beguiling athletes | Sean Ingle
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Ten lessons from Jakob Ingebrigtsen, one of the world’s most beguiling athletes | Sean Ingle

Norwegian is meticulous in his training regime – ‘if there’s anything that’s out of my control, then I’ve not done my job properly’On a snowy Norwegian morning in January, Jakob Ingebrigtsen was on his treadmill, shooting the breeze about his running philosophy before our more formal interview. I should write something on this, I told him. Sure, came the reply.In recent weeks, the 26‑year‑old has added to his legacy with a European 5,000m gold, the World Ultimate 5,000m title and a world road silver medal despite achilles surgery in February and a flu that lingered through May and June. So now seems as good a time as any. Continue reading...

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Pixel 11 review: Google sets the bar for standard flagship phones
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Pixel 11 review: Google sets the bar for standard flagship phones

Longer battery life, faster chip, actually useful AI tools and better cameras keep quality Android ahead of competitionGoogle’s Pixel 11 continues to set the standard for what you should expect from the base model of a flagship phone with class-leading cameras, long software support and almost all the bells and whistles of its most expensive phones.The regular Pixel 11 costs £879 (€999/$899/A$1,499) making it £80 or equivalent more expensive than last year’s model as the cost of RAMageddon continues to bite. It’s not cheap by any stretch of the imagination, but it comes with 256GB of storage and is £200 less than the Pixel 11 Pro, matching rival Samsung’s Galaxy S26.Screen: 6.3in 120Hz FHD+ OLED (422ppi)Processor: Google Tensor G6RAM: 12GBStorage: 256 or 512GBOperating system: Android 17Camera: 48MP+ 13MP UW + 10.8MP 5x tele; 10.5MP selfieConnectivity: 5G, eSIM, wifi 6E, UWB, NFC, Bluetooth 6 and GNSSWater resistance: IP68 (1.5m for 30 minutes)Dimensions: 152.8 x 72.0 x 8.6mmWeight: 197g Continue reading...

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The best of our sports journalism from the past seven days and a heads-up on the weekend’s actionSubscribe to get our editors’ pick of the Guardian’s award-winning sport coverage. We’ll email you the stand-out features and interviews, insightful analysis and highlights from the archive, plus films, podcasts, galleries and more – all arriving in your inbox at every Friday lunchtime. And we’ll set you up for the weekend and let you know our live coverage plans so you’ll be ahead of the game. Here’s what you can expect from us.Try our other sports emails: there’s daily football news and gossip in The Fiver, and weekly catch-ups for cricket in The Spin and rugby union in The Breakdown.Living in Australia? Try the Guardian Australia’s daily sports newsletter Continue reading...

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The latest rugby union news and analysis, plus all the week’s action reviewedEvery Tuesday, Guardian rugby writer Robert Kitson gives his thoughts on the headlines, scrutinises the latest matches and provides gossip from behind the scenes in his unique and indomitable style. See the latest edition here.Try our other sports emails: there’s daily football news and gossip in The Fiver, a weekly cricket catch-up in The Spin, and our seven-day round-up of the best of our sports journalism in The Recap.Living in Australia? Try the Guardian Australia’s daily sports newsletter Continue reading...

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Subscribe to our cricket newsletter for our writers’ thoughts on the biggest storiesLet our team of writers be your guide to the cricketing world, as they analyse the big stories, revisit the week’s matches and other happenings, and look further afield. Sign up below to start receiving The Spin in your inbox. View the latest edition here.Try our other sports emails: there’s daily football news and gossip in The Fiver, a weekly rugby union catch-up in The Breakdown, and our seven-day round-up of the best of our sports journalism in The Recap.Living in Australia? Try the Guardian Australia’s daily sports newsletter Continue reading...

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