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British number one Katie Boulter came through a tough test against Chinese sixth seed Yue Yuan to win 6-2 5-7 6-2 and reach the final of the Hong Kong Open. Boulter will play either Russian top seed Diana Shnaider or Canada’s defending champion Leylah Fernandez on Sunday as she bids for a third WTA title of the year. The second …

Ruben Amorim says he wanted to take the Manchester United job at the end of the season but accepted a mid-season appointment after being told it was “now or never”. Amorim, 39, was confirmed as Manchester United’s new head coach on Friday and will complete his move to Old Trafford from Lisbon club Sporting on 11 November. Speaking after Sporting’s …

The incident, in which Leclerc ran off track and narrowly avoided the barriers while fighting to control his car, cost him second place in the race to the Briton. The judgement said Leclerc had “used language in response to a somewhat leading question asking him, ‘what did you say to yourself’, in relation to the significant moment towards the end …

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has said even fit players are in pain as they push through the fixture schedule and his squad now faces an injury “emergency”. Guardiola said he has doubts over several players for Saturday’s trip to Bournemouth after suffering problems in Wednesday’s 2-1 EFL Cup defeat at Tottenham. Savinho went off on a stretcher with an …

Oscar Piastri led Lando Norris to a McLaren one-two in sprint qualifying at the Sao Paulo Grand Prix. Norris’ title rival Max Verstappen could manage only fourth place in the Red Bull, behind Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc. Verstappen, who has a five-place grid penalty for the main grand prix on Sunday, starts the weekend 47 points ahead of Norris in the …

Alexander Zverev will face Holger Rune in the semi-finals of the Paris Masters after beating Stefanos Tsitsipas in straight sets. German world number three Zverev defeated Greek 10th seed Tsitsipas 7-5 6-4 on Friday. That victory made him only the third active player to reach 20 ATP Masters 1,000 semi-finals, joining Novak Djokovic (78) and Rafael Nadal (76). Semi-final opponent …

A man has been arrested following a burglary at the home of England cricket captain Ben Stokes. Stokes, who was in Pakistan for the recent Test series, said his wife and two children were at the property in Castle Eden, County Durham, when a masked gang broke in on 17 October. Durham Police said a 32-year-old man from North Yorkshire …

Amorim’s wingers, who sit just behind the striker to form a box-shape with the two central midfielders, tend to be direct runners capable of pressing hard and weaving their way through the lines in the transition. His wingers are expected to run at defenders, hence why Sporting top the Primeira Liga charts this season for progressive carries (262). In other …

Jodie Cunningham says that women’s rugby league is in the best shape it has ever been “by a million miles” as England prepare to take on Wales at Headingley on Saturday. Stuart Barrow’s side play Wales at 12:00 GMT in Leeds – before England’s men face Samoa in the second Test of their series – having won 60-0 in the …

With England’s Test tour of Pakistan only finishing on Saturday, it meant a number of key players were not considered for this Caribbean tour, comprising three ODIs and five T20s. Harry Brook, Brydon Carse and Gus Atkinson are among the players skipping this series before the pre-Christmas Test tour of New Zealand. Meanwhile regular captain Jos Buttler was forced to …