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Kartal and Bouzas Maneiro were made to wait several hours to get onto court after thunderstorms held up play. Even when they arrived at 18:15 local time, there was still a delay as the chair umpire and staff dried the court with towels. Kartal sees herself as a “disrupter” but she was unable to unsettle Bouzas Maneiro in the early …

Ash Gardner’s fine all-round performance proves the difference as England are beaten by four wickets in the first one-day international of the Women’s Ashes in Sydney. READ MORE: Wasteful England beaten in Women’s Ashes opener Available to UK users only.

England give Australia’s Ellyse Perry a let-off by dropping the batter at fine leg.

The Houston Texans’ defence stunned the Los Angeles Chargers to progress to week two of the NFL play-offs. Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert was intercepted just three times during the 17-game regular season. But he was intercepted four times on Saturday alone as the Texans came from behind to kick off Wildcard Weekend with a 32-12 victory. Defences dominated the first …

Leicester Tigers: Steward; Bassett; Perese, Kata; Hassell-Collins; Pollard, Van Poortvliet; Smith, Montoya (capt), Heyes; Henderson, Holloway; Carnduff, Reffell, Cracknell. Replacements: Clare, Whitcombe, Cole, Wells, Ilione, Youngs, Shillcock, Woodward. Ulster: McIlroy; Kok; Carson, Postlewaite; Ward; Morgan, Doak; Warwick, Andrew, Wilson; Henderson (capt), Izuchukwu; McNabney, Timoney, McCann. Replacements: McCormick, O’Sullivan, Barrett, Treadwell, Sheridan, Cooney, Murphy, Telfer. Referee: Craig Evans (Wal)

Ospreys: Walsh; Kasende, Watkin, K Williams, Giles; Edwards, Morgan-Williams; G Thomas, Parry, Botha, Spencer, Griffiths, Morgan (capt), Tipuric, Morris. Replacements: L Lloyd, Phillips, Warren, Ratti, Morse, Hardy, Boshoff, Houston. Sin-bin: Spencer 38 Newcastle Falcons: Brown; Pepper, Spencer, Doherty, Greenwood; Wilkinson, Elliott; Rewcastle, Fletcher, Hancock, Hawkins, Scott, van der Walt (capt), Bainbridge, Leatherbarrow. Replacements: Byrne, Hancock, McCallum, Baker, Parsons, O’Sullivan, Metcalf, …

Leicester City’s Wout Faes scores a “screamer” as Leicester beat QPR 6-2 to progress to the third round of the FA Cup.

Glenn Murray and Nedum Onuoha discuss Everton’s reappointment of David Moyes on Football Focus.

Saturday’s Irish Premiership fixture between Ballymena United and Glentoran at the Showgrounds has been postponed due to a frozen pitch. The game was called off on Saturday morning following cold weather which brought snow and ice to parts of Northern Ireland this week. There will also be a pitch inspection on Saturday morning ahead of Glenavon’s game against Coleraine at …

BBC Sport’s Chief Football Writer Phil McNulty: When David Moyes left Everton to make an ill-fated move to Manchester United in 2013, he left behind a club that was the model of stability. Moyes had spent 11 years at Goodison Park, taking Everton from Premier League strugglers to European regulars, even reaching the Champions League qualifying stage in 2005. The …