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Watch Liverpool manager Arne Slot reflect on his side’s 2-0 victory over Real Madrid to maintain their perfect start to the Champions League campaign.

England were solid if unspectacular in the opening T20 in East London on Saturday, but this was an utterly dominant victory. They made a poor start, slipping to 15-2 when Maia Bouchier chipped the ball to mid-wicket for 20, before Sophia Dunkley fell for a duck two balls later with a nervy prod that flicked off the inside edge and …

Barcelona and Spain’s Lamine Yamal has won the 2024 Golden Boy award. The award, founded by Italian newspaper Tuttosport, is given to the best European men’s player under the age of 21, with journalists voting using a points system. Yamal, 17, established himself as a first-team regular for Barcelona last season before helping Spain to win Euro 2024. The winger …

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola says he did not intend “to make light” of self-harm when he answered a question about scratches on his face. City blew a 3-0 lead to draw 3-3 with Feyenoord in the Champions League on Tuesday and Guardiola was later seen with several scratch marks on his forehead during his post-match interview with broadcaster Amazon …

In Christchurch, the city of his birth, Stokes is born again. Physically fit and back to his ebullient self. As usual, he politely fends off suggestions that this is a homecoming – “I’m English” – though concedes it is special to be surrounded by so many members of his family. Merivale Papanui, the club where a young Stokes played his …

Gloucester-Hartpury return to league action this Saturday after three weeks off, with a local derby against Bristol Bears at Kingsholm – the first of four consecutive weeks of fixtures before Christmas. They are currently third in the table, 11 points behind leaders Saracens with a game in hand, but only a point and place in front of the Bears who …

BBC Radio 5 Live’s Leon Osman and Ian Dennis discuss Arsenal’s performance in their 5-1 win over Sporting in the Champions League.

Croatia defender Josko Gvardiol cost £77m when he joined City from RB Leipzig in August 2023. He struggled in the 4-0 home defeat by Tottenham at the weekend and on Tuesday was at fault for Feyenoord’s first and second goals. Gvardiol horribly misplaced a backpass which allowed Anis Hadj Moussa to nip in and round Ederson to score Feyenoord’s first …

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola reacts after his side are booed following their 3-3 draw against Feyenoord in the Champions League.

World number one Judd Trump won five frames in a row as he fought back from 3-1 down to beat three-time UK champion Neil Robertson 6-3 and move into the last 16 in York. Australian Robertson had a glorious chance to move 4-1 ahead but missed the penultimate ball and that proved to be the turning point in the match. …