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Former New Zealand captain Tim Southee has announced he will be retiring from Test cricket later this year. Southee, 35, will call time on his Test career following the three-match series with England across November and December, unless the Black Caps qualify for next year’s World Test Championship final. Southee’s final Test will be at his home ground of Seddon …

Trent Alexander-Arnold continues to reject contract offers from Liverpool, West Ham stand firm on Mohammed Kudus’ £85m release clause, Xabi Alonso set to leave Bayer Leverkusen in the summer. Liverpool right-back Trent Alexander-Arnold continues to reject offers to renew his contract at Anfield as Real Madrid press on with negotiations to sign the 26-year-old when his current deal expires next …

If Raducanu is picked against Germany as expected, she will be tasked with putting her team ahead in the three-match tie before Katie Boulter plays in the second singles match. It has been a winning formula. Raducanu and Boulter won three of their four singles matches as GB beat France in April’s qualifier. Boulter, ranked 24th in the world, is …

Paolo Basarri has left his position as the compliance officer of Formula 1’s governing body the FIA. Multiple sources, both at and close to the FIA, said the Italian had been fired as a consequence of FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem losing confidence in him. Basarri is said to have pushed back against or tried to navigate around a number …

Scrum-half Jack van Poortvliet and full-back Freddie Steward start for England against South Africa as head coach Steve Borthwick makes four changes to his starting XV. The Leicester pair have yet to feature in the Autumn Nations Series but come straight into the line-up in place of Ben Spencer and George Furbank. Ollie Sleightholme makes his first England start on …

Prop Vilikesa ‘Billy’ Sela has signed a new deal with Bath. The 19-year-old is currently out for up to two months with a shoulder injury suffered during the Premiership Rugby Cup win against Bristol Bears last Saturday. Sela joined Bath’s academy in 2023 and made his first appearances in the Premiership this season, coming on as a replacement in the …

Elsewhere, Giannis Antetokounmpo hit an NBA season-high 59 points as the Milwaukee Bucks needed overtime to beat the Detroit Pistons 127-120. It was the ninth 50-plus point outing for the two-time Most Valuable Player and the second best of his career, after his 64 points against the Indiana Pacers last season. The Cleveland Cavaliers continued their unbeaten start to the …

The government’s proposed new football regulator would create a “closed shop” of top sides, West Ham United vice chair Karren Brady has warned. The Football Governance Bill, which would lead to the creation of a regulator, was debated in the House of Lords on Wednesday. Baroness Brady, who has held senior positions at clubs for 30 years, told peers there …

Neil Robertson claimed a 6-4 win over world number one Judd Trump to move into the semi-finals of the Champion of Champions in Bolton. England’s Trump took the opener with a run of 69 but Robertson then reeled off three consecutive frames with breaks of 90, 84 and 59 to lead 3-1. Two half-centuries brought Trump level at 3-3 but …

Manchester United and Arsenal in battle to sign Bayern Munich’s Leroy Sane, Liverpool some way off with Mohamed Salah contract, La Liga giants interested in Nottingham Forest defender Murillo. Manchester United and Arsenal are battling to sign former Manchester City winger Leroy Sane from Bayern Munich, with the 28-year-old Germany international out of contract next summer. (Bild – in German, …