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James Anderson believes Harry Brook can become England’s best ever batter, surpassing even new record run-scorer Joe Root. Brook became the first England man to make a Test triple century for 34 years in the astonishing defeat of Pakistan in Multan. In the same Test, Root made 262, and in doing so he passed Sir Alastair Cook’s previous England best …

Former Norway boss Per-Mathias Hogmo has been identified by Heart of Midlothian as the preferred candidate to be their new head coach. The 64-year-old Norwegian, who led Rosenborg and Sweden’s Hacken to league titles, is out of work after leaving J-League club Uruwa Red Diamonds in August. Hogmo is not in Scotland but could arrive over the weekend if a …

Brady’s contribution followed a first-half howler by his central defensive partner Nathan Collins, who gifted the Finns the opening goal when his woefully hit attempted backpass allowed Joel Pohjanpalo in to score. The 32-year-old played a prominent part in the Republic’s Euro 2016 campaign but injuries have played a part in his failure to re-establish himself on a consistent basis …

In their latest Nations League fixture Northern Ireland will take on Belarus in Hungary on Saturday, the neutral venue the result of Uefa restrictions on the hosts. Fifty years ago, it was Northern Ireland playing in homes away from home with no international football staged in Belfast between October 1971 and April 1975. BBC Sport NI looks back on the …

There was an element of Carsley giving the public what they wanted with this potential thrill-ride of a teamsheet. They did not want it by the final whistle, judging by thousands of empty seats and the resounding boos. Carsley’s courage in attempting it was commendable but from the first whistle it was exposed as folly. The general feeling was that …

Goalscorer Vangelis Pavlidis said Greece’s players “gave everything” for their late team-mate George Baldock, who died the day before their historic win over England at Wembley. Pavlidis scored in stoppage time as Greece beat the Euro 2024 finalists 2-1 on Thursday evening – the day after their players learned of Baldock’s death. A minute’s silence was held in memory of …

Briton Jack Massey has promised to bring the IBF cruiserweight title back home for his daughter as he prepares to face champion Jai Opetaia in Saudi Arabia on Saturday. Massey, 31, has won six of his past seven fights, with his only defeat coming when he stepped up to heavyweight to face Joseph Parker. He meets Opetaia in Riyadh, on …

For Brook, who admitted he was merely trying to beat his father David’s highest score of 210, it was also testament to a fitness regime implemented when he missed England’s tour of India earlier this year. Leaner, more agile in the field and with perhaps the safest pair of hands in the England team, Brook said he would have “got …

“It’s difficult in international games – you don’t have a lot of time to implement your style of play, and I know exactly the way he wants to play. We’ve seen some clips of the way he wants to play and tomorrow it’s about us, how we can cancel that out. “I know he wants to play good football as …

The second tier of English rugby will expand from 12 to 14 clubs next season, with the Rugby Football Union opening a tender process and welcoming expressions of interest by Sunday, 13 October. Wasps and Worcester are now owned by businessman Chris Holland, while Daniel Loitz, the director and main investor of Hokulani Limited, says he is in talks to …