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“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 …

A complex hamstring injury saw the left wing-back miss the 2022 World Cup, something the Saudi Arabia-born defender admits he continues to struggle to come to terms with. “I was still only a couple of weeks post-surgery, so I think the first couple of weeks were bed-bound, just watching the World Cup,” he explained. “It probably hasn’t actually settled in …

Ranger’s promising career was almost over before it had even started. He signed for Crystal Palace at the age of 10 but was released two years later for bad behaviour at school. Aged 15, he was sentenced to 11 weeks in a young offenders’ institute for his part in an armed robbery in north London. “We weren’t going around shooting …

The social media accounts of Panathinaikos and the Greece national team blackened their profile pictures on Wednesday evening. Manchester United defender Harry Maguire, who started his career at Sheffield United, posted a picture of Baldock with a broken heart emoji and the letters RIP. Former Sheffield United team-mate Dean Henderson posted “RIP Blades legend” on X along with a picture …

Former Manchester United goalkeeper Siobhan Chamberlain described City’s win as a “huge statement” to Europe’s elite. “They didn’t just win by luck, they didn’t just rely on their goalkeeper to keep them in it, they fully deserved to win the game and win the game comfortably,” she told BBC Radio 5 Live. “That is going to give them so much …

Bradley was offered the chance to shine by Klopp last season, and he says he is ready to take the next step under Slot, who replaced the German in the summer. “They are two different people but I have really enjoyed working under the new gaffer,” he added. “I’ve learnt a lot from him and it’s been really good. Long …

A six-hour Manchester United board meeting concluded on Tuesday with Erik ten Hag still in position as the club’s manager. Why has there been no comment on his future from the club?

Erika Andreeva defeated her higher-ranked younger sister Mirra in the first professional meeting between the two talented siblings to reach the last 16 at the Wuhan Open. The Russian pair became the first sisters to play each other in a WTA main draw match since Serena Williams defeated older sister Venus at the Top Seed Open in Kentucky in August …

“Alongside the sailing bit, there’s a lot of background work in engineering and boat building, careers that haven’t been that accessible for females so we’re really trying to push the science, technology, engineering and maths aspects to get young women and girls interested in those career paths. “We’ve done some roadshows in schools in the UK and a big thread …