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England’s misery against Australia continue as they were bowled out for 90 in a shambolic 72-run defeat in the third Women’s Ashes T20 in Adelaide.

Britain’s Alfie Hewett beat defending champion Tokito Oda in the Australian Open final to win his 10th Grand Slam wheelchair singles title. The Japanese player clinched Paralympic gold over Hewett last summer and also defeated the 27-year-old in their previous three major finals. But second seed Hewett got the better of the 18-year-old with a 6-4 6-4 victory to claim …

British and Irish Lions coach Andy Farrell says it will be a “bit different” watching the Six Nations unfold this year instead of leading the Ireland team. The 49-year-old Englishman has guided Ireland to back-to-back Six Nations titles but is taking a sabbatical from the role to coach the Lions in this summer’s tour to Australia. “I’ll be intrigued to …

David Gaskell, who holds the record of being Manchester United’s youngest ever player, has died at the age of 84. Former goalkeeper Gaskell made his debut for United at the age of just 16 years and 19 days against Manchester City in October 1956. He spent 11 seasons at United after being promoted to the senior squad by Matt Busby …

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola says teams are prepared to take his side on in a manner they did not previously, which will cost City a Champions League spot if he cannot find a solution. Guardiola did not quite say City, who face Chelsea at home on Saturday, had completely lost their ‘fear factor’. However, as he assessed a torrid …

British snowboarder Mia Brookes had to settle for bronze in the slopestyle competition at the X Games in Aspen, Colorado. The 18-year-old won gold 12 months ago but was unable to defend her title as Zoi Sadowski-Synnott of New Zealand finished in the top spot. Sadowski-Synnott, 23, took gold with a score of 94.66 in her first run in the …

Alex King will not be part of Warren Gatland’s 2025 Six Nations backroom team with Rob Howley taking over the attack coach role for the tournament. King, 50, was appointed by Wales head coach Warren Gatland in December 2022 after Stephen Jones departed. King has been in his position for two Six Nations campaigns and a 2023 World Cup when …

England are looking to get back into the series after being soundly beaten in Kolkata in Brendon McCullum’s first match as head coach of the white-ball teams. Bowled out for 132, England’s historical weakness against spin was again exposed, as India’s trio of Varun Chakravarthy, Axar Patel and Ravi Bishnoi shared a combined 5-67 from 12 overs. Batter and vice-captain …

Ulster have handed a first start to forward Lorcan McLoughlin for Sunday’s United Rugby Championship game against Zebre at Kingspan Stadium. The 22-year-old is named at blindside flanker, joining Nick Timoney and David McCann in the back row for the meeting with the Italian outfit. Former Ireland under-20 international McLoughlin made his debut for the Irish province as a replacement …

Luke Williams says Swansea City must find a “clever way” to end the “suffering” the club have endured since relegation from the Premier League in 2018. Swansea are in their seventh straight Championship season and, as things stand, are destined to finish somewhere in mid-table. After dropping out of the top flight, the Swans twice reached the play-offs while receiving …