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Oleksandr Usyk asks Tyson Fury to sign a photo of the Briton being punched in the face in their first fight during a news conference before their rematch.

England centre Henry Slade will play for Exeter this weekend in a bid to prove his fitness ahead of the autumn opener against New Zealand on 2 November. The 31-year-old had shoulder surgery over the summer and has yet to feature for his club this season. But he will fly back early from England’s training camp in Girona to prepare …

Forwards: Ewan Ashman (Edinburgh), Josh Bayliss (Bath), Jamie Bhatti, Gregor Brown, Scott Cummings (all Glasgow Warriors), Luke Crosbie (Edinburgh), Alex Craig (Scarlets), Rory Darge, Jack Dempsey (both Glasgow Warriors), Freddy Douglas (Edinburgh), Matt Fagerson, Zander Fagerson (both Glasgow Warriors), Grant Gilchrist, Patrick Harrison (both Edinburgh Rugby), Will Hurd (Leicester), Ewan Johnson (Oyonnax), Nathan McBeth, Elliot Millar Mills (Northampton), Ben Muncaster …

“The Football Association of Wales confirms its intention to submit a formal bid to Uefa to host the 2027 Women’s Champions League final at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff,” the FAW said in a statement. “Having submitted a declaration of interest to host the 2027 final, the FAW bid will be developed in collaboration with the Principality Stadium and local …

Despite the lack of British stars in the NBA, the league generates a large British-based audience. In Europe, Great Britain has the second largest number of NBA League Pass subscriptions, only behind Germany. The NBA app also had an average weekly viewer increase of 52% in 2023-24 compared to the previous season from British-based fans. Between 2013 and 2019, London’s …

Jhon Duran has made a habit of coming off the substitutes bench and scoring for Aston Villa this season. On Tuesday, the Colombia forward made his first start at Villa Park for 11 months and marked it with his side’s second goal against Bologna in the Champions League. Duran’s celebrations were cut short when he was immediately replaced by Ollie …

After starting with a tap-in to level the scores, Vinicius Jr’s last two strikes against Dortmund were something special. At 3-2, with the threat of a Dortmund equaliser hanging over Real Madrid, he picked up the ball in his own half, raced down the left beating Emre Can with pure pace and fired a shot into the bottom corner from …

Thomas Frank says becoming the manager of a big club would “probably not make my life better” and he is “happy” at Brentford. It comes amid reports he is a leading candidate, external to replace Erik ten Hag at Manchester United, who have won just three of their eight Premier League games this season. United beat Frank’s Brentford in their …

Wales captain Elliott Kear, Ant Walker, Ashton Robinson and Connor Davies also went over in a dominant first-half display. Moxon saw Mike Butt and Huw Worthington go over as the rout continued. Serbia battled to the end, but were thwarted in attempts to get on the scoreboard and saw Joe Coope-Franklin cross with the game’s final play for a debut …

After England won a run-filled first Test of this series, Pakistan opted to reuse the same pitch in Multan for the second Test. Their spinners Noman Ali and Sajid Khan shared all 20 wickets as the hosts levelled the series. Captain Shan Masood expressed a desire for the Rawalpindi pitch to turn, and pictures emerged on social media on Sunday …