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Saracens: Daly; Segun, Lozowski, Tompkins, Cinti; Burke, Van Zyl; Carre, George, Riccioni; Itoje (c), Wilson, Gonzalez, Earl, Willis. Replacements: Pifeleti, Brantingham, Clarey, Sodeke, Michelow, Simpson, Hartley, Hall. Sin bin: Maro Itoje (25 mins) Bristol: Lane; Bates, Janse van Rensburg, Williams, Heward; Worsley, Randall; Genge, Oghre, Kloska; Dun, Hodgson, Luatua, Harding (c), Mata. Replacements: Thacker, Y Thomas, Halliwell, Barker, Heenan, Marmion, …

Ryan Rickelton scored 259 as South Africa seized control on day two of the second Test against Pakistan at Newlands. Batting first, South Africa were bowled out for 615 in the evening session, their second-highest Test total against Pakistan and their highest against any team since the Boxing Day Test against Sri Lanka in 2020. Rickelton, who started the day …

Littler’s World Championship win finishes off a year in which his success has helped the sport grow massively. In 2024, Littler was the most searched for sports person on Google in Great Britain and the third most searched person overall. As well as winning the BBC’s Young Sports Personality of the Year award and finishing second in the main award, …

World number six Elena Rybakina says her former coach Stefano Vukov “never mistreated me” after he was provisionally suspended by the WTA while an investigation into his behaviour towards the player continues. Earlier this week, the 25-year-old 2022 Wimbledon champion from Kazakhstan said Vukov, who was part of her team when she won the title, was re-joining her team. But …

Virat Kohli is angry with himself for edging Scott Boland to Steve Smith in the final Test between Australia and India.

Something that has stood out since Littler’s rise to prominence has been his assuredness in even the most stressful moments and that was more apparent than ever in his second world final. While Ally Pally was at fever pitch in the moments leading up to the walk-ons, Littler was an image of calm. There was no frenetic energy and no …

Newcastle: Redshaw, Radwan, Hearle, Doherty, Stevenson, Connon, Stuart, McCallum, Blamire, Palframan, de Chaves, McDonald, Lockwood, Gordon, Chick (c). Replacements: Fletcher, Rewcastle, Hancock, Hawkins, van der Walt, Pepper, Brown, Spencer. Harlequins: David, Isgro, Beard, Northmore, Murley (c), Smith, Porter, Baxter, Walker, Lamositele, Launchbury, Lamb, Kenningham, Evans, Chisholm. Replacements: Riley, Jones, Lewis, Herbst, Dombrandt, Friday, Evans, Waghorn. Sin-bin: Herbst (25). Referee: Sara …

Incredible Luke Littler etched his name into darting history with a crushing 7-3 victory over Michael van Gerwen to become the youngest ever PDC World Championship winner. The 17-year-old was in unstoppable form as he raced into a 4-0 lead, and despite Van Gerwen getting three sets on the board, he never really threatened a comeback and was always in …

Fulham have rejected an offer worth up to £16.5m from Brazilian club Palmeiras for Andreas Pereira. The 29-year-old Brazil midfielder has started 15 of Fulham’s 19 Premier League games this season, with the west Londoners eighth in the table and pushing to qualify for Europe. After playing in the first 12 games Pereira was dropped because of a “technical decision”, …

Ross County FC is investigating the racial abuse of goalkeeper Jordan Amissah following the club’s 2-1 win away to Aberdeen. The 23-year-old German, who is of Ghanaian descent, shared a image on Instagram of monkey emojis and racial slurs he received from an anonymous account. Amissah accompanied it with the caption: “Still some people out there with no brain and …