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Elsewhere, Giannis Antetokounmpo hit an NBA season-high 59 points as the Milwaukee Bucks needed overtime to beat the Detroit Pistons 127-120. It was the ninth 50-plus point outing for the two-time Most Valuable Player and the second best of his career, after his 64 points against the Indiana Pacers last season. The Cleveland Cavaliers continued their unbeaten start to the …

The government’s proposed new football regulator would create a “closed shop” of top sides, West Ham United vice chair Karren Brady has warned. The Football Governance Bill, which would lead to the creation of a regulator, was debated in the House of Lords on Wednesday. Baroness Brady, who has held senior positions at clubs for 30 years, told peers there …

Neil Robertson claimed a 6-4 win over world number one Judd Trump to move into the semi-finals of the Champion of Champions in Bolton. England’s Trump took the opener with a run of 69 but Robertson then reeled off three consecutive frames with breaks of 90, 84 and 59 to lead 3-1. Two half-centuries brought Trump level at 3-3 but …

Manchester United and Arsenal in battle to sign Bayern Munich’s Leroy Sane, Liverpool some way off with Mohamed Salah contract, La Liga giants interested in Nottingham Forest defender Murillo. Manchester United and Arsenal are battling to sign former Manchester City winger Leroy Sane from Bayern Munich, with the 28-year-old Germany international out of contract next summer. (Bild – in German, …

Coe oversaw the London 2012 Games before taking charge of World Athletics, and has also enjoyed a successful commercial and political career. Under Coe, World Athletics has banned transgender women from competing in the female category at international events. He will also be able to point to his experience, achievements and his willingness to establish the Athletics Integrity Unit – …

Footballers Matt Crossen and Aaron Lucas speak to BBC Sport about representing England at the Cerebral Palsy World Cup in Spain.

England and Jamaica get the new Horizon Series under way with two matches in Manchester on 16 and 17 November, both live on the BBC. The Horizon Series will take place over four years between the two sides, with two matches in England and two in Jamaica each year. The return matches this year will take place in the Jamaican …

A severe weather alert in southern Spain has led to the opening tie of the Billie Jean King Cup between Spain and Poland being postponed. The two nations were set to play in Malaga on Wednesday. Two weeks after flash floods caused devastation in eastern Spain, several areas of the nation are on alert again. A new weather front brought …

Steph Curry registered 37 points as the Golden State Warriors beat the Dallas Mavericks 120-117 in the NBA Cup on Klay Thompson’s return to the Chase Center. The 36-year-old scored the Warriors’ final 12 points – including a superb three-pointer to make it 118-114 – as he continued his fine start to the season. Thompson, 34, scored 22 points as …

Parry also expressed concern at “a whole raft of competition law cases which are impacting on the way that we run the game”. He continued: “Having been left more or less free to set their own rules for many years, now the competition law authorities… seem to be saying, ‘we don’t think that the people running football are doing a …