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Tottenham boss Ange Postecoglou says Timo Werner’s performance was “not acceptable” after replacing him at half-time in the 1-1 Europa League draw at Rangers.

Among the second seeds based on their Fifa world ranking, Wales will be in Pot 2 for the draw – meaning one of their opponents will be a top seed from Pot 1, such as Spain, France or England. As for the countries from Pots 3, 4 and 5, Wales do not yet know whether they will be in a …

Manchester City kept their grip on top spot by beating St Polten in their penultimate group game on Thursday night. Captain Alex Greenwood was taken off on a stretcher in the first half before Lily Murphy opened the scoring in the second period. Barcelona joined City in the last eight with their 3-0 win at Hammarby – ending the Swedish …

Northumbria Police/PA Wire Tom Voyce retired from rugby in 2013 and has been living in Alnwick since 2020 A body has been found in the search for former England rugby international Tom Voyce, who went missing in an area flooded during Storm Darragh. Police feared the 43-year-old had died after trying to cross Abberwick Ford, near Bolton, Northumberland, in a …

Maresca put his faith in youth against Astana and one of those to really catch the eye was 18-year-old forward Marc Guiu. He scored Chelsea’s first in the 3-1 win, while their second came when the Spaniard’s strike was helped over the line by home defender Aleksandr Marochkin. Guiu also netted in the 8-0 win against FC Noah in the …

Getty Images Prosecutors in Sweden have closed an inquiry into a case of alleged rape, which Swedish media had linked to French football captain Kylian Mbappé. Marina Chirakova, of the Swedish Prosecution Authority, said the investigation into an alleged attack reported to have taken place in Stockholm had ended due to a lack of evidence. The Real Madrid player, one …

Born in the Philippines, Smith made his Harlequins debut against London Irish at Twickenham in September 2017. He scored 199 points in 28 matches in his debut season and has gone on to amass 1,505 in total for the club. Smith made his full England test debut against USA in July 2021. He was part of the squad that finished …

Wales captain Dafydd Jenkins is set to return to action for the first time since July after recovering from shoulder surgery. The 22-year-old lock has not played since Wales’ summer tour to Australia, but is fit to feature in Exeter Chiefs’ Champions Cup game with Toulouse on Sunday. Jenkins missed all of Wales’ autumn international matches plus Exeter’s first 11 …

Ford also had to contend with boos from a section of the Twickenham crowd when it appeared he was going to again replace Smith against Australia, with head coach Steve Borthwick instead moving Smith to full-back. “When you are representing your country and you’ve done it for a long time, you would expect the crowd to be fully behind you,” …

Juan Soto has signed a $765m (£600m) deal with Major League Baseball’s New York Mets – the biggest contract in the history of the sport. The 15-year deal was confirmed on Wednesday after the 26-year-old Dominican completed a medical. “This is a seminal moment in franchise history,” Mets owners Steve and Alex Cohen said in a statement. “Juan Soto is …