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Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola says Jack Grealish must prove he deserves to regain his spot in the team’s starting line-up by showing the quality he displayed when the club won the Treble in 2023. READ MORE: The return of the ‘old Man City’? ‘Absolutely not’ says Guardiola

The task for British tennis is developing the next generation of talent and avoiding another 35-year wait for a Grand Slam singles champion. The performances of the British juniors this year – across singles, doubles and team events, external – have provided optimism. Mika Stojsavljevic, who turned 16 last week, won the US Open girls’ singles title, while 17-year-old Mimi …

Fit-again John Cooney has returned for Ulster’s United Rugby Championship game against Munster on Friday (19:35 GMT), while academy fly-half Jack Murphy could make his debut off the bench. Ireland Under-20 international Murphy, the son of head coach Richie Murphy, joined the Ulster academy from Leinster earlier this year. The 20-year-old started all five of Ireland’s games in this year’s …

Shore last fought against Youssef Zalal in November, suffering a second-round submission defeat. “For the entirety of my 20’s, fighting and training was my life and sole focus, however, the last few weeks/months have shown this is no longer the case,” he added. “And I always promised myself when I was mentality checked out I would retire from the sport …

Saturday’s game, which has been arranged to celebrate the Irish Rugby Football Union [IRFU]’s 150th anniversary celebrations, pits Farrell against his predecessor Joe Schmidt, who took over as Australia boss in January. Schmidt won three Six Nations titles and secured a first win over the All Blacks in six years as Ireland boss after a successful stint in charge of …

U.S. Special counsel, Jack Smith is dropping the federal election subversion and the mishandling of classified documents cases against US President-elect Donald Trump, seeking the cases’ dismissal in court filings on Monday, November 25.   Trump had previously said he would fire Smith once he retook the office, ending previous norms around special counsel investigations. Smith’s criminal pursuit of Trump …

Scrum-half Jack van Poortvliet and full-back Freddie Steward start for England against South Africa as head coach Steve Borthwick makes four changes to his starting XV. The Leicester pair have yet to feature in the Autumn Nations Series but come straight into the line-up in place of Ben Spencer and George Furbank. Ollie Sleightholme makes his first England start on …

British number one Jack Draper cruised through to the second round of the Paris Masters with a straight-set win over the Czech Republic’s Jiri Lehecka. Draper, who won the biggest title of his career in Vienna on Sunday, won 7-5 6-2 in one hour eight minutes. A tight first set went to serve before Draper made the crucial break in …

British number one Jack Draper reached the Erste Bank Open final by beating Italian Lorenzo Musetti in straight sets in Vienna. Seventh seed Draper broke the serve of sixth seed Musetti five times to beat his fellow 22-year-old 6-2 6-4 and reach his first ATP 500 final. Draper has won one ATP 250 title – the Stuttgart Open in June. …

Boulter is ranked 33rd in the world after a year which has yielded two WTA titles and a breakthrough into the top 30. While she has been unable to go past the third round of a major, Boulter has regularly asserted her authority with her powerful baseline game. That is what happened in Tokyo as the gulf between Boulter and …