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‘Forever grateful’ – Beckham leads Eriksson tributes

David Beckham paid tribute to “true gentleman” Sven-Goran Eriksson and said he will be “forever grateful” to the former England manager, who has died aged 76. England’s current captain Harry Kane said: “I didn’t have the privilege of playing under Sven but I know how well liked and respected he was by those who played […]

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All you need to know about the Paris Paralympics

We’ve put together a guide with everything you need to know about this summer’s Paralympics. Paris will stage the summer Games for the first time in 2024. It is the second time France will have hosted a Paralympics after the 1992 Winter Games in Tignes and Albertville. About 4,400 athletes from around the world will

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0 not out off 137 balls – club cricketer plays epic innings

Ian Bestwick’s previous innings saw him score 25 off 94 balls Ian Bestwick helped Darley Abbey Cricket Club’s 4th XI finish on 21-4 after 45 overs against Mickleover 3rd XI – 251 runs short of victory. Both teams are at the bottom of the table in Division Nine south of the Derbyshire Cricket League. Thomas

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Cricket: Bangladesh beat Pakistan by 10 wickets in historic Rawalpindi Test

Bangladesh dedicate their historic win to the people who lost their lives in recent protests, and top player donates prize money to flood survivors. Bangladesh’s cricket team have shrugged off political unrest back home to notch a historic 10-wicket win over Pakistan as the host nation collapsed to 146 all out on a dramatic final

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Yates stands tall as Bears battle back at Somerset

Rob Yates went past 50 in red-ball cricket for the Bears for the seventh time this season Winless Warwickshire showed some much needed spirit in their mission to beat the drop to Division Two as they battled back well against treble-chasing Somerset at Edgbaston. Needing a win to maintain their pursuit of Division One leaders

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What has happened to Saudi Pro League’s big spending?

The 2024-25 Saudi Pro League season kicks off on Thursday, 22 August. A year ago, it seemed there was a star player arriving in Riyadh, Jeddah and elsewhere on a daily basis. In all, more than £700m was spent on the likes of Neymar, Karim Benzema and Riyad Mahrez among others who joined Cristiano Ronaldo in the

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Faruque wants to ‘take the country’s cricket forward’

“Let us not be diverted. We want to move forward as Bangladesh cricket team and Bangladesh as a country country,” the new board president said. Faruque Ahmed, the newly-appointed president of Bangladesh Cricket Board, has said that his ‘first and foremost responsibility is to take cricket forward’. The former national captain, who had also served

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Ipswich Town vs Liverpool 0-2: English Premier League – as it happened

It’s goodbye for now “It depends on which half you ask me about,” the Liverpool manager said when asked by TNT Sports about his thoughts on the match. “The first taste in the first half was not as expected they were all on top of us and very aggressive. We couldn’t find the rhythm or

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Afghanistan erupts in celebration as team reaches T20 World Cup semifinal

Fans take to the streets from Kabul to Kandahar and Khost to Laghman as Afghanistan reach first-ever World Cup semifinal. Zikria, a 30-year-old Kabul resident, stayed up after the predawn prayers to follow Afghanistan’s ICC T20 World Cup 2024 virtual knockout match against Bangladesh that started at 5am (00:30 GMT). Four and a half hours

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Why Kovacic’s performance shows Man City may not need Rodri understudy

There was not much between Manchester City and Chelsea on Sunday, especially in the second half, but a little bit of wisdom made a big difference in the end. The defending champions had much more nous and know-how than Chelsea’s young team, and Mateo Kovacic epitomised that experience with his performance in their 2-0 win. It

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Potts named in England team for first Sri Lanka Test

England have named Matthew Potts in their side as an extra seamer for the first Test against Sri Lanka at Emirates Old Trafford on Wednesday. The 25-year-old comes in for his first Test in more than year in place of injured captain Ben Stokes, who misses the three-match series with a hamstring injury. It means

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Rune ends Draper’s Cincinnati run in quarter-finals

Jack Draper’s run at the Cincinnati Open ended in the quarter-finals as he was beaten in straight sets by Denmark’s Holger Rune. The British number one had come from a set down to win his previous two matches, but the 22-year-old was unable to repeat the feat against the 15th seed. Rune won 6-4 6-2 after taking

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MCG to host Australia v England 150th anniversary Test

Australia plan to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the first-ever Test match by playing England at the same venue in March 2027. The Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) played host to a single-innings match from 15 to 19 March 1877, with Australia winning by 45 runs, before England won the second match at the same venue

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Coventry City striker Haji Wright snatched the Sky Blues’ first three Championship points of the season with a 96th-minute winner against promoted Oxford United.

Twice Oxford, who had won both their opening two league and cup games, came from behind to leave them thinking they could maintain their unbeaten start to the season. They followed Wright’s opening header by quickly equalising through Ciaron Brown. Then, when Milan van Ewijk drilled the Sky Blues into a half-time lead, the U’s

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