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We pick the best youngsters at each club born between 1 September 2008 and 31 August 2009, an age band known as first-year scholars. Check the progress of our classes of 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 … and look at the editions from further back Continue...

Keeper has kept eight clean sheets in succession but is keen to acknowledge the team ethic As they like to say in the US, dee-fense wins championships. The sentiment is not an exclusively American thing. “Attack wins you games, defence win you titles,” Sir Alex Ferguson once said. And he...

Craig Bellamy cited Nostradamus in the buildup, advising to expect the unexpected given the 4-3 thriller that unfolded the last time these nations met. But while Wales gave Belgium an early fright, two Kevin De Bruyne penalties and a Thomas Meunier strike paved the way to a comeback victory that...

Greaves edges out world champion 6-5 in semi-final She will now face Gian van Veen in November finale Beau Greaves won a thrilling last-leg decider to shock Luke Littler 6-5 in the semi-finals of the PDC world youth championship in Wigan. Greaves, a three-time WDF women’s world champion who has...

Plenty of franchises spend decades looking for a star quarterback. New England appear to have found one after a few short years in the wilderness You have to feel for the Browns, Jets, and Bears. Those franchises have spent decades in quarterback purgatory, rotating through prospects and placeholders. Meanwhile, after...

Unpredictability and fresher feel has been apparent this season and whets the appetite for England’s home Tests against Australia For the first time in two decades Super League woke up on Sunday morning with a name other than Wigan Warriors, St Helens or Leeds Rhinos as its champions. Hull KR...

Someone within Hampden Park had the temerity to blast Freed From Desire over the public address system at full time. A song reserved normally for euphoric moments only just drowned out the jeers which met a Scotland victory. People just want more and more? Too right they do. With this...

Harlequins 20-14 Saracens England fly-half in inspired form with the boot Ordinarily a game‑winning performance from Marcus Smith worth 15 points would include a dozen line‑breaks, several offloads and more hot steps than a Motown nightclub. And while the England star dazzled in patches with ball in hand, it was...

Gareth Taylor said his Liverpool team just need more time together to implement his style, after they lost a fifth game out of five to remain without a point in the Women’s Super League this season. Their latest defeat was inflicted by Taylor’s former side Manchester City, who – for...

Defender will win 100th cap against Belgium, just reward for the ultimate professional and his old school values As a 19-year-old Premier League footballer at Swansea, Ben Davies always took an eternity to leave the club’s training ground. In those days, he drove an old Volkswagen Polo with manual windows...