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She feared Lauren James would face ‘astronomical’ abuse James missed but was not alone and Lionesses won Jess Carter has admitted she felt “relief” when three of her white England teammates joined Lauren James in missing penalties in the Euro 2025 quarter-final shootout against Sweden. Carter, who was the target...

600 apartments and houses would be built behind stand Former club chair calls proposed development ‘shameful’ Sunderland are preparing a formal objection over council plans to build housing within 23 metres of the Stadium of Light. The club fear the scheme would leave the stadium landlocked, preventing any future capacity...

Finals Day will now be held before the Hundred starts Counties to be divided into three regional groups of six The men’s T20 Vitality Blast will be reduced from 14 to 12 group-stage games from 2026 to streamline the competition and ease the workload on players in the latest reshuffle...

Arsenal have been ahead but want to make sales first Spurs do not intend to meet Eze’s £68m release clause Tottenham have opened talks over a move for Eberechi Eze and are pushing to beat Arsenal to the Crystal Palace attacker. Eze, whose £68m release clause expires on Friday, is...

Raducanu lost in three sets, in three-hour match ‘I served and returned really well in certain moments’ Emma Raducanu says she is proud of the improvements she displayed on Monday afternoon as she pushed Aryna Sabalenka to the limit in their punishing tussle. Five weeks on from their memorable third-round...

Squad will need to adapt quickly to Pep Guardiola’s evolutionary tactics, while a battle looms between James Trafford and Ederson for the No 1 jersey Guardian writers’ predicted position: 3rd (NB: this is not necessarily Will Unwin’s prediction but the average of our writers’ tips) Last season: 3rd Continue reading...

The Celtic manager, Brendan Rodgers, predicts Adam Idah will be better if he can get some competition up front. The champions eased to victory at Aberdeen thanks to goals in each half from the midfielders Benjamin Nygren and Reo Hatate, but Idah struggled to make an impact in the centre-forward...

Rookie Connor Zilisch cleared of serious head injury in New York ‘Grateful it wasn’t any worse,’ says 19-year-old after freak accident Nascar rookie Connor Zilisch has been ruled out of the Cup Series race at Watkins Glen International in New York after breaking his collarbone when he fell off the...

Club appears to have done shrewd transfer business, but they are still in the market for forwards as they try to avoid a quick Championship return Guardian writers’ predicted position: 17th (NB: this is not necessarily Louise Taylor’s prediction but the average of our writers’ tips) Last season: 1st in...

Martí Cifuentes has cleared his first hurdle as Leicester manager. A late header from his substitute Wout Faes completed a comeback victory but for much of a testing opening game against Henrik Pedersen’s Sheffield Wednesday, who took a first-half lead amid fan protests against the club’s ownership, that looked an...