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Premier League team news and England v USA buildup Share your thoughts to John via email Let’s get it going with the usual 10 things. Ahead of that Wembley friendly, here’s a piece from the ever excellent Emma John, comparing the England manager to her English opposite number. Continue reading...

Managers of England and USA have different demeanours but share the same overall philosophy – know your people The buildup to England women’s friendly against the USA on Saturday has lived up to its title. Whatever animosity there was between the teams in the past, the current managers have packed...

With Gukesh Dommaraju and Ding Liren set for game four, English talents prepare to take on overseas rivals China’s Ding Liren, the current champion, and India’s Gukesh Dommaraju, 18, are level at 1.5-1.5 after three of their scheduled best-of-14 games World Chess Championship match in Singapore. Ding won their first...

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New Zealand 348; England 319-5 | England trail by 29 runs in first Test Brook dropped four times on way to 132 not out at stumps on day two New Zealand’s hands were so adhesive in India, one of the many factors behind that remarkable recent slice of history. But...

Fraser Forster steps up for Spurs, while the threat level is at its highest for Manchester City at Anfield Fabian Hürzeler singled out Joël Veltman as one of the Premier League’s most underrated players as Brighton prepare to face the bottom side, Southampton, on Friday. “He knows what to do...

Europe’s finest head-scratching struggles go on. We hand out honours and dishonours from the latest round of action Inter: The 2023 finalists are second in the table and yet to concede a goal. They are yet to score many either, notching only seven goals in their five games. The latest...

Lions stay atop NFC with 23-20 win over Bears Giants v Cowboys and Dolphins v Packers to come Jared Goff connected with Sam LaPorta for two touchdowns and the Detroit Lions extended their winning streak to 10 games by holding off the visiting Chicago Bears, 23-20 on Thursday. The streak...

Live Test updates, 10pm GMT start in Christchurch Get in touch! Send your thoughts to Taha via email 85th over: New Zealand 325-9 (Phillips 42, O’Rourke 0) Carse shows Will O’Rourke his bouncer but also sends in some sixth-seventh-stump outswingers that are safely left alone. Well, that wasn’t too hard....

Ruben Amorim received a rapturous welcome from the Old Trafford congregation, then oversaw a helter-skelter victory in his first home game as Manchester United’s sixth No 1 of the post-Sir Alex Ferguson era. Like the five predecessors of the past 11 years, Amorim suffered. Under Europa League lights that shone...