Women’s Super League faces wait until 2029 for full-time referees despite funding boost
The extra investment, decided at the latest WSL Football board meeting, will focus on enhancing officials' education, analysis and physical performance, it is understood. Although none of the parties involved are ruling…
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How many of these 10 infamous Premier League baldies can you name?
This time around, we’re celebrating the Premier League ‘s iconic bald players – can you name them purely from their shiny domes alone? That’s the premise of our latest picture quiz. We’ve devilishly cropped 10 pictures…
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ILT20 2026/27 schedule: Full fixtures list, match timings and venues for ILT20 Season 5
The fifth edition of the ILT20 will kick off with defending champions Desert Vipers taking on MI Emirates at the Dubai International Stadium. Several marquee players will feature in the tournament, including the likes of…
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Gilmore says he expected difficult Quins start
Quins are bottom of the Prem table after losing their first two matches. They produced a woeful performance in Saturday's 48-0 thrashing by Gloucester - the club's heaviest league defeat for 26 years. "We're certainly…
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Indiana Fever and the Magasphere: a WNBA team’s dangerous path to popularity | Howard Bryant
The Fever has broken, the team eliminated by the defending champion Las Vegas Aces for the second straight season, but Indiana succeeded in being the WNBA's canary in the coal mine, embodying both the obvious and…
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London Broncos graded below Barrow but still set for Super League place
The Broncos have swept aside the second tier in 2026 , winning all three domestic trophies on offer after assembling a squad filled with NRL talent. Under the ownership of the Kangaroos great Darren Lockyer, London's…
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Havertz, Isak, Dorgu … spate of injuries with national teams leaves sour taste for top clubs
"The intensity of the squad, the athleticism of it, really, I think it's designed for the elite," said the Wales head coach, Craig Bellamy, on the completion of four matches in 11 days. Elite club coaches would disagree.…
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Who is Jason Rowles, the teenager who went from school finals to SA20's most expensive buy in a year?
Teenage prodigy Jason Rowles makes headlines in the SA20 2027 auction Just over a year back, Jason Rowles was playing in the Schools SA20 Finals, a T20 competition launched by SA20 and Cricket South Africa in 2024 to…
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Featured Comment: No F1 track changes in Monaco? That’s a good thing | Briefs
Circuits that were a challenge, Where mistakes are costly and where a driver needs to maintain concentration for 90-plus minutes knowing that a small mistake and tap of the barrier could end there day. In an era of…
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Can you name the top 20 Premier League assist makers of the 2020s?
The timeline runs from the 2020-21 season all the way through to the present day, meaning a host of big names are included. If you find that this whets your appetite for another quiz, then you can have a go at naming the…
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