Filthiest pieces of touchline skill from managers: Zidane, Mourinho, Farke…

Even though the vast majority of managers will have enjoyed a professional playing career of some description, seeing them kill a ball stone dead or produce the kind of skill that’d make Ronaldinho blush is surprising…

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Lionel Messi has completed football and can bid Argentina farewell with pride

This occasion, however, will be accompanied by a sense of completion and celebration rather than obligation, as the country bids farewell to probably the greatest footballer ever. Messi will wear the Argentina shirt one…

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England’s warm-up plans reveal healthy dose of reality and limits of Bazball ethos

"Obviously there was a bit of golf played and a few drinks here and there and team meals and whatnot," Harry Brook said of that trip. "It was just about trying to spend a bit of time together. They've got some amazing…

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Can you name Argentina’s top 20 goalscorers of all time?

For this quiz, we’ve given you the number of goals scored by each of Argentina’s top 20 all-time goalscorers. That’s your only clue. An asterisk means the player is currently active for the national team in 2026. Some…

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Can you name Argentina’s Xl from Lionel Messi’s debut in 2005?

Messi was brought on in the 64th minute, although his debut soon turned into a nightmare as he was shown a straight red card two minutes later. It goes without saying that the forward bounced back and has since become…

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Calm in real life but demons on court - Medvedev finally runs out of chances

On court, though, he is a far more combustible character who finally ran out of chances when he was disqualified from Monday's China Open semi-final against Novak Djokovic. Djokovic was serving for a place in the final…

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Scott returns for Scotland's WXV Tests in Australia

Injury meant Scott did not feature in the recent home defeats by Canada, New Zealand and Australia in Edinburgh, with the Tests down under on 17 and 23 October completing this year's series. Fellow back Rachel Phillips…

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Uefa investigating allegation Israel player spat at Ireland coach

The European governing body has confirmed that post-match reports submitted by match officials "contained an allegation of an incident in or around the tunnel at half-time" and that it will be the subject of a…

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‘I will not be moving on’: sale of WNBA’s Connecticut Sun leaves Native fans facing cultural loss

The beloved franchise was leaving after 24 seasons, sold to a new ownership group in Houston, in a process so controversial that the state of Connecticut is considering legal action. The end of the Sun is a loss for the…

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SA20 2027 auction: Full list of players with base price

Here is the full list of registered players to go under the hammer. A total of 156 players were shortlisted for the SA20 2027 player auction from an initial list of 789 registered players. Among those are some prominent…

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