Tuchel says Alex Scott’s emergence gives England – and Rice – ‘high level’ competition

Rice, who struggled with neural pain in his upper hamstring during the World Cup, withdrew from the camp because of load management and the vice-captain's absence at the start of the side's Nations League campaign has…

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Sale hold on to beat Saracens despite Vermeulen red

Sarries struggled to break down a stubborn Sharks defence despite having numerical superiority for 27 minutes of the first half after Alex Lozowski's yellow and Vermeulen's 20-minute red card. Incredibly, Sale took a 7-5…

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Hamilton & Verstappen bemused after glitch turns F1 into 'Lego race'

The problem led to several cars, including those of the two multiple world champions who were sharing the front row of the grid, not working in the wet conditions that preceded the race. A tropical downpour delayed…

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Daryz makes history with back-to-back Arc de Triomphe triumphs

Daryz and Mickaël Barzalona did not hit the front until inside the final furlong, but they had been closing on Bay City Roller, who had disputed the lead for much of the way, to such effect from well over a furlong out…

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Committed Sale beat non-vintage Saracens despite Vermeulen red card

Committed and cussed from start to finish, Sale deserved this unexpected success over hosts who seldom made it beyond second gear despite having a liberal sprinkling of England internationals in their pack. Tries for…

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Manchester City v Arsenal: Women’s Super League – live

46 min Arsenal begin the second half. Well, it wasn't a great half for the first 40 minutes but then it suddenly got quite interesting. I suspect Manchester City will have a few complaints after the game about the…

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Former wonderkid is back on Barcelona’s radar after linking up with Lamine Yamal for Spain

It felt inevitable that Fresneda would eventually end up at Real Madrid, Barcelona or Atletico Madrid. And if not one of Spain’s traditional giants, then surely one of the Premier League’s moneyed elite would come…

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Wakefield’s wondrous Super League fairytale a victory for loyalty and logic | Aaron Bower

This fairytale has captured attention unlike few other Super League stories in recent times. A second-tier club two years ago, Wakefield are now champions of England and have a possible showdown with the NRL champions…

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Daryz wins back-to-back Prix de l’Arc de Triomphes at Longchamp – as it happened

Not since the Vincent O'Brien-trained Alleged and Lester Piggott in 1977 and 1978 has a colt managed to defend his title, but once Mickael Barzalona pulled the Francis-Henri Graffard-trained Daryz out to make his run the…

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Djokovic rolls back years to beat Zverev in thriller as Sabalenka swept out in China

The 39-year-old Serbian electrified a packed crowd in Beijing, where he extended an astonishing winning streak to 32 matches and is a firm fan favourite. He got off to a poor start, double-faulting twice in the first…

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