Back and loving it - Pietersen on his history, Brook & helping win the Ashes

In 2014, he was sacked by the ECB in one of most ugly and acrimonious periods in English cricketing history – a period that brought one of the most exciting but divisive international careers to an end. "What do you…

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Yorkshire keeper Duke joins Middlesex

The 25-year-old has already spent time with Middlesex this season, initially joining on loan in May as an injury replacement for Joe Cracknell. He returned later in the season for the remainder of the campaign. Duke now…

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David Beckham takes £39m dividend as World Cup deals drive record profits

Beckham appeared in about a dozen ad campaigns across this summer's tournament in the US, working with brands including Lenovo, McDonald's, Bank of America, Verizon and the PepsiCo crisps brand Lay's. The World Cup work…

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‘I want more from my rugby’: Georgie Perris-Redding’s journey from England to leading the US Eagles

She's racked up plenty of air miles since and on Saturday she will run out at Cardiff Arms Park, against Wales as US Eagles co-captain. Perris-Redding explained: "Jess Wooden, [a wing out of the University of Florida]…

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England’s best XI – based entirely objectively, statistically on 2026-27 form

Tuchel’s squad is already locked in, but what should England’s lineup really have looked like based on current form? Football stats website WhoScored provides a comprehensive player rating system based on various…

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Verstappen leads close final practice session in Baku ahead of Russell and Hamilton | Formula 1

But there was little to choose between the three quickest teams at the end of the final hour of running before qualifying. The Red Bull, Mercedes and Lewis Hamilton’s Ferrari were covered by little more than a tenth of a…

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Top European leagues heighten pressure on Infantino with call for major changes at Fifa

Their strongly worded statement is the latest indication that Infantino's willingness to hold an external governance review does not go far enough, after the Guardian revealed that several Fifa council members ha ve…

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Name each Premier League club’s highest-rated player on EA FC 27

If this gives you the taste for another quiz, try and name every FIFA and EA FC cover star since 2000 . If you enjoy our quizzes, head to our new Football Games home where you can search an archive of over 1,000 quizzes…

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Jurgen Klopp is Germany’s Pied Piper after insane whole-team press vs. Netherlands

And we did not have to wait long to see what kind of influence Klopp could exert on the team as he managed to get the entire outfield team to press with a single waft of the hand. The Dutch had the ball comfortably in…

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Featured Comment: Why swapping Ocon for Camara makes sense for Haas | Brief

But with Haas’s power unit supplier Ferrari potentially looking to promote their Formula 2 talent Rafael Camara, reader Marvin The Martian reckons Ocon is a mid driver at best. His race win in Hungary was not to do with…

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