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That’s a Mora: Rodrigo and Roma rise with Lazio to give Eternal City new life

Roma and Lazio have both made unbeaten starts to the Serie A season, giving those in the Italian capital dreams of a ScudettoAfter nine games in 28 days, Gian Piero Gasperini finally got a moment to pause and reflect on Sunday night. The Roma manager was back in Liguria, where he worked for the bes…

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Felix Nmecha’s faith is forcing Borussia Dortmund into an uncomfortable debate

Midfielder’s spectacular strikes rescued a frustrating day, only for celebrations to reignite dialogue that has followed him through his careerIt was just what they needed at just the right time. For a tricky first half and beyond, Elversberg had been a stone in Borussia Dortmund’s shoe, the promot…

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13-year-old surfing prodigy Leihani Zoric: ‘I don’t want to participate, I want to dominate’

The Indigenous Australian grew up idolising Steph Gilmore and Tyler Wright. Now she has them – and an Olympic gold – in her sightsLeihani Zoric, 13, grew up watching Australian surfers dominate on the world stage. Stephanie Gilmore, the greatest female surfer of all time, and Tyler Wright, a two-ti…

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‘Senna was Senna’: Wolff says it is too soon to compare Kimi Antonelli to F1 great

World champion idolises Brazilian who won three titles‘He’s a Senninha and not a Senna yet,’ says Toto WolffToto Wolff has said it is too soon to compare his world champion driver Kimi Antonelli to Ayrton Senna but that the Italian might yet develop to be comparable to the Brazilian great whom Anto…

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Lens were humiliated by Como. The pain continued against Marseille

Pierre Sage led Lens to second and glory in the Coupe de France last season. A lot has changed in the last six monthsThe Lens striker, Florian Sotoca, was completely motionless as he looked into the middle space from the bench. The game, finely poised at 2-1 with a few minutes remaining, was not be…

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Could Old Trafford chaos keep Michael Carrick in the job? Football Weekly – video

Max Rushden is joined by Barney Ronay, Jonathan Wilson and Dan Bardell as Manchester United twice come back from two goals down to draw 4-4 with Aston Villa, while trouble looms for Pierre Sage Continue reading...

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Uncapped Notts spinner Patterson-White earns England Test call-up for South Africa

28-year-old rewarded for county performancesBashir to tour with Lions along with seamer CarseThe uncapped Nottinghamshire spinner Liam Patterson-White has been rewarded for his most productive County Championship season with a call-up to England’s squad for their first red-ball assignment of the wi…

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WSL talking points: Tullis-Joyce takes charge and is Shaw the perfect striker?

The City striker hit a WSL hat-trick for the ninth time while Eva Olid’s United have found defensive stabilityNot only did Khadija “Bunny” Shaw score a record-extending ninth WSL hat-trick, she scored a “perfect hat-trick” for the fourth time in the competition, something nobody else has managed mo…

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Football comes together across Spain to honour Jesús de Miguel: ‘We’ve seen how fragile life is’

Across La Liga and beyond this weekend, footballers took to the field knowing it could have been themIn the final few minutes before stepping into the arena once more, heading out for his 199th Osasuna match on Saturday evening, the man who has scored more first division goals than anyone in their …

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Trump’s pathetic Dana White gambit could not mask his midterm humiliation | Howard Bryant

Trump has long relied on sports to project strength and fuel his culture wars. But after a crushing midterm defeat, even his UFC ally cannot distract from the political falloutIn the wake of being destroyed in the midterm elections, it was only a matter of time before Donald Trump did something out…

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Racing must seize its chance as new commission tackles UK betting laws

The 2005 Gambling Act has been described as ‘analogue’ in a digital age and review will be crucial for funding modelThe prospect of a new Gambling Act, with significant implications for racing’s funding model via betting, moved a step closer on Monday. A new commission that includes experts from t…

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‘100% accurate’: Warner backs Khawaja over explosive ball-tampering claims

Former vice-captain breaks his eight-year silenceTest captain Pat Cummins is expected to face questioning this weekDavid Warner has broken his eight-year silence and says it is “100% accurate” that every player knew of the sandpaper plot, giving “full support” to Usman Khawaja.The former vice-capta…

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Joe Burrow is reviving the Bengals and pulling away in the race for MVP

The quarterback has led Cincinnati to four straight wins with stat lines that put him in the company of Tom Brady. At this rate, the trophy seems his to loseAt the end of the 2021 season, the Cincinnati Bengals came up three points short in Super Bowl LVI against the Los Angeles Rams. Near the end …

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Premier League: 10 talking points from the weekend’s action

Delap’s talents resurface in style, Gómez delights Brighton with more fireworks, and hair-pulling confusion at EvertonIt would have been very easy for Oliver Glasner to lose patience with Liam Delap. The forward is still only 23, yet the days when he was rattling in 12 in a Premier League season fo…

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Ramla Ali wins first world titles at 36 with highly controversial split decision

British-Somali boxer claims first world titles in TexasKreps outlands Ali but loses disputed split decisionBaumgardner wins 135lb belt as Dubois feud heats upAustralia’s Nicolson retains junior featherweight titleBritish-Somali boxer Ramla Ali became a world champion for the first time at the age o…

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‘I’m going to tell the truth. Screw this!’ Billie Jean King at 82 on coming out, tearing up tennis – and her one big regret

She was the world No 1, whose fight for equal prize money changed women’s lives. As competitive as ever in her ninth decade, she discusses sexuality, tenacity and what it was like to finally graduate college this yearEvery day, Billie Jean King tries to come up with a “gratitude list” in her head, …

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Latest Wallabies capitulation provides no answer to lingering Australian problem | Daniel Gallan

The heavy defeat to England at Twickenham has left coach Les Kiss still searching for a solution to his side’s ongoing conundrum at No 10 If you thought that Albus Dumbledore had trouble filling the Defence Against the Dark Arts post at Hogwarts, spare a thought for Les Kiss who is the latest Walla…

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Kyle Larson joins Nascar’s all-time greats with third Cup title in six years

Larson becomes first repeat champion since 2010Hendrick driver clinches title in opening stageRyan Blaney wins season finale at HomesteadKyle Larson is now a three-time Nascar champion.Larson clinched his third Cup Series title in six years early in Sunday’s 400-mile season finale at Homestead-Miam…

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Barcelona move clear at the top after Fermín López’s double stuns Atlético Madrid

They had been in a battle, they had been behind and they had been on edge, but Barcelona found a way through, holding on to their place at the top of the table and holding the doubts at bay for another day. A fortnight in which they were defeated by Paris Saint-Germain and Real Madrid, in which the…

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Crystal Palace poised to sack Pierre Sage and target Frank after Liverpool defeat

Frenchman under pressure after four successive defeatsFormer Spurs manager Frank emerging as main candidate Crystal Palace are poised to sack Pierre Sage after Sunday’s defeat by Liverpool left them bottom of the Premier League for the first time since December 2017, with Thomas Frank emerging as t…

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Woeful Wallabies sink to new Twickenham low with no set-piece and no swagger | Gerard Meagher

Australia continue to struggle to find identity and a top-class fly-half a year before they host the World CupOn the shivering Twickenham concourses shortly after full time, one well-oiled Australia supporter took it upon himself to congratulate his forlorn compatriots for at least turnin…

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Dalot’s muddled performances are just another symptom of Old Trafford chaos | Will Unwin

The stand-in left-back has become a pantomime villain but United fans are understandably struggling to focus their ire Sporting success is, supposedly, a nigh-on irrelevance to Manchester United’s global brand. The money will stream in regardless thanks to the behemoth company it has become, leavin…

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Steve Borthwick’s England channel their rage to resemble finished article | Andy Bull

With his team rampant in their demolition of Australia, the head coach’s work seems to be paying dividendsSo this is what they have been building behind Twickenham’s big black gates. After all these weeks in which England have seemed to always be a work in progress, Steve Borthwick finally wheeled …

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Peschel scores on debut as USA rout Germany 5-0 at women’s hockey worlds

Emma Peschel scores on US debut in Group A winAmericans outscore opponents 12-0 through two gamesSweden bounce back with 4-1 victory over FinlandEmma Peschel celebrated her international debut with a goal as the United States shut out Germany 5-0 at the women’s ice hockey world championship on Sund…

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Alan Jones obituary

Australian driver who was the Formula One champion with the Williams team in 1980 and had 12 grand prix victories“The championship? You take it any way it comes,” said Alan Jones, with typical unsentimental pithiness, after winning a tense Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal in 1980 that made him that …

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Carlos Alcaraz beats error-prone Ben Shelton to win Paris Masters

World No 3 defeats American 7-6 (5), 7-5 in finalSpaniard claims ninth 1000-level title of his careerCarlos Alcaraz avenged his defeat by ⁠Ben Shelton in the US Open last eight as he edged the American 7-6 (5), 7-5 to win the Paris Masters ⁠on Sunday, clinching ⁠his ninth ATP 1000 title.The world …

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Female sports journalists have always faced sexism. Social media has made it vicious and relentless | Anjali Doshi

I have reported on cricket for two decades. The abuse I have been subjected to in recent years is shocking and demoralisingBy Wisden Cricket MonthlyTwenty-four years ago I walked into the Wankhede press box for the first time, to cover an India v England one-day international. That sultry Mumbai ev…

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Football Daily | You want proper football? Here are the FA Cup first-round ties to look out for

Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now!For the FA Cup, the early rounds are the juice. The first round proper to be played out over the long weekend is looking, well, proper. And on Saturday at 3pm GMT, a proper time, 31 ties will kick off. No VAR, either. At the stage …

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Sports quiz of the week: red cards, records, retirement and relegation

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Chess: Magnus Carlsen returns for Budapest battle before Sindarov targets classical crown

The Norwegian, 35, has set up a training camp in Spain to prepare for the Budapest Total Chess pilotNovember will be an important month for global chess, with the Total World Championship pilot, combining fast classical, rapid and blitz segments due in Budapest from 10-20 November. This will be fol…

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Fenerbahce thwart Liverpool and Arsenal pushed in Prague: Football Weekly – podcast

Max Rushden is joined by Barry Glendenning, Lars Sivertsen and Jonathan Liew as Liverpool lose for the first time in the Champions League this season and Manchester City and Arsenal escape with narrow winsRate, review, share on Apple Podcasts and join the conversation on email.On t…

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Sherrock’s synthetic success over Littler and why Netflix’s darts special felt so dissatisfying | Jonathan Liew

Decades of professionalism, investment and industrialised training methods have rendered the gulf between the sporting gods and mortals virtually unbridgeable“She walked in here a hairdresser from Milton Keynes – and walks out £501,000 richer!” Gary Lineker announced at the conclusion of Netflix’s …

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The long goodbye: England taking their time to leave Rugby League World Cup

Some of Brian McDermott’s players will arrive home a week after their early exit from the tournamentBy No Helmets RequiredEngland players would have been well advised to ignore the advert outside their North Bay hotel in Wollongong over the weekend: “Everything that truly matters is possible,” it r…

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‘An absolute afterthought’: the story of the Nigeria women’s team’s fall from grace

The Super Falcons won’t be at the World Cup and with the prize money going up, they risk being left even further behindIt was a historic result in Casablanca – but not in a good way. Nigeria’s 2-1 defeat against South Africa in a playoff in August meant that the Super Falcons are missing out on the…

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The Breakdown | Rugby’s grand Ruckfest gamble cannot afford a damp squib in London finale

Financial success of the three-day finale in London later this month promises to make or break the conceptGuess how many people attended the recent Oktoberfest in Munich, the famous annual pilgrimage for people with a sense of fun and a collective thirst to quench? Admittedly the event spanned a fo…

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David Squires on … Mikel Arteta’s view that football is not Disneyland

Our cartoonist on whether the Arsenal manager is right about the game not being an entertainment industryBuy a cartoon | Some of David’s favourite worksAnd his latest book, Chaos in the Box: get it now Continue reading...