Xhaka's first Sunderland goal earns draw against Everton

Pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto and catcher Will Smith starred as the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Toronto Blue Jays 5-1 to draw level at 1-1 in the best-of-seven World Series. Japanese right-hander Yamamoto needed only 105 pitches to record his second successive complete game of the postseason. Meanwhile, Smith led the Dodgers’ offence with three runs…

Michael Leask and George Munsey starred as Scotland beat World Cup debutants Italy by 73 runs at Eden Gardens. Munsey – dropped on 40 – blasted 84 as Scotland set 207-4 off their 20 overs, helped by Leask taking 22 from the final five balls of the innings. Leask carried that momentum into the field,…

Match Of The Day pundit Danny Murphy believes Manchester United do not have the personnel needed to play Ruben Amorim’s 3-4-3 system, highlighting the performances of Bruno Fernandes and Luke Shaw in their 3-0 loss to rivals Manchester City. MATCH REPORT: Premier League – Manchester City 3-0 Manchester United Available to UK users only. Source…

When Davies was asked about that block before Wales met Slovakia again three years later, he simply remarked: “It’s a good memory, but hopefully I won’t have to do it again this time around.” Those moments are all well and good, Davies thought, but he would prefer a straightforward victory, a clean sheet and, frankly,…

Defending champion Judd Trump cruised into the semi-finals of the UK Championship with an impressive 6-2 victory over three-time winner Ding Junhui. The result provides world number one Trump with a small measure of revenge for his UK semi-final defeat to Ding in York two years ago. Ding, who won this title for the first…

In a change of format for 2026, there will be seven rounds of fixtures where every team plays each other once. The league will then be split into two groups of four – the top four and the bottom four, who will play the other teams in their group home and away in an extended…