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Liverpool have shut down 145,000 ticket accounts over the past two years as part of a crackdown against touting, BBC Sport can reveal. They also issued a record 1,114 lifetime bans last season – a move that followed the discovery of mass manipulation of software used to buy tickets. The Premier League champions said 500…

The Red Roses reveal which England player is always late, who has the best taste in music and who has the most social media followers. WATCH MORE: The last time England won the Rugby World Cup Watch England v Canada in the Women’s Rugby World Cup final on Saturday, 27 September from 15:00 BST on…

Earlier, it was Phil Foden, perhaps City’s most decorated youth graduate of recent years, who once again caught the eye. The midfielder said last season his struggles were down to off-field issues and carrying an injury, which saw him go on a run of 20 games without scoring. But the 25-year-old looks like he is…

Manchester United keen on Harry Kane, Kobbie Mainoo eyes move away from Old Trafford, and Aston Villa targeting permanent move for Jadon Sancho. Manchester United are interested in England striker Harry Kane, 32, who could leave Bayern Munich next summer. (Star), external Tottenham boss Thomas Frank says Kane, the club’s record scorer, is “more than…

Asked if Emery had called his players lazy privately, Konsa added: “No. The boss is not a big speaker. Sometimes he keeps himself to himself. “As players, we have been in the game a long time and we know what we need to do. It is down to us at the end of the day….

This is the 45th edition of the biennial contest and the visitors have made fewer alterations to their team than in any previous contest in the 98-year history of the event. As Europe, the next fewest number of changes was three in 1985, 1987 and 2006 – and all three ended in victories. Dane Rasmus…

Chelsea academy graduates usually have a couple of well-trodden pathways – breakthrough, loan, first team. Or breakthrough, loan, sale. The Blues have moved on more than 40 homegrown players in the past decade, and made £315m from selling academy-developed talent in the last four seasons alone – £100m more than Manchester City. But their latest…

Matthew: We keep with the same formation that has failed us consistently since November. Five wins in 32 league games is the sort of form that doesn’t give you any leeway. You can change personnel but it’s the formation that needs to change. Which he’s shown he won’t. Thanks for the cup, Jimmy, but times…

There have been nine previous Women’s World Cups but only three nations have lifted the trophy – New Zealand (six times), England (twice) and the United States (once). England have played in eight finals but only won two of them, in 1994 and 2014. Canada lost on their only previous appearance in a final, falling…

He was one of those umpires to whom mishaps would occur. Bad light would always seem to come when Dickie was umpiring. At Headingley the whole ground flooded one time because of a problem with the drainage system. Dickie Bird was umpiring. He didn’t give a lot out, especially lbws. He was always quite safe…