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Several Championship clubs were linked with Kone following an excellent 18 months at Wycombe and in August, it was QPR who secured his signature. As has been the case throughout Kone’s rollercoaster journey over the past two years, another milestone – and perhaps the biggest of them all – was just around the corner. His…

In addition, the Lions match would have offered time using the pink ball, with England due to play a rare day-night Test at Brisbane’s Gabba. England have lost five of their seven previous day-nighters, while Australia have won 13 from 14. In pace bowler Mitchell Starc, who took 10 wickets in Perth, Australia have the…

Match of the Day pundit Danny Murphy discusses how Arsenal forward Eberechi Eze shone in his North London derby debut. Source link

Match of the Day pundit and former goalkeeper Joe Hart looks at Morgan Rogers’ ‘confusing’ but ‘special’ free-kick technique. Source link

Guglielmo Vicario: 5.5 Questions over Eze’s first goal but was left exposed by some awful defending. Kevin Danso: 4.5 Took his place in a back three but was left bewildered by Arsenal’s fluent attack. Subbed at half-time. Cristian Romero: 6 Lives for nights like this, but 90 minutes to forget for the Tottenham captain. Micky…

During a Test against South Africa, Smith admitted Australia’s “leadership group” devised a plan to tamper with the ball. Former opener David Warner taught batter Cameron Bancroft how to use sandpaper to rough up the ball, and Bancroft was then caught doing so by TV cameras during play. Both men were also banned along with…

At the start, Norris was true to his claim that he was “not here not to take risks” as he fought hard to defend his advantage from pole position from Verstappen. But after an aggressive cut in front of Verstappen to head off the Dutchman’s attack on the inside, Norris misjudged his braking point and…

McGregor’s magnificent goal papered over some large cracks against St Mirren. Celtic have failed to score in six matches this season, have scored fewer in the league than both Hearts and Hibernian, and were blunt again against St Mirren. It took until second-half injury time for O’Neill’s side to have an effort on target –…

Luke Littler has reached the Players Championship quarter-finals by beating Ricardo Pietreczko 10-6 in Minehead. The 18-year-old was made to work for his spot in the last eight as he came back from 5-3 down. Once Littler leveled the score he pulled clear, only allowing the German to win one leg to reduce the deficit…

Highlights from day two of the First Ashes Test in Perth. Source link