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Mandaric took control of his father’s engineering business in the Serbian city of Novi Sad at the age of 21. Five years later it was one of the largest firms in Yugoslavia and on a collision course with Marshal Tito, country’s communist dictator. Tito denounced Mandaric as a “capitalist traitor” when the entrepreneur took his…

Manchester United manager Ruben Amorim says his side were a ‘competitive’ and ‘adult’ team in their 2-0 win against Sunderland at Old Trafford- Amorim’s 50th game in charge. Source link

The Women’s World Cup match between Australia and Sri Lanka was abandoned without a ball being bowled due to persistent rain in Colombo. Defending champions Australia would have been heavy favourites for the match but they and tournament co-hosts Sri Lanka take a point each following the washout. That point was confirmed when the umpires…

Chelsea and Liverpool meet at Stamford Bridge on Saturday with the Reds hoping to bounce back from consecutive defeats. In April 2014 the pair played out a huge match in the title race, which included a certain Liverpool captain’s slip on the way to a 2-0 Chelsea win. That’s the match we’ve chosen for this…

The key thing on the line other than cold, hard cash, is cold, hard coefficient points. These are what determine where your country sits in the rankings, and ultimately decides how many European spots you’re going to get and where you’re getting them. As things stand, Scotland are 40th in the table this season of…

Bath: De Glanville; Cokanasiga, Lawrence, Redpath, Arundell, Ojomoh, Spencer (c); Obano, Dunn, Sela; Roux, Ewels, Hill, Pepper, Reid. Replacements: Frost, Van Wyk, Griffin, Molony, Underhill, Carr-Smith, Butt, Barbeary. Sale: Carpenter; Roebuck, R. du Preez, Bedlow, O’Flaherty, Ford, Warr; Rodd, Jibulu, Opoku-Fordjour; Bamber, Andrews, Van Rhyn (c), B. Curry, Dugdale. Replacements: Caine, McIntyre, John, Burrow, Woodman,…

And so the revamp of The Hundred begins, the sign of what the competition may be like following more than £500m of investment. The consortium that paid most for a stake in any of the eight teams, the Tech Titans, have poached the most sought-after coach on the franchise circuit. In doing so, they reunite…

Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso set the pace from Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc and Red Bull’s Max Verstappen in first practice at the Singapore Grand Prix. McLaren’s title rivals Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris finished the session fifth and sixth. Piastri was 0.217 seconds quicker than Norris. Alonso was 0.150secs ahead of Leclerc and 0.276secs clear of…

Jude Bellingham missed the last England international camp as he recovered from shoulder surgery. The 22-year-old is a key player for England, arguably the best they have, and their chances of winning the World Cup next summer will likely be hinged on how well he plays. It could be a slightly awkward reunion for Tuchel…

Besides the small step on the road to recovery that was the Scottish Premiership win at Livingston at the weekend, Rangers haven’t managed to lose sight of the starting blocks. In Austria, they had an opportunity to build a bit of momentum and make a case for their head coach, who remains under huge pressure….