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Diab Karim opened the scoring for Australia with a try after two minutes of the second Test. Two tries from England’s Rob Hawkins, who scored a hat-trick in the opening Test, and one from Finlay O’Neill were cancelled out by two Bayley McKenna scores, and Adam Tannock and Dan Anstey tries. Jack Brown instigated England’s…

The Los Angeles Dodgers became the first team for 25 years to win back-to-back World Series titles, coming from behind to beat the Toronto Blue Jays 5-4 after extra innings in the deciding seventh game. Catcher Will Smith’s home run in the top of the 11th inning broke the deadlock at Toronto’s Rogers Centre, and…

In the co-main event, Lyndon Arthur beat Bradley Rea by split-decision in a terrific all-Manchester battle to capture the European light-heavyweight title. The arena fell silent for a deeply poignant tribute before the fight as 10 bells rang in memory of Manchester’s own Ricky Hatton, who died aged 46 in September. It was the first…

And now the Glasgow giants are back in each other’s face again. This could get grisly, but let’s hope there’s a modicum of football played at Hampden. Old Firm games of recent vintage have thrown up some belters – Rangers beating Celtic 3-2 at Celtic Park in March, Celtic beating Rangers on penalties at Hampden…

From Mount Maunganui to Wellington, plus a loss in Hamilton in between, England’s batting failings against the Black Caps were undeniably a concerning trend. Yes, captain Harry Brook lost all three tosses to expose those batters to the worst of conditions on at least two occasions. Yes, New Zealand’s 50-over side, with their 93% win…

England failed to overcome another grim batting failure as New Zealand edged to a two-wicket victory in the third one-day international in Wellington to send the tourists to Australia on the back of a 3-0 series defeat. England’s top order folded once more, bowled out for the third match in a row to continue a…

The Los Angeles Dodgers bounced back to beat the Toronto Blue Jays 3-1 and set up a deciding seventh game in the World Series after tying the series at 3-3. Dodgers manager Dave Roberts shuffled his batting order after back-to-back home defeats, and it took them until the third inning at Toronto’s Rogers Centre just…

Sinner dropped serve in the middle of the second set, but soon re-established his advantage to wrap up victory over Shelton, 23, inside 70 minutes. “At the moment I’m not thinking about the ranking,” added the Australian Open and Wimbledon champion. “It’s a consequence of how I’m playing. “Making the semis here in Paris means…

The calendar for Uefa’s club competitions now stretches across 10 midweeks, rather than the six as it did two seasons ago, with the Champions League, Europa League and Conference League each given a standalone week for exposure. The Conference League is also held on consecutive weeks in December, with the final round of games scheduled…

Manchester United goalkeeper Senne Lammens tells Betty Glover how he deals with the “pressure” of being number one at Old Trafford and dealing with fan comparisons to Peter Schmeichel. Source link