Foden nets twice to help Man City thrash Dortmund

Townsend will not have Rory Darge or Kyle Steyn for this one, both are injured and will now disappear for some well-earned rest at the end of what must have felt like two seasons rolled into one. The coach has promised changes but past experience will have taught him to approach Fiji with caution. Given…

Liverpool and Manchester United are set to compete for Everton defender Jarrad Branthwaite, United could make a surprise move for Conor Gallagher, Atletico Madrid want Mason Greenwood, plus more. Liverpool and Manchester United are set to compete for the £65m signing of Everton’s 23-year-old England defender Jarrad Branthwaite. (Mirror), external Manchester United are planning a…

Asked about Ryding as a child, his mum, dad and grandparents all say the same thing: he never stopped. But there had to be competition. “If there were two snails going up a wall, he’d be betting on his one going up first,” his grandmother Muriel told Ski Sunday. He dabbled in every sport going…

Moore has not yet thought about where any post-playing job would be. He jokes that had he started the directorship course – “two years and very demanding like any education” – sooner, he could have looked after his own contract talks this summer when he joined Wrexham. Moore was among 13 summer signings, and while…

Brazil’s Alice Pereira is set to become the youngest woman in history to fight in the UFC. Pereira will be 19 years, eight months and 24 days old when she faces Mexican bantamweight Montserrat Rendon at UFC Noche in San Antonio, Texas, on Saturday. She beats the previous record set by South Korea’s Chan Mi…

World number two Carlos Alcaraz maintained his quest for a second US Open title with a straight-set victory over unseeded Frenchman Arthur Rinderknech in the fourth round. The 22-year-old, who is through to the last eight in New York for the fourth time in five years, is still yet to drop a set at this…