Head's 'wonderful' innings edges Australia closer to Ashes victory

Liverpool signing Jeremy Jacquet faces a spell on the sidelines after suffering a shoulder injury playing for Rennes. The 20-year-old French defender, who agreed a £60m move to Anfield last week, is set to join at the end of the season. He fell awkwardly in the second half of Rennes’ 3-1 Ligue 1 defeat at…

Sabalenka was twice a set and a break up on veteran Cirstea, who is retiring at the end of the season. She also broke the 36-year-old when Cirstea served for the match at 5-4 in the third set – only to immediately hand the advantage back in the next game. Sabalenka’s serve – the most…

Zimbabwe finished top of Group B at the T20 World Cup after stunning England’s next opponents Sri Lanka in a six-wicket victory in Colombo. Both sides were already guaranteed their place in the Super 8s but Zimbabwe, who did not qualify for the last T20 World Cup in 2024, progress unbeaten after completing a fine…

Rodgers has always demanded a lot from his team-mates and called out one of his receivers during a post-match news conference last season. Perhaps Sunday’s game showed that the veteran has mellowed – and that he is able to compensate for his limited movement following his season-ending injury in 2023. “He’s able to get the…

Skinner’s counter to the idea his side may have been better advised to drop slightly deeper to prevent Harder making those runs was sound. “There are two mistakes in there from us,” he said. “If you get pressure on the ball, you can’t play the long ball. They tried it a few times and played…

The week started full of optimism and zeal. Celtic were facing a decidedly inferior team and overwhelming favourites to progress, Rangers were down but determined not to be out, Aberdeen had fought back at Pittodrie to have even footing in their tie, and Hibs were ready to make some history. Best-laid plans and all that……