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  • England's Chris Woakes is dismissed by Sri Lanka's Prabath Jayasuriya on day two of the first Test at Old Trafford

    Overshadowed series gives hint of intrigue despite gloom

    Simon Burnton
    Every time nothing seemed to be happening, something surprising happened
  • Jermaine Jenas.

    Jermaine Jenas
    One Show and MOTD presenter sacked by BBC

  • Australia’s Eleanor Patterson clears the bar in women's high jump at the Diamond League athletics meet in Lausanne

    Diamond League
    Patterson turns tables on Olyslagers in high jump

  • Athletics
    Hodgkinson misses rest of 2024 season with unspecified injury

  • Esports
    Big polluters targeting industry with advertising deals, report reveals

  • NFL
    Integrity reps to monitor suspicious in-game gambling

  • Baseball
    Seattle Mariners to fire manager Servais in midst of collapse – report

  • Basketball
    Colombia to take legal action against impostor national team

  • County cricket
    Flintoff Jr off the mark for Lancashire but Surrey make hay

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In depth

  • Spectators join in a minute's applause in memory of the former England and Surrey batter Graham Thorpe on day one of the first Test at Old Trafford

    Thorpe tribute puts England’s day in perspective

    Taha Hashim
    • Jason Kenny prepares the bike of Hamish Turnbull

      Interview
      Sir Jason Kenny: ‘It’s healthy to celebrate medals other than gold'

    • Left to right: Billy Gilmour,. Callum Hudson-Odoi,  Conor Gallagher and Omari Hutchinson during their Chelsea days.

      Gilmour to Gallagher
      The Chelsea academy players sold in the Boehly era for £208m

    • Nikki Doucet, chief executive of the Women's Professional League Ltd

      Exclusive interview
      Doucet: ‘We want the world’s most distinctive women’s club competition’

    • Cristiano Ronaldo of Al-Nassr

      Football
      Ronaldo still all the rage but Saudi league needs a title race

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Football Weekly

Join Max Rushden and the pod squad as they pick over the latest action and news

Football Weekly

Join Max Rushden and the pod squad as they pick over the latest action and news

  • Raheem Sterling in action for Chelsea during a pre-season friendly against Internazionale

    Transfer news
    Aston Villa approach Chelsea over move for Sterling

    Raheem Sterling has been told he has no future at Enzo Maresca’s Chelsea
  • Mikel Merino celebrates scoring for Spain against Germany last month

    Arsenal
    Merino set to sign after Real Sociedad accept offer

  • Jadon Sancho during the Community Shield match between Manchester United and Manchester City on 10 August 2024

    Manchester United
    Ten Hag warns his players to accept being dropped

  • Newcastle United
    Trippier asks to leave club with Everton interested

  • ‘I can also learn’
    Brighton’s Hürzeler keen to get advice from senior players

  • Everton
    Textor assessing offers for Palace stake before Toffees takeover

  • Bundesliga
    Leverkusen the team to beat despite Bayern’s summer spree

    Andy Brassell
  • Transfer news
    Gündogan back to Man City on free transfer from Barça

  • Everton
    Textor to agree takeover by end of week

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  • Bryony Page

    Picture essay
    The Guardian photographers' best images at the Games

  • Dina Asher-Smith

    Women’s parity has a long way to go despite positive Paris signs

    Cath Bishop
  • Jordan Chiles

    Gymnastics
    Chiles says ‘unjust’ stripping of bronze has led to abuse

  • Brazil face Spain in Bordeaux at the Olympics.

    Women’s football at Olympics is flawed and needs to change

    Sophie Downey
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Video

  • Vuelta a España
    Cyclists bizarrely set off from supermarket for sixth stage

    The sixth stage of the Vuelta a España started from a Carrefour supermarket in southern Spain, with the 176 riders making their way past marketing banners on their way out to the road
  • Brighton's new head coach Hürzeler says that he asks his older players for advice

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    Football
    'I can learn from them': Brighton's Hürzeler says he asks older players for advice

  • Leon Arnasalam was playing at the Foot Forward Transition Cup for the host team, Foot Forward, when he stunned the opposition with his skills to score a superb goal

    0:27

    Football
    Player stuns opponent with skilled backheel flick to score brilliant goal

  • Arsenal win 2-0 over Wolverhampton Wanderers in their opening Premier League match.

    1:11

    Football
    Arteta praises Havertz after Arsenal's opening win over Wolves

  • Jack Draper won a controversial match point against Félix Auger-Aliassime in the Cincinnati Open on Friday

    1:32

    Tennis
    Draper secures controversial match point against Auger-Aliassime

  • Arne Slot admits that his side endured a difficult first half in the early Saturday kick-off against newly promoted Ipswich

    1:20

    Liverpool
    Slot admits side 'hate the 12.30 kick-offs' after victory over Ipswich

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Regulars

  • The Premier League team of the year: Declan Rice, Ollie Watkins, David Raya, William Saliba, Gabriel Magalhães, Phil Foden, Rodri, Martin Ødegaard, Virgil van Dijk, Erling Haaland and Kyle Walker, who we hope has a note for the Converse.

    Football Daily
    PFA Awards: Stockport, Shaw and Lewington win

  • Jadon Sancho in action for Manchester United

    The Rumour Mill
    Sancho to Chelsea? Arsenal eye goalkeeper García?

    • Football Weekly
      Eternal Vardy ensures a Spursy start for Tottenham

    • David Squires on …
      Heroes and villains of the opening weekend

    • Premier League
      10 talking points from the opening weekend’s action

    • Quiz of the week
      Premier League, Olympic medals and First Dates

    • Football Daily
      Ready or not, Manchester United’s reboot starts now

    • Talking Horses
      Dare To Hope to atone for Stewards' Cup flop

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Catch up

  • The women's 3,000m steeplechase at Stade de France in Paris

    As a woman in sports media, I face constant micro-aggressions

    Rebecca Adams
  • Illustration of an armchair's neutral's view of football

    What is best Premier League season if you have no dog in the fight?

    Max Rushden
  • Riders compete in the women’s Olympic BMX racing final.

    From Grimsby to BMX at the Olympics: let’s embrace the fun

    Jason Stockwood
  • Abby Hunt outdoors in Macclesfield

    Abby Hunt
    Stoke has ruined my belief in women’s football

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