While the historic West Indian pace battery holds the crown for sheer terror, and the 2000s Australian attack for ultimate match-winning balance, this crop matches them in longevity and the ability to consistently grind down opponents.
Wardley’s trainer Ben Davison threw in the towel, five months on from being criticised for not pulling his man out against Dubois in the first match
If Liverpool’s spluttering forwards end up remembering this as the day when their luck turned then they will owe a big debt of gratitude to Yehor Yarmolyuk. This was a game with a very clear before and after.Andoni Iraola will hope surviving one of the toughest tests the Premier League has to offer is a sign his methods are starting to work, but Liverpool’s manager will not forget it was a very different contest after Yarmolyuk’s red card for a butt on Jérémy Jacquet left Brentford trying to defend a 1-0 lead with 10 men for the entire second half.
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An equaliser from Olivia Smith averted defeat for Arsenal, but a home draw with Birmingham did little to calm fears for Renée Slegers’s future as Gunners coach. Boos accompanied the final whistle at the Emirates Stadium, as the result left Arsenal on six points from six matches and without a win in five Women’s Super League matches, the club’s longest winless run in WSL history.
They are eighth in the table, nine points behind the leaders, Manchester City, who have played one game fewer.Birmingham opened the scoring at the start of the second half when Océane Hurtré coolly tapped in after her run from the halfway line went unchecked. Alessia Russo had hit the woodwork in the first half with a diving header, among a slew of Arsenal chances as Sophie Baggaley was kept the busier of the goalkeepers.
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Brentford 1-2 Liverpool: The Reds were misfiring as they trailed to Keane Lewis-Potter’s first-half goal, but the match turned on Yehor Yarmoliuk’s red card
The Gunners failed to score in their last two visits to the City Ground, as both matches ended in goalless draws.
It was a Bledisloe Cup mauling at the arena where Australia will host a home World Cup at which they must perform or perish as a rugby powerThe honeymoon is over for Les Kiss and Doomsday protocols have been activated. Australia’s embarrassing capitulation to the All Blacks – their 13th in a row – is a cold reminder of where the Wallabies sit in rugby’s world order.
In a year these teams meet in Sydney again at a World Cup. But the gulf between them remains massive.The Kiss Army’s defeat of world No 1 South Africa last month filled the golden sails with wind and left the Wallabies unbeaten after six Tests.
Last week at Eden Park they at least held the All Blacks to parity at half-time before giving up 26 unanswered points. But this was an understrength All Blacks and the men in gold still got monstered. Continue reading...
The All Blacks’ record winning streak over the Wallabies has been extended to 13 matches after Dave Rennie’s side put Les Kiss’s to the sword in Sydney.
Croatian football fans arrested over slurs before and during UEFA Conference League game in Split.
England had not lost a match since the World Cup final in 2022 and will play emerging rivals Canada again in Ottawa next week
WXV: Canada 24-21 England at BMO Field in TorontoEngland suffer first defeat since 2022 Women’s Rugby World Cup finalNo, there is nothing wrong with whatever device you are reading this on. The 24-21 scoreline is correct. Yes, it finally happened. England have lost a rugby game after four years and 41 games unbeaten.
The defeat came at the hands of a passionate, resilient and impressive Canadian outfit who had made it clear they were out for revenge for last year’s World Cup loss.Canada had already ended England’s winning streak with a 26-26 draw in Exeter last month but that was not vengeance enough.
The scrum-half Olivia Apps said in the buildup to these matches that Canada had been doing everything they can in 2026 to make it possible to beat England and that is just what they did. Continue reading...
Leighton and Adelaide Wyn made friendship bracelet for players and fans for Friday night's match
FILE - Orlando Pride forward Barbra Banda looks on during an NWSL soccer match against the Chicago Stars, March 14, 2025, in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack, File)
Rams defensive tackle Kobie Turner, known for his signature sack celebration, got a surprise visit and custom gift from LA Opera's music director.
Two of our writers pick over the German’s contribution to Liverpool and what the £116m forward could yet produceSome criticism has been OTT and a fee rising to £116m heightens demands but, yes, compared with his performances in Germany and for Germany Wirtz has underwhelmed at Liverpool.
The past week has encapsulated his Liverpool career so far. In the Champions League rout of Lask he was everywhere, exploiting gaps between and behind the Austrian club’s defence and knitting together a dominant display against limited opposition. In the previous game against Manchester City, however, when Andoni Iraola needed big players to step up in the absence of Alexander Isak, Cody Gakpo and Dominik Szoboszlai, Wirtz was ineffective, wasteful and withdrawn when his team were chasing the game at 0-1.
It also did not help his cause that Rayan Cherki, a cheaper alternative whom Liverpool considered and passed on, completed City’s victory with a sublime goal. AH Continue reading...
Tennis superstar is latest celebrity to sport a ‘refined’ moustache which owes little to bushy Tom Selleck lookThe tennis superstar Carlos Alcaraz might have been knocked out of the Shanghai Masters in straight sets earlier this week, but he did so sporting a moustache that became almost as remarked upon as his aptitude for a sneaky drop shot.“I always wanted to step on the court at least once with the moustache,” Alcaraz said.
The Spaniard and his team had all agreed to take the facial-hair plunge if he won the Japan Open, which he did for a second straight year. “¡Bigotes para todos!” or “moustaches for everyone”, they apparently cheered at the end of the match. Continue reading...
Novak Djokovic, of Serbia, poses with the trophy after winning the men's singles final match against Alex De Minaur, of Australia at the China Open tennis tournament in Beijing, Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
Gabriela Dabrowski, of Canada, and Luisa Stefani, of Brazil pose with the winners trophies after winning the women's doubles final match against Katerina Siniakova, of the Czech Republic, and Zhang Shuai, of China at the China Open tennis tournament in…
India host West Indies in the final match of the tour on Saturday with an all-time classic T20 series level at 2-2.
Stark says draft-dodging men can't travel for marriage matches: 'Reminds me of our grandparents' stories'; Pindrus, Deri regret backing Ohana, a gay MK, as Knesset speaker ‘Desecration of God’s name’
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