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Birmingham’s major move shows where fiscal power lies in women’s football

Ambitious owners and financial growth have allowed WSL and WSL2 clubs to assert dominance in the transfer market “If anyone didn’t take our ambition seriously, I hope they really do after this window, because it shows what we’re pushing for.” Amy Merricks was answering a question about Birmingham City breaking the second-tier transfer record to

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Why are there so many goalless draws in the Premier League this season?

Passes, shots and goals are all down on last season. It might keep tacticians happy but it’s not as much fun By Opta Analyst Gerard Piqué spoke to his former Spain teammate Iker Casillas on his podcast last February and the topic of goalless draws came up. You might expect a centre-back and goalkeeper to

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Australian Open 2026: Sinner, Osaka and Wawrinka in round two action – live

Updates from the evening session at Melbourne Park Qualifier Inglis through | Follow us on Bluesky | Mail Katy Sinner does what Sinner does in the opening game, racing to 40-0 on serve. Though Duckworth gets his side of the scoreboard moving with an inside-in forehand winner. Sinner holds to 15. It’s got to be

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Sri Lanka v England: first men’s cricket one-day international – live

News from the series opener in Colombo, 9am GMT start Sign up for The Spin newsletter | Follow us on Bluesky England have named their team, which has possibly the shortest tail in English cricket history. There are three changes from the third ODI in New Zealand: Zak Crawley (the very same), Will Jacks and

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