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England spin bowler Shoaib Bashir leaves Somerset to join Derbyshire in Division Two of the County Championship.

There are no salary caps and no luxury taxes, yet the world’s most-watched soccer league is only getting more balanced David Stern used to tell a joke. In his early years as NBA commissioner, he liked to say, his job was essentially to travel back and forth between Boston and Los Angeles to hand out

Chelsea defender Trevoh Chalobah says new manager Liam Rosenior has asked the squad to “trust in themselves” and to “rely on each other” following his appointment at Stamford Bridge.

Amid grumbles, a winless run and negative banners, there are signs of life for Köln after a narrow loss to the champions We didn’t see this coming, and not only because of the fog of pyro lingering over the RheinEnergieSTADION field that furnished us with 11 minutes of first-half stoppage time. In October’s equivalent fixture

Roger Federer says he hopes Carlos Alcaraz can win the upcoming Australian Open and become the youngest man to complete the career Grand Slam.

Ulster scrum-half Nathan Doak says the province have “a lot on the line” in Saturday’s Challenge Cup match against Stade Francais at Affidea Stadium (13:00 GMT).

Australian Taylah Preston, world No 204, wins 6-2, 6-4 Raducanu could face Sabalenka early in Melbourne Emma Raducanu ended her preparations for the Australian Open with a miserable 6-2, 6-4 defeat by Taylah Preston, a 20-year-old Australian wildcard, in the quarter-finals of the Hobart international. As the top seed in Hobart, a small WTA 250

After starting out in the British amateur game, Aden Durde is now two wins from the Super Bowl and could become the NFL’s first British first head coach.

The eight remaining teams all have elements of brilliance. But they also have weaknesses that could send them crashing out of the postseason Defending the run has long been a sore spot for the Bills – they finished the season 25th in defensive rush success rate. Inside, they lack mass, and are too easily pushed

Atletico Madrid want Wolves midfielder Joao Gomes, Everton and Nottingham Forest are keen on signing Youssef En-Nesyri, plus more.