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BBC Cricket correspondent Stephan Shemilt and former England cricketer Steven Finn are encouraged by the Sunrisers Leeds’ signing of spinner Abrar Ahmed in The Hundred auction, after concerns that Pakistan players would be ignored by franchises affiliated to the Indian Premier League.

It never rains but it pours. Nottingham Forest, forced to cut their ticket prices twice this week to entice a near-capacity crowd back to the City Ground, can’t buy a win at the moment. Twice, now, they have lost to FC Midtjylland in this competition this season after Cho Gue-sung, the substitute, further dampened their

World No 3 talks about situation at Players Championship ‘When you know they’re fine, that’s kind of a relief’ Tommy Fleetwood has expressed relief after his family were able to return to England from Dubai despite the conflict in the Middle East. Fleetwood, the world No 3, has been competing in Florida as his wife,

Manchester City and Barcelona hold talks over striker Erling Haaland, Manchester United scout West Ham midfielder Mateus Fernandes, Newcastle eye Monaco midfielder Lamine Camara, plus more.

Guro Reiten leaves Chelsea after winning 13 trophies in six years to join American side Gotham FC.

For an hour, it was threatening to be another of those fruitless days for Ollie Watkins. But then, Emi Buendía, of all people, soared high to win a header and Watkins then had the composure to send a header spinning beyond Berke Ozer, caught a few yards off his goal-line. Watkins’s dry spell was over,

Of six teams in the last 16, only two – Arsenal and Liverpool – look more likely than not to get to the quarter-finals. But does it matter? The coefficient is safe. The coefficient is yours. You’re going home with the coefficient. But perhaps not, on this evidence, with the microwave, the washing machine or

Captain and fly-half clashed during defeat by Italy ‘I think it is a good thing people can express a view’ Maro Itoje hassaid there are no cracks in the England squad despite his spat with Fin Smith during last week’s humiliating defeat by Italy and believes the confrontation demonstrates the harmony within the camp. Itoje

James ‘Jazza’ Dickens has taken the elongated road to his first world title defence on Saturday – and that is not confined to his professional boxing career.

Analysing the reasons that playmaker Phil Foden has started only four of Manchester City’s past 12 games.