England’s 20-year-old spinner was making his debut but he matched the contribution of the veteran playing his 184th Test Ben Stokes has deep pockets, so deep they can fit a veteran and an ingenue with room to spare. From one end at Visakhapatnam ran in a finely honed, well oiled machine, slim as a sapling, […]
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FIFA president Gianni Infantino has reupped the idea of setting football transfer fees by algorithm instead of clubs negotiating a market value price for contracted players.
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Erik ten Hag has said it’s “not a secret” he wanted to sign a striker in January and admits he might have to get “creative” to solve Manchester United’s lack of depth up front.
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United States youth international goalkeeper Diego Kochen has agreed a new long-term contract with Barcelona that will tie him to the club until 2028.
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Duhan van der Merwe “has a big target on his back against the best teams now”, writes Tom English, as the Scotland winger seeks his first score against Wales.
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The January transfer window was short on big deals but full of some of the most weird, wonderful and bafflingly over-the-top reveals we’ve ever seen.
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Inter Miami coach Gerardo ‘Tata’ Martino is hopeful Lionel Messi will be able to play in Sunday’s friendly match against a Hong Kong XI.
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Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp interrupts a reporter’s question when a journalist’s phone is receiving a call from their dentist during a news conference.
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As a professional footballer I see the climate crisis killing my sport and believe we have a duty to act accordingly When I play football I feel free from the worries of day-to-day life. But as a young person living in a climate and environmental crisis, these worries have become increasingly hard to ignore. This
In an unusually quiet window most of the top teams did little or nothing to strengthen and Crystal Palace were the biggest spenders Arsenal’s free-spending summer was counteracted by an austere January and Mikel Arteta will have to battle on with what he believes is one of the league’s thinnest squads. Targets at centre-forward and
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