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A record 94,199 spectators turned up to the MCG on Boxing Day and none will forget what they witnessed. By
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Australia edge wild Boxing Day with England as 20 wickets fall in fourth Ashes Test
Australia claim a 46-run lead after bowlers on both sides feast on green-tinged pitch in front of a record crowd on day one at the MCG
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/dec/26/ashes-australia-england-boxing-day-fourth-test-cricket-day-one-report
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David Squires
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Here’s this week’s cartoon for
@sport.theguardian.com
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David Squires on … the Premier League enjoying a rare Christmas at home
With just one top-flight Boxing Day fixture this year, our cartoonist takes a look at how players, coaches and officials might spend their time
https://www.theguardian.com/football/picture/2025/dec/23/david-squires-premier-league-christmas?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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Nick Ames
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Big interview with Zvonimir Boban in Zagreb. On his stormy departure from Uefa, the shame of Infantino's peace prize and why galvanising his beloved Dinamo will be the final task of an incredible life in football:
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
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Zvonimir Boban: ‘If I didn’t do this it would be a betrayal of every value I have lived for’
The Croatia legend tells Nick Ames about his return to Dinamo Zagreb, his fall out with Uefa and the ‘shameful’ actions of Gianni Infantino
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/dec/23/zvonimir-boban-if-i-didnt-do-this-it-would-be-a-betrayal-of-every-value-i-have-lived-for
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'So this is Christmas. And what have we done? The Ashes is over. With two Tests still to come.' By
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Arrogant England’s cricket machine collapses like a castle of dust in 11 days | Barney Ronay
So this is Christmas. And what have we done? The Ashes is over. With two Tests still to come
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/dec/21/england-cricket-machine-collapses-like-castle-of-dust-in-11-days-ashes-australia-cricket
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Jesse Lingard's Korean adventure and what comes next
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‘I made such a bond’: Jesse Lingard on life in South Korea and his next challenge
Former Manchester United player discusses culinary and cultural surprises, feeling more mature and how he learned Korean
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/dec/21/i-made-such-a-bond-jesse-lingard-on-life-in-south-korea-and-his-next-challenge
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This year's top 100 male footballers list is out now
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The 100 best male footballers in the world 2025
Ousmane Dembélé becomes our seventh winner as he beats Lamine Yamal into second and Vitinha into third on our list of the best players on the planet
https://www.theguardian.com/football/ng-interactive/2025/dec/16/the-100-best-male-footballers-in-the-world-2025
7 days ago
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West Ham are poised to part company with manager Rehanne Skinner, per
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Rehanne Skinner poised for West Ham exit with club second-bottom of WSL
West Ham United are poised to part company with their women’s team manager, Rehanne Skinner, the Guardian understands
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/dec/18/rehanne-skinner-west-ham-manager-exit-wsl
8 days ago
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It’s understood that several architecture firms awarded contracts to build World Cup stadiums in Saudi have been asked to resubmit plans because their designs have been deemed too expensive, and contractors due to start work next year have been told the build will not begin on time
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Saudi Arabia’s 2034 World Cup stadium plans face delays and cost-cutting
Saudi Arabia’s construction of stadiums for the 2034 World Cup is facing delays owing to a desire from the PIF to scale back costs
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/dec/18/saudi-arabia-2034-world-cup-stadium-plans-face-delays-and-cost-cutting
8 days ago
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Another year in the can: it's the Football Daily Christmas awards
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The Football Daily Christmas Awards 2025
In today’s Football Daily: It’s the gongs show
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/dec/17/the-football-daily-christmas-awards-2025
9 days ago
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The UK will formally issue instructions to transfer £2.5bn from Roman Abramovich’s sale of Chelsea to humanitarian causes in Ukraine, telling the billionaire to commit the funds or face court action. By
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UK will transfer of £2.5bn of Abramovich cash from sale of Chelsea to Ukraine fund, Starmer says
Prime minister says oligarch must commit funds from sale of London football club or face court action
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/17/uk-will-transfer-abramovich-cash-from-sale-of-chelsea-to-ukraine-fund-starmer-says
9 days ago
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Here for the big questions: which football match were Wham! watching when they wrote Last Christmas?
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Which football match were Wham! watching when they wrote Last Christmas? | The Knowledge
Plus: which European champions were top at Christmas, players giving each other presents and other festive trivia
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/dec/17/the-knowledge-football-match-wham-watching-wrote-last-christmas
9 days ago
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Another 12 months, another raft of sporting scandals: it’s the Anti-Sports Personality of the Year awards
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The Anti-Sports Personality of the Year awards 2025
On Thursday night the BBC will honour the heroes. But here are the year’s best dark, devious and downright dumb sporting stories
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/dec/17/the-anti-sports-personality-of-the-year-awards-2025
9 days ago
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‘This is the pact, the dark side of darts’s golden age. Take a man with a history of mental health problems, throw him on stage in front of people who have seen him bleed on TV, chuck in some morning pints and a little petty English nationalism, and see what happens.’ By
@jonathanliew.bsky.social
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Meet Cameron Menzies, the tortured talent who plays darts as a bloodsport | Jonathan Liew
The Scotsman is a wry, slightly daft ex-plumber who wears his heart on his sleeve. So why does the Ally Pally crowd enjoy goading him?
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/dec/15/cameron-menzies-darts-world-championship-alexandra-palace
11 days ago
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'All the things this so-called new era was meant not to be, it turns out we are.' Two long years since Argyle beat Rotherham on the penultimate Saturday before Christmas
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Plymouth Argyle’s two-year freefall finds respite in Cleverley ‘chaos era’
After the tumult of four managers in two years, back-to-back wins have eased some of the unrest at League One club
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/dec/14/plymouth-argyle-two-year-freefall-finds-respite-in-cleverley-chaos-era
12 days ago
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‘I have just one question for you …’
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John Cena Prank Call Original | WWE Prank Call John Cena | Funniest Prank Call Ever 😂 #wweraw #lady
YouTube video by nonstoppopfmgta5
https://youtube.com/shorts/OJrsrDIUwA4?si=TczEqWURQ-uDB_xA
12 days ago
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Gorgeously framed shots of football training by the Angel of the North? Lee Smith has you covered 📸
13 days ago
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13 days ago
The promoters were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should
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Lionel Messi’s tour of India has started well, then
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Lionel Messi’s India tour starts in chaos as angry fans throw seats on to pitch
Lionel Messi’s 20-minute appearance at Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata saw upset fans climb fences and hurl objects from the stands
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/dec/13/lionel-messi-india-tour-chaos-angry-fans-seats-pitch-kolkata
13 days ago
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'It's not normal to walk into the tornado.' To fans, there was only one Ricky Hatton. To those who loved him, there were many. Powerful and poignant piece by
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‘It’s not normal to walk into the tornado’: To fans, there was only one Ricky Hatton. Those who loved him knew many
Three months after Hatton’s death, his bereft former trainer Billy Graham, friend Jane Couch and his brother Matthew are all trying to find hope amid the grief
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/ng-interactive/2025/dec/13/ricky-hatton-boxing-family-friends
13 days ago
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Chloe Kelly: 'There’s definitely misogyny when women are successful. People don’t like women being successful. People don’t like women being in an environment where maybe you don’t think we should be. We are exactly where we should be, and we’re here to stay'
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‘We are more successful than they wanted us to be’: Chloe Kelly on team squabbles, scoring that penalty and surviving sport’s gender wars
Women’s football is booming – but the bigger it’s got, the messier it’s become for players. Through it all, the hot tip for Sports Personality of the Year has kept a cool head
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/dec/13/chloe-kelly-football-england-arsenal-squabbles-scoring-penalty-sports-gender-wars
13 days ago
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This is great: Stephen Bunting with
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‘I messaged Sia on Instagram. She didn’t get back to me’: cult darts hero Stephen Bunting on his viral walk-on
The world No 4’s entrance to the song Titanium has become an iconic moment in darts, but while he loves the attention what he really wants is the world title
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/dec/12/i-messaged-sia-on-instagram-she-didnt-get-back-to-me-cult-darts-hero-stephen-bunting-on-his-viral-walk-on
14 days ago
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Gorgeous colours from this shot of swimmers taking a dip in the North Sea at Cullercoats Bay. 📸 Owen Humphreys
15 days ago
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Don McRae
17 days ago
Thanks Michael van Gerwen for talking so openly about his painful year in which he dealt with divorce from his wife, his father's ravaging cancer, intense scrutiny from the Dutch media & loss of form. He still believes he can win the world championships next month
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Michael van Gerwen: ‘Of course I love darts, but I love my kids much more’
The former world No 1 tells Donald McRae how a traumatic year has shaped him as a darts player and a father and insists he can recapture his glory days at the world championship
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/dec/09/michael-van-gerwen-darts-interview
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Here's
@davidsquires.bsky.social
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David Squires on … Mohamed Salah’s explosive interview and Liverpool chaos
Our cartoonist on the trouble at Anfield after Egyptian’s stinging response to being dropped by Arne Slot
https://www.theguardian.com/football/picture/2025/dec/09/david-squires-on-mohamed-salah-liverpool
17 days ago
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The story of Lando Norris’s F1 title
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Steel, courage and a sense of humour: how Lando Norris claimed his first F1 title | Giles Richards
After blows in mid-season the British driver rallied to hold off the challenge of his teammate Oscar Piastri and a stunning late run from Max Verstappen to make history in Abu Dhabi
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/dec/07/lando-norris-steel-courage-humour-first-f1-title
18 days ago
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‘This is the golden age of women’s sport. What British women have achieved over the past couple of years will shape the next generation.’ Ellie Kildunne on winning the World Cup and much more, with
@shattenstone.bsky.social
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‘What’s my life like away from rugby? Chaos’: Red Rose superstar Ellie Kildunne on confidence, cowboy dances and why it’s cool to be different
Kildunne is known for her startling speed and audacious tries, but there’s more to the talented full-back than rugby, from a passion for photography to a sideline in DIY tattooing
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/dec/07/rugby-red-rose-full-back-ellie-kildunne-interview
19 days ago
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Mo Salah: ‘I have done so much for this club down the years, especially last season. Now I’m sitting on the bench and I don’t know why. It seems like the club has thrown me under the bus. That is how I am feeling. I think it is very clear that someone wanted me to get all of the blame’
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Mohamed Salah says ‘I’ve been thrown under the bus’ and signals Liverpool exit
Mohamed Salah, left on the bench as Liverpool drew at Leeds, has said his relationship with Arne Slot is broken and that Brighton could be his last game
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/dec/06/mohamed-salah-arne-slot-liverpool-thrown-under-the-bus
20 days ago
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The weather really hates Blackburn Rovers
20 days ago
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Solid Christmas jumper game 📸 Paul Currie
20 days ago
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The big World Cup draw takeaway, beyond that, that and, er, that …
21 days ago
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What an abomination …state of that trophy
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21 days ago
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Given the event's host, still waiting to learn if it's a World Cup Windup. Either way … it's the draw for the 2026 finals, live with
@brewin.bsky.social
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@barryglendenning.bsky.social
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World Cup 2026 draw: updates as the teams await fate in Washington DC – live
Join our writers for updates from the draw in Washington DC for the 48-team tournament next summer
https://www.theguardian.com/football/live/2025/dec/05/world-cup-2026-draw-updates-usa-mexico-canada
21 days ago
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Our 100 best female footballers in the world for 2025. No change at No 1, four WSL players make the top 10
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The 100 best female footballers in the world 2025
Aitana Bonmatí has been voted the best female player on the planet by our panel of 127 experts ahead of Mariona Caldentey and Alessia Russo
https://www.theguardian.com/football/ng-interactive/2025/dec/01/the-100-best-female-footballers-in-the-world-2025
22 days ago
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Revealed: Myanmar junta ‘crony’ (per US state department) Zaw Zaw given key role behind Fifa peace prize
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Revealed: Myanmar junta ‘crony’ given key role behind Fifa peace prize
Inaugural prize expected to be handed to Donald Trump but ‘process’ for choosing future winners to be proposed by controversial tycoon’s committee
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/dec/04/revealed-myanmar-junta-crony-given-key-role-behind-fifa-peace-prize
22 days ago
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The Guardian
24 days ago
Robin Smith, former England cricketer, dies aged 62
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Robin Smith, former England cricketer, dies aged 62
* Batter made more than 4,000 runs for England * Smith spent more than 20 years at Hampshire The former England cricketer Robin Smith has died at the age of 62. Smith played 62 Tests and 71 one-day internationals for England between 1988 and 1996 and was a resolute middle-order bulwark for the side during often difficult times for the team. He particularly excelled against pace, making his highest Test score of 175 against the fearsome West Indies attack at Antigua in 1994. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/dec/02/robin-smith-former-england-cricketer-dies-aged-62?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky&CMP=bsky_gu
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Guardian’s Football Weekly and Women’s Football Weekly land podcast double at FSA Awards
Declan Rice and Alessia Russo won player of the year awards while Sophie Downey was recognised in the writer of the year category
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/dec/01/guardian-football-weekly-womens-football-weekly-land-podcast-double-fsa-awards
24 days ago
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Infantino and Trump. By
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‘He massages Trump’s basest instincts’: why is Fifa’s Gianni Infantino cosying up to the US president?
For a man who insists football isn’t political, the Fifa boss is putting a lot of effort into into courting the most divisive politician on Earth
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/nov/30/he-massages-trumps-basest-instincts-why-is-fifas-gianni-infantino-cosying-up-to-the-us-president
26 days ago
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Float like a 🦋 📸 Mark Robinson
27 days ago
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Fascinating story from
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: Vålerenga have called for anti-doping regulations to be strengthened after an extraordinary case in which a player from their women’s team was found to have ingested a banned stimulant from rubber crumb in an artificial pitch
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Vålerenga call for anti-doping changes after artificial pitch causes footballer to fail drug test
Vålerenga have called for anti-doping regulations to be strengthened after a player in their women’s team was found to have ingested a banned stimulant from rubber crumb in a pitch
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/nov/26/valerenga-anti-doping-changes-artificial-pitch-causes-footballer-to-fail-drug-test
30 days ago
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England Rugby World Cup winner Abby Dow retires aged 28: 'I feel the pull of my other passion, engineering, so I have decided to hang up my boots and try my luck in a different world'
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World Cup winner Abby Dow quits rugby in shock move to focus on career
Red Roses World Cup winner Abby Dow has announced her retirement from professional rugby
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/nov/26/world-cup-winner-abby-dow-quits-rugby-in-shock-move-to-focus-on-career
30 days ago
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Tom Heaton interview: 'My outlook can sometimes be bordering on deluded. I understand the optics of it … The logical side of my brain knew that coming back here at 35 was probably more to fill this role. But I have zero regrets. I’ve loved being here.' By
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‘Zero regrets’: Tom Heaton on life at Manchester United after 1,028 days without a game
The former England keeper discusses his sometimes borderline deluded outlook and being proud to defend the values of the club he loves
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/nov/26/tom-heaton-manchester-united-goalkeeper-interview
about 1 month ago
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The north London derby that was. By
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David Squires on … an Eze win for Arsenal in the north London derby
Our cartoonist on a simple win over Spurs that boosted the Gunners’ title hopes, smug Australians and more
https://www.theguardian.com/football/picture/2025/nov/25/david-squires-on-eze-arsenal-tottenham-north-london-derby
about 1 month ago
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Cricket Australia has insurance to cover for the impact of wet weather, but there is no such safety net for the whims of Bazball. One former cricket administrator tells
@jacksongs.bsky.social
: ‘If I were an insurer I wouldn’t be underwriting Tests with England’
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Australia rolls out red carpet to England fans with newfound time on their hands
Last-minute side trips the norm for travelling supporters in Bazball-era while Cricket Australia face $4m shortfall after first Ashes Test lasts two days
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/nov/25/australia-rolls-out-red-carpet-england-cricket-fans
about 1 month ago
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The WSL is concerned about the 12pm slots allocated by its main rights partner, Sky Sports, after 71,000 people watched TV coverage of Arsenal v Chelsea. Briefer views and social media engagement understood to be more encouraging
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WSL concerned by Sky broadcast slots after low TV audience figures for derby
Arsenal v Chelsea had a TV audience of only 71,000 with the Saturday noon kick-off believed to be a factor in the drop-off
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/nov/24/wsl-concern-sky-sports-broadcast-slots-low-tv-audience
about 1 month ago
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Well, wasn't that fun? Oh. By
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Travis Head powers Australia to humbling Ashes Test win over England inside two days
Travis Head’s crushing 123 drove Australia to their target of 205 and snared victory over England at the first Ashes Test by eight wickets
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/nov/22/australia-england-ashes-first-test-report-day-two-hosts-win-inside-two-days-travis-head
about 1 month ago
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'England played their supporters back at home, a collapse to 172 all out like waking up to a horse’s head in the bed, only for Ben Stokes and his stable of quicks to deliver a more telling statement of their own.' By
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Ashes begins with a bang after 19 wickets on dramatic day one give England early edge
Ben Stokes takes five wickets as England battle back in Perth after Mitchell Starc’s opening salvo for hosts
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/nov/21/ashes-australia-england-test-cricket-first-test-day-one-report
about 1 month ago
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Big interview with Boris Becker: 'Whoever says a prison life is easy is lying. It’s a real punishment.' By
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Boris Becker: ‘Whoever says a prison life is easy is lying – it’s a real punishment’
Former Wimbledon champion tells Donald McRae about how taking accountability for his crimes allowed for rehabilitation, watching Novak Djokovic from his cell and the new era of brotherhood in the spor...
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/nov/20/boris-becker-prison-tennis-interview
about 1 month ago
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‘Smith insisted the comments “didn’t really bother me”, but apparently demonstrated the opposite by raking over Panesar’s notoriously miserable appearance on Mastermind in 2019’
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Steve Smith fires up over sandpaper sledge as Australia confirm team for Ashes opener
Australia’s first Test team announcement was overshadowed by an extraordinary verbal attack on Monty Panesar
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/nov/20/jake-weatherald-australia-ashes-team-debut
about 1 month ago
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It wouldn’t be Turkish football without drama and drama is what the hardline president of the Turkish Football Federation has delivered
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‘Purge it of all its filth’: inside the betting scandal gripping Turkish football
FA crackdown has led to the suspension of 149 match officials and more than 1,000 players in push to restore public faith in the game
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/nov/20/purge-it-of-all-its-filth-inside-the-betting-scandal-gripping-turkish-football
about 1 month ago
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about 1 month ago
NEW: Following our
@us.theguardian.com
investigation, Major League Soccer is reopening its own investigation into Philadelphia Union sporting director Ernst Tanner. The club says Tanner has since been placed on leave. Details here:
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
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MLS reopens investigation into Philadelphia Union executive as team places him on leave
Tanner denies the allegations contained in a Guardian investigation into his conduct as Union sporting director, including claims of racist, sexist and homophobic behavior
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/nov/19/mls-ernst-tanner-philadelphia-union-investigation
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