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James O’Connor has been many things to many teams over many years. He started out as an Australian prodigy, a Wallaby at 18, who was seen as a “once-in-a-generation talent”. Then there was the ‘bad boy’ who arrived in the English Premiership in 2013 with London Irish and then departed to play in Europe. There…

Mark Allen survived a spirited comeback from China’s Zhou Yuelong to win the English Open in a final-frame decider and claim his first ranking title in 19 months. Northern Ireland’s Allen led Sunday’s final in Brentwood 6-2 and 7-3 before Zhou roared back to win five consecutive frames and lead for the first time. Former…

Tyrick Mitchell (Crystal Palace): He was excellent in the win over West Ham, not only his goal – which was a wonderful finish – but also his ability to go up and down the pitch for 90 minutes and never stop, never complain. Arguably one of the best one-on-one defenders in the country. Really impressive….

England coasted to a six-wicket victory in the third T20 against Ireland to win the series 2-0 thanks to a half-century from Jordan Cox. After Phil Salt led England to victory in the first match on Wednesday, and Friday’s meeting was washed out without a ball bowled, the win secured a 2-0 victory for the…

The USA’s Cole Hocker comes back after being disqualified from the men’s 1500m to win gold in the 5000m with Belgium’s Isaac Kimeli taking silver and France’s Jimmy Gressier claiming bronze at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo. FOLLOW LIVE: World Athletics Championships Available to UK users only. Source link

China’s Zhou Yuelong set up an English Open final against Mark Allen with a 6-3 win over two-time champion Mark Selby in Brentwood. Zhou surged into a 3-0 lead and despite some signs of recovery from Selby, whose 71 clearance stole frame four, he kept the Englishman at bay to reach his fourth career ranking…

Former Liverpool manager Matt Beard has died at the age of 47, the Women’s Super League club has announced. Beard led Liverpool to back-to-back WSL titles in 2013 and 2014. He returned for a second spell at the club in 2021 but was sacked in February this year. In a statement, Liverpool paid tribute to…

If things had transpired differently Bale might have been a regular at the Cardiff City Stadium this season, as he was part of a consortium who tried to buy the Bluebirds. That interest was dismissed by Cardiff’s owners and Bale insists he is in no rush to commit to a future in or out of…

Isak once again, understandably, looked rusty in his appearance as a substitute while Wirtz, who has shown real signs of finally settling to his task in recent games, still has so much more to produce on past evidence. “They can play together, of course they can. They’re both exceptional players,” former Liverpool midfielder Danny Murphy…

On Friday, after securing her place in Sunday’s 800m final, Hodgkinson said she may have to change her routine. She said: “With the whole warm-up situation, you’re warming up for almost two hours. “It can be quite draining, so maybe we will have to look at doing something better come Sunday.” Last week, American middle-distance…