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South Africa v Australia: third men’s cricket Test, day four – live
Travis Head and Josh Hazlewood inspect the ball as South Africa host Australia on day four of the third Test at Newlands in Cape Town. Follow for live scores and cricket updates from SA vs Aus. Play start time is 10.30am local/7.30pm AEDT/8.30am GMT. Photograph: Halden Krog/AP As ever, send me an email if you want to chat, or muse, or opine, or scold me that I don’t understand the true nuances of cricket. Sign up to read this article Read news from 100's of titles, curated specifically for you.
Sri Lanka v England: men’s cricket tri-series one-day international – live
England’s Sam Curran. Photograph: Akhtar Soomro/Reuters 7.58am GMT England’s record in this tri-series is played three, won none. A consolation win would pad the flight home.
Arsenal 3-0 Benfica: Women's Champions League – live reaction
LIVE – Updated at 21:56 Alessia Russo made history after scoring a hat-trick in Arsenal's win over Benfica at Meadow Park. Full time: Arsenal 3-0 Benfica The brilliant Alessia Russo scored a hat-trick to give Arsenal a comfortable win over Benfica at Meadow Park. In the process she overtook Fran Kirby as the leading English goalscorer in the WCL. Arsenal have tougher fixtures ahead but right now, for all their domestic travails, they are second in the Champions League.
Arsenal v Benfica: Women's Champions League – live
LIVE – Updated at 19:42 Minute-by-minute report: Join Rob Smyth for updates as Renée Slegers' Arsenal look to build on their weekend North London derby win. Ellie Carpenter has put Chelsea 1-0 up at home to Roma , and Momoko Tanikawa has scored Bayern Munich's second equaliser at home to Real Madrid. Yep. “Don't forget Servette!” writes Jez Smith. “We are at Servette, where we saw our team put in a commanding performance to beat Leuven 5-1.
Arsenal v Benfica: Women’s Champions League – live
The matchday programme at Meadow Park. Photograph: Alex Burstow/Arsenal FC/Getty Images 7.11pm GMT Ellie Carpenter has put Chelsea 1-0 up at home to Roma, and Momoko Tanikawa has scored Bayern Munich’s second equaliser at home to Real Madrid. Yep.
Starc strikes back as Australia dismiss South Africa for 329 on day one of third Test – as it happened
LIVE – Updated at 16:04 Mitchell Starc took six-for as Australia recovered to dismiss South Africa out for 329 on a topsy-turvy day. Stumps Starc finishes with figures of 16.3-2-72-6. Even by the standards of South Africa v Australia, that was a blistering, tumultous day's play between the two best teams in the world. Conveniently, it breaks into four parts. First 44 overs Next 13 overs Last 23 overs Last 2.3 overs WICKET! South Africa 329 all out (Rabada LBW b Starc 0) Mitchell Starc is a champion.
South Africa v Australia: third men’s cricket Test, day one – live
Mitchell Starc prepares to bowl as South Africa host Australia in the third Test at Newlands in Cape Town. Follow for live scores and SA vs Aus cricket updates. Photograph: Marco Longari/AFP/Getty Images 2nd over: South Africa 2-0 (Markram 0, Ackerman 2) Hazlewood, by contrast, is on the money immediately. Ackerman has to play at almost everything, and doesn’t look comfortable with the bounce. Wears one on the gloves, squeezes a couple of balls away off the inside edge without control.
Sunderland 0-0 Leeds: Premier League – live reaction
LIVE – Updated at 18:39 Sunderland stay bottom of the Premier League table after a hard-fought goalless draw played in horrible conditions. Next up in our liveblog marathon: Jose Mourinho's first clasico since 2013 Related: Barcelona v Real Madrid: El Clásico – live 90+4 min: Longstaff's shot cleared off the line! Ampadu's deep cross is driven back into the middle by Okafor.
England suffer astonishing defeat by Pakistan after Shadab’s remarkable reprieve
England suffered a gut-wrenching defeat on an extraordinary night in Lahore when their toothless bowling was once again badly exposed and cost them victory. After failing to defend 429 against Sri Lanka on Thursday, England had Pakistan 154 for nine chasing 242 only to completely lose their way as Shadab Khan stroked a stunning, majestic match-winning century to steal a sensational one-wicket win heist.
Sunderland v Leeds: Premier League – live
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Aston Villa v Manchester City: Premier League – live
LIVE – Updated at 13:06 Minute-by-minute report: Can City continue to thrive on the field when they visit Villa Park? Find out with Rob Smyth. 34 min … and Manzanbi whacks it over the bar. A poor effort by his standards. 33 min The free-kick is just outside the area, slightly to the left of centre… 32 min Guehi is booked for fouling Jackson just outside the area. It was a bit of a wrestling match, and Guehi didn't think he'd committed the foul.
Aston Villa v Manchester City: Premier League – live
Villa Park with the builders in. Photograph: Robbie Jay Barratt/AMA/Getty Images Bayern Munich say their head coach Vincent Kompany, who was taken to hospital after collapsing during training on Friday, will be absent for “weeks rather than days”. Kompany is in a stable condition in hospital. Sign up to read this article Read news from 100's of titles, curated specifically for you. Email is required Email is already registered. Please sign in instead.
Mourinho is ready for his clásico return – stock up on popcorn, folks!
Is José Mourinho eyeing mischief? Photograph: Violeta Santos Moura/Reuters MOU AND WHOSE ARMY? Football Daily has never had much time for conspiracy theories. Lee Harvey Oswald dunnit, Stanley Kubrick didn’t fake the moon landing, Vinícius Jr doesn’t have a body double and Miranda isn’t a secret traitor. But our Spidey senses picked up when the UK government announced their Be Ready campaign on Thursday night.
Mourinho is ready for his clásico return – stock up on popcorn, folks! Original
Football Daily has never had much time for conspiracy theories. Lee Harvey Oswald dunnit, Stanley Kubrick didn't fake the moon landing, Vinícius Jr doesn't have a body double and Miranda isn't a secret traitor. But our Spidey senses picked up when the UK government announced their Be Ready campaign on Thursday night.
Sri Lanka stun England by chasing down 430 to win as ODI records tumble – live
LIVE – Updated at 17:39 Over-by-over report: Join our writers for the latest reaction after a remarkable ODI in Rawalpindi. Geoff Lemon This has been quite the cricketing week , with South Africa levelling the Test series against Australia. Here's Geoff Lemon: It took time, it gently frayed nerves, but ultimately South Africa sealed the second Test at Gqeberha deep into the final day, clear by an innings and 31 runs, levelling the series with one to play.
England v Sri Lanka: men’s tri-series cricket one-day international – live
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England collapse to 87-run defeat by Pakistan in men's tri-series cricket ODI – as it happened
LIVE – Updated at 17:04 Pakistan's young all-rounder Arafat Minhas starred with bat and ball as England were well beaten in Rawalpindi. WICKET! England 214-8 (Jacks c Afridi b Arafat 19) Five wickets for Arafat Minhas! What a performance from a richly talented young cricketer. Jacks hammers a pull straight to midwicket and is caught by Afridi, a carbon copy of Banton's dismissal earlier in the day.
England chasing 303 to beat Pakistan in men's tri-series cricket ODI – live
LIVE – Updated at 13:52 Over-by-over report: How will England fare in Rawalpindi? Join Tim de Lisle to find out. 6th over: England 29-0 (Banton 12, Duckett 16) After almost dragging Naseem onto the stumps, Duckett leathers a wide ball through extra cover for four. That's a cracking shot, and you'd expect England to be able to hit through the line with increasing confidence when the new balls stop swinging. Duckett gets four more to fine leg with the aid of a misfield.
Pakistan v England: men’s tri-series cricket ODI – live
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Lisandro Martínez starts for Manchester United; Szoboszlai out for some time; Emi Martínez has jaw surgery – matchday live: as it happened
LIVE – Updated at 13:06 All the news, discussion and buildup to Sunday's action. Follow Leeds v Man Utd live with Michael Butler Our live blog of Leeds v Man Utd is up and running, so I'm going to wrap up for the day. Thanks for your company! Related: Leeds v Manchester United: Premier League – live Bournemouth v Sunderland team news Bournemouth Petrovic, Smith, Hill, Silva, Truffert, Adams, Christie, Rayan, Cook, Tavernier, Evanilson.
Manchester United feel heat as they travel to Leeds; Emi Martínez thanks fans after surgery – matchday live
LIVE – Updated at 08:49 Join our writers for news, discussion and buildup to Sunday's action. In the MLS , Lionel Messi scored twice to help Inter Miami to a 3-1 win at Atlanta United. Messi and Luis Suarez had combined to set up the first goal, scored by the Mexico forward Germán Berterame. Messi took matters into his own hands – well, his left foot – after half-time with two beautiful solo goals.
Manchester United feeling the heat as they travel to Leeds – matchday live
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Newcastle 0-1 Aston Villa: Premier League – live reaction
LIVE – Updated at 19:25 Minute-by-minute report: Can Newcastle bounce back after their humbling at Coventry? Join Rob Smyth. Full time: Newcastle 0-1 Aston Villa Unai Emery is doing it again. Aston Villa have won four of the last five in all competitions and look set for another good season despite losing so many star players in the summer. Johan Manzanbi, who almost joined Newcastle, headed the winner to lift Villa up to 12th in the table.
Newcastle v Aston Villa: Premier League – live
LIVE – Updated at 16:02 Minute-by-minute report: Can Newcastle bounce back after their humbling at Coventry? Join Rob Smyth. Premier League latest Brentford 1-0 Liverpool Fulham 1-0 Hull Man City 2-1 Ipswich Everton 0-2 Chelsea (FT) Louise Taylor Newcastle's latest attempt to play vertical football left Matthias Jaissle's side horizontal at Coventry on Monday night.
Newcastle v Aston Villa: Premier League – live
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England 5-0 Greece (8-1 on agg): Women's World Cup qualifying playoff, second leg – live reaction
LIVE – Updated at 21:33 Alessia Russo and Lauren James scored twice as England advanced to a final playoff against Ukraine. Alessia Russo's reaction We were happy with the score in the first leg but there were some things we wanted to wok on. We were ruthless early on and it was nice for a couple of girls to get their debuts too. LJ [Lauren James] can play anywhere in the attacking third.
England v Greece: Women’s World Cup qualifying playoff, second leg – live
England players arrive at the King Power. Photograph: Andrew Boyers/Action Images/Reuters More than 22,000 tickets were issued for this match. It looks like scarcely half of that figure are here inside this stadium at the moment. The atmosphere is certainly livelier than it was in Crete on Friday, at least, and there was a very loud roar for Ella Toone when her name was read out among the list of substitutes, which was interesting.
Australia beat South Africa by 214 runs: first men's cricket Test, day five – live
LIVE – Updated at 12:34 Over-by-over report : Australia have taken the six wickets needed on the final day of play in Durban to seal victory. Join our writers for reactioon. Matt Renshaw's game in numbers 190 (397 balls) Never give up on your dreams. Renshaw spent most of his twenties wondering if he'd ever play Test cricket again. Now, at the age of 30, he has a long Test career ahead of him. This is Temba Bavuma's first defeat in 13 games as South African captain.
South Africa v Australia: First men's cricket Test, day five – live
LIVE – Updated at 08:10 Over-by-over report : Australia need six wickets on the final day of play in Durban to seal victory. Join our writers for updates. You want the match report with a side dash of analysis? Well, do I have the cricket writer for you. Enjoy the word of some guy. Preamble Geoff Lemon It's the final countdown. Australia have bossed Renshaw's Match so far, but it still has the slender chance to become Markram's Match. He's still there, that's why.
South Africa v Australia: first men’s cricket Test, day five – live
Pat Cummins and Josh Hazlewood. Australia resume on day five of the first Test needing six wickets to defeat South Africa. Follow live scores and updates from Durban. Photograph: Themba Hadebe/AP You want the match report with a side dash of analysis? Well, do I have the cricket writer for you. Enjoy the word of some guy. Sign up to read this article Read news from 100's of titles, curated specifically for you. Email is required Email is already registered. Please sign in instead. Start reading
South Africa v Australia: first men's cricket Test, day four – as it happened
LIVE – Updated at 16:52 Australia are six wickets away from victory after another dream day – with bat and ball – for Matt Renshaw. Australia are heading for victory in Durban after another dominant day. They raced to 314/6 declared in only 58 overs, with Matt Renshaw making 82 and Nic Maddinson a 38-ball 48, before wearing down the South Africans with the ball.
South Africa v Australia: first men's cricket Test, day four – live
LIVE – Updated at 11:57 Over-by-over report : The match in Durban continues. Join our writers for updates from Kingsmead Cricket Ground. 41st over, Australia 197-4 (Renshaw 44, Carey 16) The singles keep on gathering, four more in this over. There's still the odd big turning ball from Harmer, but no damage from that turn as yet.
South Africa v Australia: first men's Test, day four – live
LIVE – Updated at 08:10 Over-by-over report : The match in Durban continues. Join our writers for updates from Kingsmead Cricket Ground. Australia's day in the field was all about The Quartet, those four absurdly credentialled bowlers who are still going strong. Here's my piece from yesterday. Preamble Geoff Lemon Hello world. It's day four! Hooray.
South Africa v Australia: first men’s cricket Test, day four – live
Australia’s Travis Head of Australia and Nic Maddinson walk off at the end of day three of the first Test against South Africa. Play resumes on day three at 9.30am local/6.30pm AEDT. Follow live updates. Photograph: Gerhard Duraan/Gallo Images/Getty Images Australia’s day in the field was all about The Quartet, those four absurdly credentialled bowlers who are still going strong. Here’s my piece from yesterday. Sign up to read this article Read news from 100's of titles, curated specifically for you.
Liverpool 0-3 Manchester City: Premier League – live
LIVE – Updated at 18:26 Minute-by-minute report: Join Rob Smyth for reaction as Enzo Maresca's team face the music at Anfield … and win. The updated Premier League table Full time: Liverpool 0-3 Manchester City Enzo Maresca spreads his arms wide at the final whistle before embracing his backroom staff. The Liverpool fans respond by singing ‘Going down, going down, going down!'. Funny old day.
South Africa v Australia: first men's cricket Test, day three – as it happened
LIVE – Updated at 15:52 Bad light curtails play for a third day in a row at Durban with Australia in command. Stumps on day three We're off five minutes later than yesterday but it is indeed STUMPS now on day three in Durban. “Hello James, sorry if you have answered my question many times before. I live in Maputo, Mozambique, about 450 km north of Durban. I reckon that light would be good enough for cricket until about 5pm here.
Liverpool v Manchester City: Premier League – live
LIVE – Updated at 14:43 Minute-by-minute report: Join Rob Smyth for updates as Enzo Maresca's team face the music at Anfield. John Brewin A four-match international break has presented a stress test. “The intensity of the squad, the athleticism of it, really, I think it's designed for the elite,” said the Wales head coach, Craig Bellamy, on the completion of four matches in 11 days. Elite club coaches would disagree.
Liverpool v Manchester City: Premier League – live
The merch scene outside Anfield before Liverpool’s game against Manchester City. Photograph: Peter Byrne/PA A four-match international break has presented a stress test. “The intensity of the squad, the athleticism of it, really, I think it’s designed for the elite,” said the Wales head coach, Craig Bellamy, on the completion of four matches in 11 days. Elite club coaches would disagree.
South Africa v Australia: First men's cricket Test, day three – live
LIVE – Updated at 07:51 Over-by-over report : The match in Durban continues. Join our writers for updates from Kingsmead Cricket Ground. Geoff Lemon Day two report If the choice to ask Nic Maddinson to open in Durban was a bust, the upside for Australia was that it pushed Matthew Renshaw down to number five.
Greece 1-3 England: Women's World Cup playoff semi-final, first leg – live
LIVE – Updated at 19:44 Maya Le Tissier scores her first international goal to help England to a comfortable victory in Crete. Sarina Wiegman's verdict I'm pleased with the win, and at times we played really well. They started aggressively but we stayed calm. We also have things to work on. At times we weren't tight enough and didn't move the ball quickly enough. We could have scored so many more goals. And of course I'm not happy with the goal we conceded.
Greece v England: Women’s World Cup playoff semi-final, first leg – live
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Maresca says Manchester City titles not tainted; Liverpool's Isak and Gakpo injured – live
LIVE – Updated at 14:55 Join our writers for the latest news as top-flight domestic action returns. Two weeks ago , Thomas Tuchel made some very pointed remarks after Cole Palmer withdrew from his England squad. A reminder of what the German said on 25 September He misses too many camps. That's the overall headline. We have a lot of invitations and he couldn't make this one. It is what it is. I am not ready to focus on players who are not here. The players that are here have my full attention.
Maresca says Manchester City titles absolutely not tainted; Mourinho defends Mbappé – live
LIVE – Updated at 12:55 Join our writers for the latest news as top-flight domestic action returns. Women's World Cup playoff The Republic of Ireland are now 5-0 up away to Kazakhstan, who are down to 10 players after their captain Yulia Myasnikova was sent off. It's not even half-time.
Manchester City v Arsenal: Women's Super League – live
LIVE – Updated at 18:11 Minute-by-minute report: Join Rob Smyth for updates as Renée Sleegrs' side face a tough test against the league leaders and defending champions. 81 min: Double substitution for Arsenal Smilla Holmberg and Selina Cerci on, Emily Fox and Ona Batlle off. 79 min Smith plays a one-two with Fox before shooting too close to Yamashita. Arsenal haven't been demoralised by that Hemp goal. 78 min Arsenal's performance has shown there isn't a huge amount wrong at the club.
Modric 'ashamed' after 7-0 defeat; Republic of Ireland v Israel tensions build; WSL updates – as it happened
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Modric 'ashamed' after 7-0 defeat; Republic of Ireland v Israel tensions build; WSL updates – as it happened
LIVE – Updated at 15:08 Nations League reaction to England romp and buildup before the fraught rematch between Republic of Ireland and Israel. With that, the blog is done, as we have live action in the WSL to follow and Nations League after that. Rejoin Rob Smyth. Related: Manchester City v Arsenal: Women's Super League – live Joe O'Callaghan interviewed the Canada coach.
Manchester City v Arsenal: Women’s Super League – live
Fans make their way to the Etihad Stadium for the match against Arsenal. Photograph: Ed Sykes/Action Images/Reuters GOALS! Aston Villa 1-0 Crystal Palace (Maritz 56); Brighton 3-1 Charlton (Seike 54) Aston Villa, hitherto winless in the WSL, have taken the lead against Crystal Palace through Noelle Maritz.
Modric 'ashamed' after 7-0 defeat by England; Republic of Ireland v Israel tensions build – matchday live
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France 1-1 Italy: Nations League football – live reaction
LIVE – Updated at 21:57 Alessandro Bastoni earned Italy a point after Michael Olise had struck for France, who ended the game with 10 men. That's a great result for Northern Ireland , who beat Ukraine 3-0 in Slovakia. Ciaron Brown – the only player in the starting XI over the age of 24 – scored either side of Isaac Price's goal. We'll have more on that in our Nations League round-up. 85 min: Upamecano sent off France are down to ten men.
France v Italy: Nations League football – live
The Italian pennant inside their dressing room before the Nations League meeting with France in Paris. Photograph: Claudio Villa/FIGC/Getty Images Preamble G’day and welcome to live, minute-by-minute coverage of the Nations League match between France and Italy at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis. France’s new coach Zinedine Zidane has made a fine start: two away games. two 1-0 wins against Belgium and Turkey.
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