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Bournemouth’s owner, Bill Foley, is planning contract talks with Andoni Iraola next week and there is growing confidence at the club that the in-demand head coach can be persuaded to stay. The Spaniard’s contract expires at the end of next season and Foley wants him to sign a longer deal, despite interest from clubs such … Read more
The spectator who threw a bottle at Mathieu van der Poel during Sunday’s Paris-Roubaix has surrendered to Flemish police. French justice officials launched an investigation after the Dutchman had a plastic bottle hurled at his face during his triumphant ride to a third consecutive Paris-Roubaix victory. The Belgian newspaper Het Nieuwsblad reported on Monday that … Read more
Steve Diamond’s season-ending ban was meted out because he called a group of matchday officials “cunts” before telling the TMO he should retire. The Newcastle director of rugby was slapped with a six-match suspension last week after a disciplinary hearing into an incident that took place in the dying throes of the Falcons’ late defeat … Read more
Arjan Veurink, assistant coach to Sarina Wiegman, will leave the England women’s team after July’s European Championship to become the head coach of Netherlands women’s national side. The 38-year-old will succeed Andries Jonker, who has been in charge since 2022. Veurink has a deal until the end of the 2029 Euros. Veurink, a former FC … Read more
A big change occurred in France last summer when the top two divisions of the women’s game were professionalised under the banner of the new Ligue Féminine de Football Professionnel (LFFP), led by the former Lyon president Jean-Michel Aulas. With the aim of making a league dominated for almost two decades by Aulas’s former club … Read more
Ball one: Shakespeare’s county puts on show Ethan Bamber knows a bit about drama (he is the son of Olivier Award-winning actor David Bamber), so it was no surprise that he finished a thrilling chase with a theatrical six. His 30 not out for Warwickshire against Durham was hardly a bit part, but it was … Read more
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How do you persuade a boyhood Barcelona fan, who grew up watching his team in the Camp Nou with his grandfather, played for its famous La Masia youth teams and was eventually in charge of running its successful women’s team, to up sticks and move to the United States? As it turns out, a simple … Read more
Jackson Page has received a £147,000 bonus after becoming the first snooker player to compile two 147 breaks in the same match in Sheffield on Monday. The 23-year-old from Ebbw Vale achieved the unique feat in the eighth and 12th frames of his 10-2 win over Allan Taylor in the third round of world championship … Read more
The starting gun has been fired on the race to host the 2035 and 2039 Rugby World Cup tournaments. Expressions of interest have been made: Spain’s proposal has piqued interest, Italy’s too, while the Middle East stalks along as the elephant in the room. The idea of going back to Japan within 20 years of … Read more