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Former Birmingham City youngster James is expected to start in Wales’ Nations League opener against Portugal on Thursday. His only starts so far this season have been in the EFL Cup, with his six league appearances for Wolves coming from the bench. The Molineux club have an option to buy …

Manchester City produced a superb fight back to recover from 2-0 down to draw 2-2 with German champions Bayern Munich in their opening match of this season’s Women’s Champios League. READ MORE: Man City fight back from two down to thwart Bayern Available to UK users only. BBC News

Earlier this week, Israel’s football governing body accused Republic of Ireland head coach Heimir Hallgrimmson of “ignorance, hypocrisy and stupidity” regarding comments he made about facing Israel. Last week, Hallgrimsson said: “We’re not playing with genocide, we’re playing against genocide. We’re playing against Israel, we’re not playing with Israel.” While …

Lee Mack marks the anniversary with cast interviews, clips and behind-the-scenes access. BBC News

Jacks’ match in the north east also included an important 46 not out with the bat. Though he was eventually left stranded, he batted responsibly, hitting only one four in his first 43 deliveries, to make sure England’s innings was extended from 211-7 in the 39th over to 265 in …

Thirteen-year-old swimming star Yu Zidi claimed a dominant victory in the 400m individual medley to complete a hat-trick of gold medals at the Asian Games. China’s Yu led from start to finish as she set a new Games record of four minutes 28.56 seconds, smashing the previous record – which …

Who’d have had QPR among their promotion contenders after they finished last season with just two points from their final six matches? The Hoops have the second best defensive record in the Championship with just seven goals conceded in their opening eight games and their only defeat came at home …

England back row Marlie Packer says defence coach Shaun Edwards’ surprise move into the Red Roses set-up was partly inspired by his late mother Phyllis. Edwards has joined the world champions for the remainder of their autumn campaign after the end of a six-and-a half-year stint with France. “He told …

The 32-year-old signed a new one-year deal in August. He has scored four goals as a substitute this campaign for the League One leaders and said he is content with his role in the team. “As long as I can help the team and come on and do what I …

Available for over a year If you’ve watched cycling on TV, you’ve probably seen people racing away from the rest of the pack, or peloton – then struggling alone for mile after mile, before eventually being caught again. It’s a hard, risky way to go for the victory, and doesn’t …

Having established himself at club level, the next step is to become a mainstay of the Northern Ireland team. His start to life in Michael O’Neill’s squad has been promising with that goal against France in a pre-World Cup friendly, and with a new Nations League campaign set to begin, …

Frenchman Isack Hadjar is to stay at Red Bull as Max Verstappen’s team-mate for the 2027 season. The 21-year-old was promoted to the senior team this season after a rookie year with Racing Bulls and has managed to be closer to Verstappen on pace than any team-mate since Daniel Ricciardo …

How have Premier League teams really started? At this stage last season Liverpool were top, with five wins out of five, and Tottenham were third. Given that they finished fifth and 17th respectively, it shows that the table shouldn’t be taken too seriously this early on. While any statistics should …

Major League Soccer club Columbus Crew have sacked their reserve team coach after he refused to let go of a female referee’s hand and said “don’t forget this is a man’s game”. Federico Higuain, brother of former Real Madrid striker Gonzalo Higuain, was sent off and given a two-match suspension …

Bellamy is not alone. Wales and Liverpool legend Ian Rush is among a growing number impressed by Koumas’ potential, a potential that – despite his recent rise to prominence – has been obvious for a number of years. Right from the off, in fact. The surname alone brought excitement, given …

The selection process means we will not see Germany’s best starting XI this time around. Instead, Klopp clearly intends to try out new players, some of whom played in Germany’s second tier only a few months ago. Take, for example, Felix Keidel, a 23-year-old full-back-midfielder hybrid from recently promoted SV …

Britain’s Callum Connor was given a UFC contract despite losing in Dana White’s Contender Series, but Norbert Novenyi Jr missed out despite winning. Six fighters from Tuesday’s five fights earned contracts in MMA’s leading promotion – four of the winners plus two losers, including 26-year-old Connor. Peru’s Piero Guaylupo earned …

Former Arminia Bielefeld boss Michel Kniat and Vesa Vasara, currently in charge at Finnish side Inter Turku, are understood to be among those being considered for the manager’s position at Hibernian. (Edinburgh Evening News – subscription required, external) And ex-Beveren head coach Marink Reedijk is keen on the Hibs vacancy. …

Robbie Ure, cool and confident and 22 years old, played 90 minutes for Sevilla against Barcelona at the weekend, 90 minutes of being marked by Pau Cubarsi, man of the match in the World Cup final, 90 minutes of pitch-time with Rodri, player of the tournament, 90 minutes of breathing …

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