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Ireland’s Sharlene Mawdsley has withdrawn from the European Athletics Championships after failing to recover from a hamstring injury sustained at the national championships last month. The championships get under way in Birmingham on Monday and run until 16 August. Mawdsley was set to race in the individual 400m and the …

The Scottish FA has identified a preferred candidate to be Scotland’s new head coach and hopes to make an appointment within two weeks. It would mean the new boss is in place for Scotland’s opening four-game block of Nations League fixtures, which begins away to Slovenia on 26 September. Steve …

Watch Bruno Guimaraes’ best Premier League moments after Arsenal sign the Brazil midfielder from Newcastle. BBC News

Arsenal have signed Bruno Guimaraes from Newcastle United for £75m. The former Newcastle captain made it clear he wanted to join the Premier League champions earlier this summer. The 28-year-old Brazil midfielder, who has signed a four-year deal with the option of a further 12 months, called the move one …

Fijian Saimoni Vunilagi has died of suspected heatstroke after a training session, his club Kyuden Voltex have announced. The Japanese second division team, based in Fukuoka, said the 26-year-old was taken to hospital and died on Friday, 7 August. Temperatures in the southern city of Fukuoka this week have reached …

Britain’s Raven Chapman could travel back to the UK next week after undergoing a second successful surgery on a brain bleed she suffered following a sparring session in Denmark. The 32-year-old former world title challenger collapsed after training on 24 July and was taken by helicopter to hospital, where she …

PSV Eindhoven have rejected Rangers’ improved £6m offer for winger Couhaib Driouech and Burnley and Celta Vigo have now entered the race to sign the 24-year-old, with talks at an early stage. (Sky Sports, external) Couhaib Driouech has a slight preference for Celta Vigo after the Spanish club entered the …

Welcome to a special cricket edition of our Who am I? game. The rules are simple. For each day of The Hundred there’s a cricketer, taking part in this year’s tournament, who we want you to identify in as few attempts as possible. After each wrong guess you unlock a …

Fourth round, 30 October 2012, Madejski Stadium An incredible match, the joint-highest scoring EFL Cup tie in history, and it took extra-time to find a winner. Still without a win in their return to the Premier League, Reading threw away any joy their fans were feeling as they led Arsenal …

Welcome to our Who am I? game. The rules are simple. Each day there’s a new footballer and the challenge is to guess who they are in as few attempts as possible. After each wrong guess you unlock a new clue. The fewer clues you need to get the right …

Manchester City have agreed a deal to sign Argentina goalkeeper Geronimo Rulli from Marseille for £1.7m. The 34-year-old returns to Etihad Stadium – where he spent the 2016-17 season without making a first-team appearance – and has signed a two-year deal. Rulli famously scored a penalty in Villarreal’s 2021 Europa …

Training always goes up a level when a new manager arrives, as players look to impress, but the intensity of the German’s double sessions are said to have been “off the charts”. Such effort is a non-negotiable for Jaissle who, like Howe, wants his players to train the way they …

For now, Jessica’s career in law is on hold, she instead has a job in social media and works from home. She also posts about her experiences on TikTok, regularly using #wag and #waglife. “My career can be picked up at any time – whereas his career is right now …

Gianni Infantino’s alleged lover was given a severance payment over the affair by Uefa while he was its general secretary, according to a Daily Telegraph investigation, external. A spokesman for the now Fifa president was reported to have told the paper Infantino “strongly denies these categorically untrue allegations”. Uefa, for …

Liverpool are close to signing Uruguay defender Ronald Araujo on a season-long loan from Barcelona. The deal includes an option to buy Araujo, who is expected to link up with the Liverpool squad this weekend. The 27-year-old centre-back has helped Barca win La Liga in three of the past four …

Middlesex clinched their fifth win of the competition with a brilliantly measured chase to add insult to injury for Durham, who had England opener Gay retire hurt earlier in the day. Durham posted 303 from their 50 overs and, although Gay left the field unable to continue with a shoulder …

Notts County have signed Northampton Town midfielder Dean Campbell for an undisclosed fee. The 25-year-old Scot, who began his career at Aberdeen, has signed a three-year contract with the Magpies. He made 86 appearances during a two-year spell at Barrow before joining the Cobblers last year. Campbell has also had …

PIF London Championship – round two -11 A Huang (Can); -10 C Hull (Eng); -8 L Hall (Wal); -7 K Bennett (Aus), A Donegan (Ire); -6 A Hewson (Eng), A van Dam (Ned), S Tan (Sin) Selected others: -4 E Young (Eng); -2 C McGinty (Eng), C Gainer (Eng) Full …

An early Robbie Crawford back-heel and a Cammy MacPherson own goal give Partick Thistle victory over Livingston as two of the promotion favourites meet in the Scottish Championship at Firhill. Source link

Sunrisers Leeds earn a vital win in the race for qualification by demolishing Birmingham Phoenix, who are subsequently eliminated from The Hundred after a fifth loss in six games. MATCH REPORT: Sunrisers claim second spot and eliminate Phoenix Available to UK users only. BBC News