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Champions League pundit Guillem Balague believes with more teams playing man-to-man marking strikers in modern football are awarded more space to score goals and are also being given “individualised coaching” about how to exploit those spaces. BBC News

Annabel Sutherland hits 98 not out to put on a fifth wicket partnership of 180 with Ash Gardner as Australia recovered from 68-4 to successfully chase down 245 and secure a six wicket win against England in the ICC Women’s World Cup. WATCH MORE: ‘What a player’ – Gardner hits …

Sean Dyche says he “takes great pride” in becoming Nottingham Forest’s new manager and “knows what it takes” to succeed in the Premier League. The 54-year-old became Forest’s third manager in six weeks when he replaced the sacked Ange Postecoglou on Tuesday. READ MORE: Dyche urges Forest players to win …

Wales’ Mimi Xu progressed to the second round of the Wrexham Open with a battling win over third seed Justina Mikulskyte. Mikulskyte took the first set 6-4 in 59 minutes after a marathon seventh game saw the score reach deuce 14 times before the Lithuanian secured the crucial break of …

👉Listen to Politics at Sam and Anne’s on your podcast app👈 With growing signs that Britain’s top civil servant will leave Number 10 in the coming weeks – some ask, does Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer have a problem with people? Sam and Anne discuss the potential impact of Cabinet …

Police are currently at the scene of an ongoing security alert in Keady, County Armagh. Cordons are in place in Granemore Road and Dundrum Road and members of the public are being asked to avoid the area. Road users are being asked to seek an alternative route for their the …

Over more than two decades, Geraint Parry has witnessed first-hand Wrexham’s rise from financial crisis to global name Source link

A review of the front pages as chair of Bayoh quits and there are calls to remove Prince Andrew from his royal home. BBC News

Britain’s Cameron Norrie battled his way to victory over seventh seed Andrey Rublev to progress to the second round of the Erste Bank Open. World number 35 Norrie won the two-hour match 6-2 6-7 (5-7) 6-2 in Austria. Norrie, 30, started the match in fine fashion and took the opening …

George Springer hits a three-run home run in the seventh inning to set up a dramatic 4-3 victory against the Seattle Mariners and send the Toronto Blue Jays to the World Series for the first time since 1993. READ MORE: Blue Jays set up World Series meeting with Dodgers Available …

Nicolas Sarkozy has become the first French ex-president to go to jail, as he starts a five-year sentence for conspiring to fund his election campaign with money from late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi. Sarkozy, who was president from 2007-2012, has appealed against his jail term at La Santé prison, where …

On BBC Radio 5 Live’s Monday Night Club, ex0 Liverpool defender Stephen Warnock praises Manchester United’s performance in their 2-1 victory at Anfield on Sunday, remarking that forward Matheus Cunha possessed the “aura of Eric Cantona”. Listen to the best bits of the Monday Night Club in the Football Daily …

A woman who played a clarinet while undergoing brain surgery has told the BBC “it was just amazing” to see and feel her fingers moving “better and faster” during the operation. Denise Bacon, 65, underwent deep brain stimulation (DBS) as she has Parkinson’s Disease, which has affected her ability to …

Teenage tennis star Mimi Xu says her driving test was far more stressful than playing Emma Raducanu on her Wimbledon debut. BBC News

Japan’s parliament has voted in the country’s first ever female prime minister. Sanae Takaichi won 237 votes in the 465-seat lower chamber of parliament, and is also set to secure a majority in the less powerful upper house before being sworn in later today. Tuesday’s votes came after her Liberal …

A chess grandmaster has died unexpectedly at the age of 29. Daniel Naroditsky was one of America’s most recognisable chess figures, and a former world youth champion. At just 14 years old, he had written and published a book on the game – and in later years, educated followers through …

Sri Lanka captain Chamari Athapaththu produces an “outstanding” final over as her side take four wickets in four balls to beat Bangladesh in the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup. WATCH MORE: Sri Lanka’s Dilhari is stumped in bizarre fashion Available to UK users only. BBC News

Sri Lanka take four wickets in four balls in a dramatic final over to seal a seven-wicket victory against Bangladesh and knock them out of the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup. WATCH MORE: Sri Lanka’s Dilhari is stumped in bizarre fashion Available to UK users only. BBC News

Sri Lanka took four wickets in the final over to complete a nail-biting victory over Bangladesh and keep their slim hopes of qualifying for the World Cup semi-finals alive. Chasing a below-par target of 203 on a good batting surface in Navi Mumbai, Bangladesh needed nine runs from the final …

Former West Ham manager Graham Potter says having the chance to help Sweden reach the World Cup is “incredibly exciting” after being announced as their head coach on an initial short-term basis. READ MORE: ‘Humbled but inspired’ – Potter named Sweden boss BBC News