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Sheffield Wednesday have signed former Norwich and Southampton winger Nathan Redmond on a short-term deal until January. The 31-year-old had been without a club since leaving Burnley in May. He has been training with the Owls, who are bottom of the Championship, during his time as a free agent. Redmond’s …

Rogers went off with a slight leg niggle but is confident of being fit for the autumn finale against the Springboks. Tandy is likely to select him for his 14th cap after being impressed with the wing’s response. “Tommy was his biggest critic when he got left out the team,” …

Wales dual-code rugby winger Regan Grace will play his first match since March when he lines up for Sale Sharks in the Prem Rugby Cup on Saturday. Grace, 28, has been without a club since leaving Cardiff at the end of last season, but he has been training with Sale …

Former Chelsea and Brazil midfielder Oscar has been discharged from hospital after being admitted last week with a heart issue. The 34-year-old became unwell while undergoing physical testing before the new season at Brazilian side Sao Paulo’s training centre on Tuesday. Sao Paulo said in a statement Oscar left Einstein …

Zipping around, amid the traffic of Kenya’s capital city Nairobi, are hundreds of electric bicycles from the Kenyan start-up eWaka Mobility. Founded in 2021 by Celeste Vogel and Jimmy Tune, eWaka aims to provide a comprehensive service for delivering goods to the doorstep, known as the “last mile”. As well …

A 16-year-old boy has been charged over an alleged plan to carry out a similar attack to the Southport stabbings. The teenager, who is white British and from Kirkby in Merseyside, faces one count of making threats to kill and four of possession of documents likely to be useful in …

Gilmour missed his club’s 2-0 defeat by a Bologna side captained by Scotland team-mate Lewis Ferguson as the reigning Italian champions slipped from top to fourth place on Sunday. And the Scottish FA revealed on Monday: “Billy Gilmour will not travel to the training camp in Turkey due to an …

A suspected shoplifter’s getaway was foiled after he fled straight into the path of the chief constable of Greater Manchester Police. Sir Stephen Watson had been welcoming new recruits to the force at a passing-out parade at Sedgley Park, close to a police training site in Prestwich, when the unsuspecting …

Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain is training at former club Arsenal as he attempts to regain fitness and find a new club. The ex-England and Liverpool midfielder, 32, has been a free agent since leaving Turkish side Besiktas in August. The Southampton academy product was pictured training with Arsenal’s youth team as Mikel …

A project to revamp a facility used by the country’s elite rowers has been approved. British Rowing submitted the plan to “improve and modernise” the Sherriff’s Boathouse at the Redgrave Pinsent Rowing Lake in Caversham and build a new boathouse on the site in the summer. The plan for the …

Handout Travis remains in intensive care after the incident A 11-year-old boy left with life-changing injuries after he was caught between a platform and a departing tram was dragged along for about 15 metres (49ft), inspectors have said. Travis became trapped at Crossacres tram stop in Wythenshawe in Manchester on …

A coroner has asked South Wales Police to review the way they conduct police pursuits after the death of a motorcyclist. Alex Lewis, 19, from Cockett, Swansea, died on 2 December 2022 after braking and losing control of his bike and crashing into a car after failing to stop for …

The Ipswich fighter came in at 17st 5lb (110 kg), consistent with his recent bouts. “This is the one before the one. All the work is done. Training is ticked off. All the hard work is put in. Let’s get some rest now. Big night coming up tomorrow,” he added. …

British UFC heavyweight champion Tom Aspinall details what he ate in a typical day during training camp ahead of his fight against Ciryl Gane at UFC 321 in Abu Dhabi. BBC News

Captain George Williams says England have built a strong team spirit and are ready to go against Australia at Wembley on Saturday – thanks in part to some intense training sessions. BBC News

In front of a second successive sold-out crowd at Kingston Park, South African full-back Stefan Coetzee scored a try with his first touch in Prem Rugby, Japan back-rower Amanaki Mafi scored his first try in England and Argentina scrum-half Simon Benitez Cruz impressed on his first start. Late in the …

PA Media Sheku Bayoh died after being restrained by six police officers in Fife Lord Bracadale has resigned as chairperson of the Sheku Bayoh inquiry, more than two months after he refused to quit the post. The Scottish Police Federation (SPF), which represents rank and file officers, had previously questioned …

Education Secretary, Bridget Phillipson, has written to university vice-chancellors urging them to take practical steps to protect Jewish students from what she calls the poison of antisemitism. Training sessions will be offered to staff to help identify harassment. Speaking on Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg on BBC One, Ms Phillipson said …

England captain Harry Kane will miss Thursday’s friendly against Wales with a minor injury. The 32-year-old missed training after taking a kick to his ankle during Bayern Munich’s 3-0 win over Eintracht Frankfurt on Saturday. England hope their record goalscorer will be fit to face Latvia in a World Cup …

A military funeral has been held for the first female officer in the Army’s most senior regiment after she died in a car crash. Capt Elizabeth Helen Godwin, 28, was part of the Life Guards, which is within the Household Cavalry. She died in a crash on the A322 Lightwater …