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Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers is ready for the challenge Kevin Muscat would bring if the former Australia defender is appointed as the new Rangers boss.Rangers are close to agreeing a deal for Muscat, 52, to become their new head coach with personal terms and details still to be finalised.Previous head coach Russell Martin was dismissed after just 123 days in charge before the international break and Shanghai Port manager Muscat has emerged as the favourite to replace him, after Steven Gerrard rejected the chance to return to the Ibrox dugout.Shanghai Port are closing in on back-to-back Chinese Super League titles…

The reigning World Series champion Dodgers are one win away from returning to the Fall Classic. The Dodgers again beat the MLB-best Brewers in Game 3 of the NLCS on Thursday night (LA 3, MIL 1), giving them a comfortable 3-0 lead in the best-of-seven series. Los Angeles is poised to become the first reigning champ to return to the World Series since the 2008-09 Phillies.”That team is pretty good. So are we. We haven’t shown our best foot,” Brewers manager Pat Murphy said after the Game 3 loss. “Like I said, if you would have told me the Dodgers…

The Portland Fire have hired Alex Sarama, an assistant with the Cleveland Cavaliers, as the first coach in franchise history.“Alex represents the next generation of coaching,” Fire general manager Vanja Černivec said in a statement on Friday. “He’s not just teaching the game, he’s transforming it. His approach to player development, grounded in evidence-based science, research and creativity, aligns with our vision to make Portland a global hub for innovation in women’s sports.”He is the organization’s second major hire in recent days, joining former WNBA veteran and Maine Celtics assistant general manager Ashley Battle, who will be the Fire’s vice…

Getty ImagesTiah-Mai is set to fight Hungarian bantamweight Beata Dudek at London’s York Hall on October 17You’d forgive Tiah-Mai Ayton for being overwhelmed by a boxing world champion describing her as the future of the sport.But the 19-year-old tells BBC Newsbeat she “fangirled” when Katie Taylor tipped her to become a star.Tiah-Mai, who turned professional last year, is set to fight Hungarian bantamweight Beata Dudek at London’s York Hall later.”Hearing Katie say I could be the greatest of all time is crazy,” she says.”Everyone looks up to Katie. Little me would be going crazy right now.”It showed me I’m on…

Oct 17, 2025, 07:23 AM ETSometimes it takes an expert’s eye to see something before everyone else does, such as Tyler Herro finishing No. 13 on the Player Rater, or Ivica Zubac putting up 16.8 PPG and 12.6 RPG, like each of them did last season.How many people saw this coming?If you did, you had a major leg up on the competition in your fantasy basketball leagues — that’s for sure!With that in mind, we gathered our fantasy basketball experts — André Snellings, Eric Moody, Eric Karabell, Jim McCormick and Steve Alexander — and tasked them with detailing their boldest…

The NFL breeds singular drama for all kinds of reasons, but one of the strongest pulls comes from its narrow margins. Good teams clearly differentiate themselves across a larger sample size in other sports — 38 games in English Premier League, 82 in NBA and NHL, 162 in MLB. A 17-game season makes every win momentous, but also more deceptive. A few snaps and flags can separate 3-3 from 6-0, and that’s what makes each Sunday so visceral.Take our usual contenders. The Buffalo Bills have dropped to 4-2 after consecutive losses, and they’re sharing first place with the New England…

Manager Stephen Robinson hopes St Mirren can “get back on track again” after a 2-0 defeat in their previous match against Kilmarnock.Robinson’s side entered the international break frustrated with the loss to Stuart Kettlewell’s men, despite their Premier Sports Cup quarter-final victory on penalties at the same venue.The Buddies, who sit fifth in the Premiership table on nine points, now host bottom-of-the-table Aberdeen, a side that have struggled so far this term but are fresh off a first league win.Aberdeen are winless in their last 10 league visits to St Mirren since a 2-1 victory in December 2018, but Robinson…

LOS ANGELES — The Death Star is rolling now, friends.Another day, another victory by the Death Star Dodgers — this time Dodgers 3, Brewers 1, Thursday afternoon at raucous Dodger Stadium.So we’ve now seen three games in this National League Championship Series. The Dodgers have won all three — and the best way to explain why is to list the hit totals in those three games by a Brewers offense that got more hits this season than all but two teams in the sport:Game 1 — two hitsGame 2 — three hitsGame 3 — four hitsGet the picture? But if…

Former NBA Most Valuable Player Russell Westbrook has signed with the Sacramento Kings, as he enters his 18th season. The 36-year-old played the 2024-25 season with the Denver Nuggets, averaging 13.3 points, 6.1 assists and 4.9 rebounds in 75 games.The nine-time All-Star signed for the Kings after becoming a free agent in June, once the Nuggets were eliminated in the Western Conference semi-finals.Westbrook holds the NBA record for most triple-doubles with 203 and led the NBA in scoring in 2015 and 2017. He joins his seventh team since being drafted in 2008 by the Seattle Supersonics.He has also played for…

Chelsea head coach Enzo Marecsa confirms that Cole Palmer has been ruled out for a further six weeks with a groin injury. It means he could miss up to 10 games, including fixtures against Arsenal and Barcelona.