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Chelsea women’s head coach Sonia Bompastor says there is still work to be done despite a narrow 1-0 win at home to Tottenham Hotspur.

Former Sheffield Wednesday boss Danny Rohl is reportedly the new favourite, but there appears to be no consensus about who Rangers should turn to next. Heart of Midlothian’s Derek McInnes, St Mirren’s Stephen Robinson, Livingston’s David Martindale, former Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez, Coventry City’s Frank Lampard, former caretaker Barry Ferguson, St Johnstone’s Simo Valakari, former Wolverhampton Wanderers boss Gary O’Neil, former Everton manager Sean Dyche, ex-Aberdeen boss Neil Warnock, Marco Rose, formerly of RB Leipzig, Bodo/Glimt’s Kjetil Knutsen, Shanghai Port’s Kevin Muscat… take your pick.Graeme: I’m worried what message Gerrard’s decision will send to other potential interested potential candidates and…

There was little suspense about what the Dallas Mavericks would do with the No. 1 pick in June. Going into draft night, it was considered a certainty that they would take Cooper Flagg.Flagg had weeks to prepare for the moment. After the Mavericks made it official, he did an interview with NBA TV to talk about his fit with his new team.Flagg answered questions matter-of-factly until he heard over the loudspeaker that the Charlotte Hornets had drafted Kon Knueppel — Flagg’s college teammate at Duke — with the No. 4 pick. That news caused Flagg to be as animated as…

British heavyweight David Allen’s fairytale headline show ended in a unanimous points defeat to Russian Arslanbek Makhmudov at a raucous Sheffield Arena.Judges scored the fight 115-111, 117-109 and 116-10 in favour of Makhmudov.Allen, 33, had previously fought at the venue five times, but this was his first time as a headliner and a 9,000-strong crowd came out to support their South Yorkshire hero, who quit boxing five years ago and planned a quiet life.He returned to the sport with titles on his mind, and for big nights like this.”I’ve never, ever seen anything like it,” Allen said after the fight.…

See red zone opportunities inside the 20, 10 and 5-yard lines along with the percentage of time they converted the opportunity into a touchdown. How do Brock Purdy’s 2025 advanced stats compare to other quarterbacks? This section compares his advanced stats with players at the same position. The bar represents the player’s percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that metric and it would be considered average. The longer the bar, the better it is for the player. Explain These Stats How does the Buccaneers…

A first international seven-on-seven celebrity flag football event was held at the Copper Box Arena in East London on Saturday.It was a fitting setting, given the venue was used for the London 2012 Olympics and the sport is set to be catapulted into the spotlight when it is featured at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympic Games.Across two celebrity rosters, the players had over 250 million followers on social media combined. Participants included multi-platinum recording artists, such as team captains Gunna, from Atlanta, GA, and Aitch, from Manchester, United Kingdom, as well as YouTubers, and flag football and former NFL players.The…

Jeff CarlisleOct 11, 2025, 04:28 AM ETCloseJeff Carlisle covers MLS and the U.S. national team for ESPN FC.AUSTIN, Texas — At first glance, the term “tale of two halves” doesn’t seem appropriate to describe Friday’s 1-1 draw between the U.S. men’s national team and Ecuador. The U.S. had a sizable possession advantage throughout, created good chances, and dominated La Tri for long stretches. But looking from a different angle, it is applicable.In the first half, even as the U.S. controlled the tempo (64.4% vs. 35.6% possession), it was Ecuador that controlled a key area. They made more of the little…

Editor’s note: This file originally ran on Oct. 2, 2025 with seven teams that have gone longer than 30 years without a title remaining and will be updated with teams removed as they are eliminated from the 2025 postseasonMathematical probability, in a perfectly equitable distribution of championships, means each MLB team would win a World Series once every 30 years. That is not the world we live in, of course, so many franchises have experienced long title droughts that have stretched into multiple decades. There is even one that has never appeared in the Fall Classic.That establishes a super fun…

At some point during the Lakers’ preseason, Luka Doncic will play in a game.The question is when.Even after being a full participant in practice Saturday, Lakers coach JJ Redick said that Doncic was “TBD” (to be determined) when asked if his star guard would play in Sunday’s exhibition game against the Golden State Warriors at Crypto.com Arena.AdvertisementRedick said Austin Reaves will play and that Marcus Smart will see action in his first preseason game of the season.The Lakers will play six preseason games, three of them coming after the game against the Warriors.After practice, Doncic was asked when he would…

Every once in a while, a disrupter comes along and changes the status quo. They defy the big boys- no, they become one of the big boys. Welcome to the ‘Super League Giant Club’, Hull KR.Not many sports can say that four teams have dominated the competition in the way Super League has been dominated. Add into that the fact that one of the four in Bradford Bulls has not been in the top flight for 11 years. Twenty-seven Grand Finals had gone by with those four names taking turns on the trophy. Leeds had their period of sustained success,…