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⚽ Updates from the 8pm BST kick-off at Anfield ⚽ Football clockwatch | Live scores | Table | Mail Scott This is a match between Liverpool and Villarreal. One of the top teams in England versus one of the top teams in Spain. The Premier League versus La Liga. The Redmen versus the Yellow Submarine. And yet it’s really none of that. Some things go down to the micro level,.

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Redundancies beckon as British Cycling restructures while former cyclists and employees raise concerns over return of ‘toxic culture’ British Cycling’s most successful world track championships campaign in over a decade, in which they topped the medal table in the first qualifying event for the 2028 Olympic Games, was achieved against a backdrop of allegations of misconduct and looming redundancies. Despite a traumatic buildup to the championships in Shanghai, which saw.

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Premier League referees' chief Howard Webb says Sven Botman's challenge on Nicolas Jackson was a "high-end reckless challenge" but backed the video assistant referee's decision not to intervene for a red card. Botman was shown a yellow card - the correct sanction for a reckless foul - by referee Jarred Gillett for the Dutch centre-back's 18th minute challenge on Villa striker Nicolas Jackson on Saturday. The defender went in strongly.

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Captain Temba Bavuma drags South Africa back into their Test series against Australia but did his side bat on too long on day three? Bavuma, who emerged in the gloom at 12-2 on day one, batted for 552 minutes across three days in making his highest Test score, allowing the Proteas to declare on 425-9 with half an hour to play having been 110-6 earlier on day three. Kagiso Rabada.

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Magnificent 179 puts hosts in charge on day three Nic Maddison dismissed for a duck before close In the first Test in Durban, it was Australia’s lower order hanging in with one established batter that first frustrated, then demoralised South Africa. In the second, on the third day in Gqeberha, South Africa returned the favour. Temba Bavuma played the role of Matthew Renshaw, assembling a near-flawless 179, combining with Marco.

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Pakistan (302/9) beat England (215 all out) Arafat Minhas scores 59, then takes six for 40 After the embarrassment of their English summer this was a welcome sight for Pakistan. A contest in front of their own, no Ollie Robinson to wobble down a lethal Dukes ball, and a format they are far more comfortable with. The result was an impressive victory against England, who fell 87 runs short in.