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Follow updates from the match at Kingsmead Start in Durban 9.30am local/6.30pm AEDT/8.30am BST Any thoughts? Get in touch with an email Australia’s day in the field was all about The Quartet, those four absurdly credentialled bowlers who are still going strong. Here’s my piece from yesterday. Hello world. It’s day four! Hooray. Well, it’s really kind of day three, because we’ve had about 220 overs rather than the 270.

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Manchester City unrepentant in victory, Spurs make progress of a sort and Noni Madueke meets the moment The manner of Manchester City’s victory at Liverpool was an article of both vindication and vilification. Those gleefully wielding inflatable bananas in the Anfield away end could thumb their noses. Why not enjoy the dances of defiance until the music stops? The same went for City players, asked to perform under the darkest.

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Wigan forward is one of England’s brightest hopes for the World Cup and says he wants to ‘inspire young black people’ England’s players will have no shortage of motivation when they step on to the field this Saturday for the opening match of their Rugby League World Cup campaign. But few, you suspect, have as strong a desire to send the right message out as Junior Nsemba. Whether you are.

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After three straight game-winning drives, Cleveland’s quarterback was sacked eight times in a dismal defeat that punctured the hype surrounding his revival I guess the New York Jets didn’t get the memo. This was supposed to be a Deshaun Watson lovefest kind of day. A day where, much to the chagrin of those of us with a moral compass and a functional memory, football fans worldwide could declare Watson was.

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More than 60 overs have been lost from the first Test between South Africa and Australia despite a change by the ICC. Has cricket missed a trick? The issue has reared its head again this week in the fascinating first Test between South Africa and Australia in Durban, wiping out more than 60 overs across the first three days. The fact a solution was added to cricket's rules just last.

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Daniels’ late scramble leaves Washington unable to kick Giants rally from 14 down but settle for 27-27 draw Maye throws four TDs as Patriots rout Raiders 45-17 Jaguars stun Eagles in London with one second left Jayden Daniels took off on an ill-advised scramble in the closing seconds of overtime with the Commanders in field-goal range, and Washington were unable to stop the clock before time expired, settling for a.