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Flex your football brain with our daily quizzes
This is a promotional article from BBC Sport highlighting its daily set of interactive football quizzes rather than a traditional news story. It invites readers to test their football knowledge across three formats, with today’s edition compiled by Joe Rindl, and points them towards further quiz content on the site. The quizzes include a “guess…
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Scotland’s Stewart suffers Swansea injury blow
Scotland striker Ross Stewart is set to miss Swansea City’s next four Championship matches due to a quad injury, a fresh setback for a player who has barely featured since his summer move. The 30-year-old joined Swansea on a three-year deal last month but has managed only nine minutes of football, coming on as a…
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Monfils Marks Historic 40th Birthday Victory as Gauff Overcomes Serve Crisis at US Open
French veteran Gael Monfils celebrated his 40th birthday with a dominant straight-sets triumph over Paraguay’s Adolfo Daniel Vallejo at the US Open, winning 2-6 6-1 6-2 6-0 to become the oldest man to claim a main-draw v
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Monfils celebrates 40th birthday with special US Open win
Gael Monfils marked his 40th birthday by winning his first-round match at the US Open, defeating Paraguay’s Adolfo Daniel Vallejo 2-6 6-1 6-2 6-0 in what is set to be his final appearance at the tournament before retirement. The Frenchman’s victory made him the oldest man to win a US Open main-draw match in 34…
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Gauff’s flaw forgotten on winning US Open return
Coco Gauff overcame a year-long crisis with her serve to beat Turkey’s Zeynep Sonmez 6-3 6-4 in the first round of the US Open, with her once-troubled shot now proving a key strength. The 22-year-old American, who suffered from serving yips last year that undermined her game and led to a fourth-round exit at Flushing…
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Clemson’s Dabo Swinney throws shade at Lane Kiffin, LSU over bringing in NFL players: ‘It’s embarrassing’
Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney publicly criticised the growing practice of college football teams recruiting players who had already moved on to the NFL, calling the situation “embarrassing” ahead of his team’s season-opening clash with LSU. His comments were widely seen as a direct dig at LSU coach Lane Kiffin, whose Tigers have been among…
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Apple sues OpenAI over trade secrets as Fulham strike on deadline day, tributes flow for Kusama
Apple has widened its OpenAI lawsuit alleging evidence destruction, Savvy Games’ Brian Ward has quit after $38bn in deals, and Fulham have signed Angel and Larsson; Gary, Indiana recovers from derecho outages while tributes continue for Yayoi Kusama.
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Colts GM Chris Ballard rips NFL players returning to college football: ‘Stupidest s— I’ve ever heard’
Indianapolis Colts general manager Chris Ballard has strongly criticised the growing trend of NFL players attempting to return to college football, calling the idea “the stupidest s— I’ve ever heard.” His comments come amid an unusual legal dispute in which some professional players are seeking a fifth year of college eligibility, a situation that has…
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Everton left with only one striker after Balogun deal collapses late on deadline day
Everton’s £40m deadline-day move for US international striker Folarin Balogun collapsed at the last moment when the 25-year-old walked away, leaving manager David Moyes with only Thierno Barry as a recognised forward for the start of the season. The breakdown capped a chaotic close to the transfer window for the Merseyside club, who had already…
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‘Hard Knocks’ Producer On What Makes Docuseries Special, Why The Seattle Seahawks Won The Super Bowl & Teases 2027’s ‘Offseason’
NFL Films producer Kaley Campen has discussed what made this season’s “Hard Knocks” distinctive, as HBO’s docuseries followed the Seattle Seahawks fresh off their Super Bowl win. She told Deadline that filming a defending champion squad added a unique dynamic, since roster spots were especially competitive given the team’s talent, and the crew captured standout…