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    Sport

    Sport brings together match reports, results and the stories shaping teams and athletes across football, tennis, athletics and beyond. It covers the moments that decide titles and seasons, from a striker settling into a new manager's side to a player carving out a piece of sporting history, alongside the off-field decisions and pressures that increasingly sit alongside the action itself.

    This is where readers can follow the twists of ongoing competitions and the fortunes of major clubs and figures, as well as the wider debates around governance, money and politics that now shape how sport is run and watched. It matters because sport remains one of the few shared cultural touchstones, drawing in millions who follow it not just for the scores but for what it says about ambition, fairness and identity.

    Expect a mix of the immediate, results, injuries, transfer news, and the reflective, profiles and analysis of the people and institutions steering the games we watch.

    • Liverpool tried to sign Gusto – Wednesday’s gossip

      The BBC’s daily football gossip column reports on deadline-day speculation across the Premier League and beyond, with Liverpool failing in an attempt to sign Chelsea right-back Malo Gusto on loan, while Manchester United, Chelsea, Everton and Arsenal all feature in separate transfer stories. The round-up compiles unverified reports from various media outlets rather than confirmed…

    • Meta launches real-time transcription model for multilingual group conversations

      Meta has launched Muse Voice Transcribe, its first real-time audio transcription model, built by the Meta Superintelligence Lab (MSL). The model can distinguish between more than 20 individual speakers in a single session and switch seamlessly between languages, including mid-sentence “code-switching,” making it one of the more advanced speech-to-text tools released so far. The launch…

    • Everton sign Grealish as Zirkzee stays at Man Utd

      Everton have signed Manchester City winger Jack Grealish on a season-long loan, reuniting him with manager David Moyes after his successful spell at the club last season, but the Toffees have missed out on Manchester United striker Joshua Zirkzee, who will remain at Old Trafford. The moves came on a busy deadline day for Everton…

    • ‘I’ve got that spark back’- McMenamin on Glens return

      Conor McMenamin has rejoined Glentoran on deadline day, just two months after leaving St Mirren for a long-term deal at Coleraine. The 31-year-old winger admitted the switch to the Bannsiders “was not meant to be”, citing family and personal circumstances, and said Glentoran was not an option when he left Coleraine originally but he pushed…

    • “When I came back, my desk was covered in flowers. That’s who Bon Scott was.” The story of a friendship with a golden-hearted charmer

      Fifa Riccobono, former CEO of AC/DC’s Australian label Albert Music, has shared personal recollections of Bon Scott, revealing the warmth and loyalty behind the singer’s rock-star image. Her account offers a rare, intimate perspective on Scott from someone who knew him from his very first gig with AC/DC until his death in 1980, highlighting a…

    • Rybakina makes winning start in race to number one

      World number two Elena Rybakina began her US Open campaign with a comfortable straight-sets win, easing past 17-year-old wildcard Thea Frodin 6-3 6-2 in her first match since retiring injured from her Cincinnati Masters quarter-final with a heel problem. The victory keeps alive Rybakina’s chances of becoming world number one for the first time, with…

    • Tottenham sign Chelsea’s Mudryk on loan

      Tottenham Hotspur completed the signing of Chelsea winger Mykhailo Mudryk on a season-long loan, with an option to make the move permanent for £75m, alongside a permanent £12m deal for defender Tosin Adarabioyo. The loan reunites the 25-year-old Ukraine international with head coach Roberto de Zerbi, who managed him at Shakhtar Donetsk before his 2023…

    • Glens beat Blues to progress as holders Carrick bow out

      Glentoran progressed to the next round of the County Antrim Shield with a 3-1 victory over Linfield at the Oval, while holders Carrick Rangers were knocked out by Crusaders on penalties at Seaview. The results mean last season’s champions exit the competition early, with Crusaders instead advancing after a dramatic finish forced a shootout. Jordan…

    • Seven dogs escape moving van and injure four in Charlotte

      A pack of seven dogs escaped from a moving U-Haul van and attacked at least four people in a Charlotte, North Carolina neighbourhood on 27 August, leaving one woman hospitalised with severe lacerations. The incident, which occurred on Claiborne Woods Road, has alarmed local residents, several of whom intervened to help victims or fend off…

    • West Ham fight off Wolves as Divine Mukasa double eases pressure on Nuno

      West Ham eased the pressure on manager Nuno Espírito Santo with a 4-2 Championship victory over Wolves, a result driven largely by two goals from teenage summer signing Divine Mukasa. Both clubs are still adjusting to life after relegation, and the win offers West Ham some brief respite amid ongoing uncertainty off the pitch, including…