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Grealish misses Man City tour despite training return
Jack Grealish has been left out of Manchester City’s pre-season tour squad for Hong Kong and Seoul, despite returning to training last week, as he continues recovering from a season-ending foot injury. The 30-year-old picked up the injury in January while on loan at Everton, where he had been rediscovering good form, and the setback…
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Who am I? Guess The Hundred cricket star No 9
This is a daily interactive cricket quiz from BBC Sport, part of a series running throughout The Hundred 2026 tournament. Rather than a news story, it invites readers to guess the identity of a player competing in this year’s competition using a series of progressively revealing clues, with fewer guesses earning a higher score. Clues…
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Is Kazuyoshi Miura the oldest goalscorer in competitive football history? | The Knowledge
Japanese striker Kazuyoshi Miura extended his own record as the oldest goalscorer in professional football, netting for Fukushima United in a 7-0 thrashing of Iwaki Furukawa in the Emperor’s Cup on 25 July 2026, aged 59 years and 149 days. It was his first competitive goal in almost four years, and the achievement reignited the…
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Where all 20 Premier League clubs should strengthen before the season
– Arsenal: central midfielder, to ease Declan Rice’s heavy workload – Aston Villa: left-back, with Lucas Digne potentially leaving for PSG – Bournemouth: right-back, to replace the ageing Adam Smith – Brentford: left-back, as Rico Henry continues to struggle for fitness and form – Brighton: central midfielder, with an ageing engine room and Carlos Baleba…
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Royal Challengers Bengaluru, Rajasthan Royals Sales Push IPL Cricket’s Business Value to $20.6 Billion, Houlihan Lokey Study Finds
The IPL’s business value has risen to $20.6 billion, up 11.4% year on year, according to Houlihan Lokey’s 2026 IPL Valuation Study, driven largely by record-breaking sales of two franchises, Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Rajasthan Royals. The findings underline the growing appeal of Indian cricket to major global investors, with the report noting that only…
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Banijay reports lower first-half revenue ahead of All3Media merger impact
Banijay Entertainment, the production giant behind hits such as Peaky Blinders, Black Mirror and Big Brother, reported a 2.2 percent decline in first-half revenue in its first financial update since completing its major merger with All3Media (The Traitors, Squid Game: The Challenge). The dip reflected lower production volumes rather than any effect of the merger,…
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Diomande’s rapid and remarkable rise to Real Madrid
Real Madrid are signing 19-year-old Ivorian winger Yan Diomande from RB Leipzig for more than £100m, in what is set to be a record sale for Leipzig, a record purchase for Real Madrid, and the highest fee ever paid for an African player. The deal caps an extraordinarily fast rise for a player who was…
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The 23-year-old teacher leading lesson on stripping bowls’ stigma
Sophie McGrouther, a 23-year-old primary school teacher from Fife, is competing for Scotland in the women’s singles bowls event at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, hoping to challenge perceptions of the sport as she pursues a medal. As the youngest member of Scotland’s bowls team and a former world indoor champion at 21, she wants…
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Who am I? Guess Premier League star No 9
BBC Sport has published the latest instalment of its daily “Who am I?” quiz, in which readers are challenged to identify a Premier League footballer from a series of progressively revealing clues. Players earn a higher score by correctly guessing the mystery player using fewer clues, with three correct guesses considered good and four or…
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Cruz Hewitt – son of Lleyton – wins on senior debut
Cruz Hewitt, the 17-year-old son of former Wimbledon champion and world number one Lleyton Hewitt, secured his first ATP tour victory on his main draw debut at the Washington Open. The Australian teenager beat fellow qualifier Marcos Giron of the United States 6-3, 6-4 in 74 minutes, marking a significant early milestone in his professional…