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City adapt to artificial turf and show Champions League title defence is genuine with emphatic win as Barca flex muscles

Title holders Manchester City and five-time winners Barcelona have maintained their perfect start to the Champions League. City prevailed 3-1 at Switzerland’s Young Boys thanks to a double from goal-machine Erling Haaland after Manuel Akanji’s opener. They top Group G ahead of RB Leipzig who… Read More »City adapt to artificial turf and show Champions League title defence is genuine with emphatic win as Barca flex muscles

SPIRO ZAVOS: England’s bully boy, no rugby display against Boks is the game they play in hell. Now for the salvation

The Rugby World Cup trophy commemorates William Webb Ellis, the Rugby school lad who was supposed to have picked up the ball and run with it during a game on the Big Field in 1823. The point of World Rugby iconising Webb Ellis is to… Read More »SPIRO ZAVOS: England’s bully boy, no rugby display against Boks is the game they play in hell. Now for the salvation

Breathe easy Aussies, World Rugby has devalued the 2027 RWC by expansion – and even the Wallabies are safe

PARIS – Breathe easy Australia, you won’t be bowing out in the pool stage of the 2027 Rugby World Cup. Your passage through to the knockout stage was confirmed on Tuesday. Not because of any great recovery on the international stage, nor restructuring or alignment,… Read More »Breathe easy Aussies, World Rugby has devalued the 2027 RWC by expansion – and even the Wallabies are safe