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Aston Villa bounced back from their heavy opening-day Premier League defeat by cantering to a 4-0 home win against Everton. Captain John McGinn and Douglas Luiz’s penalty gave Villa a 2-0 lead at the break and after second-half efforts from…

Rhasidat Adeleke won her 400m heat on day two of the World Athletics Championships in Budapest. The Tallaght native clocked a time of 50.80 seconds and is into the semi-finals on Monday night. Advertisement Rhasidat Adeleke wins her heat. Photo:…

Andy Farrell expects World Cup referees to be “red-hot” on foul play and says Ireland are striving to be rugby’s most disciplined team in the wake of another England red card. Ireland benefited from the dismissal of England number eight…

Julian Alvarez’s fine first-half strike handed Manchester City a hard-fought 1-0 win over Newcastle in their first home match since winning the treble on Saturday. The World Cup winner curled a shot into the top corner after 31 minutes of…

England head coach Steve Borthwick hopes for swift disciplinary resolutions after Billy Vunipola joined Owen Farrell as a World Cup doubt following his dismissal in a damaging 29-10 defeat to Ireland. Captain Farrell watched from the stands in Dublin as…

England squeaked to a thrilling, nerve-shredding two-wicket win over Australia in the first one-day international at Bristol to see the multi-format Women’s Ashes tantalisingly poised, tied at six points apiece with two ODIs remaining. Tasked with achieving their record ODI…

England squeaked to a thrilling, nerve-shredding two-wicket win over Australia in the first one-day international at Bristol to see the multi-format Women’s Ashes tantalisingly poised, tied at six points apiece with two ODIs remaining. Tasked with achieving their record ODI…

Cameron Norrie’s bid for a first grass-court title was ended by Sebastian Korda in the quarter-finals of the cinch Championship at Queen’s Club. The British No 1, seeded five, was beaten 6-4 7-6 (7-1) by American Korda, the world No…

Tammy Beaumont struck a magnificent maiden Test century to lead England’s batting efforts as they look to reel in Australia’s sizeable first-innings score of 473 in the Women’s Ashes Test at Trent Bridge. Beaumont becomes just the second England woman…

Newcastle United remain interested in James Maddison, but doing a deal for the England international may be more difficult if they manage to complete the signing of AC Milan’s Sandro Tonali. The Magpies are pushing ahead with a potential £55m…