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The Darkest Hour Theory: England's Test Summer Fell Apart, and It Might Be the Best Thing That Happened
A captain gone mid-series, a head coach sacked weeks after being backed, a curfew that quietly disappeared and now a fast bowler in handcuffs outside a Derby bar. England's Test summer has been chaos — but under Joe Root, with Stephen Fleming inbound and a genuine fight for places, the wreckage is starting to look like foundations.
Read moreSixteen Laps, One Order: Inside the Mercedes Swap That Cost Russell a Place at Zandvoort
Mercedes pitted Kimi Antonelli under a late virtual safety car, then told George Russell to move over — leaving him to defend the podium from Lewis Hamilton on fresh tyres. Toto Wolff says it was "not a difficult decision", and that the rule was agreed hours before the race.
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Following the Untouchable: Enzo Maresca Inherits Manchester City Without Guardiola or Rodri
Pep has gone, Rodri has gone to Barcelona, and the men who held the back line together went with them. Enzo Maresca gets Haaland, a £116m midfielder from Nottingham Forest and a set-piece problem nobody has fixed — plus 130 unresolved charges hanging over the whole thing.
Read moreReset 2.0: Root Retakes the Captaincy, and This Time There Is No Stokes to Rescue Him
England begin life after Ben Stokes and Brendon McCullum at Headingley on Wednesday, with Joe Root back in a job he left in 2022 and Marcus Trescothick keeping the coach's seat warm for Stephen Fleming. The promise is Bazball with the volume turned down — and results turned up.
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Tears in Montreal: Jack Draper's Comeback Lasted Two Sets
For one set Jack Draper looked like the world number four again. Then the arm gave out, the tears came at a change of ends, and a first-round exit in Montreal turned into a much bigger question about Cincinnati, the US Open and the rest of his season.
Read moreThe Million-Pound Deal the Rulebook Won't Let Henry Pollock Have
Eddie Hearn wants £1m a season for Henry Pollock. The Prem's £6.4m salary cap, a new £5.4m floor and a clause called "averaging" explain why almost no club in England can sign that deal — least of all Northampton.
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The Calmest Man in the Room: What England Are Actually Getting in Stephen Fleming
Rob Key has handed the England Test job to a coach best known for five IPL titles and an unshakeable temperament. The people who played under Stephen Fleming point to something more specific — a gambler's nerve dressed up as calm, and a knack for making captains better.
Read moreEleven Years Old and Ahead of Judit Polgar: Bodhana Sivanandan's Record Norm at Dole
England's Bodhana Sivanandan scored her first international master norm in Aix-en-Provence at 11 years and four months — beating Judit Polgar's 38-year-old age record by almost five months, and doing it after a start that looked like anything but a record.
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Sixteen Days: How the Pirlo Veto Blew Up Italy's Rebuild Before It Started
Paolo Maldini and Leonardo were meant to drag Italian football out of its worst crisis in four decades. Instead they walked out after barely two weeks, beaten by a fight over Andrea Pirlo and a Russian betting sponsor.
Read moreArsenal's Boldest Long Shot Yet: Inside the Vinícius Júnior Stand-Off at Real Madrid
Eighteen months of stalled contract talks have left Vinícius Júnior with a year to run at the Bernabéu — and the newly crowned Premier League champions are circling. But the wage gap is enormous, and every signal still points to him staying in Madrid.
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