Barcelona v Bayern Munich, Manchester City v Sparta Prague: Champions League – live | Champions League | The Guardian
Join Will Unwin for live updates from around Europe as the third round of league phase games continues
‘It’s crazy’: Maya Le Tissier on becoming Manchester United captain at 22 | Manchester United Women | The Guardian
Manchester United have made an unbeaten start to the WSL season, with their captain now determined to earn a spot at Euro 2025
Mourinho jokes he could still win Premier League title with Manchester United – video | José Mourinho | The Guardian
José Mourinho cheekily suggested he could be in line to win a fourth Premier League if Manchester City are stripped of their 2017-2018 title
Evangelos Marinakis, phlegm and a full-throated discourse | Football | The Guardian
<strong>In today’s Football Daily:</strong> Big Vange Marinakis gets in a spit of bother
Gillespie’s role as Pakistan Test coach reduced to ‘matchday strategist’ | Pakistan v England 2024 | The Guardian
Jason Gillespie, Pakistan’s red-ball coach, has acknowledged his reduced remit since being stripped of his influence over team selection
Henry Slade given chance to prove readiness for All Blacks showdown | England rugby union team | The Guardian
England are poised to select Henry Slade against New Zealand after they released him from a training camp to play for Exeter
Terror attack blamed as four killed and 14 wounded at Turkish aerospace firm | Turkey | The Guardian
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan condemns ‘heinous’ attack after large explosion and reports of gunfire at Tusaş HQ near Ankara
Geoff Capes, Britain’s greatest shot putter and two-time World’s Strongest Man, dies aged 75 | Athletics | The Guardian
Geoff Capes, Britain’s greatest shot putter, has died aged 75
Mourinho: I can win Premier League with Manchester United … if City are stripped of 2018 title | José Mourinho | The Guardian
José Mourinho has suggested he may get another Premier League winner’s medal and that Manchester United treated him worse than Erik ten Hag
‘I don’t have much hope for a Harris presidency’: Ta-Nehisi Coates on Israeli apartheid and what the media gets wrong about Palestine | Books | The Guardian
One of the most penetrating critics of US racism discusses the reception to his new book and why talking about Palestine offered him a way to understand the world
Fernando Valenzuela, hero for Dodgers and Mexican baseball fans, dies at 63 | Los Angeles Dodgers | The Guardian
Fernando Valenzuela, the Mexican-born who inspired ‘Fernandomania’ while winning the NL Cy Young Award and Rookie of the Year in 1981, has died
Keeping up with the Jameses: sporting family ties and face-offs – in pictures | Sport | The Guardian
As LeBron and Bronny James become the first father and son duo to play together in the NBA, more families with overlapping sporting careers
Matildas at risk of losing their shine amid wait for new era to begin | Matildas | The Guardian
Australia have no time to waste under an interim coach as they start on a path towards redemption with friendlies against Switzerland and Germany
Gisèle Pelicot tells mass rape trial ‘it’s not for us to have shame – it’s for them’ | Dominique Pelicot rape trial | The Guardian
Woman who was sedated and raped by her then husband says she is driven by ‘determination to change society’
US elections live: Trump’s campaign manager shared, then deleted, posts critical of January 6 attack | US politics | The Guardian
Chris LaCivita retweeted posts condemning violent Capitol attack but insists they were not endorsements of criticism
Football regulator given power to block Premier League stadium sales | Football | The Guardian
The government is preparing to give the independent regulator powers to prevent Premier League clubs from selling their stadiums to related or third-party companies
Dejan Kulusevski’s change of role central to Spurs’ hopes this season | Tottenham Hotspur | The Guardian
On the wing, Dejan Kulusevski’s lack of speed was a problem, but in midfield, his speed of thought is crucial
‘Not great news’: Arteta concerned after Calafiori joins Arsenal injury list | Arsenal | The Guardian
The defender was forced off during the second half of Arsenal’s win over Shakhtar, while Bukayo Saka is ‘unlikely’ to be fit for the Liverpool game
Ohtani’s 50th home run ball sells for record $4.4m amid legal battle for ownership | Shohei Ohtani | The Guardian
Shohei Ohtani’s 50th home run ball has sold at auction for nearly $4.4m, a record high price not just for a baseball, but for any ball in any sport
Pitches imperfect and bus blues: player fury at 17-day Libertadores Femenina | Women's football | The Guardian
A congested schedule, last-minute venue changes and empty stands all marred what is supposed to be the pinnacle of South American women’s club football
Which tactics have football teams used to benefit from their pitches? | Football | The Guardian
Plus: stands delivered from one club to another; Erling Haaland denied; and a brutal time for Ängelholms FF
Diamonds’ hopes hanging by a thread as Silver Ferns make it back-to-back wins | Netball | The Guardian
New Zealand beat Australia 63-52 to take 2-0 lead in Constellation Cup and leave titleholders needing to level series on home soil
Nostalgic Serie A five-a-side teams: picking a lineup for … Sampdoria | Sampdoria | The Guardian
When selecting a supreme Samp five, it is impossible to look beyond the stars of their greatest era, in the 80s and 90s
NFL trend watch: Baker Mayfield swashbuckles as Mayo’s Pats stumble | NFL | The Guardian
The Tampa Bay quarterback has shown the Browns what they are missing, while New England’s rookie head coach failed to protect his team in public
Nottingham Forest owner Marinakis banned after spitting near officials | Nottingham Forest | The Guardian
Evangelos Marinakis was banned for five matches after the FA argued successfully that the Nottingham Forest owner had spat towards match officials in a ‘flagrant display of disrespectful behaviour’