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Manchester City’s weaknesses under Enzo Maresca are being exposed

After three straight defeats, City’s manager says he will use the international break to reassess. Their problems may go beyond tactics Sign up for our free newsletter here Enzo Maresca seemed, if not quite baffled by his side’s Saturday defeat to Nottingham Forest, then at least a little put out. After seven straight wins from the start of the season, that’s now three straight defeats, a pattern so unusual that it’s been recorded only once before in top-flight English history, by Sheffield Wednesday in 1904-05. The three defeats were all different, Maresca said, although in all of them City h

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How Hawkins overcame illness to star for England

When Rob Hawkins replied to what he thought was an advert to play wheelchair basketball in 2014 he could not have imagined he would be a key part of an England side defending their Rugby League World Cup title.

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Felix Nmecha’s faith is forcing Borussia Dortmund into an uncomfortable debate

Midfielder’s spectacular strikes rescued a frustrating day, only for celebrations to reignite dialogue that has followed him through his career It was just what they needed at just the right time. For a tricky first half and beyond, Elversberg had been a stone in Borussia Dortmund’s shoe, the promoted side not just keeping the home team at bay but keeping them honest, nourishing ambitions of their own. “The fatigue was clearly visible,” the sporting director, Ole Book, said to Sky after a week which had contained Der Klassiker in Munich and a hard-fought Champions League victory against Betis.

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Thirteen-year-old surfing prodigy Leihani Zoric: ‘I don’t want to participate, I want to dominate’

The Indigenous Australian grew up idolising Steph Gilmore and Tyler Wright. Now she has them – and an Olympic gold – in her sights Leihani Zoric, 13, grew up watching Australian surfers dominate on the world stage. Stephanie Gilmore, the greatest female surfer of all time, and Tyler Wright, a two-time World Surf League champion, were among her idols. “When I was little I always watched their surfing,” she says. “They inspired me in and out of the water.” Continue reading...

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‘Senna was Senna’: Wolff says it is too soon to compare Kimi Antonelli to F1 great

World champion idolises Brazilian who won three titles ‘He’s a Senninha and not a Senna yet,’ says Toto Wolff Toto Wolff says it is too soon to compare his world champion driver Kimi Antonelli to Ayrton Senna but that the Italian may yet develop into a driver comparable to the Brazilian great whom Antonelli grew up idolising. Antonelli sealed his first Formula One world championship at the Mexican Grand Prix and with a fifth place at Sunday’s São Paulo Grand Prix helped Mercedes secure their ninth constructors’ championship and their first drivers’ and constructors’ double since 2020. Continue

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