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Shola Ameobi: ‘I thought: how can I be most useful to Newcastle? Then the cog started turning’
From experiencing racism growing up in Newcastle to becoming a derby hero and now a member of the executive team, the fo...
Former Australia sprint champion Jake Doran charged with alleged child abuse
Police charge 26-year-old with indecent treatment of a child under 16 while Australian Athletics ban sprinter from any i...
Paris Saint-Germain sparkle on the pitch while the city of light burns around them
PSG, the pet project of the state of Qatar, expresses the dualism of the city, a place of deprivation where the centre i...
Australia bowled out for 99 and trail by 170 runs at 156-4 having been forced to follow on by South Africa in men’s second Test – as it happened
Head stands alone as Australia trail by 170 and face innings defeat after Jansen’s five-for bowled out the tourists for...
Manchester City have been a joy to watch but they became detached from their roots
City behaved much like other top clubs but their rule-breaking deserves to be punished. The Bundesliga, where members ha...
Manchester City in action, Premier League buildup, and more – matchday live
Join our writers for news, discussion and buildup to Saturday’s action
The ESPN producer who quit over gambling – and the stories she says went untold
Nicole Noren says ESPN sidelined investigations into sports betting companies as gambling partnerships reshaped the netw...
Houthi conflict casts shadow as Saudi Arabia scales back sporting pipe dreams
A match delayed by missile attack warnings is not what Cristiano Ronaldo and co signed up for but it’s the new reality;...
Savaged by Simon Jordan – and thanks to the algorithm I want to be savaged again
The former Palace chair seeming very angry indeed about others’ opinions is just par for the course as football’s age of...
From star signings to Cullen’s last dance: six to watch in European rugby this season
Toulouse have added a world -class talent in Tommaso Menoncello, Northampton boast a fly-half phenom in Fin Smith while...
Chess: World No 11, Anish Giri, leads She Plays to Win women to unlikely victory
Newly promoted SPTW were expected to be outclassed in the top division of the 4NCL British League, but proved a revelati...
From Dallaglio’s medals to Cantona’s shorts, sporting memorabilia is big business
Like transfer fees and ticket prices, mementoes are one more marker of sport’s rampant self-inflation