8 h. ago Jalen Carter ejected in opening seconds as Philadelphia Eagles win first game

Defensive tackle Carter was thrown out for spitting at the start of the 24-20 win over the Dallas Cowboys in the opening game of the NFL season.

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9 h. ago Eagles squeeze past Cowboys as Carter ejected for spitting on Prescott six seconds into season

Dallas Cowboys 20-24 Philadelphia EaglesPhiladelphia DT thrown out after confrontationThe defending Super Bowl champions got their title defence off to a winning start as they beat the Dallas Cowboys 24-20 in the NFL season opener on Thursday night.But the game may well be remembered for an incident before a play had even been made from scrimmage. Eagles defensive tackle Jalen Carter was ejected just six seconds after spitting on Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott. Continue reading...

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13 h. ago Eagles’ Jalen Carter ejected seconds into NFL season after spitting on Cowboys’ Dak Prescott

Defensive tackle acts seemingly without provocationCowboys score on drive following Carter’s ejectionPhiladelphia Eagles defensive tackle Jalen Carter was ejected just six seconds into the first game of the NFL season after spitting on Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott.Carter, one of the best players on the defending Super Bowl champions, approached Prescott as the teams lined up for the first play of the game from scrimmage and, after the pair exchanged words, spat on his opponent. Prescott looked shocked as a gob of phlegm landed on his chest and Carter was immediately sent from the field. He shook his head and smiled as he walked to the tunnel but did not argue with the decision as Eagles fans booed. Continue reading...

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16 h. ago Aston Villa ‘killed’ by spending rules in transfer window, says Ezri Konsa

Club affected by Premier League and Uefa financial fair play‘It’s crazy. We’re going to have to deal with what we’ve got’Ezri Konsa has said that football’s spending regulations “killed” Aston Villa during a difficult summer transfer window. The club, who have started the season badly with one point from three games and no goals scored, were hemmed in by the Premier League’s profitability and sustainability rules and the equivalent in Uefa competition.Villa paid out one major fee – £30.5m to Nice for Evann Guessand – and made only four further first-team additions, Marco Bizot being followed in on deadline day by Victor Lindelöf, Harvey Elliott and Jadon Sancho. The club were open to selling Emiliano Martínez only for there to be no buyer and moved Jacob Ramsey to Newcastle for £39m despite Unai Emery preferring to keep him. As a homegrown player, Ramsey counted as pure profit on the books. Continue reading...

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42 h. ago Why Federico Chiesa was left out of Liverpool’s Champions League squad

The 27-year-old Italy international missed the cut despite featuring in every league game this season

Sport

50 h. ago Wales' eight big new rugby talents as brothers and giant to emerge

A group of young Welsh players should get more game time for the regions this season, with some exciting talents coming through

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2 d. ago AFL finals: why every finalist can – and can’t – win the 2025 premiership | Martin Pegan

A weekend off has given the eight remaining teams time to work on their strengths and weaknesses – and us an opportunity to assess their chances The AFL finals race went down to the wire with early pacesetters limping to the line and other sides flying home, before Gold Coast booked the last spot for this year and their first in club history with a win in the game that finished the home-and-away season.An evenly-matched finals series is now on the cards; only three wins separate minor premiers Adelaide from Hawthorn in eighth place – just the second time the gap has been so narrow since the top eight was introduced 31 years ago.Ahead of finals sign up for our free weekly AFL newsletter Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Erik ten Hag hits out at Bayer Leverkusen after ‘unprecedented’ sacking two games into season

The former Manchester United manager has accused the club of showing a lack of ‘trust’ in him

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3 d. ago Oregon Ducks mascot trips and loses his head before running off field

This is the moment the mascot for the Oregon Ducks tripped and fell, losing his head, while running on to the field for the team’s opening game of the college football season.

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4 d. ago Manchester United stance on potential goalkeeper exit amid Senne Lammens transfer

Senne Lammens' imminent signing will leave Man United with four senior goalkeepers in a season where they could play as few as 40 games.

Sport

4 d. ago Ruben Amorim accused of wasting 'genius' Man United star – 'Why's he doing that?'

Manchester United boss Ruben Amorim has overseen a win, a draw and a loss from his first three games of the new season, and Tony Mowbray believes he is utilising one of his most prized players horrendously

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5 d. ago Erik ten Hag 'is on the brink of being SACKED by Bayer Leverkusen' just two games into new season

The former Manchester United boss has had a tricky start to life in Germany, managing to collect just one point from his opening two games in charge.

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5 d. ago Why we’ve all fallen for The Summer I Turned Pretty: ‘Endless, wonderful melodrama’

The third season of the Amazon teen drama has become a certified phenomenon, encouraging watch parties and intense fan reactionsIt’s after work on a Wednesday night, and I’m at a sports bar in downtown Manhattan. It looks exactly like what you’d expect of a bar in the Financial District. Men in button-up shirts stand around a tall table with folded arms, ranting about the current season as multiple baseball games are playing on TV screens all around the bar.I feel out of place as I wait for a friend, but I know it’s only a matter of time until things change. A stream of women slowly trickles in, group by group. The mood abruptly changes when the TV screens flicker on to a clip of sparkling water. The bar cranks up the volume, a wistful three notes plays over the speaker, the brief theme song of what has become a show so popular that sports bars in Manhattan are throwing watch parties for women who, like me, are years older than the show’s protagonist. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Eddie Howe sends strong message to Alexander Isak as Liverpool saga drags on

Alexander Isak has sat out Newcastle's first two games of the new Premier League season and manager Eddie Howe has been clear about where he stands with deadline day looming

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6 d. ago Kobbie Mainoo transfer latest as Man United exit feelings clear after Ruben Amorim verdict

Manchester United midfielder Kobbie Mainoo faces an uncertain future at Old Trafford with the England star struggling for game time under Ruben Amorim so far this season

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7 d. ago The Liverpool trend that offers Arsenal newfound hope of upsetting champions

The Gunners believe the Premier League champions offer more space than last season, which could present opportunities on Sunday in a pivotal game for this year’s title race

Sport

7 d. ago Celtic taught us harsh lesson but game won't define season, says Hamilton Accies Women boss

Robert Watson won't dwell too much on the result against a side they have never beaten in their history

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8 d. ago Atomic's Alfie Allen opens up on 'isolating' Game of Thrones season ahead of new Sky thriller

Alfie Allen is leaping back onto the screen this week in Sky's new high-stakes thriller, but he's still best known to most TV audiences as Theon Greyjoy in Game of Thrones

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8 d. ago Game of Thrones' Alfie Allen says he was 'isolated' during 'tough' season of HBO show

Alfie Allen is best known for playing Theon Greyjoy in Game of Thrones, and has opened up about one of the more difficult seasons of the HBO fantasy drama

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8 d. ago Liverpool legend tells Arne Slot he has to replace £36m star who's 'all over the place'

Liverpool still have five days left in the summer transfer window and Mark Lawrenson thinks their priority should be obvious after watching the first few games of the season

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