27 h. ago All Euro 2025 players under pressure to ‘explode’ women’s game, insists Bronze

Defender says players feel duty to boost women’s footballKosovare Asllani looking forward to ‘fun’ England clashLucy Bronze believes every player at the European Championship feels a greater pressure to perform because of the boost women’s football receives as a result of success.“Every single player that puts on a shirt in this tournament probably feels that,” the defender said, as England prepare to play Sweden in their quarter-final on Thursday night. “I can imagine the Swiss team feel that because they’re the home nation. Every other team wants to replicate what England did in 2022, what the Netherlands did before us, and really boost women’s football and we know that success comes from that. Continue reading...

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50 h. ago Emmy nominations 2025: White Lotus actor and Squid Game among the biggest snubs

Emmy-winner Elisabeth Moss also missed out for her performance in ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’

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5 d. ago Spain overcome early Italy scare to win and set up tie against hosts Switzerland

There are suggestions that the era of possession heavy, carefully choreographed, positional play, may have passed its zenith but, if that message worries Pep Guardiola disciples, Spain’s women remain unperturbed.As usual the world champions hogged the ball as they won a third consecutive group game at Euro 2025, scoring their 12th, 13th and 14th goals of the tournament in the process. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Sarina Wiegman praised for subtle England change as former Lioness notices difference

England beat the Netherlands in their second group game at Euro 2025 and the small tweaks made by manager Sarina Wiegman haven't gone unnoticed by one former star

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6 d. ago Real Madrid’s PSG thrashing shows Xabi Alonso true size of rebuilding job

New manager faces tough questions before next season, with the biggest just how to find the right fit for superstar striker Kylian MbappéThis is the end. For Real Madrid, the best thing that could be said about their last game of the 2024-2025 season was that it was their last game of the 2024-2025 season. So in the makeshift marquee set up by the MetLife Stadium, Xabi Alonso said exactly that, and repeatedly. He had watched his team, who aren’t entirely his team yet, be taken apart by Paris Saint-Germain; now he wanted to get home and “reset”, forget about it. Well, not forget exactly: the hurt might help, lessons learned. “I want this to have an impact but not drag us down,” he said. “In August we start 2025-26, which will be different.”The way they fell was familiar, back to their recent past, their reality. “We suffered the way others have suffered against them,” Alonso said, and that was true, but it is not only PSG; it is Madrid too. This was their 68th game of the season and ...

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7 d. ago Milan’s Serie A home fixture against Como could be played in Perth, Australia

Italian FA gives approval for February fixture to be movedGame would be first in major European league held abroadMilan’s home game against Como in the 2025-26 Serie A campaign could become the first major European domestic league fixture played outside its home country, as plans to move the fixture to Australia took a step forward.Italy’s football federation (FIGC) has given the green light for the match to be played in Perth – some 8,500 miles away from Milan – next February. The proposal moves European football into uncharted territory after previous requests to stage domestic league matches abroad were knocked back by authorities. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago How Sarina Wiegman found ‘perfect reaction’ as England have Euro 2025 lift off

England bounced back from the disappointment of defeat in their opening game of Euro 2025 as Sarina Wiegman’s Lionesses showed their quality against the Netherlands

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8 d. ago Flawless Queensland defy odds to stun NSW and claim State of Origin series

Billy Slater’s team win 24-12 in Game 3 decider in SydneyMaroons’ 25th series victory comes despite losing opening gameQueensland captain Cameron Munster learned life is never perfect when his father died at age 58 on the weekend, but in one of the great State of Origin performances his teammates delivered a just about flawless display in Wednesday’s decider, securing the shield for 2025 in a 24-12 victory.The Maroons completed all 21 sets in an extraordinary first stanza, scoring three tries and kicking four-from-four to secure a 20-0 lead. Desperate defence held out the Blues for much of the second, allowing the Maroons to escape from Homebush with the shield in front of 80,256 mostly Blues fans hushed by the spectacle. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago State of Origin 2025 Game 3 live: NSW Blues v Qld Maroons – latest updates

Updates from the series decider at Accor StadiumKick-off time in Sydney is 8.05pmAny thoughts? Get in touch on emailJack Snape sets the scene for the Origin decider.This is the first decider at Homebush since 2019, when a last-minute James Tedesco try won the shield for the Blues. But that was only the second NSW victory across five deciders at the Olympic Stadium, a record that undermines the assumed benefit of home crowd support.So too does last year’s game three at Queensland’s Lang Park home, which was evenly poised midway through the second half before Bradman Best and Mitchell Moses scored the tries to win the shield for the travelling Blues. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Who is the Richest Male Tennis Players 2025: Here are the 17 wealthiest court stars in the men's game

None of these court superstars will be worrying about the price of a new tennis racket.

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9 d. ago David Squires on Euro 2025 and a reminder that football is just a game

Our cartoonist on the opening matches at the Women’s Euros and tributes to Diogo JotaBuy one of David’s cartoon in our Print ShopDavid’s latest book, Chaos in the Box: buy it now Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Michelle Agyemang aims to forge her own path after solid start to England career

Sarina Wiegman’s Lionesses face the Netherlands in a vital Euro 2025 group game on Wednesday.

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1 week ago State of Origin 2025 Game 3: where the series decider will be won and lost | Jack Snape

From the huge decision to bring Josh Papalii out of Origin retirement to a titanic tussle in the centres, the series finale in Sydney promises intrigueThey have been outplayed for much of this year’s State of Origin series, written off and then almost snuffed out at the end of Perth’s dramatic Game 2. But Queensland are primed for another doubt-them-at-your-peril Maroons miracle in the shield-deciding match on Wednesday at Accor Stadium in Sydney.While the Blues are settled going into the much-anticipated clash, Queensland coach Billy Slater has made changes by both necessity and conviction. His side may have held on at the death to win the last contest 26-24, but their performance still prompted the former fullback to press the big maroon button: the break-glass-in-emergency, call-up-a-great-for-one-last-time selection shock. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Wales Women handed tough lesson by the Netherlands in Euro 2025 opener

Wales went down 3-0 to the Netherlands in their opening Euro 2025 game in Switzerland

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1 week ago Euro 2025 live: England build up to opening game against France and Lauren James update

England take on France on Saturday evening while the action continues today with two games from Group C

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2 w. ago Minutes silence to be at women's Euros as tributes pour in to "champion player" Diogo Jota

Portugal's women's team will pay their respects to tragic compatriot Diogo Jota ahead of their game against Spain at Euro 2025 after Uefa confirmed a minute's silence will be held at matches

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2 w. ago Tony Hawk's latest title shreds onto Xbox Game Pass in July's first games lineup

The Xbox Game Pass July 2025 update has dropped, and it's led by the return of a classic series that players have been waiting to see make its way back to the service

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2 w. ago Three Ubisoft chiefs found guilty of enabling culture of sexual harassment

Former staff likened offices of video game company in Paris to ‘boys’ club above the law’Three former executives at the video game company Ubisoft have been given suspended prison sentences for enabling a culture of sexual and psychological harassment in the workplace at the end of the first big trial to stem from the #MeToo movement in the gaming industry.The court in Bobigny, north of Paris, had heard how the former executives used their position to bully or sexually harass staff, leaving women terrified and feeling like pieces of meat. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Squid Game season three breaks Netflix viewership record with 60.1m views

Final season of the smash series scores a new record for the streaming platform in the first three daysThe third and final season of the hit Korean series Squid Game has broken records to become the biggest-ever TV launch for Netflix.Over its first three days, the series racked up more than 60.1m views, a new high for the streamer, with more than 368.4m hours viewed. The second season launched with 68m views but over a four-day period last December. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Xbox Game Pass July 2025 lineup is revealed and it has huge advantage over PlayStation Plus

Xbox Game Pass titles for July have been revealed, and it continues a strong trend — and the arrival of a big day one launch keeps Microsoft's service clear of its PlayStation rival

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