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Nov 9, 2026 - Sports

She was the world No 1, whose fight for equal prize money changed women’s lives. As competitive as ever in her ninth decade, she discusses sexuality, tenacity and what it was like to finally graduate college this yearEvery day, Billie Jean King tries to come up with a “gratitude list” in her head, identifying the people who have played a part in making her life so fulfilling. On the day we speak, the list includes her nephew and her wife, Ilana Kloss, who like her is a decorated former tennis player. And, as ever, Susan Williams, who was in King’s fifth grade class at school in Long Beach, California, when she was 11 years old.“Do you want to play tennis?” Williams asked one day. “What’s tennis?” King responded. She had always been a sporty child, and her parents, unusually for the time, encouraged her athletic ambitions just as much as they did her brother’s (he later became a major league baseball pitcher). Although basketball was a big part of her early childhood, Williams was the first person to tell her about tennis. “She said: ‘You get to run, jump and hit a ball.’ And I went: ‘Oh, three of my favourite things.’” Continue reading...

Nov 9, 2026 - Sports

Game will be played in Saturday noon broadcast windowShift to Northwest Stadium was reportedly in playGotham location TBD amid ‘atrocious’ pitch conditionsThe Washington Spirit will play their NWSL semi-final at Audi Field after the club reached a deal to avoid playing a playoff game at Northwest Stadium, home of the NFL’s Washington Commanders.The club announced late Sunday night that they will play their semi-final against the Utah Royals on 14 November (Saturday) at noon. Continue reading...

Nov 9, 2026 - Sports

Are the Packers now the team to beat in the NFC? Has Caleb Williams been solved? We react to the top storylines from Week 9.

Nov 9, 2026 - Sports

President says it was ‘just a little fun’ to picture White, UFC boss and Trump’s friend, in briefing room with fightersDonald Trump said on Sunday that he “was only kidding” when he announced a day earlier that he had offered the job of White House press secretary to Dana White, the chief executive of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC).Speaking to reporters on his way back to the White House from his beach club in Florida, Trump explained the premise of his joke, that if the UFC boss, who is a devoted fan of the president, took over the briefing room, flanked by six fighters, reporters “wouldn’t mess around with him so much”. Continue reading...

Nov 9, 2026 - Sports

Under-fire batter will not feature in upcoming New Zealand series‘Still possible’ he will be recalled for tours to India and EnglandMarnus Labuschagne has been dropped from Australia’s Test squad. Chairman of selectors George Bailey confirmed on Monday that Labuschagne would be omitted from Australia’s yet-to-be-named squad for the first Test against New Zealand.Australia’s next Test begins on 9 December in Perth, but Bailey and his panel have made an early call to put Labuschagne out of his misery. Bailey told reporters the out-of-form star wouldn’t be considered for the entire four-Test series against New Zealand. Continue reading...