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Nov 12, 2026 - Sports

Forward springs to defence of Chelsea teammate‘He wanted to come and represent his country’Morgan Rogers has said accusations that his Chelsea teammate Cole Palmer is not committed to playing for England are “a lie”.Palmer, who was left out of the squad for this week’s Nations League ties against Croatia and Spain, has faced questions over his desire to play international football since withdrawing from last month’s camp with a groin injury. Thomas Tuchel, who did not take the 24-year-old to last summer’s World Cup, expressed irritation at the time, saying the Chelsea attacker “misses too many opportunities” to play for his country. Continue reading...

Nov 12, 2026 - Sports

Tom Brady would have loved to play an international NFL game in this Italian soccer stadium.

Nov 12, 2026 - Sports

American saves match point in 7-6, 4-6, 7-5 victoryPegula advances as compatriot Gauff is eliminatedHot-mic controversy adds spice to Andreeva semiJessica Pegula saved a match point en route to a gritty 7-6 (7-2), 4-6, 7-5 win over Linda Noskova on Thursday to advance from her round-robin group at the WTA Finals and send fellow American Coco Gauff packing from the season-ending championships.Pegula hit a career-high 16 aces while Wimbledon champion Noskova committed a career-high 15 double faults in a see-saw battle that lasted two hours and 45 minutes at the tournament, which was moved from Riyadh to Indian Wells because of the US-Israeli war on Iran. Continue reading...

Nov 12, 2026 - Sports

Loss is Zinedine Zidane’s first as France head coachSpain beat Czechia 2-0 to maintain 100% recordPio Esposito struck twice to inflict a first defeat on Zinedine Zidane as France head coach as Italy stormed back to win 3-1 at San Siro and go top of their Nations League group.Michael Olise profited on a Gianluigi Donnarumma error to put the visitors in front after 10 minutes, but Italy hit back through Esposito and Davide Frattesi either side of half-time. Continue reading...

Nov 12, 2026 - Sports

Harry Kane celebrated his record-breaking 126th international appearance with the decisive goal, as England set up a winner-takes-all Sunday showdown with SpainPre-match postbag. “With tonight’s record being broken, spare a thought for the holder of a more unwanted record, Emlyn Hughes. He won 62 caps and never got to go to the World Cup or Euros finals” – Roger Kirkby“In the non-Kane-focused-Croatian World of Sport, does Modric’s pine-based residency mean he carried the can for that thing that happened last time? Is he now being shown a Ronaldo-shaped door (the other one)? Do Croatians want this? Is there a ‘Modrić van’ waiting for him every time he is picked?” – Ian CopestakeShilton Walker/Moore/Wright/Cole Beckham/Lampard/Gerrard/Charlton Rooney/Kane Continue reading...