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Oct 15, 2026 - Sports

Defender may not be blameless in team’s struggles but his criticism goes to the heart of what has gone wrong at the clubHeartbreaking: the worst defender you know just made a great point. And no, nobody would describe Lisandro Martínez as the ideal person to scrutinise Manchester United’s indifferent start to the season, given that his high-profile defensive errors against Fulham and Tottenham are partly responsible for it. “We’re all trying to find the guy who did this,” Martínez burbles on Amazon Prime after United’s 2-0 defeat by Atlético Madrid on Tuesday night, dressed in a hot dog costume and throwing his arms out in mock innocence.For those with no interest in engaging with what Martínez actually had to say, this alone will be sufficient grounds to ignore him. Already you can sense the squeamishness of former players for whom the violation of an omertà is the real cardinal sin here, a phantom limb that still tingles years after they last stepped into a dressing room. “Disrespectful,” reckoned Wayne Rooney. “I don’t feel like he’s got the right,” agreed Ashley Young. “These things don’t end well, man,” Rio Ferdinand observed on his podcast. Continue reading...

Oct 15, 2026 - Sports

Milwaukee rally past Los Angeles for 3-0 NLCS leadBauers and Mitchell homer back-to-back off Blake SnellDefending champions face elimination on ThursdayJake Bauers and Garrett Mitchell hit back-to-back home runs off Blake Snell to reclaim the lead in the seventh inning as the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 6-2 on Wednesday night to take a commanding 3-0 lead in the National League Championship Series.The Dodgers had just taken a 2-1 lead in the bottom of the sixth before being stunned. The loss pushed the two-time defending World Series champions to the brink of elimination. They had trailed 3-0 in a best-of-seven postseason series only once previously in franchise history, when they were swept by the Baltimore Orioles in the 1966 World Series. Continue reading...

Oct 15, 2026 - Sports

Jake Bauers was nearly out of baseball two years ago. Now he could be the NLCS MVP.

Oct 15, 2026 - Sports

Improbable? Yes. Impossible? No. Just ask the stars who were part of one of MLB's greatest comebacks.

Oct 15, 2026 - Sports

Declan Meredith plays with Carter Gordon and Ben Donaldson outNew Zealand make three changes to starting XV for Sydney clashAustralia coach Les Kiss has named Declan Meredith as starting flyhalf and uncapped playmaker Harry McLaughlin-Phillips ⁠as back-up for Saturday’s second Bledisloe Cup Test against New Zealand in Sydney.Kiss suffered the first defeat of his reign ⁠as coach in the ⁠thumping 50-19 ​loss last week in Auckland that ensured the All Blacks would retain the Bledisloe Cup for the 24th straight year. Continue reading...