Sportword: Play daily football word game on Planet Sport

As you might have guessed, it’s the football version we’re hosting here on Planet Football, adding to our hundreds of other football quizzes many of you already play daily, including our type-in-the-answer list quizzes…

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Discarded Australia opener left furious after statement century ends with dubious decision

The South Australia opener was not pleased with how his innings ended at Cricket Central, Sydney. Batting on 142, Weatherald found himself in an awkward position trying to avoid a short delivery by Jake Scott, but the…

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‘All-out war’: UK sports fear an uncertain future after new body created

But there are changes afoot that are increasingly ruffling feathers and stoking fears. Most people will not have heard of Sport Org, the organisation recently set up by UK Sport . Essentially, it evolved out of British…

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Pat Cummins can end sandpaper saga with full disclosure of what players knew – not what they didn’t | Geoff Lemon

Smith had helped in its preparation, as captain of an Australia team whose ball tampering experiments on their tour of South Africa had got out of control, but it was always questionable that CA limited the blame to…

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Andreeva wins 11 games in a row to thrash Sabalenka at WTA Finals

The 19-year-old Russian went on to deliver a statement 6-4 6-0 victory over four-time major singles winner Sabalenka. "I will be honest, I feel like Aryna did not have the best day," Andreeva told Sky Sports. "I feel…

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Svitolina stays in WTA Finals hunt after remarkable fightback sees off Muchova

The Ukrainian looked to be on her way out of Indian Wells when she was a set down and required an eight-minute medical timeout. But she recovered to win 3-6, 6-2, 6-2 and stay in with a chance of reaching the…

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On This Day: Bourdais wins in final bow for Champ Car’s Lola in Mexico City | Brief

It was the final race for the Lola B2/00 chassis before it was replaced by a new designed built by Panoz. The race was held at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez , prior to its remodelling for F1’s return in 2015. Most of…

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Stephen Curry attacks treatment of women after former players criticize wife Ayesha’s movie kiss

The four-time NBA champion posted a 90-second video on Instagram on Wednesday in response to comments by former NBA players Gilbert Arenas and Nick Young, as well as former NFL players Emmanuel Acho and LeSean McCoy…

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Meeting of two lost souls: can Pochettino make it work at Manchester United? | Barney Ronay

We've been expecting you. There is nothing surprising in the news Manchester United may be on the verge of appointing Mauricio Pochettino . United are always on the verge of appointing Pochettino. This is a club that has…

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England return to site of Ashes angst but Australia gaze stuck on sandpaper

Beyond the fact this is merely a white-ball tour – three one-day internationals starting on Friday, followed by five Twenty20s – England's main character energy has seemingly evaporated. Brendon McCullum is still the…

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