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• F1 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix: qualifying updates for the season finale – live

  06-12-2025 14:00
  • Follow qualifying updates, 2pm GMT start in the desert
  • Sign up for The Recap newsletter | And email PhilipIt really shouldn’t be like this, if you are McLaren. With clearly the better car across the season, and a better pair of drivers than Red Bull have, McLaren should already have the drivers’ title to go with the constructors’ gong they wrapped up weeks ago. Yet Max Verstappen’s stubborn rejection of second best has enabled Red Bull’s main – a
  
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• Judgement day arrives for Bazball as Australia moves in for the kill

  06-12-2025 20:29 via abc.net.au
  
  Australia was patient, mature and ruthless on day three at the Gabba, widening the chasm between it and an England side now set for its day of reckoning.
  
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• ‘Incredibly concerning’: Players covering up concussions at training, poll reveals

  06-12-2025 20:00 via smh.com.au
  
  Nearly two thirds of NRL players continued to train after experiencing a suspected concussion, according to a Rugby League Players’ Association poll.
  
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• The one moment Wayne Bennett considered quitting coaching

  06-12-2025 19:40 via theage.com.au
  
  Wayne Bennett has opened up on the Alex McKinnon incident, what he looks for in a recruit and his biggest influence.
  
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• Australia has produced some terrific left-armers. Starc is the best of the best

  06-12-2025 19:40 via theage.com.au
  
  Once a wayward weapon with the ball, Mitchell Starc has become better with age and become Australia’s greatest left-arm paceman.
  
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• Chelsea lose more ground in Bournemouth stalemate and suffer Delap blow

  06-12-2025 19:37
  Any momentum Chelsea had picked up in the final week of November, through outclassing Barcelona and matching Arsenal with 10 men, appears to have been stunted in December. After Wednesday’s defeat at Leeds, a point against Bournemouth is no disaster but, with Arsenal’s earlier loss to Aston Villa, it is a chance missed. Eight points separate Enzo Maresca’s side and the top of the Premier League.At full time, Maresca was not ready to throw in the towel. “My message after A
  
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• FA Cup roundup: Louis Britton fires Weston-super-Mare into third round

  06-12-2025 19:34
  National League South side into third round for first time Cheltenham come from behind to beat Buxton 6-2Louis Britton scored twice as Weston-super-Mare booked their spot in the third round of the FA Cup for the first time with a 2-0 win at fellow National League South side Chelmsford.To compound Chelmsford’s misery, Taylor Clark was given his marching orders late on, 12 minutes after coming off the bench, for a dangerous high tackle. Continue reading...
  
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• World Cup 2026 fixtures: England to kick off under roof in Dallas in UK primetime

  06-12-2025 19:33
  Tuchel’s team will play at Dallas Cowboys’ AT&T StadiumScotland’s opener against Haiti in Boston is at 2am UK timeEngland will kick off their World Cup campaign against Croatia in Dallas at 9pm UK time on Wednesday 17 June, it has been announced.Thomas Tuchel’s team will play at the AT&T Stadium, home of the Dallas Cowboys, which has a retractable roof and air conditioning, which will mitigate the effects of a 4pm ET kick-off or 3pm local time. Continue reading...
  
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• The Ashes 2025 second test, day three recap: What happens when you take boldness, as well as brains, out of Bazball

  06-12-2025 19:00 via smh.com.au
  
  Of all the bad days England have had in the field on these shores, few would have matched Saturday for meekness and mindlessness.
  
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• Tottenham 2-0 Brentford, Manchester City 3-0 Sunderland, and more: football – as it happened

  06-12-2025 18:45
  City closed the gap after Arsenal’s slip as Thomas Frank enjoyed victory over his old clubEverton: Pickford, O’Brien, Keane, Tarkowski, Mykolenko, Garner, Dewsbury-Hall, Ndiaye, Alcaraz, Grealish, Barry. Subs: Travers, King, Patterson, McNeil, Beto, Dibling, Aznou, Campbell.Nottm Forest: Sels, Savona, Milenkovic, Morato, Williams, Sangare, Anderson, Ndoye, Gibbs-White, Hutchinson, Igor Jesus. Subs: John Victor, Hudson-Odoi, Kalimuendo, Dominguez, Yates, Jair Cunha, McAtee, Boly, Abbo
  
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• Championship roundup: Blackburn match abandoned due waterlogged pitch … again

  06-12-2025 18:36
  For second time this season, rain ends Rovers match earlyHosts were again leading match when referee halted playBlackburn’s match against Sheffield Wednesday was abandoned with the hosts leading 1-0 due to a waterlogged pitch – the second time that has happened this season.Valérien Ismaël’s men came into the game four days after fulfilling the rearranged fixture against Ipswich, a game they were also originally on course to win 1-0. This time, Yuki Ohashi’s fi
  
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• Guimarães scores from corner before Newcastle cling on against 10-man Burnley

  06-12-2025 18:26
  Long before the end Burnley were down to 10 men, well en route towards a sixth straight Premier League defeat and concerned, largely, with damage limitation.Yet to their considerable credit, Scott Parker’s side never surrendered and somehow even dragged themselves back into things thanks to Zian Flemming’s late penalty. Continue reading...
  
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• Tottenham 2-0 Brentford, Manchester City 3-0 Sunderland, and more: football – live

  06-12-2025 18:00
  ⚽ Premier League 3pm GMT kick-off updates and beyond
  ⚽ Live scores | Table | Follow us on Bluesky | Email JohnEverton: Pickford, O’Brien, Keane, Tarkowski, Mykolenko, Garner, Dewsbury-Hall, Ndiaye, Alcaraz, Grealish, Barry. Subs: Travers, King, Patterson, McNeil, Beto, Dibling, Aznou, Campbell.Nottm Forest: Sels, Savona, Milenkovic, Morato, Williams, Sangare, Anderson, Ndoye, Gibbs-White, Hutchinson, Igor Jesus. Subs: John Victor, Hudson-Odoi, Kalimuendo, Dominguez, Yates, Jair
  
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• Piastri only third as Verstappen takes pole in Abu Dhabi GP finale

  06-12-2025 17:45 via smh.com.au
  
  Australian Oscar Piastri will now start Sunday’s season-ender at Yas Marina on the second row, with Max Verstappen on pole.
  
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• Charlton’s match against Portsmouth abandoned after supporter’s death

  06-12-2025 17:14
  Supporter had been taken ill during first half at ValleyClubs pay tribute after fan passes away in hospitalA Charlton supporter has died after being taken ill during the club’s abandoned Championship fixture against Portsmouth. The fan was treated by medical staff in the stands before being taken to hospital, but it was later confirmed the person had passed away.The 12.30pm kick-off was paused in the 12th minute, when the score was goalless, after the referee Matthew Donohue was made aware
  
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• Il Etait Temps shows his time is now with stunning display in Tingle Creek

  06-12-2025 16:56
  Odds-on favourite victorious by nine lengths at SandownJonbon, winner for past two years, comes home secondIl Etait Temps, odds-on at 8-11, made it plain his trainer, Willie Mullins, will not relinquish his UK trainers’ championship without a struggle. He ran out a convincing winner of the Grade One Tingle Creek Chase here on Saturday, with Jonbon next across the line and L’Eau Du Sud, trained by the title-race leader, Dan Skelton, third.The race was a three-cornered contest on paper
  
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• F1 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix: Verstappen takes pole in qualifying for the season finale – as it happened

  06-12-2025 16:41
  Lando Norris will start his quest to be crowned world champion from second on the grid after Max Verstappen put his Red Bull on pole with a magical qualifying lap in Abu DhabiNico Rosberg cannot believe Hamilton went off in FP3 when all by himself, in the dry. It really is very sad to see one of the greats struggling like this.We are 15 minutes from the start of qualifying. Continue reading...
  
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• F1 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix: Verstappen takes pole in qualifying for the season finale – live

  06-12-2025 16:19
  • Follow qualifying updates, 2pm GMT start in the desert
  • Sign up for The Recap newsletter | And email PhilipNico Rosberg cannot believe Hamilton went off in FP3 when all by himself, in the dry. It really is very sad to see one of the greats struggling like this.We are 15 minutes from the start of qualifying. Continue reading...
  
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• Noah Caluori shows his speed to help Saracens thrash depleted Clermont

  06-12-2025 16:16
  Saracens 47-10 Clermont AuvergneSarries run in seven tries in Champions Cup openerThis was never in doubt. On a grey, sodden day in north London, Clermont Auvergne initially defended with spirit before reverting to a more stereotypically French model for playing away from home and fell to a heavy 47-10 defeat.A depleted, callow squad always looked likely to struggle against a Saracens side crammed with international quality, even despite the absence of England’s Maro Itoje, Ben Earl and Ja
  
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• Aston Villa 2-1 Arsenal: Premier League – as it happened

  06-12-2025 16:10
  Emi Buendia kept his head amidst chaotic penalty box scenes to win a throughly entertaining game with the final kick and move his side up to second placeRead Ben Fisher’s match report from a jubilant Villa Park 1 min: Arsenal launch the ball forward down the right flank, win a throw-in and then concede a free-kick. From near the corner flag, Emi Martinez wellies the ball upfield as hard as he can.1 min: Arsenal get the ball rolling in what could be a thrilling game, their players wearing w
  
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• Tottenham v Brentford, Manchester City v Sunderland, and more: football – live

  06-12-2025 15:51
  ⚽ Premier League 3pm GMT kick-off updates and beyond
  ⚽ Live scores | Table | Follow us on Bluesky | Email JohnEverton: Pickford, O’Brien, Keane, Tarkowski, Mykolenko, Garner, Dewsbury-Hall, Ndiaye, Alcaraz, Grealish, Barry. Subs: Travers, King, Patterson, McNeil, Beto, Dibling, Aznou, Campbell.Nottm Forest: Sels, Savona, Milenkovic, Morato, Williams, Sangare, Anderson, Ndoye, Gibbs-White, Hutchinson, Igor Jesus. Subs: John Victor, Hudson-Odoi, Kalimuendo, Dominguez, Yates, Jair
  
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• Aston Villa 2-1 Arsenal: Premier League – live

  06-12-2025 15:46
  Emi Buendia kept his head amidst chaotic penalty box scenes to win a throughly entertaining game with the final kick and move his side up to second place1 min: Arsenal launch the ball forward down the right flank, win a throw-in and then concede a free-kick. From near the corner flag, Emi Martinez wellies the ball upfield as hard as he can.1 min: Arsenal get the ball rolling in what could be a thrilling game, their players wearing white shirts, with burgundy shorts and socks. Villa are in their
  
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• Villa’s Buendía scores with last kick of the game to stun leaders Arsenal

  06-12-2025 15:43
  Mikel Arteta had acknowledged the hazards that awaited Arsenal, the Premier League’s pacesetters, at Villa Park. Aston Villa inflicted irrecoverable damage on his side in January, Unai Emery’s team rallying from two goals down to earn a point at the Emirates Stadium, a result that left Arsenal lagging behind Liverpool and with too much ground to make up in the title race. Two seasons ago Villa did the double over Arsenal, two late goals earning an away victory in the final weeks of t
  
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• Arsenal 2-1 Liverpool: Women’s Super League – live

  06-12-2025 15:38
  ⚽ WSL updates from the 12pm GMT kick-off in London
  ⚽ Scores | Table | Get Moving the Goalposts | Mail EmilliaA cheeky shout out to my sister-in-law Sarah at her first football match today with my nephew Cillian and their friends Sarah and Lola.In response to the reporting on Arsenal’s dressing room culture, manager Renee Slegers said she didn’t agree with it but didn’t deny the claims of difficulties, stressing that high performance environments can be “very c
  
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• Starc’s ‘golden summer’ that can’t be stopped; brutal 71-year low laid bare — Gabba Test Day 3 Talking Points

  06-12-2025 14:03 via foxsports.com.au
  Australia is on the verge of taking a 2-0 lead in the Ashes series after an all-round masterclass from Mitchell Starc on day three at the Gabba.
  
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• Mitchell Starc’s bat-and-ball double whammy at dusk propels Australia into the light | Geoff Lemon

  06-12-2025 13:47
  England endured their tormentor’s late batting stand and when tourists surrendered to 97 for three the bowler attackedIf you really squinted – perhaps with the aid of a 36-hour plane trip or a handful of 1970s anxiety medication – there was a time when you could have claimed England had pulled off a tactical masterstroke. When the looming threat of the day was Mitchell Starc bowling in the gloaming at around 6pm Brisbane time, perhaps the smart play was to let him bat in the ho
  
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• Lewis Hamilton crashes ahead of qualifying in Abu Dhabi

  06-12-2025 13:39 via theage.com.au
  
  Ferrari's Lewis Hamilton found himself spinning out of control and into the wall at turn nine during practice in Abu Dhabi.
  
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• Opetaia drops Cinkara with lethal left hand

  06-12-2025 13:35 via theage.com.au
  
  Jai Opetaia drops warhorse Huseyin Cinkara with his lethal left hand.
  
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• Jai Opetaia walks into the ring to fight Huseyin Cinkara

  06-12-2025 13:24 via smh.com.au
  
  The crowd roars as undefeated Jai Opetaia walks into the ring for his highly-anticipated fight against Huseyin Cinkara.
  
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• Opetaia pushed hard by warhorse Cinkara

  06-12-2025 13:19 via smh.com.au
  
  Jai Opetaia is pushed hard by warhorse Huseyin Cinkara.
  
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