Opinion | "Call me a cynic, but nothing will change. Even if there is a slight climbdown, the trend is set in stone. They have taken our game and they are trying to sell it back to us at an eye-watering cost," writes Daniel Storey trib.al/ymnXrak

Opinion | "Just a hunch: I think we might hear the phrase 'biggest World Cup ever' quite a lot over the next six months," writes Daniel Storey trib.al/kzTqXg9

The former footballer and 'Soccer Saturday' presenter opens up about his speech apraxia, not going to the GP for 20 years - and not knowing how to use the dishwasher trib.al/xUOV1AO

The out-of-favour Egyptian suggests he could play his final game next week after a breakdown in his relationship with Slot - before then referencing Jamie Carragher trib.al/quLA6L2

Opinion | "It isn’t meant to be like this, dispiriting decisions played out on a loop while we’re expected to gobble it up without questioning the taste," writes Daniel Storey trib.al/sflX7J5

"Performative, cruel and bullying, this was not the behaviour becoming of an Australia captain"

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"England are looking to the future - Earps has resigned herself to the past"

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Reinforced toilets, a scramble for noodles and the sight of 400lbs wrestlers on Lime bikes

@kat-lucas.bsky.social finds out how London has welcomed the Grand Sumo Tournament: trib.al/MeXNR3l

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