Rob Bagchi

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After Alex Zverev and Nick Kyrgios, Jenson Brooksby has become the third ATP Tour player in recent weeks to strike out in anger

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Other managers might be more rigorous and intense but none command affection from great players like Ancelotti

As England’s new generation of Lionesses prepare for the Euro 2022 final at Wembley, we take a look back at their first European showpiece

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By Matt Law, Football News Correspondent at Stamford Bridge

Champions Manchester City started where they left off with an emphatic 3-0 victory over promoted Burnley at Turf Moor on a troubling night for the hosts off the field in which a spectator was apprehended for throwing an object at City’s Rico Lewis and another was arrested for trying to run on to the pitch.

England draw with Ukraine in Euro 2024 qualifier after Kyle Walker equaliser

Newcastle United have stopped a run of three defeats with a 1-0 victory over Brentford by virtue of a Callum Wilson penalty.

Liverpool ultimately started their Europa League campaign with a victory which for an hour seemed unlikely.

A first Tyne-Wear derby since 2016 and the first time Sunderland have been pulled out to play Newcastle in the FA Cup since beating them in a quarter-final in 1956 was the pick of the third-round draw for the 2023-24 tournament.

The success of this tour was always going to be less about how Bazball fared on turning pitches and more about how England’s spinners compete with their Indian counterparts.

Jasprit Bumrah knocking over the off stump one final time to confirm an India victory by 106 runs felt like a symbolic way to level a fine series that is bubbling up to be a classic.

It was a day that had a very English feel to it with cool sunny weather, a fresh breeze blowing down the valley and a horrible batting collapse.

Ben Stokes provided an Ian Botham moment of scene-stealing drama to announce his return as an all-rounder but even that could not disguise a day of methodical screw-turning by India.

There may yet be a vulnerability that others will exploit in Manchester City’s last five Premier League games of this title race, although it should be said that on this occasion Roberto De Zerbi, one of the Pep Guardiola disciples of the era, never got close to finding it.

Just think of the pressure.

Failure of Leeds to secure promotion meant release clause was activated for home-grown talent, with club ‘heartbroken at his departure’

The pain goes on.