Plus: the 91 club revisited, more international strike rates and an archive update on squad numbersMail us your questions or tweet @TheKnowledge_GU“Now that Lionel Messi and Sergio Ramos are playing together at PSG, it made me wonder: do they hold the …
Tokyo 2020 Paralympics day one: swimming, cycling, wheelchair rugby and more – live!
First medals on offer on packed opening day in TokyoGames schedule | Results | Medal table | Full coverageSign up for the Guardian’s daily Paralympic briefingEmail Geoff, tweet @GeoffLemonSport or comment below 12.05pm BST Table tennis: Australia’s Jak…
Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games: opening ceremony – live updates!
Opening ceremony begins in Tokyo at 8pm (12pm BST)Read Paul MacInnes’ preview | Day-by-day guideAnd you can email Paul or tweet @campbellwpaul 11.29am BST What we have in store over the next fortnightMy colleague Paul MacInnes, who is in Japan for the …
Female athletes from Afghanistan leave Kabul after being granted Australian visas
• Group of 77 included Afghanistan women’s football team• Players suffered beatings and had to pass Taliban checkpointsA group of 77 Afghani athletes and family members, including members of the Afghanistan women’s national football team, youth team an…
The Spin | England’s top order quacking and creaking into history of the duck
Getting out without scoring any runs is an an occupational hazard for a batter and there is no escaping the ignominyCricket is both cosy and cruel. On the surface it can appear all polite applause (“clap the new batsman in, chaps”) and taking tea in fl…
Football transfer rumours: Arsenal to sell Aubameyang? Richarlison to PSG?
Today’s gossip is back in the grooveYou know the sound a star makes when it explodes deep in space? Well that’s the same sound that was made here on Earth when Arsenal let it be known they would listen to offers for Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang. That’s ri…
Barrow hope to blow Aston Villa off course in Carabao Cup | Ben Fisher
Mark Cooper’s side host Premier League opposition for the first time in their history in Tuesday’s second-round tie“We’ve been described as the last outpost of the British Empire. It is a 40-mile cul-de-sac,” the Barrow chairman, Paul Hornby, says of t…
TV tonight: David Morrissey returns in Jez Butterworth’s Britannia
Morrissey and Mackenzie Crook continue to fight it out three years after the Roman invasion. Plus: Paralympics Opening Ceremony Live. Here’s what to watch this eveningA third series for Jez Butterworth’s daft but engaging semi-historical drama. Three y…
West Ham 4-1 Leicester City: Premier League – live reaction!
Minute-by-minute report from the 8pm BST kick-offPremier League: 10 talking points from the weekend’s actionSend Rob your thoughts and questions 9.55pm BST Peep peep! West Ham go top of the embryonic Premier League table after thumping ten-man Leiceste…
Ian Botham appointed UK trade ambassador to Australia
Former England cricketer and crossbench peer will ‘bat for business down under’, says Liz TrussIan Botham, the former England cricketer and crossbench peer, has been appointed a UK trade ambassador to Australia, the government has announced.He is one o…