Sachin Nakrani

Ronaldo dines with Donald for glamour portion of grotesque Saudi-funded spectacle | Barney Ronay A pension-pot World Cup is looming for CR9 and with Donald Trump in the White House and Mohammed bin Salman at his back, it seems this is now a safe space

“And so here we have it, the ultimate in grotesque sporting spectacles”

@barneyronay.bsky.social on Cristiano Ronaldo meeting Donald Trump at the White House. Somewhere, always, there was also Gianni Infantino and we all deserve so much better than this.

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Travis Head powers Australia to humbling Ashes Test win over England inside two days Travis Head’s crushing 123 drove Australia to their target of 205 and snared victory over England in the first Ashes Test by eight wickets

“For the first time in 104 years an Ashes Test match has been wrapped up inside just two days and England, on the receiving end of an eight-wicket thumping, may already be broken”

No messing from @ali-martin.bsky.social in Perth.

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It’s who I am, mate.

England on day one vs England on day two.

FAO: Barmy Army.

‘He keeps a clear head’: how Slot’s last slump offers blueprint for Liverpool revival Coach’s assistant during tough time at Feyenoord sees parallels with issues his former boss needs to deal with at Anfield

Arne Slot is in a slump. A crisis, even. But he’s been here before and found a way out of it, as Marino Pusic, his assistant at AZ and Feyenoord, has outlined to Arthur Renard for @sport.theguardian.com

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Rob Edwards returns to Wolves aware taking his dream job has let Boro down Wolves are bottom of the Premier League and winless, but Rob Edwards is delighted to be back

Rob Edwards did the dirty on Middlesbrough. No doubt. But reading his words on Wolves - the club and the people there - it’s hard to begrudge him this move, even if it’s almost certainly doomed to failure.

By @benfisherj.bsky.social for @sport.theguardian.com

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Ffs

Premier League clubs can no longer sell hotels or women’s team to comply with spending rules Clubs approved squad cost ratios but rejected tying spending to a multiple of the central revenue earned by the bottom-placed side

Loophole closed. We now wait for another to be forced open.

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I would right now!

Tru dat.

*smirks*

Liverpool should try and sign Trent Alexander-Arnold on an emergency loan deal.

Not hating it, tbf.

Really enjoying this one-day international.

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… time passes, things change, we all get older, but simply nothing beats seeing someone give the wanker sign on live television.

Just a wonderful bit of timing

a man in a suit and tie is sitting in front of a wooden wall and says `` here we go again '' . ALT: a man in a suit and tie is sitting in front of a wooden wall and says `` here we go again '' .

*Wakes up, checks the cricket*

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Ditto.

I know. So sad.

Gary ‘Mani’ Mounfield, the Stone Roses and Primal Scream bassist, dies aged 63 Ian Brown and Tim Burgess were among those to pay tribute to Mani, whose death was announced by his brother and nephew

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Same tbf.

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I’m on three subscriptions - Sky, TNT and Amazon - and even then there’s loads of games I have no access to. It’s only going to get worse and, like many, that will probably lead to me going entirely the other way and getting rid of the lot. Soz Nev, Fletch and Bezos. But enough is eventually enough.