How we rated the Man Utd players in the Community Shield

Manuel Akanji nets penalty for 7-6 shootout win after 1-1 draw

The 21-year-old from Huddersfield finished tied with Cheick Sallah Cisse but progressed via a higher number of unscored punches.

The 21-year-old joins the Bees with the Reds turning a hefty profit on the former Fulham starlet

Williams turned fourth place into bronze with his last two dives in the 10m platform final.

France 87-98 USA: The dream final was won by the defending champions, as LeBron James, Steph Curry, Kevin Durant starred to secure a fifth straight gold medal

The Kenyan great gave an uncertain assessment of his future as an Olympic marathon runner after a disastrous race in Paris

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Evans missed the decisive kick.

The 24-year-old added another medal after teaming up with Tom Daley to land synchro silver in Paris

Manuel Akanji scored the winning penalty as Manchester City ended their Community Shield losing streak

Australia lose 11-9 after comeback fails to materialise in ParisWait goes on to secure first gold since Sydney Games in 2000In the pool in Paris, as they sought to repeat the gold medal miracle of Sydney 2000, the Australian women’s water polo team have ridden their luck. In the run to Saturday’s final, three shootouts, including one which went to sudden …

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At Versailles the horse riding element was seen for a final time as uncertainty swirls around the sport “Today, we salute our horses and the men and women who ride them,” says the announcer, introducing the women’s modern pentathlon semi-finals in the historic town of Versailles just outside Paris. The sport has been part of the Games for 112 years, …

Refugee team lifter sets PBs in men’s 102kg eventBristol-based athlete aims to represent Britain in 2028It is not the most conventional route to the Olympics, but Ramiro Mora Romero’s background as an acrobat at a Blackpool circus added a little sparkle to his first Olympic outing at the South Paris Arena.Mora Romero, a Cuban refugee living in Bristol, …

Club honour goalkeeper Matija Sarkic, who died in JuneMiddlesbrough 1-0 Swansea; Cardiff 0-2 SunderlandMillwall lost 3-2 at home to Watford in their opening match but the pre‑match tributes to their goalkeeper Matija Sarkic, who died aged 26 in June, put the defeat into perspective. Neil Harris, the Millwall manager, described it as “an emotionally …

City will host Games for third time in its historyBusinesses will be asked to allow home workingThe Los Angeles mayor, Karen Bass, has said the 2028 Olympics will be a “no-car Games” as the city prepares to host the event in four years’ time.Bass and Casey Wasserman, the chairman of the LA 2028 organizing committee, highlighted some of the planning …

Slovenian great fights through injury for title‘If I’m missing a hand or a finger, I will climb’Janja Garnbret is the greatest competition climber of all time. For eight years, since the age of 17, she has dominated opponents with a level of ruthlessness that should put her in the same category as Simone Biles. Having navigated the near-crippling …

By the end of August few will remember much about the Community Shield but Manchester City enjoyed winning this curtain-raiser. They lost the FA Cup final to United in May but fought back late on and kept calmest from the spot.Two substitutes – Alejandro Garnacho and Bernardo Silva – traded late goals in a forgettable encounter but it was fitting …

Team GB heptathlon star Katarina Johnson-Thompson has lifted the lid on why she wore a tiara after claiming a silver medal in the women's heptathlon at the Olympics.