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The young British table tennis player, roared on by an army of fans, fell short of the final but has much to be proud aboutTable tennis is the game of the youth club and the hostel, the campsite and the school gym, the park and the prison. It is also played by elite ­athletes with rubber wrists and ­quicksilver reflexes, like ­14-year-old British …

Appointment signals rebrand for national teamHarry Wilson: ‘When we click, we can be a real threat’Harry Wilson’s first game for his country was Craig Bellamy’s last, a draw in Brussels that capped a fruitless 2014 World Cup qualifying campaign. A few days earlier, Wales beat Macedonia, Bellamy laying the ball on for Simon Church to score the only …

The Test coach will take over the white-ball sides from January and hopes to form a winning partnership with Jos Buttler

Midfielder praises tactics and man-managementNottingham Forest player adds: ‘He really deserves it’Morgan Gibbs-White believes Lee Carsley has the tactical and man-management smarts to secure the England manager’s job on a full-time basis. The Nottingham Forest attacking midfielder knows Carsley well from playing under him at under-21 level with …

Everything you need to know ahead of the Diamond League meeting

No 1 pick the fastest player to hit 100 three-pointersFirst WNBA rookie to notch multiple triple-doublesCaitlin Clark became the fastest player in WNBA history to reach 100 three-pointers in a season and finished with 24 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists for her second career triple-double as the playoff-bound Indiana Fever beat the Los Angeles Sparks 93-86 …

Victor Adeboyejo aggravated a back issue to add to Bolton’s injury problems

Calf injury rules captain out of Australia T20I seriesPhil Salt to lead England for first timeBrendon McCullum has backed Jos Buttler to captain England back to white-ball prominence, insisting he is confident the 33-year-old is the right man to lead the limited-overs teams. But he also suggested Buttler has been hampered by the fact he is “not naturally …

England face Sri Lanka face off in the third Test at the Oval as the hosts look to complete the series whitewash

Football department scrutinising style of playManager safe for now with injuries and signings in mindErik ten Hag’s game model has to start impressing Manchester United’s Ineos-led football department or he is in danger of being removed, with the style of play this season viewed as underwhelming. United entered the international break having won once and …

Romeo Lavia and Wesley Fofana have also been excluded after injury-troubled campaigns last season

Striker won 224 US caps and scored 123 goalsFinal game will be for San Diego Wave on 8 SeptemberThe two-time World Cup-winning USWNT forward Alex Morgan has announced her retirement from football at the age of 35.The San Diego Wave forward, who also helped her country win Olympic gold in 2012, won the Champions League with Lyon in 2017 and lifted national …

Spurs midfielder Alfie Devine has joined Westerlo on a season-long loan

King George winning-trainer banned for 10 monthsExposed carcass was seen widely on social mediaJohn “Shark” Hanlon, who saddled Hewick to record a memorable success in the King George VI Chase at Kempton on Boxing Day, has had his licence suspended for 10 months by the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board after an incident in June when a dead horse was …

Josh Hull makes his England debut while Joe Root is chasing more records.

Those familiar with the 50-year-old as a player and coach outline the qualities Southgate’s successor brings to the jobIf there was a precise moment when Kevin Kilbane knew his old friend was destined for the top, it came in 2016. Lee Carsley had been travelling from his home in the Midlands to stay at his former Everton and Republic of Ireland …

The striker concludes a playing career that included two World Cup triumphs and an Olympic gold

Tennis is still the main attraction at the US Open. But it has become more of a background feature at a monument to conspicuous consumption and wealthThe latest harbinger of doom at the US Open isn’t a bad call or a broken superstition. It’s tennis balls the size of a pumpkin.As the action on court winds towards the finish, hordes of children can be …

Rose helped Europe regain the trophy in Rome last year.