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Sep 26, 2026 - Sports

Club’s owners FSG move swiftly to fill key postMove comes amid upheaval in Anfield hierarchyLiverpool have appointed Julian Ward as their sporting director for a second time after the departure of Richard Hughes to Al-Hilal. Ward, who was Liverpool’s sporting director for the 2022-23 season, has spent the past two years as technical director for Fenway Sports Group, the club’s owners.The process of finding a successor to Hughes, who left for the Saudi Pro League after two and a half years at Anfield when the summer transfer window ended, was led by the FSG president, Mike Gordon. Continue reading...

Sep 26, 2026 - Sports

Our writers pick the champion, key players and dark horses as the WNBA postseason tips off on SundayAt least big-picture, as the end of one era of the league and the beginning of another, in part because of Cathy Engelbert’s announcement earlier this month that she will step down as commissioner at the end of this year. It’s fair to say this season has been a microcosm of her up-and-down seven-year tenure: more growth than ever, excellent basketball, breakthroughs for a new generation of stars, and high highs, but also low lows – refereeing controversies and manufactured culture-war hysterics chief among them. EB Continue reading...

Sep 26, 2026 - Sports

We analyse what City must do to appeal, why even that might not be the end of the legal wrangling, and the potential penalties if the verdict is upheldManchester City have been found guilty of the vast majority of the 134 disciplinary charges brought against them by the Premier League. Continue reading...

Sep 26, 2026 - Sports

Britons Tom Pidcock and Oscar Onley also among the contenders for world road race title in Slovenian’s absenceIn a world road championships marked by the absence of Tadej Pogacar, Tom Pidcock and Oscar Onley will lead British hopes in the men’s elite road race on Sunday. But for either to claim the rainbow jersey, they must beat a determined Remco Evenepoel, a man on a mission in Montreal.Pogacar is recovering after a heavy crash in the Vuelta a España and Pidcock and Onley are among a large group of contenders, headed by Paul Seixas of France, Evenepoel and Isaac del Toro of Mexico, all seeking to capitalise on the Slovenian’s absence.  Continue reading...

Sep 26, 2026 - Sports

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