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Abell, Thomas fifties shore up Somerset against buoyant Glamorgan

Teenager Tom Norton takes three-for on debut as home side chip away

James Taylor six-for limits Gloucestershire after Ben Charlesworth 85

Hosts lose last five wickets for addition of just 16 runs as Kent bowlers finally gain their reward

Hose mans pumps as Raine reigns in the rain

Stokes claims two wickets in successful return from injury

Shaky RR brace for GT challenge as race for top four heats up

A win for GT will catapult them from five to two on the points table; a big enough win for RR means they can even go top

Carson, Robinson star but Sussex rue dropped catches

Holland and Scriven make half-centuries to rescue visitors' innings

Lehmann, Brown resist as Cook, Mulder fire for Essex

Hampshire hit back with late breakthroughs on 12-wicket day

Clarke century steers Notts as Worrall takes five

Haynes 82 keeps champions in strong position against familiar rivals

Higgins, Roland-Jones lead line as Jennings battles for Lancashire

Middlesex seamers make most of conditions before James Anderson strikes twice to lift home side

Jack White leads strong seam effort as Yorkshire take upper hand

Four-wicket haul from attack leader sees Warwickshire rolled despite Sam Hain's battling fifty

'We were a bit unlucky' - Abbas defends Pakistan's decision to bowl first

"I don't think it was a frustrating day. At some points we didn't bowl well, but at other points we really bowled well"

Real Madrid in crisis - inside the conflict and chaos at the Bernabeu

BBC Sport examines a torrid week for Real Madrid with the iconic club on the brink of a second successive trophyless season.

Somerset sign Jordan Hermann as County Championship cover

South African batter will be available for three fixtures either side of SA A tour

How reading the Guardian led to a million-pound move for Cornish Pirates

Article about second-tier rugby club last December piqued interest of American private equity firm “I think my family already thought I was crazy so this is nothing new,” says Kenn Moritz from his home office in faraway Pittsburgh. The Moritz family may have a point. Given all those baseball, footba...

Football Daily | Real Madrid and some truly toxic vibes. Next up … El Clásico

Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now!This feels like a good day to distract ourselves from [gestures in general direction of outside world] … so let’s check in on the latest events at Real Madrid. Have they finally found dressing-room harmony? Ah. Eek. Oh boy. Two statements from the c...

Mahika Gaur out of New Zealand ODIs with foot fracture

Alice Capsey also missing for series opener in Durham as she recovers from illness

Unchanged KKR bowl first, Vipraj and Mukesh return for DC

Karun Nair and T Natarajan were left out by DC

Liverpool's worrying lack of creativity under Slot analysed

BCCI pulls up IPL teams and owners for misconduct, protocol breaches during the season

The advisory said "unauthorised visitors" in hotel rooms posed risks to players getting "compromised" and limited owner interactions with players during a live match

Shakira is back on the football field with 'Dai Dai', the anthem of the 2026 FIFA World Cup

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Shanto, Mominul make it Bangladesh's day

Pakistan chose to bowl and got the openers cheaply before two big partnerships kept their bowlers at bay

Shanto ton, Mominul fifty frustrate Pakistan in second session of Mirpur Test

Shanto made 101 before falling just moments before the tea break

ITF upholds Belarus suspension

Tennis's body said its stance remained unchanged despite IOC decision

Shanto ton put Bangladesh in command

The hosts reached 301-4 at stumps on day 1

'It is frustrating' - Miller waits for his turn as DC risk slipping out of playoff race

"This is not my first IPL, so I kind of understand the make-up," David Miller says of being left out of the DC playing XI