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The best of the week
A revolution decades in the making  
How the Spanish women’s team fought back
How the Spanish women’s team fought back
David Squires on …  
Rubiales and the gaslighting scandal in Spanish football
Rubiales and the gaslighting scandal in Spanish football
Bukayo Saka  
Nothing worth having is easy. It’s about how much you want it
Nothing worth having is easy. It’s about how much you want it
Maggie Alphonsi  
There weren’t many black girls like me who played rugby
There weren’t many black girls like me who played rugby
‘They’re big, bad bullies’  
New York’s bitter fight over a 34,000-seat cricket stadium
New York’s bitter fight over a 34,000-seat cricket stadium
Midnight runners  
The athletes up late to beat the scorching heat
The athletes up late to beat the scorching heat
Comment and analysis
Football must look at how individuals such as Rubiales acquire absolute power
Football must look at how individuals such as Rubiales acquire absolute power
Suzanne Wrack
Royal Spanish Football Federation officials can stick their heads in the sand by defending Luis Rubiales but that will not happen without consequence
Fiasco of bans has zero effect on rugby’s looming apocalypse
Michael Aylwin
Golf exposed to gambling with little sign of PGA handling issue
Ewan Murray
Watch and listen
How Spain hit back after World Cup kiss
The Rubiales saga  
How Spain hit back after World Cup kiss
Luis Rubiales' actions have been at the centre of discussion for the Spanish FA, the Spanish government and the public.
Football Weekly  
Rubiales and Spain: what happens now?
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From the vault
Great bails of fire  
Andrew Flintoff, interviewed in 2004
Andrew Flintoff, interviewed in 2004
Coming up this weekend
Friday continues with live coverage of transfer deadline day, right up to the 11pm (all times BST) cut-off, while we'll also have minute-by-minute updates from the Premier League clash between Luton and West Ham (8pm), plus England v New Zealand in the second men's T20 cricket international (6pm) and day five of the US Open tennis in New York.

Into Saturday and we kick off with Sheffield United's crunch Premier League clash at home to Everton (12.30pm), followed by our clockwatch (3pm) which will take in Manchester City v Fulham, among other games. Brighton v Newcastle follows at 5.30pm, while we'll be back at Flushing Meadows for day six of the US Open (from 4pm), along with updates from England's second women's T20 international against Sri Lanka (2.30pm).

There's more football on Sunday, with a bruised Rangers hosting Celtic in the Glasgow derby at 12pm, before Arsenal entertain Manchester United in the weekend's big Premier League game at 4.30pm. The US Open continues from 4pm, while we'll also have County Championship cricket updates from 10.30am, plus over-by-over coverage of England v New Zealand in their third T20 international from 2.30pm. And as if that all wasn't enough, the F1 season continues apace with the Italian GP at Monza. The lights go green at 2pm.
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