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The best of the week

Ryder Cup
Behind the ropes for a front-row seat in sport’s theatre of history

‘Chris died in my arms’
NBA star Carlos Boozer on the murder that shaped his life

The Breakdown
Five big takeaways from first half of the Rugby World Cup

‘Brazil only beat us 3-0’
Ildefons Lima on his world-record, 26-year Andorra career

Moving the Goalposts
Hermoso joining Liga MX Femenil was huge, but inequalities remain

Cricket
County Championship 2023 awards: last word on the season

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Comment and analysis

Lee was part of a generation that was still rooted in community

Paul Hayward

A millionaire by the time he was 30, Francis Lee’s self-belief, pioneering spirit and determination wasn’t limited to the football pitch

AI revolution in gaming paves terrifying path to sport’s total digital dissolve

Barney Ronay

VAR threatens to plunge Premier League into conspiracy mire

John Brewin

Watch and listen

'Europe's on fire'
Ryder Cup victory celebrated with raucous bus journey

The European team celebrated wildly after securing an outstanding 16½-11½ victory over the US at the Ryder Cup

Women's Football Weekly
A record crowd and a stunning win as WSL returns

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From the vault

Breaking the law
Why we should get rid of the miss rule in snooker

Coming up this weekend

The weekend’s live action kicks off on Friday evening at 7.30pm (all times BST) when Manchester United host Arsenal in the WSL. At 8pm the Rugby World Cup hosts France will hope to book their place in the last eight by keeping their perfect record when they take on Italy in Lyon.

On to Saturday and there’s a 12.30pm start in the Premier League with Tottenham aiming to go top of the table (for a few hours at least) when they travel to Kenilworth Road to take on Luton. At 3pm, we’ll bring you goal updates on the four Premier League matches, including Everton v Bournemouth and Manchester United v Brentford, as well as the key match action elsewhere in our Saturday football clockwatch. And at 5.30pm we’ll have live coverage of Crystal Palace v Nottingham Forest. In the Rugby World Cup we have Wales v Georgia at 2pm, England – who have already qualified – taking on Samoa at 4.45pm and then there is a crucial clash at the Stade de France at 8pm, with Ireland taking on a Scotland side who will need to cause an upset to stay in the tournament. Oh, and we will also be covering the Qatar GP F1 sprint race at 6.30pm, too, when Max Verstappen could be crowned champion a day before the race proper.

On Sunday, the Cricket World Cup hosts, India, take on Australia at 9.30am in Chennai. We’ll have over-by-over coverage of that one. The WSL kicks off our football coverage with Manchester City v Chelsea at 12.30pm. It’s then on to Brighton v Liverpool in the Premier League at 2pm and a huge early-season meeting of last season’s top two, when Arsenal host Manchester City at the Emirates at 4.30pm. We’ll be across all three matches in the Rugby World Cup, with Japan v Argentina (12pm), Tonga v Romania (4.45pm) and Fiji v Portugal (8pm) and we’ll have lap-by-lap coverage of F1’s Qatar Grand Prix at 6pm.

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