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The best of the week

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I enjoyed taking flak and proving people wrong the next week

Courtney Dauwalter
How the US athlete became ultrarunning’s GOAT

Football
‘The challenge attracted me’: Peter Odemwingie’s move to golf pro

Boxing
Dubois’s pitiless victory should be final defeat of Joshua's career

Baseball
Everyone loses as the Athletics leave Oakland for good with win

Comment and analysis

Clark must keep condemning her toxic ‘fans’ projecting racism and hate

Etan Thomas

Calling out the toxic element in her fan base is no small burden, but with Caitlin Clark’s great fame comes great responsibility

Players want to fix football's calendar. Why not dream bigger?

Jonathan Liew

Surrey offer blueprint for county cricket success in 21st century

Andy Bull

Watch and listen

Extreme sports
Motorcyclist paraglides over the Alps in first ever ‘Ride and Fly’

The glide was the 39-year-old's latest feat after he parachuted his motorbike off a 135-metre cliff in 2021

Football Weekly Extra
Manchester United stumble and will City cope without Rodri?

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Coming up this weekend

The weekend's live action is due to get under way on Friday afternoon, with the fourth men's ODI between England and Australia (12.30pm, all times BST). Into the evening and we'll have updates from 7.30pm as WSL newcomers Crystal Palace take on champions Chelsea.

We kick off Saturday's live action at 8.05am as New Zealand entertain Australia in the Bledisloe Cup. Next up at 10.30am comes our rolling blog on day three from the final round of the county cricket season. At 11.30am we'll also be in the saddle for live updates on the women's road race at the cycling world championship. Then it's football all the way, with Newcastle v Manchester City in the Premier League (12.30pm), our football clockwatch at 3pm and then Wolves v Liverpool from 5.30pm.

We're up and at it early on Sunday with the men's cycling road race from 9.30am. We'll bring you updates on the final day of the County Championship season from 10.30am, and sticking with cricket, it's the fifth men's ODI between England and Australia at 11am. Then Everton v Manchester United will be the lead game in our WSL clockwatch at 2pm and at the same time we'll also bring you minute-by-minute updates of Ipswich v Aston Villa in the Premier League. Rounding off the weekend's live offerings is Manchester United v Tottenham in the Premier League at 4.30pm.

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