Australia have appointed former batter Michael Hussey as a long-term batting consultant as they prepare for the 2027 Ashes and upcoming international tournaments. He will begin work with the team during its five-match T20 series against England, starting on 21 November.
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Hussey will support Australia in Test, T20 and one-day international cricket.
Australia's recent Test results include a 1-1 home series draw with Bangladesh and a 2-1 loss in South Africa.
Australia will play New Zealand at home and India away before facing England in the 2027 Ashes.
The five-match Ashes series is scheduled to run from 18 June to 2 August 2027.
Hussey will also work with Australia ahead of the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics and the 2028 T20 World Cup.
Hussey played 79 Tests for Australia, averaging 51.52 runs, and also represented the country in 185 ODIs and 38 T20s.
He is head coach of Welsh Fire in the men's Hundred and has worked with Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League.
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Wayne Rooney won pundit of the year at the Broadcast Sport Awards after working as a football broadcaster following his playing and managerial careers. He said broadcasting has been harder than he expected and that he seeks feedback to improve.
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Rooney received the award at a ceremony in London attended by 650 people from the sports television industry.
Rooney made his full-time pundit debut on Match of the Day in August 2025.
During the 2026 World Cup final, Rooney criticized the 27-minute half-time show, which featured Madonna, BTS, Shakira and Justin Bieber.
Rooney said he has sought advice from television executives and former players who work as pundits.
Rooney said criticism from viewers motivates him to improve.
Rooney played for England at three World Cups and won the Champions League, Europa League, five Premier League titles, the FA Cup and three League Cups.
Rooney managed Derby County, DC United, Birmingham City and Plymouth Argyle.
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Celtic beat Besiktas 3-2 in the Europa League after substitutes Callum Osmand and Camilo Duran changed the game. Osmand equalized soon after coming on, and Duran scored twice after moving into the centre-forward role.
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Celtic were trailing 1-0 when manager Martin O’Neill brought on Osmand and Duran after an hour.
Osmand scored with his first touch, 43 seconds after entering the match.
Duran put Celtic ahead in the 77th minute after Osmand set him up.
Besiktas’ Orkun Kokcu equalized, but Duran scored again two minutes later to secure Celtic’s win.
It was Celtic’s first Europa League win of the season, according to the article.
Duran scored twice in about 30 minutes, while Kasper Hogh had no shots and one touch in the Besiktas penalty area during 77 minutes.
Hogh, signed from Bodo/Glimt for a reported £11 million, has failed to score in 16 of his 17 Celtic appearances.
Osmand’s goal was the first time a Celtic substitute had scored twice in a European match since Johannes Edvaldsson in 1977, excluding qualifying rounds.
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The Jacksonville Jaguars are set to face the Baltimore Ravens in a Thursday Night Football matchup. ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler previews Baltimore’s quarterback injuries and Trevor Lawrence’s strong start to the season.
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The matchup is between the Jacksonville Jaguars and Baltimore Ravens.
The game is scheduled for Thursday Night Football.
The article was published on November 5, 2026.
ESPN reporter Jeremy Fowler previewed the matchup.
The preview discusses injuries to Baltimore’s quarterbacks.
The preview highlights Trevor Lawrence’s strong start to the season.
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Spanish footballer Jesus de Miguel was laid to rest two days after his death. The 30-year-old striker suffered cardiac arrest after an on-field collision during a second-division game.
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Jesus de Miguel was a Spanish footballer.
De Miguel was 30 years old.
He played as a striker.
He was laid to rest two days after his death.
He suffered cardiac arrest after an on-field collision.
The collision happened during a second-division game.
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LIV Golf said it will wind down after its bankruptcy debtors abandoned a proposed reorganization. The Saudi-backed league could not secure agreement on a new investment plan, while key players left or pursued exits.
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LIV Golf filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Sept. 8.
Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund said it would stop funding LIV after the 2026 season, after investing more than $5 billion since the league launched.
BC Partners Credit offered $300 million for a proposed restructuring called LIV 2.0, but the parties did not reach mutually acceptable terms.
Jon Rahm agreed to give up claims reportedly worth about $100 million to leave his LIV contract.
Brooks Koepka chose to return to the PGA Tour.
The European tour said players joining a restructured LIV would not qualify for European tour membership.
LIV launched in 2022 with 54-hole events, shotgun starts and $25 million in individual and team prize funds.
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The WTA apologized after practice-session microphones at the WTA Finals livestreamed players’ conversations without informing them. It said it would keep streaming practices but remove audio, and accepted responsibility for failing to put safeguards in place.
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Jessica Pegula was heard calling Mirra Andreeva a “diva” and criticizing her attitude and coach, Conchita Martínez.
Pegula also said Andreeva could be better than Coco Gauff if she had the same mentality.
The WTA said it had intended the microphones to capture ambient court sounds.
The tour said it failed to ensure players and their teams knew the microphones were active.
The WTA said future practice-session livestreams would have no audio.
The WTA Finals feature the top eight singles players and doubles teams of the year and begin on Sunday.
Pegula and Andreeva are in different groups and could meet only in the semifinals.
The article says the incident follows earlier concerns about filming players in backstage areas at the Australian Open.
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British tennis player Jodie Burrage says online abuse and threats are common after matches, including after her recent loss to Indian wildcard Vaishnavi Adkar in Chennai. She shared screenshots to draw attention to the abuse and called for social media platforms to make users more accountable.
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Burrage lost 3-6, 6-3, 7-5 to Adkar in her first WTA Tour singles match in 16 months.
Burrage said she received messages promising punishment and threatening her life after the match.
She said abuse follows her whether she wins or loses, and described it as a regular problem for tennis players.
A WTA and World Tennis report based on 2025 data found that angry gamblers were responsible for 42% of verified abuse detected.
Burrage said social media accounts should require identification so users face greater accountability.
Threat Matrix monitors social media posts directed at players and can alert platforms or law enforcement about threats.
Burrage’s singles ranking rose to 474 after reaching a low of 888 in July; injury kept her out of singles for nine months.
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An Al Jazeera report by Samantha Johnson asks whether football could change its rules after the death of Jesus de Miguel. It looks to rule changes made in the NFL, rugby, Formula 1 and cricket after high-speed collisions for possible lessons.
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The article focuses on Jesus de Miguel’s death.
Al Jazeera’s Samantha Johnson presents the report.
The report asks whether football could change after the death.
It points to rule changes in the NFL following high-speed collisions.
It also cites changes in rugby, Formula 1 and cricket.
The report asks what football can learn from those sports.
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Cristiano Ronaldo announced that he is retiring from Portugal’s national team after a 23-year international career. He scored a record 146 goals in 234 appearances for Portugal and will continue playing at club level with Al-Nassr.
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Ronaldo said he was handing Portugal’s No. 7 shirt to the next generation.
His international career began in August 2003.
He scored 146 goals in 234 appearances for Portugal, setting the men’s international scoring record.
Portugal won Euro 2016 and the Nations League in 2019 and 2025 during his career.
Portugal qualified for every World Cup and European Championship held during Ronaldo’s time with the national team.
His final Portugal appearance was a 1-0 win over Wales on Sept. 24.
The Portuguese soccer federation said it plans to organize a tribute to Ronaldo.
Ronaldo is pursuing his 1,000th career goal and has scored 985, according to the article.
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Concacaf will change the Gold Cup group stage for the 2027 tournament, replacing four groups of four teams with two groups of eight. Teams will play four group-stage matches, and a seeding system will aim to create more matchups between highly ranked teams and make each match count toward reaching the knockout rounds.
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The Gold Cup is Concacaf’s biennial regional championship.
The 2027 tournament will be the Gold Cup’s 19th edition.
The new group stage will have two groups of eight teams instead of four groups of four.
Each team will play four group-stage matches, up from three.
Concacaf says a seeding-band system will give teams a balanced mix of opponents.
Mexico has won the Gold Cup 10 times, the United States seven times and Canada once.
The 2027 Gold Cup is scheduled to run from June 17 to July 11.
Saudi Arabia, a guest participant in 2025, is set to return in 2027.
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Gaza held the final of the “Thousand Martyrs” Cup, marking a return to organized football after nearly three years of war. The tournament honors more than 1,000 Palestinian athletes killed since October 2023 and offered players and fans a brief chance to gather amid widespread destruction.
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The tournament final took place in Gaza.
The cup marks the return of organized football after nearly three years of war.
The tournament honors more than 1,000 Palestinian athletes killed since October 2023.
Players competed amid widespread destruction.
Fans found a rare moment of joy at the event.
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Major League Soccer’s Decision Day will settle the final playoff places in the Western Conference and determine several other regular-season outcomes. Nashville SC has already clinched the Supporters’ Shield, while Sporting Kansas City could avoid finishing last and Lionel Messi is close to securing the Golden Boot.
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Nashville SC clinched the Supporters’ Shield before the final regular-season games.
Sporting Kansas City trails Montréal by three points in the race to avoid the league’s Wooden Spoon, a fan-created award for the last-place team.
If Sporting Kansas City beats San Diego and Montréal loses to Vancouver, the teams would be tied on points; MLS uses wins as the first tiebreaker, which would favor Kansas City.
Inter Miami can secure the Eastern Conference’s No. 2 seed with a win over Charlotte; a draw or loss would leave the club needing New England to lose.
Lionel Messi has 26 goals, four more than his closest challenger, and could become the first player to win the MLS Golden Boot in consecutive seasons.
All nine Eastern Conference playoff qualifiers have been decided; New York City FC, Red Bull New York and Toronto FC missed the postseason.
Six Western Conference teams are competing for the conference’s three remaining playoff places.
The LA Galaxy, in seventh place, will visit Real Salt Lake, in 11th, in a match with playoff implications.
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Spain mourned Tenerife player Jesus de Miguel at his funeral in Navahermosa on Thursday. He died in hospital after suffering cardiac arrest following an on-field collision during a second-division match on Monday.
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De Miguel was 30 years old.
He collided with Andorra goalkeeper Jesus Owono while challenging for a high ball.
Spain coach Luis de la Fuente and Real Madrid President Florentino Perez attended the funeral.
The town hall declared three days of mourning and lowered flags to half-staff.
Police opened a routine investigation into possible involuntary manslaughter to assess whether the challenge went beyond normal play.
Clubs across Europe paid tribute to De Miguel.
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Detroit Lions linebacker Jack Campbell gave an update on an injury that left him motionless on the field last week. CBS News correspondent Nate Burleson reported on the update.
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Campbell plays linebacker for the Detroit Lions.
The injury happened last week.
Campbell was motionless on the field after the injury.
Campbell has now spoken about his injury.
Nate Burleson reported on Campbell’s update for CBS News.
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Kozo Tashima, honorary president of the Japan Football Association, said he will challenge Gianni Infantino in FIFA’s presidential election in March. Tashima said he would bring values he associates with Japanese football to global football; Infantino has the backing of the Asian Football Confederation and says most member associations support him.
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Tashima announced his candidacy on Thursday with the Japan Football Association’s support.
Tashima was Japan Football Association president from 2016 to 2024 and has served on the FIFA Council.
Former Tottenham defender Ramon Vega had also declared a challenge to Infantino.
The deadline for candidates to declare is November 18.
Infantino is seeking re-election to a fourth and final term as FIFA president.
The Asian Football Confederation endorsed Infantino last month.
Infantino has said the vast majority of member associations support him.
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Aston Villa manager Unai Emery is close to agreeing a contract extension that would keep him at the club beyond 2029 and give him a larger role in its long-term development. Talks are continuing over the deal’s details, and the club says it has a shared commitment to developing Villa under Emery’s sporting leadership.
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Emery met with Aston Villa’s leadership on Wednesday to discuss the club’s future.
The club said the talks established a commitment to working together beyond 2029.
The length and financial terms of a new deal are still under discussion.
Villa expects to announce the extension after the details are agreed, potentially after the weekend.
Emery has managed Aston Villa since October 2022 and was already contracted until 2029.
Villa has qualified for European football in each season under Emery, according to the article.
Villa is 10th in the Premier League and has won three of its first four Champions League matches.
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Jack Grealish will miss Everton’s Premier League match against Coventry on Friday after a breach of club discipline, manager David Moyes said. Moyes said the club would work with Grealish again soon but gave no timeline for his return.
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Grealish has not featured for Everton since the team’s 17 October home defeat by Chelsea.
He missed Everton’s Premier League and Carabao Cup matches against Newcastle over the past week.
The disciplinary issue is understood to involve an unauthorised absence from training.
Moyes said Grealish was unavailable for Friday’s match against Coventry.
Everton previously said Grealish was absent because of a lack of fitness.
Grealish is on loan from Manchester City and has made six appearances for Everton this season.
His contract is due to expire at the end of the season.
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Cristiano Ronaldo announced his retirement from international football after a 23-year career with Portugal, but did not give a specific reason. The announcement followed a dispute with coach Jorge Jesus over Ronaldo’s omission from two Nations League matches and conflicting accounts of what they had agreed.
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Ronaldo announced his decision on Thursday at age 41, according to the article.
The article says his international career with Portugal lasted 23 years.
Ronaldo left Portugal’s training camp on September 30 after Jesus said he would not start against Denmark.
Ronaldo had stayed on the bench for Portugal’s 2-1 Nations League win over Norway on September 27.
Ronaldo said Jesus had agreed he would miss the Norway and Denmark matches to manage his fitness.
Ronaldo said Jesus later told him he would play for 30 minutes against Norway, but did not bring him on.
Jesus said Ronaldo could return to the national team if he chose to.
Ronaldo described the retirement decision as difficult but did not state a specific reason for it.
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