Football
Barcelona beat Manchester
City 4-0 in the Champions League, with Lionel Messi scoring a hat-trick.
Despite the scoreline, this wasn’t a vintage Barca performance, and City made
numerous costly mistakes. The Spanish club only really took charge once City
goalkeeper Claudio Bravo had been sent off. City are second in their group, but
only one point ahead of Borussia Monchengladbach, who beat Celtic 2-0.
Arsenal eased past Bulgarian
side Ludogorets Razgrad, with Mesut Ozil netting three times in a 6-0 win.
Tottenham had to withstand a
second half onslaught before escaping with a 0-0 draw from their match away to
Bayer Leverkusen. Spurs are another English side currently in the top two, but
with only a one-point cushion over third place.
Leicester brushed aside their
inconsistent domestic form to beat Copenhagen 1-0 and go five points clear at
the top of their group.
Newcastle are now top of the
Championship after a 2-0 win at Barnsley. Norwich, who are one point behind,
drew 2-2 at Fulham. Long-time leaders Huddersfield slipped to fourth after
losing for the third time in five matches.
Aston Villa won 2-1 at
Reading to claim their first away win for over a year.
Hull are reported to have
conditionally agreed a £130 million takeover by a South East Asian consortium.
Midfielder Sofiane Boufal
could finally be ready to make his Southampton debut in Thursday’s Europa
League match away to Inter. The Saints’ £16 million record signing has been
sidelined with a knee injury so far.
Cricket
Ben Duckett became the eighth
different Test opening batsman to get the chance to open for England since the
retirement of Andrew Strauss. He was dismissed for just 14 in the First Test
against Bangladesh that got under way on Thursday morning in Chittagong. At tea
on the first day, England were 173-5, with Moeen Ali unbeaten on 61.
England Women won the
deciding encounter of their five match ODI series in the West Indies. Alex
Hartley took 4-24 as the West Indies were all out for 155, then Natalie
Sciver’s 58 not out led the way as England got home with five wickets and 11
overs in hand.
Durham have taken another
step to stabilise their financial position after the north-east county reached
agreement with Durham County Council for £3.74 million of debt to be converted
into shares. It is now expected that their Chester-le-Street headquarters will
remain an England ODI venue, but will still lose its status as a Test ground.
Sir Ian Botham is expected to become the club’s chairman.
Rugby League
Leeds forward Stevie Ward
could make his international debut this weekend as England warm up for the Four
Nations campaign with a match against France. Ward has replaced injured Leeds
team-mate Brett Ferres in the squad.
Cycling
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