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Rhode Island won all eight of their CAA games last season and Opta expects more of the same. Monmouth are the closest challenger, and the conference’s newer members are still playing catch-up.

La Liga: Mourinho breaks down where he stands with Vinicius

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The Special One talks through his chat with Vinicius “Don’t go. It isn’t worth it.” That, according to Jose Mourinho, was the whole pitch. The Portuguese spoke to El Chiringuito this morning and did not dodge the question that landed the moment his return to the Real Madrid bench was announced: what exactly is going…

Rugby: Cheika named Waratahs head coach for 2027

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Back to union after two years in league Michael Cheika is going back to rugby union, and he is going home to do it. The NSW Waratahs confirmed this morning that he has been named head coach from 2027, on an initial one-year deal with an option for 2028. Since leaving Leicester in 2025, Cheika…

Premier League: Can Arsenal defend their crown?

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Ninety-one years without back-to-back titles 1935. That was the last time Arsenal successfully defended the English league title. It also made them only the second club in the country to win three in a row. The Gunners head into the new season carrying a label they hadn’t worn for 22 years: champions. The 3-0 win…

Premier League: Tottenham are betting big on De Zerbi

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Two 17th-place finishes, then De Zerbi Seventeenth. Twice in a row. That is the ledger Roberto De Zerbi inherited when he walked into Tottenham late last season, and a seven-match run was just about enough to keep the club in the Premier League. He had no time to install anything. This summer changed the script.…

Football: FFF pushes back on Ouaddou’s coaching-badge claims

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Two rejections, then a public accusation Forty candidates a year, ten places. Abdeslam Ouaddou has been on the wrong side of that maths twice. Turned down at the entrance stage for the French professional coaching badge on both attempts, the Orlando Pirates boss took his case to L’Equipe and said French football needed to “bring…

Ligue 2: Reims win the race for Seydou Dembele

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Barcelona, Chelsea, United. And in the end, Reims Stade de Reims announced Seydou Dembele’s arrival early in the afternoon. Eighteen years old, an attacking midfielder, a product of the JMG Academy in Bamako. On the face of it, just another young signing for a Ligue 2 club. Except for the list of clubs that wanted…

Ligue 1: Abou Diaby joins the Ligue1+ punditry line-up

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Diaby moves from the pitch to the touchline Saturdays at 5.15pm. That is where Abou Diaby lands next. Ligue1+ held its pre-season press conference on Wednesday, and the French league broadcaster used it to confirm a string of new arrivals. Diaby was the biggest name on the list. The former France midfielder won 16 caps…

Ligue 1: Le Mans bring in Dinamo Zagreb defender Raul Torrente

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