Three starters today who also started the defeat to Spurs last year. There's been loads of player turnover at City, which needed to happen. But it means you're probably going to get a few more days like that. Thought Spurs were excellent. sportingnews.com/us/football/ne…

Into the championship rounds of a rip-snorter for the Commonwealth featherweight title. I've got Zak Miller up, feet short shots great, but Leon Woodstock is relentless and still fancies it The Sporting News

Novel for Jack Turner to still have his opponent there at this point. Muguruza bleeding from nose and mouth but he's having success. Turner marked up and hasn't located a plan B as yet. Could get brutal.

The Lonsdale belt brings magic, even at an ice rink in Altrincham. Jack Rafferty and Mark Chamberlain boxed to a gripping draw, one of the best fights I've seen from ringside in ages. A gut check for Jack Turner and his dynamite fists too. The Sporting News sportingnews.com/uk/boxing/news…

If the water bottle says 50/50 for each corner, then how on earth has it actually come in handy?

City have accidentally convinced him Spurs are the best team in the world.

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"We missed the simple things." The level of player turnover in such a short period, made necessary by two years of stasis, means City don't have those old, automatic Guardiola things nailed down to see out tough spells anymore. Fascinating season ahead. sportingnews.com/uk/football/ne…

If you wondered how tough League cricket used to be, let’s go back to 1987. Central Lancashire League.

A tale of several strikers, none of whom were Alexander Isak and none of whom scored. Match piece from Leeds 0-0 Newcastle The Sporting News sportingnews.com/uk/football/ne…

James Trafford was really good today and City unravelled after another brain-fade from their non-right-back. They still don't have a specialist right-back Guardiola trusts. This transfer feels so odd in that context, even allowing for the Ederson situation.

A counter-argument would be that Donnarumma is the sort of hard-bitten "winner" City have lost and they look a team that's mentally brittle. But how do you actually measure that stuff with any certainty? Ruben Dias, big mentality guy, played everyone onside for Brighton's winner.

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Where I have the temerity to mention another man having a large head.

Literally in bits. Some medical that

Ederson, Guardiola's most important signing, is off. Donnarumma in, after a PSG exit that was an awful lot like Guardiola's most controversial sale. These are interesting times at Manchester City. sportingnews.com/us/soccer/manc…

The national discourse is in the sewer and we've got the home secretary listing her probably fictional bunting collection on television. What's going on? Admittedly fun to see an Adam Curtis documentary clip happen in real time.

Guardiola's most important signing and I don't think it's especially close. Complete game-changer. sportingnews.com/uk/football/ma…

An insane thing to happen. Watching from the press box, the City end looked like the crowd for Korn at Woodstock '99. Bodies aots

All roads led to Salah for Liverpool last season, with Szoboszlai, Diaz, Nunez and Jota all doing so much work for him that was richly rewarded. Interested to see how the new dynamic shakes out. Ultimately, feels like a lovely problem for Slot to have. sportingnews.com/uk/football/li…