Lampard appreciation at Everton, Glasner sparking Forest fire, Zubimendi and Kroupi in spotlight and Carrick v Emery

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Nothing better encapsulates the dysfunction that was Everton under Farhad Moshiri than the idea that an unknown vandal with a can of spray paint could influence the club’s managerial direction.

• Future had been in question after Saudi funding pulled

• ‘Orderly wind-down is most responsible path forward’

LIV Golf, which ⁠shook up world golf in 2022, will liquidate after losing big-name ⁠players and last-ditch ⁠financing ​it needed to stay alive, the breakaway circuit said on Thursday. Throughout ⁠the wind-down process, LIV Golf said it will remain open to, and continue ⁠to consider, any value-maximising alternatives with third ​parties that may ‌arise.

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Hello world! Another day, another smorgasbord of European delights is being plated up for our delectation tonight. There are, to summarise, too many games going on simultaneously for two eyes to have any hope of following but I’ll do my very best.

Australia are preparing for their clash with England under a cloud with RA claiming the players’ union’s proposals ‘threaten the future of the game’

An increasingly ugly pay dispute is threatening to unravel Australian rugby a year from a home World Cup, as the Wallabies prepare for four Nations Championship matches crucial for reversing fortunes smashed by two heavy Bledisloe Cup defeats.

There is no doubt his international career was an incredible one, but it would have been greater still if he had not lingered on the stage so long

Nothing, perhaps, is quite so difficult for an elite sportsman as timing their exit. It’s not easy for any person in any job to weigh the hope of having more to give with the desire not to linger beyond their usefulness, but it’s perhaps particularly hard for top athletes because unrealistic self-confidence is so essential to their success.

• Tom Curry injured during training on Wednesday

• Brother Ben has not played for England since 2025

Tom Curry has emerged as a major doubt for England’s autumn opener against Australia on Sunday, handing Steve Borthwick a huge blow before a crucial November campaign, with twin brother Ben leading the race to start at openside flanker.