Jose Mourinho suffered one of the most embarrassing defeats of his career as Roma were thrashed 6-1 at minnows Bodo/Glimt in the Europa Conference League. Roma travelled to northern Norway looking to extend their 100 per cent start in Group C but their much-changed side were humiliated on the artificial surface at Aspmyra Stadion. Erik Botheim’s eighth-minute opener and Patrick Berg’s thunderous effort put the hosts in control inside 20 minutes. Carles Perez halved the deficit shortly before the half-hour mark but, having got back into the game, Roma imploded…

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Perhaps Dele Alli is just unfortunate but it seems Nuno Espirito Santo has reached the same conclusion as Jose Mourinho and decided this Tottenham team is better off without him. It is just the latest problem for the one-time wonderkid of English football. Alli played 90 minutes in the Europa Conference League defeat to Vitesse. Just like last season, he now finds himself on the Thursday night rota. He was an unused substitute in Tottenham’s last two Premier League wins. Another opportunity is passing him by. The statistics are well…

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Mark Munro, current UK Athletics development director, will take over as interim CEO for six months; Coates was only appointed in March 2020, while Symington takes over as head of British Cycling’s Olympic and Paralympic programme By PA Media Last Updated: 21/10/21 10:16pm Joanna Coates was appointed chief executive of UK Athletics in March 2020 UK Athletics chief executive officer Joanna Coates and performance director Sara Symington have left their respective roles. Coates, the former boss of England Netball, was only appointed in March 2020 but oversaw Great Britain’s worst…

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Beth England is eager to shake off her super-sub tag but says she is pleased to contribute in whatever way she can for her country ahead of Saturday’s historic Lionesses fixture. Sarina Wiegman’s side take on Northern Ireland in a World Cup qualifier at Wembley, the first competitive England Women’s international to be played at the stadium since it reopened in 2007. Chelsea forward England may have to be content with a place on the bench, having also been used as a substitute during the games with North Macedonia and…

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Spurs have very little in reserve Image: Tottenham’s Dele Alli, left, challenges for the ball with Vitesse’s Jacob Rasmussen Nuno Espirito Santo was upfront and open with his decision to leave every member of his Tottenham squad who started Sunday’s win at Newcastle at home for Thursday’s trip to Vitesse in the Europa Conference League. The Portuguese was adamant it was a risk-free decision, one which still respected the competition and would ensure Spurs remained competitive while easing the workload on their first-team regulars. To some extent he was right.…

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West Ham closed in on the Europa League knockout stages as two goals in two minutes helped them to a 3-0 win over Genk at the London Stadium. Craig Dawson’s opener, scored with his shoulder from an Aaron Cresswell corner, lit up an otherwise gritty first half in which West Ham dominated territory but lacked an attacking focal point, with regular striker Michail Antonio given the night off. Knowing a victory would leave them on the cusp of the knockout stages, West Ham were only occasionally troubled by their visitors,…

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First-half goals from Leon Balogun and Kemar Roofe saw Rangers beat Brondby 2-0 at Ibrox to keep alive their hopes of progressing to the knockout stages of the Europa League. Rangers had lost their opening two Group A matches, making this a vital clash for Steven Gerrard’s side, who made the perfect start when Balogun’s powerful header gave them an 18th-minute lead. Things got even better on the half-hour mark when Roofe tapped home after Alfredo Morelos’ close-range header had been saved, although Rangers needed the intervention of the Video…

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Andy Murray gives Diego Schwartzman a stern test in Antwerp but his exhausting efforts against Frances Tiafoe appeared to take their toll on the former world No 1; the Scot will now head to Vienna for the Erste Bank Open next week By Raz Mirza Last Updated: 21/10/21 9:02pm Andy Murray went down to a tough loss against Diego Schwartzman in Antwerp, despite a battling effort Andy Murray suffered a hard-fought straight-sets defeat to second seed Diego Schwartzman at the European Open in Antwerp on Thursday. Wild card Murray came…

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