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Sciver-Brunt hits 'brilliant' four to seal England win
Watch Nat Sciver-Brunt hit the winning runs as England seal a seven-wicket victory over South Africa at the Women’s T20 World Cup in Sharjah.
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Kansas City Chiefs beat New Orleans Saints 26-13 to continue unbeaten NFL start
The Kansas City Chiefs maintained their winning start to the NFL season with a 26-13 home victory against the New Orleans Saints.
The Chiefs and the Minnesota Vikings are the only two sides with 5-0 records.
Kareem Hunt’s five-yard rushing touchdown helped the reigning champions into a 10-0 lead and the boot of Harrison Butker, who kicked four field goals in the game, always kept them in front on the scoreboard.
Rashid Shaheed caught a 43-yard touchdown pass from Derek Carr, who also found Foster Moreau from six yards in the fourth quarter to reduce the Saints’ deficit to three points.
However, Xavier Worthy’s three-yard run into the end zone ensured they fell to a third defeat in five outings this season.
Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes did not throw a touchdown pass but completed 28 of his 39 attempts for 331 yards.
The Chiefs have a bye week before travelling to face the San Francisco 49ers on 20 October in a rematch of Super Bowl 58 in February, which they won in overtime.
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Northern Ireland: Inexperienced keepers battle for Nations League opportunity after Bailey Peacock-Farrell injury
With eight international caps and playing regularly at Plymouth Argyle in the Championship before his injury, Hazard would have proven the natural deputy.
Pierce Charles, brother of midfielder Shea Charles, has put in a string of impressive performances for the Northern Ireland Under-21s this year, most especially in an away victory over Serbia in March and then when keeping a clean sheet against England last month.
O’Neill was sufficiently impressed with the 19-year-old to bring him along with the senior squad to Spain for a pair of friendlies in June. Although Charles did not win a first cap, O’Neill cited his ability on the ball as a major attribute to his game.
“Pierce is one of those goalkeepers that everyone is looking for in the modern game,” O’Neill said before those friendlies.
“He’s got great distribution, real composure with the ball at his feet and we know at Sheffield Wednesday they really regard him highly.”
He has, however, been on the bench at Hillsborough with England Under-21 international James Beadle having been handed the number one jersey after his arrival from Brighton and Hove Albion on a season-long loan deal.
In a similar position at his club is Luke Southwood, the 26-year-old who was on the bench against Luxembourg and Bulgaria last month in Hazard’s absence.
The Bolton Wanderers man, who won his sole cap in a 3-1 friendly win over Luxembourg in 2022, did start the 2-2 draw with Shrewsbury Town for his League One side last weekend but has spent the majority of the season behind Nathan Baxter.
O’Neill has consistently stressed a desire for his international players to be regularly playing at as high a level possible at their clubs.
Yet, before two important fixtures for his side, he is left with a decision between two keepers with precious few minutes in league action this season.
Northern Ireland are adjusting to life without Manchester United defender Jonny Evans, who called time on his international career last month. And the keeper who gets the nod will find their task made no easier by the absence of centre-back Dan Ballard through injury.
And yet should either impress in this unexpected opportunity, after Peacock-Farrell’s recent struggles for club and country, it just might give O’Neill something to think about moving towards next year’s World Cup qualifiers.
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Clement Kemboi dead at 32: Former African Games champion’s body found as tributes pour in
AFRICAN GAMES champion Clement Kemboi has been found dead at the age of 32.
The body of the former Kenyan athlete was found by police in the town of Iten in his home country on Monday.
Kemboi’s body has been taken to Iten County Referral Hospital morgue and is awaiting an autopsy.
He is best-known for winning the 3000m steeplechase at the 2015 Africa Games.
Kemboi’s personal best time in the distance came at the Doha Diamond League in 2016 when he ran eight minutes and 10.65 seconds.
This earned him sixth place, five and a half seconds behind winner Conseslus Kipruto.
Kemboi’s PB in the regular 3000m was 7:51:65.
His passing comes after 2016 World Athletics Under-20 800m champion Kipyegon Bett died on Sunday.
Bett had been in and out of hospital with a liver problem, before his sister confirmed his death.
Purity Kirui told BBC Sport Africa: “He had been sick, complaining of stomach pains for about a month. The doctors said he had a liver problem and had been in and out of hospital.
“Last week we took him to hospital after he started vomiting blood and he was admitted. I went to see him (on Sunday) morning and he told me he was in pain.
“He told our dad, who is a pastor, to pray for him because he didn’t feel he would survive and after 12 noon he died. We tried everything to save him, but he left us. It’s very painful.”
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Women’s Champions League: What to look out for in the group stage
As the two-time defending champions, Barcelona will once again be the overwhelming favourites to lift the trophy in Lisbon in May.
The Spanish side, who have played in the past four finals, are aiming to become just the second club after Lyon to win three straight titles.
Their squad is full of players from Spain’s 2023 World Cup winning side, including Ballon d’Or winners Aitana Bonmati and Alexia Putellas.
Lyon’s dominance in the Women’s Champions League has come to an end in recent years, but the French club will be seen as the biggest challengers to Barcelona, having defeated them in the 2022 final.
However, the eight-time winners are entering a new era without Bompastor at the helm and are yet to prove themselves under former Arsenal boss Joe Montemurro.
Wolfsburg, as two-time winners and runners-up in 2023, would usually be seen as contenders, but their status as Germany’s top team has been stolen by Bayern Munich, who have won the past two Frauen-Bundesliga titles.
Bayern have reached the semi-finals twice before, but they fell in the group stages last season after conceding a late equaliser to PSG in their final group game.
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Jack Grealish becomes a dad for first time as England star and girlfriend Sasha Attwood welcome baby
JACK GREALISH has become a dad for the first time after partner Sasha Attwood gave birth to their baby.
The childhood sweethearts have announced the arrival of little Mila while her dad is on England duty.
Grealish and Sasha, who have been together for ten years, shared a pic of the tot gripping a finger with the words “Mila Rose Grealish 27/09/24”, suggesting she was born last month.
The happy news led to lots of well-wishes from Grealish’s team-mates from the present and the past, with England pal Declan Rice sharing a heart emoji.
Former England star Dele Alli posted “Congrats” with a string of heart emojis, while Aston Villa ace Ross Barkley echoed that with: “Congrats lad.”
Villa hero Ian Taylor posted: “Congratulations mate!”
Grealish’s former Villa Park team-mate Gabriel Agbonlahor wrote: “Congrats bro.”
And ex-Netherlands international Tim Krul issued the following emojis: “🔥🧡.”
Grealish competed for Manchester City on September 28 during a 1-1 draw with Newcastle at St James’ Park, meaning he appears to have gone back to work a day after Mila’s birth.
The couple announced they were expecting in July with Sasha showing off her big baby bump.
She shared the good news on social media along with the caption: “Half of me, half of you – beyond blessed ✨🤍🙏🏻.”
While Grealish, 28, wrote: “Life’s biggest blessing 👶🏻.”
Sasha spent a lot of her pregnancy testing out different clothing and offering tips and advice for other mums-to-be.
She signed a lucrative deal with PrettyLittleThing in the summer and began plugging the brand’s maternity wear to her thousands of social media followers.
Grealish, who is back in the England side after his Euros heartache in the summer, and Sasha first started dating when they were teenagers at school together in Solihull.
Sasha has been with the midfielder throughout his professional football career – supporting him at Villa before the £100million move from their hometown of Birmingham to Manchester in 2021.
She celebrated with the winger on the pitch as he won his second Premier League title with City earlier this year.
Sasha, 28, has helped Grealish ditch his party boy persona and they now have a family, welcoming their child into their £5.6million Cheshire mansion with their beloved apricot cockapoo Skye.
Grealish was given Skye as a birthday present by Sasha, and calls her the “world’s best dog”.
The couple enjoy a glamorous lifestyle which includes five-star holidays to places like Sardinia and Dubai.
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AFC Wimbledon stadium flood ‘was a matter of time’
The flooding of AFC Wimbledon’s football ground was “totally predictable”, a campaign group has said.
More than 100,000 litres of water was pumped from the Cherry Red Records Stadium after drains backed up overnight on 22 September.
Michael Burnage, of the Save Wimbledon Stadium Action Group, told the BBC: “We all knew that it was just a matter of time. The question in our mind was not if there would be a flood on the site, but when it would happen.”
The Environment Agency said planning decisions were made by local authorities. Merton Council, which was responsible for the decision to approve the new stadium, said it was “sad to see the damage and disruption caused by flooding”.
Two home matches – including a League Cup tie with Newcastle United – were postponed after the pitch collapsed following the latest flood. The first match back at the ground since the flooding will be against Carlisle United on Saturday.
The previous stadium, which opened in 1928, hosted greyhound racing until its closure in 2017 – which was described at the time as a “crime against happiness” by the Racing Post.
It also hosted stock car racing and speedway events, which ceased in 2005.
Mr Burnage, whose group campaigned against the 2018 demolition of the stadium, said the area had flooded many times throughout its history.
He said: “Our campaign group have not been in the least surprised that the new stadium has seen such devastating flood damage.
“We have every sympathy for the staff and officials of AFC Wimbledon having to deal with the impact of this latest flood, but to say it was unpredictable is simply not true.
“As part of our campaign, we highlighted our years of experience on the site, recalling the countless times that the stadium and the car park were flooded.”
He said that developers, the council, City Hall and the Environment Agency were all warned about the dangers of future flooding, adding: “We are incredibly frustrated by recent events.”
More than £120,000 has been raised by the fan-owned club following the latest flooding.
Wimbledon FC left its original home at nearby Plough Lane in 1991 because legislation required all-seater stadiums.
Following a spell playing at Crystal Palace’s Selhurst Park, in 2004 the club was controversially rebranded as MK Dons after the owners moved it to Milton Keynes.
AFC Wimbledon was set up in 2002 as a non-league club, winning five promotions in nine years to rise from the depths of the Combined Counties League to reach the Football League in 2011.
During that time, the club played home matches at Kingsmeadow – which is now the home of Chelsea FC Women – before the move to the Cherry Red Records Stadium in November 2020.
Jon Stevens, a curator of the Dons Den, which is home to many items from the previous stadium’s Speedway heyday, says “historically, it’s always flooded”.
He told BBC London: “It’s been well documented that it’s flooded quite substantially.
“Regarding building a brand-new stadium and it still flooding, I guess maybe something’s been overlooked.
“I don’t know why they did that: that’s the million dollar question.
“Were there enough measures in place to combat any potential flood?”
An Environment Agency spokesperson said: “As the stadium is a brownfield redevelopment in a high-risk flood zone, its planning involved lengthy discussions, mapping and reports on how the flood risk would be managed.
“We originally objected to the proposed development due to insufficient information. Once this had been supplied, we were able to remove our objection and requested several planning conditions.”
A Merton Council spokesperson said: “The stadium is built on previously developed land with a historic risk of flooding, a risk common across many developed areas of London.
“Given this risk, and the increase in flash flooding caused by our changing climate, the planning proposal was, like all proposals, examined rigorously.
“The council’s planning committee and the Environment Agency sought to ensure the stadium would remain safe, that the building would not increase risk of flooding nearby, including to homes, and that damage mitigation and recovery plans were thorough and robust.
“We are working closely with the Environment Agency and AFC Wimbledon to manage the risk of flooding, and to support in the review of the club’s flooding processes.”
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