Campbell Thompson celebrates after taking the wicket of Bangladesh captain Najmul Hossain Shanto. (Pic credit: Jack Riddiford/X)

Bangladesh head coach Phil Simmons was left deeply disappointed after his batting unit suffered a stunning collapse against the Cricket Australia XI, with the visitors bowled out for just 54 in their second innings in Darwin on Saturday.A remarkable spell from 22-year-old left-arm seamer Campbell Thompson, who returned figures of 8 for 25, ripped through Bangladesh’s batting line-up as the visitors lost the three-day practice match by an innings and 38 runs.Bangladesh had made 263 in their first innings, before the CA XI responded with 355. But any confidence gained from their first-innings performance quickly disappeared as Bangladesh’s second innings lasted only 22 overs, with opener Tanzid Hasan’s 22 the only score above 10.Simmons did not hide his frustration after the collapse.“I think we let ourselves down with the bat in this practice match, and you look at how we got out and it wasn’t nice,” Simmons said.The Bangladesh coach, however, insisted there was still enough time to address the problems before the first Test against Australia begins on August 13.“I think that we have three [four] days to work on what we have to do properly in the Test match,” Simmons said. “And I trust that the guys are going to put in the work over these next three days to get us where we want to be for that Test match.”

Thompson’s eight-wicket burst exposes Bangladesh’s flaws

Bangladesh resumed their second innings with two wickets already down and quickly found themselves in deeper trouble as Thompson continued the damage he had started late on the previous evening.The South Australian took the first five wickets of the morning before eventually finishing with extraordinary figures of 8-25. He dismissed Bangladesh captain Najmul Hossain Shanto for a duck and wrapped up the innings by taking the final two wickets with successive deliveries.Thompson had just one first-class appearance before the practice game but seized his opportunity against a Test side.“Sometimes you get lucky. It fell my way today, which was nice. It’s always a good experience and opportunity to come and play up against a Test side a few days out from a series. Then to play alongside experienced Aussie guys as well, like Kurtis Patterson and Corey Rocchiccioli and stuff like that. So, just involving myself around these guys has been awesome,” Thompson said, as quoted by ESPNcricinfo.For Bangladesh, the collapse comes just days before they face Australia’s formidable pace attack.

Simmons wants Bangladesh to move on

Despite the heavy defeat, Simmons urged his players to quickly put the result behind them and focus on the Test series.“Disappointing match, but we move on and we look forward to the Test match,” he said.There was also positive news regarding left-arm spinner Taijul Islam, who suffered a finger injury after being struck while batting on the opening day.Bangladesh team physio Bayjedul Islam Khan said the injury was improving.“The injury that Taijul sustained while batting day before yesterday is much better now, both swelling and pain have decreased,” he said. “The first Test is still five days away so we have four days in our hand. I am totally expecting he will be available by that time.”Bangladesh will now have little time to regroup before the first Test, which begins on August 13 in Darwin. The series marks their first Test visit to Australia in 23 years.

Team Philippines bags silver in the aerodance final in the seniors category of the 2026 Aerobic Gymnastics Asian Championships. -MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.net

MANILA, Philippines–The Philippines capped its campaign at the 10th Aero Gymnastics Asian Championships on Friday with a silver in the team senior aero dance and a bronze in the senior mixed pair event at Tagaytay CT Velodrome.

The country’s bets in the senior aero dance team scored 16.600 points to finish behind champion Vietnam, which had 17.250.

Seasoned national veterans Arcenio Cadlos and Charmaine Dolar led the squad, which also included Enrico Ostia, Danielle Grace Asuncion, James Benedict Yray, Dorothy Grace Asuncion, Princess Johanna Pama and Jhon Jeoffrey Cañones.

The Philippines edged Mongolia, which scored 16.475, by 0.125 of a point for the silver.

Cadlos and Dolar added a bronze in the senior mixed pair event with 18.300 points, behind a 1-2 finish by Vietnam.

Arcenio Cadlos and Charmaine Dolar wins bronze in the mixed pair event in the seniors category at the 2026 Aerobic Gymnastics Asian Championships. –MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.net

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In overnight results, the Philippines also won bronze in the youth aero dance event with 16.700 points.

The youth aero dance team was composed of Enoch Ryan, Jan Basmayor, Mikhaela Ladaran, Sean Emmanuel, Leona Shendrach, Jane Hallel Ramos, Anne Miguel Martin, Casey Meniano, Nathalya Facultad and Anne Haizzah Meniano.

The Philippines had also won two medals on Thursday, with Rhimel Daniel Cabides and Antonette Amante taking gold in the youth mixed pairs event, while Rhys Enoch Basmayor and John Mhikaela Ladaran won bronze.

“I’m very happy because all our sacrifices were worth it. It was very unexpected because we were the last entry and then we won silver,” Pama said.

The Philippines finished the two-day championships with one gold, one silver and three bronze medals.

“I’m happy that we won silver and bronze in the senior events. We really prepared for this,” national coach Alena Rius said.

“Especially Charmaine and Arcenio’s bronze because the Vietnamese who won gold and silver are world-rated, so that medal means a lot,” Rius added.

To be fair, most agreed with him after a disastrous start. He had done okay at left-back for 87 minutes against one of the poorest United sides in recent memory in late 2024, but then gave away a penalty as he covered the right-back area and City ended up losing another game horribly in what was an excruciating run for a team coming on the back of four consecutive league titles.

Nunes disappeared from the squad for a month after what he considers his lowest point at the club, and even when he was tried again it wasn’t enough to allow him to feel comfortable.

“I’m not going to lie, individually I would say this is probably the most difficult game,” he said of the December derby. “When you do mistakes as a midfielder, you would never affect the game like the effect of that one.

“I did one mistake and it led to a goal, and then you end up losing the game and that’s all you think in your head, you know? But it was not only that, it was me coming to a place where it was uncomfortable for me, a position where it was uncomfortable for me, not being able to accept it, because I wasn’t accepting it.

“In my head, ‘I’m not a full-back. I’m not a full-back’. That’s all I was thinking about. And yeah, I mean, it was difficult. You said six months, but I didn’t play every single game, you know what I mean? But [last] season I played every single game, and then it’s different.

“Even if I was playing, for example, one game, and then I would be five games on the bench and then I would play again as a full-back, it’s six months in total, but you played maybe 10 games or you played 15 games. So yeah, I didn’t have the consistency that I wanted to actually be comfortable in this position and to change my head around.

“I spoke to so many people. I have a psychologist, I spoke to my friends. I would tell my friends all the time, ‘I’m not a full-back, I’m not a full-back’. And they would always say, no, but you play so good there, you play so good. The team-mates, Bernardo and Ruben, were so annoying all the time as well, they were in my head constantly as well, ‘You were good there, you were good there. You need to accept it.’ And I was like, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. All the time.

“But at a certain point you just have to see what the people are saying. You can’t be denying it for the rest of your life. If you do, maybe you miss your chance. And if I did that I would have missed it. So yeah, listening to everyone then actually seeing Pep during training and before the games as well, the way he believed in me once I changed to that position, I felt there was a bit of a difference also in the way that we interacted with each other after I played there.

“I don’t know, this stuff, you just feel it, it’s not something that I can explain. I just feel it. And once you start seeing all of this stuff, it changes the mindset. It was not easy, of course, but I had a decision to make: do I want to play or do I not want to play? And I wanted to play.

“Now I feel like a full-back. There is no difference for me, playing as a midfielder or a full-back.”

The Club World Cup last summer was pivotal for Nunes to make the switch in his mind. He had more than one game where he felt able to get into attacking areas and influence the game like he had done from midfield, and while the two roles are not so similar the Portugal international began to stop feeling like full-back prevented him from doing what he wanted to do.

As the 27-year-old began to accept that higher cost of mistakes as a defender but also get better in that area, he grew happier. And not only did that help the team on the pitch but the dressing room found that one of its jokers could laugh even louder.

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Nunes knew Silva and Dias through Portugal and had instantly clicked with John Stones on account of them both being wind-up merchants. He is somebody who loves to laugh and joke, keeping an extra eye on the fixture list so he can remember to ‘p*** off’ his Sunderland-supporting dad if they have a row.

But he found it difficult to fully clown around while he struggled to accept his role in the team, so learning to love right-back was liberating. And yes, he does know all about the Cafunes nickname given to him that has become popular in and out of the dressing room.

“This started with Bernardo, actually! When I was playing as a winger, he would call me Thierry Henry. Then I played as a full back and he called me Cafu. It was different people giving me different nicknames in the club. My friends started calling it me as well and I had to accept it.

“I would say the three of us [with Stones and Silva] are the jokers of the team. It’s always good to have a laugh — what’s the point of life if you’re not having a laugh? And these are the people that you spend most of your time with, you spend more time with these guys than with your family.

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“Sometimes you get sick of them because you see them so many times. And if you don’t have a good environment, there’s no point in being there, you don’t want to be working in a place where the vibe is not good. I just try to do that, and trying to be happy. I’m not trying anything, actually. I’m just being myself, and then I end up being a clown sometimes. It’s just the way it is.”

Having battled with Guardiola over his position, Nunes noticed that the manager changed towards him when he embraced the right-back role. Regular conversations with Guardiola and his assistants Kolo Toure and Pep Lijnders helped him to hone the role and he became one of the manager’s most used players, with only Erling Haaland getting more minutes than him last season.

Nunes grew so close to Guardiola that even two months after the day he found out he was leaving there is a wobble in his voice as he describes the moment. The manager had gathered them all in a meeting room at the training ground in the final week of the season and put a video on of everything that they had all achieved together over the past 10 years complete with candid speeches and conversations from the inner sanctum of the Etihad.

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“It was unexpected. We thought there was a chance of him leaving but until he actually says it you don’t know if it’s going to happen.” he said. “He spoke to us in the auditorium and it was a very emotional day. A lot of people were crying. It’s very hard to say goodbye to someone who gave so much to us all.

“Someone who put the club to a level that seems unreachable again. What he did was unbelievable. It is difficult to talk about. I remember in that day, when you start to see everything on the screen, it becomes real that he is leaving. It didn’t seem real. It felt weird and awkward to actually have to believe it. A lot of things are going to change. I’ve never been in the club without him. Stuff like this. It’s never easy to say goodbye.”

City had to move on, and Nunes is now one of the senior players in what has become a significantly younger squad over the last 18 months. There are only a handful of players who won the Treble that are reunited with new boss Enzo Maresca, with Nunes part of the 2023 intake that must now set the standards in the squad.

Despite that, the importance of jokers in a dressing room never goes away and the former Wolves star has even more on his shoulders with the departures of Stones and Silva. Nunes will continue to set standards on the pitch, particularly given the club have decided against signing a right-back this summer, but he will also remind his teammates of the message that has helped him win trophies and successfully adapt a new role.

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“It’s not the change that worried me. Even ourselves, you have to remember what they have done. When you think about it, it is almost impossible to win six Premier Leagues in 10 years. This is not normal and people forget that,” he said.

“City is such a huge club and you think, ‘ah City is going to win every year’ but Liverpool is a big club, United, Arsenal, Chelsea are big clubs. They all think the same. It’s never easy. You need to be perfect at a lot of levels. We have to remind ourselves. We’re going to try, we’re always going to try and will give our best but sometimes football is just one detail. It’s not the end of the world if you don’t win.

“I recently saw a basketball player [Giannis Antetokounmpo] asked: ‘Do you look at this season as a failure because you didn’t win the championship?’ He said that if you go to work and don’t get a promotion, is that a failure? It’s not like you work the whole season for one goal and if not it’s a failure. Sometimes you have to go through a year or two of not winning to get to the win. Maybe it will be different [for us], who knows? Maybe it won’t. The club deserves us to try.”

Sarfaraz Khan (File Photo)

NEW DELHI: Sarfaraz Khan‘s place in India’s Test plans appears increasingly uncertain, but the Mumbai batter has made it clear that he is not ready to give up.Amid his continued absence from the national squad, Sarfaraz shared a cryptic Instagram story recently, posting a still from the 2019 Telugu film Jersey with a message that appeared to reflect his current situation.“I may not fit in, but I’ll fight with everything I’ve got.”The post quickly caught the attention of Indian cricket fans, coming just days before India begin their two-Test series against Sri Lanka. Sarfaraz was once again overlooked for the series despite boasting one of the strongest first-class records among India’s middle-order contenders.The 28-year-old has averaged an extraordinary 64.73 in 62 first-class matches but has played only six Tests for India. He was part of India’s squad for the 2024-25 Border-Gavaskar Trophy but did not feature in a single game Down Under.

Sarfaraz Khan

From Test century to selection uncertainty

Sarfaraz’s omission is particularly notable given the impact he made during India’s home series against New Zealand in 2024.He scored a memorable 150 in the first Test in Bengaluru, one of the few positives from a series in which India suffered a historic 0-3 whitewash at home. However, he struggled to replicate that success in the remainder of the series and managed a highest score of only 11 thereafter.He was subsequently included in India’s squad for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy but did not feature in the series. Since then, opportunities to reclaim his place have remained scarce.Sarfaraz was also part of the India A setup during the England tour but remained on the fringes, suggesting that the selectors currently have other options ahead of him in the Test pecking order.

Fitness transformation, IPL comeback

Fitness had also been a recurring talking point around Sarfaraz, but the Mumbai batter has since undergone a significant transformation, shedding weight and improving his conditioning.He also returned to the IPL in 2026 after going unsold in the previous two auctions. Chennai Super Kings handed him an opportunity and Sarfaraz responded with 161 runs at a strike rate of 169.47, including two half-centuries.India are currently playing a three-day warm-up game in Colombo ahead of the series, with the first Test scheduled to begin in Galle on August 15 and the second at the Sinhalese Sports Club in Colombo.

According to The Sun, Man United are expected to launch an official bid for Elias with Shakhtar said to rate him at £30m.

Elias’ representatives have already received ‘concrete signals’ from interested parties. United’s scouts were tasked with observing Elias up close after assessments of his recent performances.

It is claimed that Old Trafford bosses were told that the Shakhtar ace holds the ‘potential to develop into a top-level centre-forward.’

It was also said that Elias would slot into United’s system well. He is said to have been described as ‘highly compatible with United’s press-heavy, fast-transition system.’

United and Arsenal are set to face competition from AC Milan and FC Porto.

Man Utd play PSG in Sweden for their fourth pre-season game of the summer on Saturday afternoon.

Michael Carrick is expected to hand Youri Tielemans his Manchester United pre-season debut against Paris Saint-Germain, but the midfielder is likely to be introduced for the second half.

United will take on PSG at the Ullevi Stadium in Gothenburg on Saturday afternoon. The new season is just a few weeks away, and senior players will be given priority as the team steps up their preparations.

Bruno Fernandes is back in the squad, and he is expected to return to the XI, with Mason Mount and Andrey Santos retaining their deeper starting roles in midfield.

Tielemans is set to get a chance to show what he can do from the bench following his £35million arrival from Aston Villa.

Diogo Dalot looks poised to return at right-back. Leny Yoro has started each pre-season game at right-back so far, but it seems likely he will be relocated to centre-back alongside Harry Maguire.

Luke Shaw will retain his starting role at left-back, so the back four will mirror what is likely to start on the opening day of the Premier League season against Hull on August 22.

Joshua Zirkzee lost his place last weekend, with Carrick preferring Bryan Mbeumo down the middle, and there is no reason to think the United boss will revert to playing the Dutchman up front again.

Amad and Patrick Dorgu are set to start on the right and left respectively, which would mean Shea Lacey missing out.

Predicted United XI vs PSG: Heaton, Dalot, Yoro, Maguire, Heaven, Shaw, Santos, Mount, Fernandes, Amad, Mbeumo, Dorgu.

The 2026 Wyndham Championship continues on Saturday, Aug. 8, with the third round at Sedgefield Country Club in North Carolina. You can find full Wyndham Championship tee times for Saturday’s third round at the bottom of this post.

Wyndham Championship Round 3 tee times: What to know

This week’s Wyndham Championship offers a final opportunity for players to move into the coveted top 70 in the FedEx Cup points ranking, thereby cementing their status for next season as well as punching their ticket into next week’s FedEx St. Jude, the first tournament of the FedEx Cup playoff series.

For some players in the field — like Brooks Koepka, who is currently ranked 86th — it will likely take a win to gain entry. After firing opening rounds of 67-66, Koepka is T20 at seven under par. That finish is not projected to improve his standing at all.

But 23-year-old Ben James is a different story. The UVA alum is 11 under par — currently one shot shy of Beau Hossler’s 36-hole lead at 12 under par. If James can manage to notch his first PGA Tour victory, he’s projected to launch himself all the way from No. 141 to No. 62. A runner-up finish, though, would only lift him to No. 96.

Hossler, too, has a lot on the line. Currently No. 122, the 31-year-old could ascend to No. 53 with a win on Sunday.

In short: there’s plenty of drama in store at the PGA Tour’s regular season finale this weekend.

Hossler will play in the final tee time on Saturday alongside James at 1:55 p.m. ET, while Kopeka will tee off with Tyler Collet at 12 p.m. ET.

You can watch Saturday’s third round of the 2026 Wyndham Championship from 1-3 p.m. ET on Golf Channel, followed by the CBS broadcast from 3-6 p.m. ET. PGA Tour Live on ESPN+ will provide exclusive early streaming coverage starting at 7:45 a.m. ET on Saturday, in addition to featured group and featured hole coverage.

Check out the complete Round 3 tee times and groupings for the Wyndham Championship below.

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2026 Wyndham Championship tee times for Saturday: Round 3 (ET)

Tee No. 1

7:00 a.m. – Ben Kohles, Christiaan Bezuidenhout
7:05 a.m. – Davis Chatfield, Cameron Young
7:15 a.m. – Cameron Young, Keegan Bradley
7:25 a.m. – Tony Finau, Webb Simpson
7:35 a.m. – Kensei Hirata, Austin Smotherman
7:45 a.m. – Peter Malnati, Kihei Akina
7:55 a.m. – Jordan Spieth, Patton Kizzire
8:05 a.m. – Nico Echavarria, Nick Taylor
8:15 a.m. – Matt Wallace, Keith Mitchell
8:30 a.m. – John Parry, Andrew Putnam
8:40 a.m. – Pontus Nyholm, Kristoffer Ventura
8:50 a.m. – Justin Lower, Marco Penge
9:00 a.m. – Aaron Rai, Matt McCarty
9:10 a.m. – Thorbjørn Olesen, Justin Thomas
9:20 a.m. – Neal Shipley, Patrick Fishburn
9:30 a.m. – Andrew Novak, Lee Hodges
9:40 a.m. – Rasmus Højgaard, Chris Kirk
9:55 a.m. – Bud Cauley, Ricky Castillo
10:05 a.m. – Sungjae Im, Kevin Streelman
10:15 a.m. – Austin Eckroat, Taylor Pendrith
10:25 a.m. – Jackson Koivun, Harry Hall
10:35 a.m. – Michael Kim, Brandt Snedeker
10:45 a.m. – Alex Fitzpatrick, Mackenzie Hughes
10:55 a.m. – Joe Highsmith, Maverick McNealy
11:05 a.m. – Erik van Rooyen, Kevin Roy
11:20 a.m. – Adrien Saddier, Trace Crowe
11:30 a.m. – Hideki Matsuyama, Joel Dahmen
11:40 a.m. – Chandler Phillips, Rafael Campos
11:50 a.m. – Hayden Springer, Danny Walker
12:00 p.m. – Brooks Koepka, Tyler Collet
12:10 p.m. – Zach Bauchou, Kevin Yu
12:20 p.m. – Tom Kim, Jackson Suber
12:30 p.m. – Denny McCarthy, Davis Thompson
12:45 p.m. – Eric Cole, Tom Hoge
12:55 p.m. – Billy Horschel, Chad Ramey
1:05 p.m. – Rico Hoey, Michael Brennan
1:15 p.m. – Alex Smalley, Matti Schmid
1:25 p.m. – Alex Noren, David Skinns
1:35 p.m. – Max Greyserman, Sahith Theegala
1:45 p.m. – Jordan Smith, Doug Ghim
1:55 p.m. – Beau Hossler, Ben James