Sheffield United and Birmingham made an underwhelming start to the Championship season as they played out a goalless draw at Bramall Lane.
Both sides have ambitions of mounting promotion challenges this campaign, but there was not too much to get excited about in this drab curtain-raiser where chances were at a premium.
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Kate O'Connor said her late grandmother "would have been jumping for joy" as the Ireland athlete won gold in the heptathlon at the European Championships in Birmingham.
The Newry-born 25-year-old entered the final event, the 800m, with a 51-point lead on nearest challenger Emma Oosterwegel of the Netherlands.
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This was a pre-season finale to forget for Manchester United.
Just a week away from their Premier League opener at promoted Hull City on Saturday, Michael Carrick's men took the lead twice against AC Milan before finishing on the wrong end of a 4-2 beating.
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Lionel Messi joined Inter Miami in 2023 and won an eighth Ballon d'Or later that year
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Romell Glave chats exclusively to Sky Sports following his 100m European Athletics success 
"2026 was my year of redemption," Romell Glave exclusively tells Sky Sports two days on from when he stood on the podium draped with a 100m gold medal at the European Championships.
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SunRisers Leeds booked a meeting with Trent Rockets in The Hundred women's final after a tense five-wicket win over Southern Brave in the eliminator at The Kia Oval.
Set a modest 115 to win, SunRisers had looked in trouble at 54-3 after 47 balls - their dynamic Australian duo of Phoebe Litchfield (4) and Annabel Sutherland (17 off 12) both dismissed - and again at 95-5 after 78 when the impressive Issy Wong (3-21) took two wickets in two balls.
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A week before Formula 1’s return to action in Zandvoort, Cadillac provided the unexpected news of the sport’s summer break by removing Graeme Lowdon as team principal and replacing him with former Alpine chief Marcin Budkowski.
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England opener Emilio Gay bagged a pair and Pakistan captain Babar Azam suffered an injury scare on an eventful second day of the Test match-warm up in Beckenham.
Gay, having been dismissed by Mohmmad Abbas on day one while batting for a County Select XI against Pakistan, snicked Mohmmad Ali behind on Friday to fall for a seven-ball duck.
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British cyclist Finlay Tarling has died aged 19 after an accident during the eighth stage of the Volta a Portugal.
Tarling, the younger brother of Netcompany-Ineos rider Josh, had raced for Great Britain on the road and track.
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The top stories and transfer rumours from Friday's newspapers...
Victor Osimhen's availability has been raised between Arsenal and Galatasaray amid discussions regarding the Turkish club's interest in Gabriel Martinelli and Ethan Nwaneri - The Telegraph
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