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No cups, no Europe, 40 matches: is this Manchester United’s post-Ferguson nadir?

As Michael Carrick prepares for Saturday’s derby, fans wonder if this is the club’s worst moment – but they are spoilt for choice

Oliver Glasner’s inevitable exit compounds one of Crystal Palace’s worst ever weeks

Manager’s decision is no surprise having fought to keep Marc Guéhi in the summer and amid doubts over futures of a host of Palace’s FA Cup-winning stars

‘I was still breastfeeding in the first tournaments I played’: Belinda Bencic on getting back to her best

The Tokyo Olympic champion has climbed more than 1,200 places back to the world top 10 following the birth of her daughter, Bella

Lewis Hamilton to get new engineer as Adami replaced in Ferrari shake-up

Ferrari have announced they are to replace Riccardo Adami as Lewis Hamilton’s race engineer for the 2026 Formula One season, after the pair endured what appeared to be a fractious and testing relationship during the seven-time world champion’s first season with the Scuderia.

Premier League news: Arteta plays down Rice’s tunnel spat with coach, Dyche seeks striker

News from Friday’s press conferences, including updates on Arsenal, Nottingham Forest and West Ham

Premier League team news: predicted lineups for the weekend action

Michael Carrick faces a baptism of fire as City visit United in the Manchester derby while Tottenham host West Ham

Manchester United’s Michael Carrick brushes off Keane’s pre-derby jibe

Irishman fell out with Lisa Carrick after 2014 criticism

What we know about the massive college basketball rigging accusations

A federal indictment alleges some college basketball players were bribed to play poorly in a point-shaving scheme. Citadel professor Sean Patrick Griffin joins CBS News with more details.

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Donyell Malen leaves Aston Villa for Roma on loan, Sunderland sign Jocelin Ta Bi

Donyell Malen has left Aston Villa after only a year with the club to join Roma. The Serie A side have signed Malen on loan with an option to buy.

Liverpool’s Rafaela Borggräfe given six-game ban after FA finds she made racist remark

Goalkeeper has served five matches of the suspension

‘He was, above all, a treasured spirit, who understood how vital music is for the human soul’: tributes to Andrew Clements

In the week that we mourn the death of the Guardian’s long-serving classical music critic, composers, performers, colleagues and others who knew and worked with him pay tribute to a writer whose passing is a huge loss to the music world