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Marcus Returns

Marcus Smith returns to the starting line-up as Quins head for a Sunday showdown at Sale kicking off at 3.00. Can he turn round our fortunes after the disastrous start?
Where can I watch the rugby this weekend 9th - 11th October

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Exeter Chiefs Women v Loughborough Lightning

TEAMS, MATCH INFORMATION, PRE-MATCH DISCUSSION THREAD AND SCORE PREDICTIONS
Cricket
Associates Fighting for ODI 2027 WC places Oman v Canada

The Associates are in that treadmill that they have to go through to actually qualify for World Cups that the Test sides don't seem to have to do.This time it is the ODI World Cup in Southern Africa in 2027. The League 2 sides are fighting through a number of tournaments to get for the final qualifying tournament in Namibia in Feb March next year. that means they play about 28 games against each other to get to the top of the League 2. Presently that means a tri tounament in Muscat between 3 major contenders in Canada, Nepal and Oman. Oman are presently 4th in the table (but with singnificant games in hand) while Canada are 6th and Nepal are trailing at 9th. They will play 6 games ("Home" and "Away") here to see if they can change the situationandmove closer to that final event and a berth in the real thing next year.
CC1 The Ultimate End Game - Surrey at Taunton Roll the Dice

The last game of the season, the only thing in our hands is whether we win the gsame or not. The points combinations after that are wide and varied. Us Warks or Notts take yer pick. All we can do is wortk with what we have and see how the chips fall. Surrey have won the toss and TKC comes in for Jake Ball and other than that it is the Leeds line-up. Off we go on the rollercoaster of the CC1!!
CC1 Penultimate End Game v Yorks in Leeds

And so we move into the end of the Championship. If we are to win this thing then this game will tell us what to do in the last home game next week. 3 games will effect the situation, we have control over only one as we meet Yorkshire at Headingley. Lewis Goldsworthy misses out to Archie Vaughan and Jake Ball is chosen instead of Josh Shaw. The rest of the side is the one that took Leicestershire down in 2 and a half days. Yorkshire won the toss and will take to the crease first.
Football
Barnsley sign Daniel Johnson

Barnsley have signed Daniel Johnson on a free transfer until the end of the season.
Barnsley visit Stockport

Barnsley will return to league action after a three-week international break when they travel to Edgeley Park to face Stockport County this weekend.
Barnsley visit Fleetwood in EFL Trophy

Barnsley will return to competitive action for the first time in two weeks, when they travel to Fleetwood Town for an EFL Trophy fixture on Tuesday night.
F1
Singapore GP: Atlassian Williams F1 Team Grand Prix Preview

In what is the third race of F1's triple header the Atlassian Williams F1 Team moves to the Marina Bay circuit for the 2026 Singapore GP. This race also marks the final Sprint event of the season so it will pose its own challenges with both Carlos Sainz and Alex Albon only having one practice session to continue their development work on the upgraded FW48 chassis. It is hoped that the nature of the Singapore circuit may suit the FW48 better than what we saw in the last race at Sepang. It is also hoped that both Carlos and Alex can have event free races given the frustrations they had in the last race with Carlos being spun by another car and for Alex a retirement with a gearbox failure.
Bahrain GP: Race of issues for Williams F1 Team

The 2026 Bahrain GP was a race that would see the Atlassian Williams F1 Team come away with Carlos Sainz managing only 17th and Alex Albon would retire with a gearbox failure. It was a race that would see the team suffer quite a few issues which would impact their race. The race would be delayed after confusion during the first formation lap with a wet track and at the restart both Carlos and Alex would make the right tyre choice seeing them running inside the top ten. But as the race progressed the first of the issues would see Carlos spun round after being hit by another car. This saw him drop well down the order seeing any chance of a good result disappear. Add on to this there were issues with having to double stack during a pit stop, Alex have issues with his car including his brakes and then the gearbox failure. But the biggest issue still was the overall lack of performance from the upgraded FW48 that would hamper both drivers pace. Overall Sepang was a race that started well but faded away quickly for the Atlassian Williams F1 Team.
Bahrain GP: Mixed qualifying for Atlassian Williams F1 Team

Qualifying for the 2026 Bahrain GP at the Sepang circuit would see the Atlassian Williams F1 Team come away with a very mixed set of results. After several practice sessions that saw both Carlos Sainz and Alex Albon well down the times qualifying was not looking very promising but in an encouraging result Carlos would make it into Q2 and was able to finish 13th. For Alex his session was very different with Alex only managing 20th and failed to get out of Q1. So a very mixed session for the team and drivers but from the perspective of Carlos a good session where he was able to get a good result from the FW48 given his limitations.
Golf
Ryder Cup 2014 Day1- Fourball Pairings & Foursomes

At last it begins - Go Europe
La Manga best Golf Resort in Spain

The five-star La Manga Club has been named as the best golf resort in Spain for the third successive year.
Change to selection process for European Ryder Cup Captain

The European Ryder Cup Captain, from the 2016 contest onwards, will be decided by a select five-man panel; it has been announced today by Ryder Cup Europe.