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USMNT v Mexico: Gold Cup final live updates

4 min: More fouls, and the USA will have a free kick from about 45 yards out.

Joe Pearson asks if the roof is closed given the heat in Houston. It is indeed.

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© Photograph: John Dorton/ISI Photos/USSF/Getty Images

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Wimbledon organisers apologise after line-calling system turned off in error

Briton Sonay Kartal loses to Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in clash marred by technological failure

Wimbledon organisers have apologised after the electronic line-calling system was turned off in error at a crucial moment in Sonay Kartal’s match on Centre Court.

The British No 3’s opponent, the 34-year-old Russian veteran Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, accused the All England Club of home bias and said a game had been stolen from her when the AI-enhanced technology missed a call.

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© Photograph: BBC

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Switzerland keep Euro 2025 dream alive after Reuteler and Pilgrim knock out Iceland

Iceland will be leaving the party early but, following some initial wobbles, the hosts are still going strong.

After losing their tournament opener to Norway, Switzerland ultimately settled a nation’s nerves thanks to a combination of smart ­substitutions on Pia Sundhage’s part and some excellent play from ­Manchester City’s Iman Beney at right wing-back.

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© Photograph: Denis Balibouse/Reuters

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Live Aid at 40: When Rock ’n’ Roll Took on the World review – the moment Bob Geldof bursts into tears is astounding

This fascinating portrait of a complex man’s attempt to solve an impossible problem is packed with amazing archive footage – from George Michael singing to Thatcher being berated

On the evening of 23 October 1984, Bob Geldof, singer with the waning pop act the Boomtown Rats, had a social engagement. He had been invited to Mayfair for the launch of a book by Peter York, profiler of London’s most privileged bons vivants. But before he left the house, Geldof watched the BBC television news and a report by Michael Buerk about a hellish famine in Ethiopia.

Among the many startling, blackly comic archive clips in Live Aid at 40: When Rock ’n’ Roll Took on the World is footage of Geldof at that glitzy party, reeling from what he had seen on TV and remarking to a fellow guest that it was “gross” for them to be enjoying champagne and canapes. That tension between glamour and guilt is at the heart of this three-part retrospective that doesn’t ignore the flaws in Geldof’s grand plan to use music to feed the world. It’s a fascinating portrait of a complex man’s imperfect attempt to solve an impossible problem.

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© Photograph: PHOTOGRAPHER:/CREDIT LINE:BBC/Brook Lapping/Band Aid Trust

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‘All the hard work paid off’: Norrie says tough times make Wimbledon run even better

  • Norrie faces Alcaraz in quarter-finals after five-set epic

  • ‘These moments are the icing on the cake’

Cameron Norrie said his ­spectacular run to the Wimbledon quarter-finals, where he will face the defending champion, Carlos Alcaraz, has been made even more satisfying by his recent struggles with form and injury, which led to him falling down the rankings.

Norrie, the last British singles player standing, held his nerve to defeat Nicolás Jarry 6-3, 7-6 (4), 6-7 (7), 6-7 (5), 6-3 in an epic four-hour 27-minute battle to reach his second quarter-final at the All England Club. The left-hander had held a match point on his serve at 6-5 in the third set tie-break before Jarry turned the match around with his enormous serve, eventually forcing a five-set shootout.

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© Photograph: Tom Jenkins/The Guardian

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Kevin Durant officially traded to Rockets in NBA record seven-team deal

  • Durant heads to Houston after two years with Phoenix

  • Suns, Rockets, Hawks, Wolves, Warriors, Nets, Lakers involved

Kevin Durant’s trade to the Houston Rockets is official and officially record-setting.

The deal got approved by the NBA on Sunday as part of a seven-team transaction, a record number of organizations to be part of a single deal, one in which a slew of other trade agreements got folded into one massive package.

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© Photograph: Jeremy Chen/Getty Images

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Alcaraz marches past Rublev while Khachanov and Fritz ease into Wimbledon last eight

  • No 2 seed wins 6-7, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 on Centre Court

  • Fritz gets walkover after Thompson withdrew

Every point in tennis is worth the same as the next, but some are more valuable than others. At 3-3 in the third set here on Sunday, after two and a half sets of outrageous hitting, Carlos Alcaraz held a break point to finally move ahead in the match for the first time. He then produced the kind of athleticism and shot-making that make him such an incredible champion, going side to side, sliding across the court and ripping an unstoppable forehand past the onrushing Andrey Rublev.

Until that point, the Russian had played outstanding tennis, testing the Spaniard with big serving, huge ground strokes and staying calm, which has not always been the case. But Alcaraz, like all great champions, has an uncanny ability to turn it on when he needs to and from that point on, he pulled away for a 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 victory that takes his winning streak to 22 matches and secures a clash with Britain’s Cameron Norrie.

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© Photograph: Visionhaus/Getty Images

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Lando Norris savours ‘dream’ British GP win but Piastri left hurt and confused

  • Piastri fumes at controversial stewards decision

  • Norris: ‘Being on top at your home race is very special’

Lando Norris said his maiden victory at the British Grand Prix was everything he had dreamed of and a special moment to savour at his home race. However, his furious McLaren teammate, Oscar Piastri, who finished second, was convinced he had been unfairly denied by a controversial stewards’ decision.

Norris, now in his sixth season in F1, took the victory after Piastri had been given a 10-second penalty while leading but the 25-year-old still produced an assured drive in treacherous wet conditions to become the 12th British driver to win their home race since it was first held in 1950.

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© Photograph: Mark Sutton/Formula 1/Getty Images

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