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Pep Guardiola leaves Manchester City with a 100% loss rate to Michael Carrick. 🐐 #MUFC

Not a bad side...👀

@ManUtd We did it.

It's Carrick, you know ❤️ 🇾🇪 We are delighted to announce Michael Carrick will continue as our head coach, having signed a new contract.

0 - For the first time since the 1986 World Cup, there will be no Liverpool player in an England squad for a major tournament. Scouse.

It’s official. Your #ThreeLions players heading to the @FIFAWorldCup! 🏆

Some big calls by Thomas Tuchel ahead of tomorrow's England squad announcement. Ivan Toney is the notable inclusion, while Noni Madueke and Tino Livramento both get the nod. Kobbie Mainoo also picked, as revealed earlier. A richly-deserved selection for the Manchester United midfielder after becoming a starter post Ruben Amorim. No Harry Maguire, as we broke on talkSPORT, or Adam Wharton. Both will prompt debate. Luke Shaw also missing. And Cole Palmer, Phil Foden, Lewis Hall and Levi Colwill among those who miss out.🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

@England @FIFAWorldCup Play time is over.

Tomorrow! ⏳ Find out Thomas Tuchel's @FIFAWorldCup squad first on the England app. Download and register now.

@AVFCOfficial Congratulations on a huge accomplishment.

The Europa League winners are home 💜

You don’t speak to my guys like that. In that tone.

Breaking—A huge new event is in the works involving a majority of CBB's blue bloods, sources tell @CBSSports. It's called the Diamond Cup. The debut is planned for 2027. It's a major, unprecedented scheduling idea. Can it all come together? Let's hope so. cbssports.com/college-basket…

The last time Aston Villa won a European trophy; Prince William was born, ABBA made their final public appearance and Ozzy Osbourne infamously bit the head off a bat... 44 years in the making. 👏

Fair play, Aston Villa. A Major Trophy. A big deal.

There could be more. Indiana is a football school now. LSU under new leadership could reemerge nationally. Michigan shouldn’t lose too many games annually. It sounds like Texas Tech wants to spend and somebody will represent the Big 12. It becomes less. Let’s circle back to the SEC. It just means more. More playoff teams. Texas and Oklahoma expect to lose less than 5 games annually. So does Ole Miss, A&M & Tennessee. What if Florida and Auburn get right? All of a sudden it becomes less again. Let’s circle back to the B1G. Penn St doesn’t expect to lose 5 games annually. I don’t think USC or Iowa do either. Does Washington? What ever happens if Nebraska and/or Wisconsin get right? Do you get how this works yet? With SEC/B1G depth inclusions, there’s not 24 spots open. There’s like two.

Citing the landscape of College Football (and NIL) in 2026, there would be, in my opinion, 6 undisputed winners when it comes to a 24-team playoff field: - Ohio State - Oregon - Alabama - Georgia - Miami - Notre Dame Always at the table. Do you see these programs losing 5-6 games annually (under current construct)? I don’t. So it’s not even a 24-team field. We’re down to 18.

The first thing a 24-team CFB Playoff does is protect the big program.

To not get in from the B1G in a 24-team field, as a conference stalwart, you’d have to go 7-5 or 6-6, probably. tOSU has lost 5+ games in a season 3x circa 1989 (7 in 2011, 5 in 2001, 6 in 1999).