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Match of the Day pundit Wayne Rooney says the "commitment" shown by Aston Villa on and off the ball was the key to their emphatic 4-0 win over Bournemouth at Villa Park. MATCH REPORT: Premier League - Aston Villa 4-0 Bournemouth Available to UK users only.

Match of the Day's Alan Shearer praises the performance of Sunderland defender Dan Ballard in the Black Cats' 2-2 draw against Premier League leaders Arsenal at the Stadium of Light. MATCH REPORT: Sunderland 2-2 Arsenal Available to UK users only.

British and Irish Lion Mack Hansen has been recalled to the Ireland squad for the side's remaining autumn Tests, but Jamie Osborne will miss out with a shoulder injury. Ireland are back in action against Australia on Saturday in Dublin (20:10 GMT) before taking on world champions South Africa at Aviva Stadium on Saturday, 22

British skaters Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson won gold at the NHK trophy figure skating event in Osaka - their 10th Grand Prix medal. The win means the pair are the most decorated British team in the series and qualifies them for the Grand Prix Final in Nagoya, Japan in December. The result comes before

Chelsea midfielder Romeo Lavia is set to miss at least a month with a quadriceps injury. The 21-year-old's time at Stamford Bridge has been blighted by fitness problems. Lavia was injured four minutes into the 2-2 Champions League draw at Qarabag last week. It was only his fourth start since returning from an injury suffered

Former Manchester United and England striker Wayne Rooney says Sunderland captain Granit Xhaka is "probably the signing of the season". The Black Cats have been superb on their return to the Premier League and currently sit fourth after 11 games with 19 points, putting them well on the way to securing their primary objective of

It was a strange sound, the muffled shuffle of 50,000 shrugs. Argentina had just scored their seventh try against Wales, taking them past 50 points and a record winning margin over their opponents. There were no boos at the final whistle, no howls of anger. Just the muted tones of apathy. The Principality Stadium is

It's one of the last things a newly appointed football manager wants. They've only been at their new club for five minutes and already a key player is out injured. Hardly the start they'd hoped for - but could it have been avoided? Along with the obvious objective of winning games, one of the main

World Cup-winning England head coach John Mitchell is to spend time with Gloucester through November supporting the Prem club's "defensive development". Mitchell guided the Red Roses to World Cup glory in September and his packed CV also includes two years as head coach of the All Blacks, and forwards and defence coach with the England

Alessia Russo scores a late equaliser to earn Arsenal a 1-1 draw as Women's Super League champions Chelsea extend their unbeaten run in the competition to a record-equalling 33 matches. MATCH REPORT: WSL - Arsenal 1-1 Chelsea Available to UK users only.