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ENGLAND trail Australia 1-0 in the Ashes series and head to Adelaide with plenty of open questions about their team. Express Sport columnist and former England cricketer Nick Compton tries to answer some of them. Daily Express :: Sport Feed

Gregg Zaun has been fired from Sportsnet due to “inappropriate behaviour and comments” toward female employees. CBC | Sports News

GARETH SOUTHGATE has challenged Harry Kane to fulfil his ambition of being the world’s greatest striker by proving it on the planet’s biggest stage. Daily Express :: Sport Feed

EVERTON have announced Sam Allardyce as their new manager on an 18-month contract. Daily Express :: Sport Feed

Sarah Nurse has been compared to more famous cousins her entire life. But while she’s proud of her family and all their accomplishments, Nurse hopes to create her own identity with the Canadian women’s hockey team, and making the Olympic squad is the first step towards that. CBC | Sports News

It has taken 872 matches, but the 31 teams – and host Russia – that survived three years of qualifying now wait to see who they will play in the first round of next year’s World Cup. CBC | Sports News

She’s the reigning world champion of women’s curling, a three-time national champ and the favourite to represent Canada at the Olympics. But Rachel Homan’s rise to the top of her sport didn’t come easy. CBC | Sports News

It’s a title reserved for the best to ever play their sports. If Lindsey Vonn can win 10 more World Cup races, starting this week at Lake Louise, she’ll be able to stake her claim as alpine skiing’s Greatest Of All Time. CBC | Sports News

Watch live as Canada’s men’s and women’s rugby sevens teams kick off the 2017-2018 season in Dubai. CBC | Sports News

Jozy Altidore, limping on a bum ankle, scored in the 60th minute to return Toronto FC to the MLS Cup final with a 1-0 win over Columbus Crew SC in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference final Wednesday. CBC | Sports News