Author: Michael

Week 4 of the 2025 NFL season is upon us and the action will kick off on Thursday night with the Seattle Seahawks visiting the Arizona Cardinals in an NFC West showdown at 8:15 p.m. ET on Prime Video.
The Seahawks were able to improve to 2-1 for the season this past Sunday, steamrolling the winless Saints in a 44-13 blowout victory. Seattle dominated New Orleans in all three phases of the game and rookie wide receiver Tory Horton made his presence felt in two of them.
Below, we’ll go over Horton’s outlook in fantasy football for Week 4.

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Week 4 of the 2025 NFL season is upon us and the action will kick off on Thursday night with the Seattle Seahawks visiting the Arizona Cardinals in an NFC West showdown at 8:15 p.m. ET on Prime Video.
The Seahawks were able to improve to 2-1 for the season this past Sunday, steamrolling the winless Saints in a 44-13 blowout victory. Seattle dominated New Orleans in all three phases of the game and that included starting quarterback Sam Darnold having himself a solid afternoon.
Below, we’ll go over Darnold’s outlook in fantasy football for Week 4.

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Wrexham and Cardiff City have not met since a penalty shootout win for Wrexham in the FAW Premier Cup semi-final in 2004 [Getty Images]
There will be an all-Welsh tie in the fourth round of the Carabao Cup with Wrexham hosting Cardiff City.
Swansea City have secured a home tie against Premier League giants Manchester City, with the fixtures taking place across the week beginning 27 October.
This is the first time in the competition’s history that three Welsh clubs have made it to the fourth round.
The League Cup, as it was originally known, was first played in 1960.

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England have opted for continuity and familiarity with an unchanged team selection for their biggest game in three years – this weekend’s Women’s Rugby World Cup final against Canada.
Allianz Stadium, Twickenham, will be sold out for the showpiece, breaking the record for the biggest crowd in history for a one-off women’s rugby match as 82,000 fans cram into the ground, surpassing the 58,498 that watched England beat France in the 2023 Six Nations.

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Scotland reached the Women’s Rugby World Cup quarter-finals, losing to finalists England [PA Media]
Scottish Rugby have announced “an increase in contracted players from the previous year” for the women’s game north of the border with “35 contracts in place”, of which 17 are “full contracts”.
Following Scotland’s run to the Women’s Rugby World Cup quarter-finals, 15 players were rumoured to have deals in place and Bryan Easson is no longer head coach.

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Once the Real Betis fans had left the stadium on Wednesday night, all that was left was the 3500 Forest supporters, high up in one corner, left to reflect on an exciting, at times breathless return to the European stage.
That is until Ryan Yates and the rest of the substitutes ran out for a warm down. And what a reception they got. As the players applauded the travelling spectators, Yates set to orchestrating them in chants in a real symbol of togetherness and mutual appreciation.

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Today’s Papers – Chivu in Inzaghi’s shadow, Juve push for Milinkovic
La Gazzetta dello Sport

Genious enemies
Modric, De Bruyne and a fantastic Milan-Napoli
On Sunday at San Siro the different masters. Leao on the bench, Buongiorno out for a month.
Inter same face
Chivu follows in Inzaghi’s footsteps
From the system to the players. The new coach doesn’t change. Frattesi and the new signings out, but he’s behind all the top sides.
‘San Siro fails’
Gravina’s warning: ‘No Euros without a new stadium.

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[BBC Sport]
The fixture list has thrown up a scenario which is too good not to take advantage of in FPL.
Manchester City, with the second best expected goals (xG) in the league and a goal machine up front, will be taking on a team at the opposite end of the spectrum.
Burnley have let in eight goals this season but their expected goals conceded (xGC) is 10.2 – in other words, they have got away lightly with picking the ball out of their net just eight times.
Compare that to West Ham – with a league-worst 13 goals conceded to an xGC of 7.

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Keightley won The Hundred in her first season in charge at Northern Superchargers [Getty Images]
Former England coach Lisa Keightley has been named Mumbai Indians coach in place of Charlotte Edwards.
Edwards, 45, was named England women’s coach in May and subsequently stood down from her roles in franchise cricket, including at the Women’s Premier League.
She had led Mumbai to the title in two of the tournament’s three seasons and reached the play-offs in the other.

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