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Australia retain Ashes with thrilling win over England at Old Trafford By Stephan Shemilt BBC Sport at Old Trafford 1 hour ago From the section Cricket Men's Ashes: England v Australia, fourth Specsavers Test (day five of five) Australia 497-8 dec  (Smith 211)  & 186-6 dec  (Smith 82) England 301  (Burns 81, Root 71)  & 197  (Cummins 4-43) Australia won by 185 runs & retain Ashes Scorecard Australia finally broke England's brave resistance to retain the Ashes with a 185-run victory in the fourth Test at Old Trafford. Amid incredible tension on the fifth evening, England ninth-wicket pair Craig Overton and Jack Leach survived for 14 overs, delighting a partisan crowd that grew in noisy belief. There was hope that England could pull off one more stunning achievement in a summer of astonishing moments, only for it to be sucked away when Leach turned the leg-spin of Marnus Labuschagne to short leg. Ove...

Lewandowski takes sly dig at Dortmund By Henrik Petersen Today 9:09 Bayern München star Robert Lewandowski has hinted that he doesn't see Borussia Dortmund as a big club. Robert Lewandowski. Photo: Sven Mandel / CC-BY-SA-4.0 Robert Lewandowski says he felt special after joining Bayern München from Dortmund in 2014, because the move meant he would finally get to play for a big club, thus hinting that he doesn't see BVB as one. "I remember my first days at Bayern München. When I put on my jersey for the first time, it was a special feeling. For the first time, I had the feeling of wearing a jersey from a big club," Lewandowski told FC Bayern TV. The 31-year-old recently signed a contract extension until 2023 with the Bavarians.

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