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Lewis Hamilton has denied Christian Horner’s claims that he reached out over a potential move from Mercedes, saying the Red Bull team principal is “just stirring things”. Horner claimed in an interview published on Wednesday 22 November that a representative of the seven-time F1 champion had approached Red Bull earlier this year - before he signed his two-year Mercedes contract renewal. “I don’t really understand what he’s been talking about because no one, as far as I’m aware, from my team has spoken to him,” Hamilton said, responding to the claims. “However, he did reach out to me earlier on in the year about meeting up, but that’s it. I just congratulated them on an amazing year. “So I’m not really sure, I think he’s just stirring things.” Read More Shaq O’Neal ‘ignores’ Martin Brundle at Las Vegas Grand Prix before bizarre response Ronnie O’Sullivan says he started snooker world championship ‘on phone to Samaritans’ Watch: Travis Kelce reads his ‘nonsense’ old tweets that have been going viral

Kaysha Love is trying to pull off perhaps the most difficult transition in bobsledding, the one where a push athlete tries to become a driver

A council member at the English Football Association who made an inappropriate post regarding the war in Gaza has resigned from his position

Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff and Ferrari counterpart Fred Vasseur have both been handed formal warnings by motorsports governing body FIA for using bad language at the Las Vegas Grand Prix

WWE presents its 37th annual Survivor Series event on Saturday, November 25th from the Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Illinois. The year's event sees the return of the WarGames match with the top male and female stars entering the two rings and cage in an attempt to claim supremacy over their respective divisions. The WarGames match made its main roster debut in WWE last year with Team BelAir and The Bloodline winning their respective matches. Several superstars from those matches including Sami Zayn, Drew McIntyre, Bianca BelAir, Becky Lynch and Damage CTRL will once again be entering the match. The show will also see the long-awaited return of 14-time world champion Randy Orton who has been out with an injury since May 2022. Only five matches have been announced for the card so far with the Intercontinental and Women's World Championships being defended at show, with the final match being between Carlito and Santos Escobar following the latter's attack on Mysterio and turning on his fellow Latino World Order members. How to watch Survivor Series will be available on Peacock in the United States and on the WWE Network elsewhere in the world. The show will also be available on TNT Box Office in the UK. United States: Peacock, PPV UK and Ireland: WWE Network/TNT Box Office Australia: Foxtel/Kayo & Binge Rest of the World: WWE Network Times United States: 8pm ET/ 5pm PT UK and Ireland: 1am GMT Australia: 11am AEDT Match card War Games: Cody Rhodes, Seth Rollins, Jey Uso, Sami Zayn and Randy Orton vs The Judgment Day (Finn Balor, Damien Priest, Domink Mysterio, JD McDonagh) and Drew McIntyre War Games: Charlotte Flair, Becky Lynch, Bianca BelAir and Shotzi vs. Damage CTRL (Bayley, Asuka, Iyo Sky and Kairi Sane) Intercontinental Championship: Gunther (c) vs The Miz Women's World Championship: Rhea Ripley (c) vs Zoey Stark Carlito vs Santos Escobar Sign up for our free Indy100 weekly newsletter Have your say in our news democracy. Click the upvote icon at the top of the page to help raise this article through the indy100 rankings

New diversity data and hiring statistics further highlight the “grass ceiling” facing black footballers, the co-founder of the Black Footballers Partnership has said. BFP data published earlier this year found black players make up 43 per cent of those active in the Premier League. However, statistics released by the Football Association on Wednesday show that only 7.4 per cent of people in senior leadership roles at the 53 clubs signed up to its Football Leadership Diversity Code are black, Asian or mixed heritage. The figure was only slightly higher in team operations (8.9 per cent) and only 10.5 per cent among senior coaches. The clubs also failed to hit any of the code’s eight diversity hiring targets in the 2022-23 season, with the FA accepting the hiring rates are too low to drive the necessary rapid change in representation. The FA is consulting on a new rule to force clubs to report biannually on their workforce, and BFP co-founder Delroy Corinaldi feels if the game cannot get this right, there could be a future role for the independent regulator in ensuring compliance. “Black players have been told time and again by the FA that you need to give the code time to work,” Corinaldi told the PA news agency. “How much time do they want? If the FA can’t deliver, it needs to hold its hand up. “Black players are nearly 50 per cent of your (playing) workforce. The signal you’re sending to those people is that once you get to your 30s, it’s punditry or leave the game, because there is a real ‘grass ceiling’ the FA is doing little to remove. “How disheartening and soul-destroying is that? “This government has said they’re not having diversity as part of its football governance regime. But maybe we need to look at that again. An industry where nearly half the key staff are blocked from promotion is not a functioning one. “We need to get all the authorities in and we need to get serious about this problem, otherwise it will continue for generation after generation.” FA chief executive Mark Bullingham admitted in the foreword to this year’s FLDC report that the game was making “slower progress” towards diversifying at the executive, operations and coaching level than had been hoped. He believes mandating clubs to report workforce data represents a “critical change for football which futureproofs our approach for years to come”. “There is no silver bullet to solving these challenges and we know that this alone will not drive all of the change we want to see. “But publishing who we are, measuring that regularly and setting targets that stretch clubs to do better is a big step forward. It will be for clubs to set their own targets based on local factors, but it will help provide a clear statement that football is tackling diversity head-on.” Read More Wales boss Rob Page hails ‘great opportunity’ after Euro 2024 play-off draw PCA calls for action over ‘unsustainable’ men’s domestic cricket schedule Who are the contenders to replace Stephen Kenny as Republic of Ireland boss? On This Day in 2008 – Ricky Hatton dominates Paulie Malignaggi in Las Vegas New sponsor to help 460 clubs in Women’s FA Cup market themselves with AI app Stephen Kenny believes he leaves behind a ‘great job’ for Ireland successor

The Chennai Super Kings say England test captain Ben Stokes has made himself unavailable for the 2024 Indian Premier League “to manage his workload and fitness."

The Glazer family and Sir Jim Ratcliffe are still discussing the legal points of what the ownership structure of Manchester United would look like after INEOS’ takeover of a 25 percent stake, having agreed on the broad principles of the purchase. The prospective deal has been described by those involved as one of the most complicated in the long recent list of football takeovers, due to the distinctive condition of the minority owner taking full control of the sporting side of the club. It is understood that Ratcliffe’s eventual football staff would not have to run major decisions past the Glazers, as has been the case for the last decade. The main legal terms that have to be settled now are exactly how the separation would work, particularly as INEOS has been insistent on a potential path to majority ownership through equity. That may involve compromise on both sides to get this crucial initial agreement over the line, which has slowed what has already been a glacial structure. The Independent has been told that negotiations on a minority stake have actually been taking place since May, with INEOS quickly realising that the Glazers had no real intention of selling outright. As regards the eventual football structure, there have been tentative private conversations, but Ratcliffe and his staff want to properly survey how the club works when they are in place before making firm decisions. That means any overt influence in January is unlikely, if the deal is even confirmed by then. Former Liverpool sporting director Michael Edwards is admired by INEOS, to go with talk of Paul Mitchell and Dougie Freedman. It is uncertain, however, whether Edwards would want to get back into football. Any such appointments would form a group feeding up to Jean-Claude Blanc under Ratcliffe, with input from Sir Dave Brailsford. As regards when confirmation may finally come, those involved are waiting for the green light, since the stock exchange has to be informed within 24 hours. The nature of the discussions so far, however, has taught everyone not to be definitive about timeframes. Read More Manchester United takeover reaches one-year mark with Sir Jim Ratcliffe set to secure stake Manchester United CEO Richard Arnold steps down as Ineos era nears Harry Maguire ‘showing he can do the job’ – Erik ten Hag Rumours: Sancho and Antony head up Man Utd’s 15-player sale list Who are the contenders to replace Stephen Kenny as Republic of Ireland boss? Manchester United handed Luke Shaw fitness boost ahead of Everton match

India has won the toss and elected to field in the first Twenty20 international of the five-match series against Australia as the countries meet again just four days after the Cricket World Cup final

Paris Saint-Germain and Monaco have the French league’s two best finishers in Kylian Mbappé and Wissam Ben Yedder

A group of Premier League clubs are lobbying for a private equity-style proposal to invest in the Women’s

Israel was drawn to face Iceland in the qualifying playoffs for the European Championship, and Ukraine was paired with Bosnia-Herzegovina