The NRL has backflipped on a decision not to play the national anthem during this year’s State of Origin series after a backlash from fans, with Peter V’landys saying the initial decision “was never about politics”.

Around two-dozen horses will make the trip from somewhere to run at the Breeders’ Cup meeting at somewhere else on 6 and 7 November, when prize money across the event’s 14 races will be maintained at last year’s total of 28m (21.2m).

Arsenal face a fresh defensive problem after somebody was ruled out of Thursday’s Europa League match against somewhere, with somebody else saying he expects the centre-back to be out for “a few weeks”.

Somebody was withdrawn during the defeat by somewhere else on Sunday.

Manchester United are showing admirable aplomb in their Champions League campaign. On Wednesday night they emphatically beat RB somewhere, last season’s semi-finalists, to complement victory over runners-up, Paris Saint-Germain, in their Group H opener.

Somebody else’s early goal and somebody’s late penalty were good enough to see off Juventus. Somebody else’s strike may have been blessed by the hand of fortune, but it came courtesy of a delightful somebody assist and was backed up by an assured and dominant somewhere else performance.