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‘Animals in the zoo’: Iga Swiatek backs Coco Gauff over Australian Open privacy concerns

American was caught on camera smashing racket following defeat ‘It would be nice to have some privacy,’ says Polish second seed Iga Swiatek backed up Coco Gauff’s complaints about a lack of privacy at the Australian Open by claiming tennis players are treated like zoo animals. Gauff sought a spot away from public view to

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A strict and successful disciplinarian – Liverpool face the ‘Azeri Sir Alex Ferguson’

Gurban Gurbanov has been in charge of Qarabag since 2008 and continues to prioritise a squad mentality ahead of star signings Remember the summer of 2008? That was when Pep Guardiola was appointed as first-team coach at Barcelona, Jürgen Klopp arrived at Borussia Dortmund and Chelsea gambled on a certain Luiz Felipe Scolari. Since then

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From scrums to the slopes: how rugby’s life lessons have helped hone Team GB’s Winter Olympians

Former Wasps forward Kearnan Myall is now performance director of GB Snowsport and using F1 tech and brain science to prepare for Milano Cortina 2026 It is not every day that a former rugby player is pivotal to Great Britain’s Winter Olympic prospects. Until recently Kearnan Myall, who spent 15 seasons playing professionally for Leeds,

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Zuffa Boxing says it will save the sport – but the fine print shows that fighters might pay the price

Dana White has promised boxers a new deal. But the deal he’s offering looks worse than the old one. Will Congress give Zuffa the power to dominate boxing? Even Turki al-Sheikh’s most severe critics acknowledge that, under his guidance, the Saudi interests that have dominated professional boxing in recent years have paid generous purses to

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