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‘The steroids made me feel alone’: Southampton’s Amy Goddard on being diagnosed with Bell’s palsy

Centre-back opens up on the ‘petrifying’ time in 2021 when the left side of her face suddenly dropped as she wants to help others who are affected One day, in February 2021, Amy Goddard woke up and went for a run. On her return home she took a shower and then looked in the mirror

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Jennifer Shahade: ‘There’s a long and embedded history of abuse in chess’

The former US women’s champion changed her life and her sport when she made allegations against a grandmaster. Now she’s turned her hand to writing and poker On 15 February 2023, Jennifer Shahade took a deep breath and wrote “Time’s up” above a long message about allegations of sexual abuse in the cloistered world of

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From bupkis to $100m blockbuster: has the World Baseball Classic finally arrived

The tournament is celebrating its 20th anniversary and some of the best players on the planet are competing for a title that means something For years, while football fans salivated over Fifa World Cups, and basketball and hockey enthusiasts enjoyed an endless parade of NBA and NHL stars at the Olympics, baseball fans had bupkis,

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Emma Raducanu hopes to rediscover ‘natural’ style that has been ‘coached out of me’

British No 1 being aided by Mark Petchey at Indian Wells ‘I am definitely going to tap into a few people’ Emma Raducanu says she is determined to wrest back control of her “natural” tennis style, with the British No 1 eager not to be bound by the diktats of a single coach. “I want

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From a 19-time world champ to Monster Mike: US athletes to watch at the 2026 Winter Paralympics

The Americans finished fifth in the medal table in 2022. A strong team will be looking to improve that record in Italy in the coming days The first-time Paralympian only turned 19 at the start of March, but she has been in the news for her skiing prowess since she was a second-grader. She’s also

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