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Barcelona’s Mapi León accused of ‘violating intimacy’ of opponent

Defender denies touching rival’s ‘private parts’ Espanyol offering legal services to Daniela Caracas Espanyol have expressed their “complete discontent and condemnation” of an “unacceptable” incident in which the Barcelona defender Mapi León appeared to gesture towards the crotch area of their player Daniela Caracas during the Liga F match between the sides on Sunday. The

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Devenny downs Doncaster as Crystal Palace sail through to FA Cup fifth round

Crystal Palace successfully navigated a tricky FA Cup tie against Doncaster Rovers to set up a tantalising fifth-round clash with Millwall. On a wet and wild evening in south Yorkshire against a Doncaster side pushing for automatic promotion from League Two, this had all the hallmarks of a sticky evening’s work for Palace. However, goals

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Government officials ‘more pessimistic’ about financial health of rugby union

Fate of Worcester, Wasps and London Irish has left DCMS officials concerned about the state of the sport Government officials say they are increasingly pessimistic over the financial stability of professional rugby union, as they defended loans given to sports organisations during the pandemic. A National Audit Office (NAO) report published last year said that

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