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English quintet face uphill task at business end of Champions Cup | Robert Kitson

Heavy defeats during the pool stage suggest Premiership teams lack the power of the best French and Irish sides Five English clubs have made it beyond base camp in the Champions Cup this season, but scaling the distant summit already feels like an impossible dream. While Northampton, Saracens, Leicester, Sale and Harlequins have all secured […]

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Bills v Ravens was supposed to be about two stars. It was settled by a brutal drop

All the talk coming into Sunday was about Josh Allen v Lamar Jackson. But it’s often errors rather than brilliance that decide big games Josh Allen v Lamar Jackson was set to be an epic. The idea of this season’s MVP favorites sharing a field was chill inducing. Because whichever quarterback punctuated a brilliant individual

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The craziest thing about Erling Haaland’s £500,000-a-week salary? It makes sense | Sean Ingle

Manchester City striker’s wages may appear outrageous but they are in line with the level of pay given to other superstars What do you make of Erling Haaland’s new £500,000-a-week basic salary? Ridiculous? Staggering? Obscene at a time when too many children are arriving at school unfed? That seemed to be the prevailing view after his

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Premier League: 10 talking points from the weekend’s action

Manchester United’s wing-backs are struggling, Foden is back to his best and Bournemouth are top-four contenders Ruben Amorim is repeatedly learning that his team are worryingly susceptible out wide. Brighton’s first two goals came from players being given space on the flanks in the huge gaps between wing-backs and centre-backs. Kaoru Mitoma gifted Yankuba Minteh

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Australia v England: Women’s Ashes first cricket T20 international – live

Match in Sydney begins at 7.15pm (AEDT)/8.15am (GMT) Share your thoughts with Tanya via email 2nd over: Australia 21-0 (Mooney 6, Voll 9) Lauren Bell at the other end. Drifts on the leg side and Mooney flicks her away to the rope, one-legged flamingo style. They run a handful of quick singles and pick up

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