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Tie-break looms for Wimbledon plans with councils split on redevelopment

London mayor’s office will decide whether All England Club’s expansion plans can go ahead in face of local opposition “To use a tennis analogy, we’re at one set all but we’ve got a long way to go,” says Christopher Coombe, a member of Save Wimbledon Park, as he reflects on the latest plot twist in

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Owen Farrell voices concern over Six Nations being taken off free-to-air TV

England captain discusses impact if BBC and ITV lose rights‘If it is significant in terms of viewers … that’s a real challenge’ Owen Farrell fears the prospect of losing the Six Nations on free-to-air television would be a “real challenge” for the sport to maintain its audience if the championship went behind a paywall. The

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Howard Webb urges VAR officials to intervene more often on soft penalties

Webb wants challenges with minimal contact to be reviewedPGMOL referees’ chief issues new advice after controversies Video assistant referees in England have been urged to speak out on “soft” penalties, by encouraging on-pitch officials to review their decision even if an error is not “clear and obvious”. The new advice from the referees’ chief, Howard

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Mohamed Salah’s consistent genius has propelled Liverpool back to the top | Andy Hunter

The Egyptian forward makes the exceptional seem routine and is still the star man in a reshaped team this season Breaking new ground has become such an established part of Mohamed Salah’s repertoire at Liverpool that sometimes it takes a fresh voice to remind us that his routine is, in fact, exceptional, and should be

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‘I’m going to take it to Djokovic’: Norrie ready for Britain-Serbia Davis Cup clash

Top-ranked Briton expects ‘huge challenge’ against world No 1Jack Draper takes good recent form into quarter-final in Málaga Cameron Norrie has said he will approach Novak Djokovic as “just another player” when he leads the Great Britain team against Serbia on Thursday at the “Final 8” stage of the Davis Cup. A spot in the

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Women’s Champions League: Paralluelo fires Barcelona comeback at Frankfurt

Barcelona survived a scare in the Women’s Champions League as the holders battled back from a goal down to defeat Eintracht Frankfurt 3-1 thanks to quickfire strikes from Salma Paralluelo. Barça were heavy favourites to follow up the 5-0 thrashing against Benfica in their opening match against the German side. But Eintracht had also picked

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Jake Daniels calls Jordan Henderson’s move to Saudi Arabia ‘slap in the face’

Blackpool forward came out as gay in May 2022Daniels claims Henderson sent him message of support The Blackpool forward, Jake Daniels, has said it was a “slap in the face” when Jordan Henderson moved to play in Saudi Arabia. Last year, Daniels became the first openly gay active British male professional footballer since Justin Fashanu

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