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Ilia Malinin: ‘I have a little more pressure on myself. I don’t think I’m really that far away from everyone’

Figure skating’s ‘quad god’ takes aim at a third straight US national title starting on Saturday, but for the first time as the incumbent world champion No matter how you look at it, Ilia Malinin is already one of the most technically accomplished men’s figure skaters of all time. From his history-making quad axel, to

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David Gaskell, Manchester United record-breaker, dies aged 84

Former goalkeeper is still club’s youngest-ever debutant Gaskell was 16 years, 19 days old in his first outing Manchester United’s record-breaking former goalkeeper David Gaskell, has died aged 84. Gaskell was just 16 years and 19 days old when he came on for United at Manchester City’s former stadium Maine Road, following an injury to

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Arsenal duo Kim Little and Lia Wälti: ‘We hate losing to Chelsea’

The midfielders talk about their WSL rivals, Jonas Eidevall’s exit and setting the standard in training every day “It’s physical,” Kim Little and Lia Wälti answer almost in unison, both with wry smiles, when asked about the midfield battle when Arsenal play Chelsea in the Women’s Super League. “It’s a very important part of when

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Inside the race for the biggest job in sport – can Sebastian Coe win the IOC presidency? | Sean Ingle

Coe is a serial winner but faces stiff competition from all sides, as well as opposition from current president More than 40 years after Sebastian Coe powered to his second Olympic 1500m title, he is still running hungry. He’s in the gym most mornings at 6am, cranking out 40-50km a week on the treadmill, doing

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Ollie Lawrence: ‘If you don’t dream big, you’re never going to get anywhere’

The centre on why England believe they can beat Ireland in their Six Nations opener and how his apology to fans over Alex Mitchell incident backfired “That’s a good question,” Ollie Lawrence says as he ponders the reasons why England have lost five of their previous six Tests, even though they were in a position

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