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‘An Olympic miracle’: twist in Conan Doyle’s skimo tale as Russian snares silver

Nikita Filippov won silver as neutral in sport’s debut Switzerland’s Marianne Fatton wins women’s sprint We can partly thank Sir Arthur Conan Doyle for popularising the Winter Olympics’ newest sport, which made its debut amid an unrelenting snowstorm, a touch of mayhem, and no little controversy in Bormio. In 1894, the year after he had

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Itoje warns against ‘corrosive’ social media after racist abuse of Edogbo

‘We will see huge amount of damage from social media’ England captain’s 100th cap in crunch clash with Ireland The England captain, Maro Itoje, has warned of the corrosive effect of social media on professional athletes and wider society before the crucial Six Nations encounter with Ireland on Saturday. Itoje will win his 100th England

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Manchester United v Atlético Madrid: Women’s Champions League playoff – live

⚽ Champions League updates from the 8pm GMT kick-off⚽ Live scores | Follow us on Bluesky | You can email Sarah The team news is in. United have made four changes from the starting line-up on the weekend with Hanna Lundvist, Melvine Malard and Dominique Janssen coming in. Anna Sanberg is not involved after sustaining

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Hosts Italy voice ‘absolute opposition’ to Russia flag flying at Winter Paralympics

Italian government urges IPC to reconsider its stance Russian and Belarusian athletes to compete under flags Italy, the Winter Olympic hosts, has called for a reversal of the decision to let 10 Russian and Belarusian athletes compete with national flags and anthems at next month’s Paralympic Games. The foreign minister Antonio Tajani and sports minister

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Chelsea’s Rosenior calls for life bans from football for those found guilty of racism

‘When you see a player upset, normally it’s for a reason’ Head coach reacts to Vinícius Júnior’s racism claims Liam Rosenior has called for players and coaches found guilty of racism to be banned from football for life and said experiencing abuse on a football pitch “is the worst feeling you can ever possibly imagine”.

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