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‘They were like bombs’: Helenio Herrera’s little white pills kept Inter’s players buzzing

In an extract from his book, Richard Fitzpatrick reveals in the early 1960s the grand Italian club was equipped for doping like ‘a small hospital’ The quantity of drugs floating around the campus at Inter in the early 1960s meant the club was equipped like “a small hospital”, to borrow an expression used about the

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Winter Olympics briefing: Swiss stranglehold on skiing shows no sign of loosening

Franjo von Allmen has led the way for the men with three golds and Loïc Meillard’s slalom victory brought a fourth gold Switzerland’s men have dominated the ski slopes of Milano Cortina. Not since the super-G and the team combined were added to the Olympic programme in 1988 has one country won four of the

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Real Madrid need reinvention as special circumstances are needed to rule Europe | Philipp Lahm

Carlo Ancelotti and Zinedine Zidane’s impact is clear but where the Spanish giants go post-Xabi Alonso only Florentino Pérez knows All eyes are on Real Madrid again but in a different way than to which the 15-time Champions League winners are accustomed. Every fan expects Real to be among the best eight in Europe but

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