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‘A spiral is unpredictable’: George Ford on the science of his aerial bazooka

Shedding its recent reputation for risk aversion, kicking is taking on a new tactical dimension as rugby evolves If the late Bill McLaren were still around he would have loved George Ford’s towering “spiral bombs”. And with the temperature dropping around Murrayfield, the old commentary box catchphrase – “This one really does have snow on

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‘We’re all aging. Father Time hasn’t beaten me yet’: Nick Baumgartner on snowboarding in the Olympics at 44

The Upper Peninsula snowboarder races his fifth Olympic Games on Thursday, drawing on a career shaped by construction sites, small-town winters and the belief he could still reach the 2034 Games on home soil At an age when most Olympic snowboarders have already drifted into coaching, broadcasting or nostalgia, Nick Baumgartner is still doing the

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England to play New Zealand and Costa Rica in final pre-World Cup friendlies

Matches to take place in Florida in early June England based in Kansas City during tournament England will play World Cup warm-up matches against New Zealand and Costa Rica in Florida and base themselves in Kansas City for the duration of the tournament. Thomas Tuchel and his squad will fly to Florida at the start

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Eni Aluko damages her legacy with her latest attack on Ian Wright

The former England international is a pioneer in football and the media. But her broadside on TV punditry is another own goal, empowering the most chauvinistic commentators Is this what Eni Aluko envisioned? Did she think reigniting the somewhat one-sided row between herself and fellow pundit Ian Wright would resurrect her broadcasting career or make

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