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Wales’ woes are not just for their team and fans, but a crisis for the Six Nations | Michael Aylwin

England did not play all that well in thrashing Wales and it is hard to see how the visitors pull themselves out of the rut England really didn’t play that well. Certainly, if the number of points left out there is any guide. There were times in the first half, that part of the game […]

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Cortina awakens to embrace competitive curling couples and Vonn’s valiant gold bid | Andy Bull

The well-dressed alpine town, all art deco and Prada, is watching Mouat and Dodds dominate before the focus turns to Vonn’s daredevil act The sun rises late in Cortina d’Ampezzo, like everything else in this little alpine town. It’s gone eight o’clock in the morning by the time the daylight has made it over the

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Dango Ouattara tips seesaw contest Brentford’s way to sink Newcastle

What price Keith Andrews for manager of the season? Thomas Frank’s surprise successor certainly added to his fanclub as he choreographed Brentford’s fourth win in six Premier League games to leave Eddie Howe looking even gloomier than the unremittingly wet Tyneside weather. While outstanding performances from Dango Ouattara and Keane Lewis-Potter left Andrews’s seventh place

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Team GB lose Cas appeal over new skeleton helmets at Winter Olympics

Cas appeal ruling deems helmets illegal due to protruding rear Setback for Team GB’s Matt Weston and Marcus Wyatt Great Britain’s skeleton team have been banned from wearing its new aerodynamic helmets at the Winter Olympics after the court of arbitration for sport ruled they were illegal because its “rear significantly protrudes”. The news is

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Liverpool v City is no longer the Premier League’s big show: how have the mighty fallen? | Jonathan Wilson

Pep Guardiola has led the way with his tactics for a decade but he has changed course and Arsenal have taken advantage Great rivalries are always more about feel than about numbers. There have been only four Premier League seasons in which Manchester City and Liverpool have finished in the top two positions in the

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