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Aston Villa frustrated as Neco Williams’s strike bolsters Forest’s survival hopes

On a typically nervy afternoon on the Trent, one of the biggest cheers of the afternoon arrived in the seconds after the final whistle, news over the speakers that Tottenham were still trailing at Sunderland. For Nottingham Forest, a creditable draw against Aston Villa takes them another precious point towards Premier League safety, Neco Williams’s

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Tottenham and De Zerbi sink deeper into mire after Sunderland’s stroke of luck

Thirty minutes before kick-off Roberto De Zerbi wandered on to the pitch with his black padded gilet zipped high to the neck in the face of a chill Wearside wind. By the final whistle that stiff breeze had dropped a little but so, too, had the morale of Tottenham and their new manager. In cementing

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Wout van Aert outduels Tadej Pogacar to win his first Paris-Roubaix title

Belgian ends decade-old run of bad luck in event ‘It’s everything to me … I stopped believing a lot of times’ Wout van Aert shattered a decade-old jinx to win Paris-Roubaix on Sunday, outduelling the world champion, Tadej Pogacar, in a brutal classic race across the cobbles. The 31-year-old suffered a puncture as did Pogacar

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