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Untold: Chess Mates review – inside the anal beads rumours that rocked a sport

The ugly side of chess is pored over in this Netflix documentary, looking at how lurid online gossip led to a lawsuit, conspiracy theories and a bitter rivalry. Sadly, there’s little new here ‘Every conversation I have about chess”, says Hans Niemann, “leads to anal beads.” In any other context that might seem something of […]

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A violent waiter and Joselu’s heroics: six of Bayern and Madrid’s finest games

As the most played fixture in European competition looms once more, we look back on 50 years of thrills and spills The Champions League’s answer to el clásico resumes in Madrid on Tuesday. Real Madrid v Bayern Munich is the most played fixture in European competition: 28 matches and counting, including 13 knockout ties. Here

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Viktor who? Sporting’s new Gyökeres has sights trained on Arsenal

The Sweden striker’s goals had inspired Sporting for two years but in Colombian Luis Suárez they have found an equally prolific target man In Portugal, two of the most familiar sayings claim that “green is the colour of hope” and that “hope is the last thing to die”. For Sporting, a club draped in green,

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