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‘Smiling assassin’ Jordan Smith basks in spotlight after hitting $1m tennis jackpot

Amateur player celebrates winning One Point Slam at Australian Open Sydney coach to use million-dollar payday to travel and buy property Pending tax advice, tennis coach Jordan Smith is Australia’s newest millionaire, thrust into the global spotlight after beating top professionals in the One Point Slam on Wednesday night. Smith’s improbable run to the $1m

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All Blacks begin search for new coach after ‘gutted’ Scott Robertson departs

Robertson leaves role two years into four-year contract Decision to part ways comes after internal NZR review Scott Robertson has stepped down as New Zealand coach following an internal review of the All Blacks’ performance. Speculation over Robertson’s future has mounted since December amid reports of friction between senior players and All Blacks staff. Continue

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‘No quitter’: Daniel Sanders to continue Dakar Rally despite breaking bones

Defending motorbike champion breaks collarbone and sternum Australian drops from first to fourth overall after crash on dunes Australian world champion Daniel Sanders has vowed to battle on with a broken collarbone and sternum, despite the crash ending his dream of becoming back-to-back Dakar Rally motorbike champion. Regardless of the pain that awaits him over

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Morocco book place in home Afcon final as Bounou denies Nigeria in shootout

Morocco advanced to the Africa Cup of Nations final on penalties, beating Nigeria 4-2 in the final shootout after their semi-final ended goalless after extra time. Yassine Bounou saved two spot kicks for the tournament hosts, keeping out Samuel Chukwueze and Bruno Onyemaechi’s efforts. Nigeria keeper Stanley Nwabali denied Hamza Igamane with the first save

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Sánchez nightmare suggests Rosenior will soon have to show his ruthless side | Jacob Steinberg

It’s damning that Chelsea, despite spending vast sums on their squad, are still reliant on such a skittish goalkeeper Martín Zubimendi had as much time as he wanted against the team forever building for tomorrow. Taking a flick from Viktor Gyökeres in his stride, the Arsenal midfielder danced into the area, weighed up whether to

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Arbeloa starts Real Madrid tenure with disastrous Copa del Rey defeat at Albacete

Albacete 3-2 Real Madrid Hosts, 17th in the second tier, pull off huge upset For 20 minutes of Álvaro Arbeloa’s debut as manager of Real Madrid, the fog came down and no one could see any football. For the other 70, they couldn’t either. Not from his team, at least. From Albacete Balompié, 17th in

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