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Championship roundup: Wrexham rally against West Brom to boost playoff push

Leicester earn precious point against Preston Hull frustrated after draw at lowly Oxford Wrexham staged a dramatic second-half recovery to draw 2-2 at West Brom and move into the Championship playoff places. Isaac Price’s free-kick deflected off George Dobson to give the hosts a lead that was built on before half-time by Josh Maja’s penalty

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Furniture chain offers $50m in refunds if UConn teams reach NCAA title games

UConn men and women are both in the Final Four 20,000 customers of Jordan’s Furniture could be repaid College basketball players aren’t the only ones poised to win big in this year’s March Madness. A New England furniture chain is offering to reimburse customers for products bought earlier this year if both the UConn men’s

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Bill Leyland completes unlikely St Helens comeback to stun leaders Wigan

St Helens 34-24 Wigan On-loan hooker scores twice in last 10 minutes The derby rarely fails to ­disappoint, but just when you think this 130-year-old rivalry ­cannot get any more ­unbelievable, this happens. The scoreline looks ­unremarkable, but that tells only a fraction of the story of the 367th meeting between St Helens and Wigan. The

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Different strokes: Channel 4 steps up for debut as Boat Races get makeover

Races have left the BBC as Oxford’s women, led by Olympic medallist Heidi Long, seek to end long wait for victory Channel 4 has screened plenty of elite sport since launching in 1982. Test cricket, the Tour de France, the Paralympics and even, for those with long memories, Masters golf in the mid-80s. Traditionally regarded

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Burslem Globetrotters: Port Vale’s travelling stars plot Chelsea shock

Australian manager Joe Brady and New Zealand striker Ben Waine have guided League One strugglers to quarter-finals The Port Vale manager, Jon Brady, left Australia as a 17-year-old to chase his dream of playing in the United Kingdom. Spells at Brentford, Swansea and Wycombe did not make a first-team debut a reality. The sacrifice would

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