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‘World is his oyster’: new Derbyshire home and mentor offer Shoaib Bashir fresh start

England off-spinner spent the Ashes carrying drinks but is determined to win back place with help of Mickey Arthur A new season dawns and for Shoaib Bashir it represents a new beginning. Overlooked by England for the entire Ashes despite two years of investment, and having had a nomadic career up to this point, the […]

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No more Matildas or Socceroos blockbuster matches if top teams won’t make the trip | Jack Snape

The pressure is on Football Australia to sustain interest in the national sides but luring elite opposition to play friendlies at home is ‘bloody difficult’ The memories flow freely: John Aloisi’s penalty, James Troisi’s Asian Cup winning-goal. There was Mile Jedinak’s hat-trick against Honduras, the wiggling Andrew Redmayne against Peru. Cortnee Vine from the spot,

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Uefa president Ceferin warns Italy it could lose Euro 2032 without action on stadiums

‘Football infrastructure is among the worst in Europe’ Italy’s FA president resigns after World Cup failure The Uefa president, Aleksander Ceferin, has warned Italy it risks not being able to co-host Euro 2032 due to the condition of the country’s stadiums, which he called “some of the worst in Europe”. “Euro 2032 is scheduled and

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Weakened Leicester show why away sides need Champions Cup miracles

Visiting teams have won two of 24 last-16 ties, so it is no surprise players needing post-Six Nations rest skip trips The odds on multiple away wins in this weekend’s Champions Cup last 16 are not terribly good. Since the single-leg concept was born three years ago there have been 24 matches, with the hosts losing only two.

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Alpine condemn ‘hateful’ abuse of Colapinto and Ocon over F1 crashes

Colapinto abused over Bearman’s high-speed crash in Japan Former Alpine driver Ocon clashed with Colapinto in China The Alpine Formula One team have condemned on Thursday online abuse of their Argentinian driver Franco Colapinto for an incident in the Japanese Grand Prix as well as death threats directed at the team’s former racer Esteban Ocon

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