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Nottingham Forest beat Midtjylland on penalties after Europa League rescue act

Well, it wasn’t supposed to be like this. For Nottingham Forest, this was anything but the meek surrender widely feared, Vítor Pereira’s side advancing to the Europa League quarter-finals after triumphing 3-0 on penalties at Midtjylland, who missed all three spot-kicks. The goalkeeper Elias Ólafsson had celebrated his captain, Mads Bech Sørensen, winning the toss […]

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Francesca Jones defeats Venus Williams in Miami for WTA 1000 breakthrough

Brit overcomes seven-time grand slam champion 7-5, 7-5 25-year-old secures first victory since January In her first training session back on-site at a tournament after injury put an end to her Australian Open, Francesca Jones found herself in an unusual, delightful situation. Her training partner across the net was none other than Venus Williams, the

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It’s a knockout: why are there so many goals in the Champions League? | Jonathan Wilson

Theories range from obvious mismatches to Premier League clubs not being able to defend from open play There were 68 goals in the last 16 of the Champions League, which is not only a lot but goes against the trend of the previous four seasons. What’s going on? Has football suddenly become more attacking again?

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