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‘I just wanted to be who I am’: the extraordinary story of Tony Powell, the secretly gay footballer

Former Norwich defender lived for years in an LA motel, cut ties with his family for more than three decades and is now the subject of a documentary “I hated it,” Tony Powell says on a spring afternoon in Los Angeles of his past as a secretly gay professional footballer for Bournemouth and Norwich in the […]

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‘I’m not the brightest but I know how to play golf’: Robert MacIntyre on major ambitions, the Masters and nappy duty

Scot put in a late challenge for the Players Championship and says he has ‘a chance’ at winning whenever he tees off It is just as well Robert MacIntyre cares little for publicity. He also does a fine line in self‑deprecation. When asked to compare his approach with Matt Fitzpatrick, his Ryder Cup teammate, MacIntyre

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‘I was struggling to feel my hands’: Aston Martin’s problems laid bare by Alonso’s woe in China | Giles Richards

So severe is the vibration problem caused by the car’s Honda engine that the team principal feared his drivers suffering permanent nerve damage The next round of the Formula One world championship in Japan will be the home race for the Aston Martin team’s engine manufacturer, Honda, at the Suzuka circuit. A celebratory affair, however,

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‘We were all so happy’: Arsenal bid to harness feel-good factor against Leverkusen

Riccardo Calafiori reflects on Max Dowman’s impact as Mikel Arteta’s side bid to reach the Champions League quarter-finals Even the man who Mikel Arteta has described as his chief “chaos creator” almost found things a bit too much. Riccardo Calafiori was in the thick of the celebrations after Max Dowman’s historic late goal to clinch

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Iran say they are negotiating with Fifa to move their World Cup games to Mexico

Iran are due to play all three group games in the US Trump said Iran should not play for their ‘life and safety’ Iran’s football federation has said it is in discussions with Fifa about moving the team’s World Cup matches to Mexico from the United States owing to concerns about the safety of their

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