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Sarr double helps Crystal Palace edge to extra-time win against nine-man Larnaca

Crystal Palace’s first taste of European competition has already taken them to Norway, Poland, France, Ireland and Cyprus. After Ismaïla Sarr finally broke down a stubborn Larnaca defence that had only conceded once in their previous seven matches in this competition, they needed more magic from their top scorer in extra time to set up

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March Madness: Coach lashes out at elite programs as High Point shock Wisconsin

Tiny North Carolina university stuns Wisconsin No 1 Duke survive upset scare against No 16 Siena Nebraska ends NCAA drought with rout of Troy Chase Johnston made his first two-point basket of the season, a fast-break layup with 11.7 seconds remaining that gave No 12 seed High Point an 83-82 victory over fifth-seeded Wisconsin on

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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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