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Ipswich on the rise and aiming to end Norwich’s ‘Old Farm’ stranglehold

Kieran McKenna’s side are chasing promotion to Premier League but have not won an East Anglian derby since 2009 Hostilities resume in the East Anglian derby this weekend, four years and 10 months since Ipswich Town and Norwich City last met. A fixture that may not attract the global audience of other English derbies and

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Texas Rangers’ Max Scherzer to miss start of 2024 season after back surgery

Rangers righty has back surgery and will miss start of seasonScherzer, 39, joined world champions from Mets at midseason Max Scherzer had surgery for a herniated disk in his lower back and will miss the start of next season for the World Series champion Texas Rangers. General manager Chris Young said Friday that Scherzer, who

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British Olympian ‘received banned drugs’ in US, claim documents

Athletics Integrity Unit expected to charge athlete imminentlyUS court documents part of unsealed indictment in New York A British male Olympian is being investigated by anti-doping authorities after US court documents claimed he received banned drugs while in America during 2021. According to papers filed in New York, the athlete was supplied with performance enhancing

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We will miss David Warner and his main villain energy. He made cricket feel epic | Barney Ronay

Retiring Australian was the key figure in the sandpaper scandal but he has also shone in every format of the game The best dramatic villains are dramatic villains who don’t know they’re dramatic villains; who might even turn out to be heroes. Satan in Paradise Lost, for example, who sees himself less as the embodiment

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Finn Russell: ‘The World Cup draw was tough but that’s sport – we could have done better’

Fly-half on throwing himself into life at Bath without a break after France 2023 and inspiring teammates to be attack-minded Modern rugby does not always trust its greatest showmen. As Danny Cipriani and Quade Cooper can testify it is often a lonely road for creative fly-halves with ambitions beyond an average coach’s imagination. Which is

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