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England’s Mako Vunipola retires from international rugby after 79 caps

32-year-old bows out three weeks before Six Nations beginsCarling questions reasons behind Owen Farrell’s England hiatus The England prop Mako Vunipola has announced his retirement from international rugby three weeks out from the start of the Six Nations with Steve Borthwick already facing severely depleted options on the loosehead side of the front row. The

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‘I’m not playing with a backpack of rocks’ – Raducanu on Australian Open hopes – video

Emma Raducanu says she feels a ‘lot lighter’ heading into the Australian Open, which starts in Melbourne on Sunday. The 21-year-old’s career has been plagued by injury since her miraculous victory at the US Open three years ago. Raducanu is on the comeback trail after being sidelined for eight months following surgery on both wrists

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‘I didn’t know anybody’: the coaching odyssey of Oxford’s Des Buckingham

Much-travelled manager has enjoyed success in India and Australia but has returned to his coaching roots in League One When Des Buckingham took over as Mumbai City’s manager in 2021 he soon noticed that his players were painfully shy. The Englishman worried if he had caused offence when they avoided making eye contact with him

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