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Arsenal seek to cast off shackles with creative statement against Liverpool

Successive defeats have stalled Premier League title charge but Martin Ødegaard is keeping faith in team’s cutting edge When Liverpool visited the Emirates in October 2022, Arsenal needed to prove a point. The home side had won seven of their first eight games but, beyond the successful negotiation of a derby with Spurs, all of […]

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Long way home: French Cup minnows travel 8,600 miles – and lose 12-0

Martinique-based club make epic journey to face LilleHopes of an upset faded fast as two players hit hat-tricks The Martinique-based club Golden Lion suffered a humbling 12-0 defeat at Lille in the French Cup midway through an 8,600-mile round trip to play the match. Golden Lion, the champions of Martinique and one of several overseas

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Chicago Blackhawks rookie star Connor Bedard out indefinitely with broken jaw

All-Star center left Friday’s game in New Jersey after big hitBedard, 18, has lived up to hype in first season with Chicago The Chicago Blackhawks placed rookie center Connor Bedard on injured reserve on Saturday with a broken jaw. Bedard got hurt when he was leveled by New Jersey defenseman Brendan Smith midway through the

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Matty Cash profits late on to edge Aston Villa to victory over Middlesbrough

The sprinkle of smartphone lights waved through the air suggested a special night in the making as the clock ticked down. Middlesbrough never really looked quite like forcing a shock win over high-flying Aston Villa but the fact that squeezing out a draw would have felt like an achievement, when it would have been just

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Moral and financial failure at Yorkshire is set to allow Colin Graves back in the door | Azeem Rafiq

The club’s sponsors must stand up to the return of a man who dismissed racism as ‘banter’ – or we are back where we started The likely return of Colin Graves as Yorkshire chairman exposes a failing game. It has been accelerated by bad financial management, weak governance and leadership and a complete moral failure

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