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The Breakdown | Was rugby better in the old days? Try watching it and you will soon find out

The game is infinitely more skilful and entertaining than in the past and nostalgists should be careful what they wish for Another week, another set of ideas for how rugby union can be improved. Another year, another panoply of breathtaking matches, any one of which, if they had taken place in the distant amateur era,

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‘Emotional’ Rafael Nadal back to singles action with victory over Dominic Thiem

Spaniard returns from year-long injury absenceNadal wins engrossing 7-5, 6-1 match in Brisbane Rafael Nadal returned from his year-long injury absence with a bang by winning an engrossing first-round battle with Dominic Thiem at the Brisbane International. The 22-time grand slam champion had not played since damaging his hip during a second-round match at the

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