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Newcastle’s prodigy with the brilliant brain: the rapid rise of Lewis Miley | Louise Taylor

Midfielder who ‘doesn’t look 17, doesn’t act 17 and doesn’t play 17’ has stepped into Eddie Howe’s first team with aplomb Every so often one or two of the most promising teenagers in Newcastle’s academy are invited to train with Eddie Howe’s first-team squad. The experience is partly a reward and partly an introduction to

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Local hero: Kobbie Mainoo bringing cheer at troubled Manchester United | Will Unwin

Stockport-born midfielder has broken through into first team and could be solution to Erik ten Hag’s midfield conundrum Amid all the joylessness that can come with being a modern football fan, concerned by takeovers, the cost of attending matches and the inevitability that your club is not as successful as you desire, there is one

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Hendry v Davis: the UK Championship final that changed snooker’s future

Stephen Hendry’s victory over Steve Davis at Preston in December 1989 kickstarted his decade of dominance By Steven Pye for That 1980s Sports Blog When Stephen Hendry beat Steve Davis in the UK Championship final at Preston in December 1989, it felt significant for snooker. There was an overwhelming sense that the baton of power

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