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As the 2026 Winter Olympics open competition, Oliver Farry welcomes Louis Moustakas, Head of Institute for Sport and Sustainable Development at the University of Applied Sciences. He explores the deeper implications at play across the sports world. While Olympic organisers tout existing venues, the sheer scale of the event requires mass travel. "It...
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Arsenal staff member was in Chelsea half before cup tie'There are certain etiquettes in football,' Rosenior saysLiam Rosenior has accused Arsenal of disrespecting Chelsea by disrupting their warm-up before the second leg of their Carabao Cup semi-final.Television cameras caught Chelsea's head coach losing his cool and aiming a foul-mouthed outburst...
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As his team returns to the Super Bowl, the New England owner who once stood up on social issues proves he is just another transactional billionaireDuring the worst of it, when Philando Castile and Alton Sterling were killed by police a decade ago and Colin Kaepernick took a knee in protest, when a widespread reaction was to tell the highly...
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Davis played sporadically after arriving in Luka Doncic tradeEight-player swap comes ahead of Thursday's trade deadlineThe Dallas Mavericks are sending 10-time All-Star forward Anthony Davis to the Washington Wizards in an eight-player trade, ESPN reported Wednesday.The Mavericks will receive Khris Middleton, AJ Johnson, Malaki Branham and Marvin...
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Snooker player and commentator whose geniality behind the mic and on the BBC gameshow Big Break made him a popular figureJohn Virgo, who has died aged 79, made his name through snooker, but found fame through television – chiefly in the form of the Big Break game show on BBC1, which attracted millions of viewers in the 1990s.Having had a...
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Keep abreast of every event at the Winter Olympics with our day-by-day and sport-by-sport schedules, and follow events liveThe Winter Olympics returns to Italy for the first time in two decades. From the fashion capital of Milan to the dramatic peaks of Cortina d'Ampezzo, the Milano Cortina Games – the first to be co-hosted by two cities – will...
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Stars, new events, iconic Alpine venues and a return to full Olympic atmosphere after the pandemic era. Here's everything you need to know about Milano Cortina 2026The Winter Olympics are back – and this time they're zigzagging across northern Italy. Milano Cortina 2026 will be the most spread-out Winter Games ever staged, jumping from Milan's...
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Seattle's Aden Durde will be the first British coach to appear in the Super Bowl. He wants to ensure he's not the lastMidway through the 2023 NFL season, Dallas Cowboys star edge rusher Micah Parsons was frustrated. Asked about the source – a feeling of being held by opponents all the time – Parsons credited his defensive line coach Aden Durde...
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Tuchel ideally wants World Cup sides on 6 and 10 JuneMost qualified teams not available on second dateThe Football Association is experiencing difficulties in securing suitable opposition for England's World Cup warm-up games owing to their late start to the expanded 48-team tournament.England open against Croatia on the last day of the first round...
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Test captain has bruised eye and grazes to cheek and lip34-year-old is back in England after dismal Ashes tourBen Stokes has sustained a significant facial injury after being struck by a cricket ball.The England Test captain posted a picture on Instagram showing his right eye heavily swollen and bruised, a graze on his cheek and lip, and a bandage...
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Bild claims acid injections used to alter jumpers' suits'If anything was to come to the surface we'd look at it'During its 26-year history, the World Anti-Doping Agency has faced thousands of questions about athletes using illicit substances. Thursday, however, surely marked the first time it was asked whether ski jumpers were injecting their...
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The actions of Fifa's fawning president as well as the Olympics leader's call for 'neutral ground' underscores the hollowness of the global bodies' values In an ever more complex world, it is always good to have figures who can simplify things for us. A single person, making it crystal clear where they stand and what for, can be the light in the...
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The New England Patriots will take on the Seattle Seahawks for Super Bowl LX on Sunday. But beyond the game, 35 law enforcement agencies are responsible for securing the event as the Bay Area is expected to host around 90,000 visitors. Kris Van Cleave reports.
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In a year where the NCAA is stronger than ever after opening the doors to ex-CHL players, a fifth-round pick from last year’s NHL Draft finds himself atop the scoring charts. Flames prospect Ethan Wyttenbach looks like he could be a late-round gem for Calgary.
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Stubby Clapp, the longtime heart and soul of the men's national team, and the late Jim Baba, the beloved executive who touched the sport at all levels both at home and abroad, headline the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame's Class of 2026 unveiled Thursday.
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The 21-year-old, who is close to becoming the first European yokozuna or grand champion in Japan, is motivated by messages from his war-torn homeThe swish of feet on clay and sand has a soothing, rhythmic feel, as wrestlers at a sumo stable in Tokyo propel themselves across the ring, their bodies low, eyes fixed on an imaginary foe. By the time...
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The FA's proposals for a shake-up of the competition have met a groundswell of opposition with fans arguing it would bolster the wealthy eliteAs so much of the modern game increasingly sucks the joy out of football, there remains something pure and precious about the sight of those famous black and white numbered balls being tipped out of the...
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Head coach linked with new role after Rugby World Cup'I've not signed a contract,' says Scot before Italy clashGregor Townsend has claimed reports he is to take over at Newcastle after the 2027 World Cup is an attempt to "disrupt” Scotland before the Six Nations.The 52-year-old last year took on a consultancy role with Red Bull, who own Newcastle...
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Tim Micallef runs through the best 60 seconds in sports, like Travis Kelce showing off his golf game with a dart on 16th hole in Phoenix, meanwhile Luke Kornet’s weird two-handed dunk, and Nikita Zadorov having fun with the ref at the Stadium Series.
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As the winter transfer window closes, here are the patterns which have emerged across Europe's 'big five' leaguesWere there an Early Bird Award for prompt recruitment, Eintracht Frankfurt would be making space in their trophy cabinet. Before the transfer window even opened they had announced the signings of Younes Ebnoutalib and Keita Kosugi,...
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Max Rushden is joined by Barry Glendenning, Sam Dalling and Dan Bardell as Manchester City comfortably set up a League Cup final against Arsenal after a 5-1 aggregate win over NewcastleRate, review, share on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Audioboom, Mixcloud, Acast and Stitcher, and join the conversation on email.On the podcast today: it'll be an...
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The 20-year-old is a 'complete' player who combines Marcel Desailly's defensive ability with Laurent Blanc's creativityBy Get French Football NewsWhen you miss 18 months of football, there is a natural eagerness to make up for lost time. Jérémy Jacquet has certainly done that. This time last year Rennes recalled him from a loan spell at Ligue 2...
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'My motivation to win is exactly the same,' says championMcLaren driver admires rival Verstappen's killer instinctLando Norris insists he enters the new Formula One season highly motivated to retain the world championship he won for the first time last year. The McLaren driver believes his maiden triumph has only given him greater confidence in his...
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Harry Potter fans may have dreamed of soaring across a pitch on a broomstick, and while that fantasy remains out of reach, a close alternative is taking shape in Uganda, where a real-life version of Quidditch is being played in a village. Now known as quadball, the sport unites boys and girls around a shared ambition of competing in the Quidditch...
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The England legend discusses punditry, rugby sevens and the pride he felt while watching Joe Marler in The TraitorsAre you surprised at the complete turnaround in England's results or did you see this coming? "I'm not at all surprised because I saw the team trending in the right direction. I was involved for the back end of the 2023 World Cup...
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Cup rules state new signings must arrive before semi'Hopefully they can change it,' City manager saidAny attempt by Manchester City to clear Marc Guéhi to play in the Carabao Cup final against Arsenal will be rebuffed by the English Football League.Guardiola questioned the rule which means Guéhi cannot feature in March's final and said City would...
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Puerto Rico's Bad Bunny is a hit-maker and a patriot, a custodian and defender of his island's history and culture, but he's also a sports fan. In a different era, those details might mark him as the ideal Super Bowl halftime performer. Then there's the loud opposition that thinks he's too foreign to perform at America's marquee sports event.
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Travelling between venues at the 2026 Milano-Cortina Winter Games should be listed as its own sport. It would take a single journey of about 850 kilometres to visit the eight Olympic hubs hosting the ceremonies and 16 disciplines featured at this year's Winter Games.
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Organisers are hoping for a celebration of winter sport at Milano Cortina 2026 but tensions will not be far from the surfaceA short stroll from where the grandees of the International Olympic Committee are staying in Milan sits the Museum of Illusions – a place devoted to magic and misdirection. Mirrors distort. Perspectives shift. And nothing is...
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Team of pizza-makers and teachers brought together by a passion for the sport hope to win hearts back at homeIn a basement office in the north of Rome, Riccardo Maggio is unpacking boxes of blue jerseys with "Italia” written on them. He sighs when the landline phone rings again, and then again. Maggio is on his own, multitasking in the...
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Vivid dreamscape sold to fans in 2021 is yet to materialise amid layers upon layers of bureaucracy, economics and geopoliticsLayer two: Nick Woltemade, signed for £69m in the hot madness of summer, has stopped scoring. Anthony Elanga, a £55m winger, has struggled for game time and goals. Malick Thiaw, a £35m centre-half bought from Milan, keeps...
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England have the squad depth, but France have a returning hero and hosting duties for the potentially decisive finaleWhat are you most looking forward to? Let's hope it stops raining at some stage. Because if Matthieu Jalibert, Louis Bielle-Biarrey, Henry Arundell, Manny Feyi-Waboso, Louis Rees-Zammit et al have a licence to thrill with a dry ball...
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Stars could align for USA and Canada in ice hockey, while hosts Italy are getting their downhill hopes upAll eyes are on the, ah, essentials of the Norwegian men's ski jump team as they try to recover from one of the great botched crotch stitch switch scandals of 2025. Two of their gold medal-winning athletes from Beijing 2022, including the...
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British duo Jennifer Dodds and Bruce Mouat get the better of Norway after power failure at curling arenaCurling fans, rejoice! It is only fitting that the one sport played every single day of the Winter Olympics is the one that opens proceedings at Milano Cortina. Dubbed "chess on ice”, curling may not have the brute force of ice hockey or the...
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