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Cole, who last suited up for the Scarborough Shooting Stars of the Canadian Elite Basketball League, will take his talents overseas after signing a contract to play with the Nanjing Monkey Kings of the Chinese Basketball Association, ESPN’s Shams Charania reported Wednesday.
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Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now!Watching 10-man Italy blow their last chance to qualify for this summer's Geopolitics World Cup, Football Daily couldn't help but remember the schoolmasterly ticking-off with which the legendary commentator Barry Davies admonished a similarly depleted team of their predecessors 24 years ago. That...
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No business case for offering financial assistanceFormer players said county 'drifting towards irrelevance'The MCC has ruled out buying or investing in Middlesex as their tenants at Lord's begin another season in a state of crisis.A group of distinguished former players, led by the ex-England captain Mike Gatting, has called on the chair,...
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Roberto Baggio proposed an overhaul of talent pathway in 2011 but it was never acted on and the national team's approach now is just not workingThe decline of Italy's footballing expectations can be read in the headlines that greeted their third consecutive failure to qualify for a men's World Cup. When the Azzurri lost their playoff against Sweden...
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Sonia Bompastor blasted refereeing in the Champions League as "not good enough” after she was shown two yellow cards and emotions boiled over following Katie McCabe's hair pull on Alyssa Thompson in a frantic end to their two-legged quarter-final defeat by Arsenal.The holders, Arsenal, progress despite the controversy, and will play the winner of...
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Woods focusing on his health and wellbeing after crashFlorida judge grants his request to leave the USTiger Woods has turned down the opportunity to captain the United States at the 2027 Ryder Cup, the PGA of America has announced.The former world No 1's decision comes after he announced he would step away from golf for a period to focus on his...
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Police investigate chants heard at Barcelona friendlySpain's coach and justice minister condemn behaviourLamine Yamal has criticised chants by Spain fans during a friendly against Egypt in Barcelona that police are investigating for Islamophobia and xenophobia.Spain supporters chanted "who doesn't jump is a Muslim”, prompting Yamal to respond on...
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Slot: 'Hopefully he can make his legacy more special'Liverpool's record signing Isak 'in a really good place'The Liverpool head coach, Arne Slot, believes Mohamed Salah will "leave the club a legend” after announcing his departure at the end of the season. The Egypt international took to social media last week to reveal he had come to an...
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From Algeria to Uzbekistan, our writers and contributors from around the world assess the state of the 48 nations to qualify for the World Cup"There's more talent and potential than in 2022,” Kylian Mbappé said ominously this week after France had beaten Brazil 2-1 despite having Dayot Upamecano sent off after 55 minutes. He may well be right....
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Marc Skinner called for more investment in experienced players from Manchester United in order for his team to push on, after they succumbed to two late Bayern Munich goals and were knocked out in the Women's Champions League quarter-finals despite a spirited, second-leg performance.Skinner's team led on the night for 70 minutes after Melvine...
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Best-laid plans of the head coach fell apart with his likely World Cup leaders all missing during problematic friendlies at Wembley"We tried to build a football team in three days against Uruguay,” Thomas Tuchel says, unable to stop laughing at the end of the sentence. Ridiculous, the England head coach wants to add, although he stops short...
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Chelsea fail to overcome a two-goal first-leg deficit as Arsenal progress to the semi-finalsThe players are out …Sonia Bompastor: "I think our job is to make sure we produce good football and good performance, to bring the fans with us, because I think they can make an impact and a difference for the players. They can bring the extra energy the...
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Former athletes like me know that in professional sports you can get away with most things … as long as you're talented enoughWhen the Chicago Bulls waived Jaden Ivey on Monday, after he made a series of unprompted anti-LGBTQ and religiously charged comments on social media, the move was framed as a response to "conduct detrimental to the...
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