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⚽ Afcon updates from the 7pm GMT kick-off in Morocco⚽ Live scores | Fixtures | Follow us on Bluesky | Mail JohnAchraf Hakimi, a high performer in our Top 100, is on the bench for Morocco. His coach, Walid Regragui, spoke ahead of the tourney: “We have been working for two years. It will be a big day…
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Newcastle 14-50 BathChampions score eight tries against bottom sideBath returned to the summit of the Prem, exposing the gulf between top and bottom with maximum points at Kingston Park.Despite resting several front-liners, they ran in eight tries to bounce back from last week’s Champions Cup defeat…
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Keep up with all the games | Message GrahamBears stun Packers in wild OT comeback win on SaturdayDid anyone catch Chicago v Green Bay last night? If you missed it enjoy the highlights. What a comeback from the Bears, talk about drama! Chicago now just have to beat either the 49ers or Lions to win th…
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Barcelona head into new year on top of La LigaKoke, Gallagher and Griezmann strike for AtléticoBarcelona secured a composed 2-0 La Liga victory at Villarreal on Sunday thanks to goals from Raphinha and Lamine Yamal in a match that tilted firmly in the visitors’ favour when the hosts were reduced to …
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Frenchman led team to promotion from second tierSecond sacking of week after West Ham ditched SkinnerLondon City Lionesses have sacked their manager Jocelyn Prêcheur, with the newly-promoted club sitting sixth in the Women’s Super League table.The Frenchman oversaw London City’s promotion to the WSL…
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Rangers arrived in Edinburgh with a view to reminding onlookers they can be a key component in this season’s Scottish title race. They departed as the latest victims of the Hearts juggernaut. Back to back wins against Celtic had already been secured before Hearts repeated the trick against Rangers. …
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2018 champion Cross untroubled in win over WhiteCullen accuses Suljovic of ‘cheating’ during defeatRob Cross eased into the third round of the PDC World Darts Championship with a 3-1 win over the veteran Ian White.It has been a disappointing year for the 2018 champion, with a host of early exits in …
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The African Cup of nations opens in Rabat tonight with a match between the host country Morocco and the Comoros. It's a crucial event for the country, which is hoping to cement its status as a football superpower. The tournament will allow Morocco to show off infrastructure investments it is making …
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Quarter-final: Liverpool 1-9 ChelseaRytting Kaneryd scores hat-trick as Blues run riotIt is not supposed to be this easy, in a quarter-final between two top-flight sides. Chelsea barely broke sweat as they put nine goals past woeful Liverpool, including a hat-trick from Johanna Rytting Kaneryd and t…
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The Qualifying Series is the lowest rung on the competitive World Surf League ladder but the next generation has sucked me in with their talentAt first, it seemed like a natural progression. I have long been a surf fan, I regularly write about the World Surf League (WSL) Championship Tour, and once …
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The feeling among fans is anticlimatic as ‘businessmen have appropriated the ball that used to belong to the people’Jonathan Zamora was seven years old the last time Mexico hosted the World Cup in 1986. “I witnessed perhaps one of the most sublime moments in the history of football,” he says, retell…
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Manager says the ban Xavi Simons faces is ‘too harsh’Slot says his ‘gut feeling’ on Isak injury is not positiveA frustrated Thomas Frank took aim at two decisions, both involving the use of the video assistant referee system, that helped swing proceedings in Liverpool’s favour during his Tottenham s…