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It’s complicated: Awkward marriage of Maresca and Chelsea provides great drama | Barney Ronay

Enzo Maresca loves controlled buildup play while Blues fans tend to like forceful football. Conflict seemed inevitableThere was a news story this week about a team of a hundred scientists who have spent nine years analysing a single cubic millimetre of mouse brain. The one hundred scientists have finally published their results. And those results are …
Ruth Chepngetich and Peres Jepchirchir withdraw from London Marathon

World-record holder Chepngetich ‘not in right place’Defending women’s champion Jepchirchir has ankle injuryThe women’s world-record holder, Ruth Chepngetich, and the reigning champion, Peres Jepchirchir, have withdrawn from the London Marathon, organisers said on Friday, less than two weeks before the race.Kenyan Chepngetich broke the women’s …
Kyren Wilson: ‘It’s not just me that’s world champion. It’s my whole family’

The 2024 winner reflects on the emotional backstory to Crucible triumph amid major health concerns for his family“‘I still believed in myself but it was quite soul-destroying out there,” Kyren Wilson says in a back room at Barratts Snooker Club in Northampton. The world champion once worked here as a barman because he had lost his place on tour after …
Lionel Messi delivers verdict on David Beckham as he lifts the lid on his relationship with Inter Miami president and reveals what 'surprised' him

Messi was persuaded to join Inter Miami, Beckham's MLS franchise, in 2023 after leaving Barcelona in 2023.
Yuki Tsunoda SMASHES into the wall in practice at Saudi Arabian Grand Prix as Red Bull's second driver problems continue after Liam Lawson was brutally axed

Yuki Tsunoda replaced Liam Lawson after just two race weekends, with the Kiwi driver being demoted back down to Red Bull's sister team - RB following a dismal showing at the Chinese Grand Prix.
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O'Sullivan: I've lost my instinctiveness and it's pretty scary

Ronnie O'Sullivan has said he has lost his "instinctiveness" as a snooker player, revealing it feels "pretty scary" ahead of the start of the World Championship.
Wellens laments 'basic errors' after Saints defeat at Wigan

St Helens head coach Paul Wellens admitted "basic errors" cost his side what could have been a statement derby win over local rivals Wigan Warriors as they fell to a 24-14 defeat at The Brick Community Stadium.
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Norris fastest as Tsunoda crashes in Saudi practice

Lando Norris was fastest from McLaren team-mate Oscar Pisatri as Red Bull's Yuki Tsunoda crashed in second practice at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.
Bryce heroics not enough to save Scotland's World Cup hopes

Captain Kathryn Bryce's stunning unbeaten century and three wickets were still not enough to keep Scotland's World Cup hopes alive as Ireland snatched a one-wicket win with the final ball in Lahore.
Chepngetich and Jepchirchir out of London Marathon

World record holder Ruth Chepngetich pulls out of the London Marathon, along with defending champion Peres Jepchirchir.