Football
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MANCHESTER CITY are open to waiting until the end of August to land a new midfielder but Pep Guardiola claimed that the Premier League champions will refuse to be held to ransom.
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SAMMIE SZMODICS showed how much Blackburn will miss him if Ipswich take him to the Premier League this month.
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SHEFFIELD UNITED boss Chris Wilder hailed a ‘fresh beginning’ for the club as his side got their Championship season up and running at the first time of asking.
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STEPPING up from his role as England Under 21s boss, Lee Carsley becomes only the eighth caretaker manager in England’s 152-year history. He is in decent company, too, given the man he is replacing (at least for now), Gareth Southgate, took a similar path and ended up taking the top job. Not everyone has made such a success of their temporary stint, though. Mail Sport runs through the Three Lions’ best, and worst, interim bosses…
Columnist
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By Ann Packer, 800m gold, Tokyo 1964
They said the 800m wasn’t for ladies in my day… just imagine telling Keely that!
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Sir Clive Woodward
English rugby has sold its soul by renaming Twickenham. How HAS it come to this?
IN what is proving to be a wonderful summer of sport, the decision to rename Twickenham the Allianz Stadium feels like an almighty blow. It is one I was surprised and saddened to learn about.
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Ian Herbert
Bolton refugee Cindy Ngamba shames every hate-filled thug who seeks to divide Britain
AT 4pm on Sunday, from the seclusion of the five-star holiday retreat in Cyprus where he is evading arrest, the racist attention-seeker Tommy Robinson tweeted about Bolton, fuelling the kind of disorder there which is shaking so many of our communities to the core.
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Oliver Holt
It’s tragic that innocent boxers are collateral damage in a political war between liars and charlatans
AMID all the joy and exultation of the Paris Olympics, amid the beauty and splendour, a tragedy is playing out in front of our eyes here, too. On Sunday morning at the Parc des Expositions, not far from Charles de Gaulle Airport, they staged its second act.
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Riath Al-Samarrai
These Games are a triumph - in spite of spineless Olympic chiefs
THEY all want to see Simone Biles. On Thursday, her night of wonder and redemption at these Olympics, that meant a few well-known names turned up. Zinedine Zidane was there at the Bercy Arena, so too Bill Gates and Steph Curry, and what a performance it was, just as they knew it would be.
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Ian Herbert
A receding hairline, baggy shorts and a lived-in face… 1924 hero Liddell was an Olympic champion in the purest sense
YOU’LL find the framed image of him just inside the door at the beautiful little exhibition about the 1924 Paris Olympics, up the hill from the stadium where he ran to 400 metres gold.
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Oliver Holt
Crowd could only mourn as the King of Clay’s Paris swansong became a sad last dance
THEY streamed out of the metro station at Porte d’Auteuil, past the battalions of police cars, down the tree-lined avenue, past the Jardin des Serres and into the grounds of Roland Garros to see the king in his kingdom one last time.
Cricket
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Thorpey was there during my darkest moments. He was always there. I loved him. We all loved him
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I can’t even hold a fork with my weak hand but now I take wickets with it!
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Lawrence in to open for crocked Crawley as Cox gets first call-up
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Can foreign money make the Hundred a worldwide hit?
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Flintoff top of the shortlist as England axe coach Mott
Formula One
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IF you believe the next sentence amounts to the entire truth, you will believe anything. ‘It’s not like all of a sudden I need to do it and prove a point — I don’t.’
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MAX VERSTAPPEN has been ordered to pull the plug on his late-night gaming sessions following a disappointing display at the Hungarian Grand Prix last weekend. Verstappen, 26, was up until the early hours on race day in Budapest, competing in virtual races online before stuttering to a fifth-place finish. He has now gone three races without a win for the first time since the 2021 season.
Tennis
Rugby
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HULL FC turned the Super League form book on its head by holding on to stun leaders Wigan with a thrilling win at MKM Stadium.
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STEVE BORTHWICK will launch an urgent mission to fast track the next generation of England props, after scrum trouble contributed to a 2-0 series loss against New Zealand.
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Ciaran Frawley kicked a long-range drop goal as the clock turned red to earn Ireland a dramatic win over South Africa at King’s Park, Durban, and square a thrilling series.
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ENGLAND were infuriated to be denied a chance to snatch a draw at Eden Park yesterday, when their last attack was halted on debatable grounds.
Racing
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THE booking of Billy Loughnane aboard JARRAAF (NB) (pictured) in the Shergar Cup Sprint at Ascot (3.20pm) is a huge positive and he has strong claims of following up his recent course and distance success.
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ADAAY IN DEVON (NAP) (pictured) is a dual Listed winner and has also been placed twice in Group Three company this year, including at Ascot. She won her only previous start in a handicap.
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BILLY LOUGHNANE will spend the winter in Australia to gain more valuable experience and build the momentum behind his burgeoning career.
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THE Stewards’ Cup (3.35) is the highlight on the final day of the Goodwood Festival and PUROSANGUE (NAP) should go close for trainer Andrew Balding.
Boxing
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TYSON FURY admits that the mighty blows with which Deontay Wilder kept knocking him down during their epic trilogy have taken years off his life.
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JOHN Terry and Jill Scott led the well-wishes to Laura Woods after the presenter suffered nasty facial injuries in a freak accident on holiday.
CONGRATULATIONS to Keely. That was just fantastic. With all that pressure, she delivered and showed she was in a different class.