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Football comes together across Spain to honour Jesús de Miguel: ‘We’ve seen how fragile life is’

Across La Liga and beyond this weekend, footballers took to the field knowing it could have been them In the final few minutes before stepping into the arena once more, heading out for his 199th Osasuna match on Saturday evening, the man who has scored more first division goals than anyone in their history stopped his teammates for a moment and told them what it meant to wear the shirt. “This is very important,” Ante Budimir began as the dressing room, their sanctuary, fell silent around him. “We don’t have this shirt today for the sake of it. He was not chosen, and nor are we. It could have h

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Trump’s pathetic Dana White gambit could not mask his midterm humiliation | Howard Bryant

Trump has long relied on sports to project strength and fuel his culture wars. But after a crushing midterm defeat, even his UFC ally cannot distract from the political fallout In the wake of being destroyed in the midterm elections, it was only a matter of time before Donald Trump did something outrageous in an attempt to misdirect public attention away from his catastrophic losses. Before the midterms, published reports suggested the possibility of apocalypse, global or domestic – a nuclear strike on Iran, martial law to suspend last week’s elections, the invalidation of individual races, su

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Racing must seize its chance as new commission tackles UK betting laws

The 2005 Gambling Act has been described as ‘analogue’ in a digital age and review will be crucial for funding model The prospect of a new Gambling Act, with significant implications for racing’s funding model via betting, moved a step closer on Monday. A new commission that includes experts from the fields of economics, law, public policy, health and sport will initiate an “independent, evidence-based assessment of the existing [legal] framework [around gambling] and consider whether further reform, including potential new primary legislation, may be required.” The Gambling Policy Commission

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‘100% accurate’: Warner backs Khawaja over explosive ball-tampering claims

Former vice-captain breaks his eight-year silence Test captain Pat Cummins is expected to face questioning this week David Warner has broken his eight-year silence and says it is “100% accurate” that every player knew of the sandpaper plot, giving “full support” to Usman Khawaja. The former vice-captain of the Test team also claimed Cricket Australia’s investigation was “rushed and botched”, as he backed his former teammate’s account in a social media video shared on Monday evening. Continue reading...

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Joe Burrow is reviving the Bengals and pulling away in the race for MVP

The quarterback has led Cincinnati to four straight wins with stat lines that put him in the company of Tom Brady. At this rate, the trophy seems his to lose At the end of the 2021 season, the Cincinnati Bengals came up three points short in Super Bowl LVI against the Los Angeles Rams. Near the end of the 2022 season, the Bengals came up three points short – a 23-20 score line again in the AFC championship game against the Kansas City Chiefs. But from 2023 through 2025, those Bengals had to walk the desert for a while. Between injuries to quarterback Joe Burrow, an offensive line that was prob

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Premier League: 10 talking points from the weekend’s action

Delap’s talents resurface in style, Gómez delights Brighton with more fireworks, and hair-pulling confusion at Everton It would have been very easy for Oliver Glasner to lose patience with Liam Delap. The forward is still only 23, yet the days when he was rattling in 12 in a Premier League season for Ipswich have come to seem a very long time ago (and his six games for Manchester City even longer). A season at Chelsea had left him bereft of confidence, an odd mix of diffidence and overaggression, devoid of composure in the box, arms flailing like a broken windmill. But the old gifts have not l

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