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• ‘Read between the lines’: Why Dogs pulled out of Galvin race as debate rages over Tigers’ move

  22-04-2025 23:53 via foxsports.com.au
  
  The rugby league world is divided on whether the Wests Tigers should “take a stand” and keep Lachlan Galvin or let the wantaway break his contract early.
  
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• Sea Eagles up ante in hunt for DCE replacement as Canberra contract sticking point revealed

  22-04-2025 23:43 via foxsports.com.au
  The Sea Eagles have intensified their chase for in-form Raiders half Jamal Fogarty, increasing their offer from two years to three years.
  
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• Manchester City 2-1 Aston Villa: Premier League – as it happened

  22-04-2025 23:40 via theguardian.com
  
  Matheus Nunes scored the winner deep into added time as City put some clear blue light between themselves and Villa in the race for Champions League qualification17 secs: Ollie Watkins scored after 34 seconds against Newcastle on Saturday. Marcus Rashford nearly does so after half that tonight! He twists and turns down the inside-left channel before threading a shot across Ortega and off the base of the right-hand post!Villa get the ball rolling. It’s not a sell-out. Continue reading...
  
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• Dramatic stoppage-time winner boosts Man City’s Champions League bid – PL Wrap

  22-04-2025 23:34 via foxsports.com.au
  
  Matheus Nunes scored a priceless stoppage-time winner as Manchester City beat top five-rivals Aston Villa 2-1 on Wednesday morning AEST to boost their bid to qualify for the Champions League.
  
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• Crystal Palace’s pre-FA Cup semi-final scheduling is unfair, says Oliver Glasner

  22-04-2025 23:30 via theguardian.com
  Opponents Aston Villa have an extra day to prepare‘You are shouting against the wind and nobody hears you’Oliver Glasner has complained that the buildup to Crystal Palace’s FA Cup semi-final against Aston Villa is unfair, after the Premier League turned down a request from the London club to have both sides play on the same night in midweek.Villa were in action at Manchester City on Tuesday night while Palace travel to the Emirates Stadium 24 hours later. Continue reading...
  
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• Arteta will not rest players against Palace despite looming PSG tie

  22-04-2025 23:30 via theguardian.com
  
  ‘When players are fit and available, they have to play’Liverpool to be league winners if Arsenal lose to PalaceMikel Arteta will not shy away from selecting key Arsenal personnel to face Crystal Palace on Wednesday in their final game before next week’s Champions League semi-final first leg even though his team are playing for little beyond pride.The meagre prize on offer is delaying Liverpool’s title celebrations but the manager denied he could wrap members of his squad
  
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• Ange Postecoglou set to leave Tottenham after ‘car crash’ tenure

  22-04-2025 23:24 via foxsports.com.au
  
  Ange Postecoglou is set to be sacked by Tottenham even if they win the Europa League, according to reports.
  
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• Ange Postecoglou heading for Tottenham Hotspur exit... even if he wins Europa League

  22-04-2025 23:24 via foxsports.com.au
  
  Ange Postecoglou looks set to leave Tottenham at the end of the season even if they win the Europa League, according to reports.
  
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• Inside Balta ‘curfew curveball’ that disrupted ‘shell-shocked’ Tigers’ plans as star faces prospect of missing up to 11 games

  22-04-2025 23:19 via foxsports.com.au
  
  Richmond and Noah Balta were left “shell-shocked” by a “curveball curfew”, according to Fox Footy’s Midweek Tackle panel, who on Tuesday night detailed the Tigers’ decision to not appeal a key element of a Magistrate’s decision.
  
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• Nunes boosts Manchester City’s top-five hopes with late winner over Aston Villa

  22-04-2025 23:10 via theguardian.com
  
  In the tussle for a Champions League berth Matheus Nunes’s added-time winner sent Manchester City delirious, shattered Aston Villa, and disappointed Nottingham Forest, Newcastle United and Chelsea in the race for the top five.Jérémy Doku’s slicing cross from the left was hammered in by the right-back and at the final whistle City contemplated their last four outings of Wolves, Southampton, Bournemouth and Fulham, a run that, following this victory, surely makes them fav
  
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• Cycling champion Luis ‘Lucho’ Herrera denies involvement in bizarre 23-year murder case

  22-04-2025 22:51 via foxsports.com.au
  
  Retired Colombian star cyclist Luis “Lucho” Herrera has denied claims by ex-paramilitary fighters seeking to implicate him in the murders of farmers on land adjacent to his over two decades ago.
  
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• Serie A matches and Italy’s Women’s Six Nations game move due to Pope’s funeral

  22-04-2025 22:47 via theguardian.com
  
  Serie A leaders Inter will now host Roma on SundayItaly v Wales in Women’s Six Nations to be rescheduledSerie A has postponed Saturday’s three fixtures due to Pope Francis’ funeral being held that day in Rome. Meanwhile, Italy’s Women’s Six Nations match against Wales is also set to be rescheduled as the country prepares to pay its respects.Earlier media reports in Italy had suggested that Serie A might make an exception for Inter’s clash with visitors Roma to
  
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• Sea Eagles’ hunt for DCE replacement intensifies as Raiders half receives increased offer

  22-04-2025 22:39 via foxsports.com.au
  The Sea Eagles have intensified their chase for in-form Raiders half Jamal Fogarty, increasing their offer from two years to three years.
  
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• Canberra 12yos Heath and Ella are preparing to skip rope for Australia

  22-04-2025 22:39 via abc.net.au
  
  Most people know rope skipping as a playground activity, but for 12-year-olds Ella Pratley and Heath Malligan it's a highly competitive and technical sport they're preparing to represent Australia in on the world stage.
  
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• Surfer suffers bizarre injury as Bells wave takes him out at the knees

  22-04-2025 22:36 via abc.net.au
  
  Moroccan surfer Ramzi Boukhiam suffers a "major injury" as he gets his foot stuck in the Bells Beach rocks and is hit in the knees by a wave while walking back to shore after his heat.
  
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• Shock downfall of Robbo’s axed $500k star; behind Wayne’s brutal Latrell call — Teams Talking Pts

  22-04-2025 22:34 via foxsports.com.au
  NRL coaches have been hit with a raft of injuries ahead of Round 8, while others have made huge selection decisions.
  
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• Bronco’s $1m rival contract twist; what next after Wayne’s brutal Latrell call — Teams Talking Pts

  22-04-2025 22:34 via foxsports.com.au
  NRL coaches have been hit with a raft of injuries ahead of Round 8, while others have made huge selection decisions.
  
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• Bronco’s $1m rival contract twist; new clash on ‘pointless’ Galvin backflip — Talking Pts

  22-04-2025 22:34 via foxsports.com.au
  NRL coaches have been hit with a raft of injuries ahead of Round 8, while others have made huge selection decisions.
  
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• KL Rahul powers Delhi towards thumping victory over Lucknow

  22-04-2025 22:23 via foxsports.com.au
  
  India’s KL Rahul hit an unbeaten 57 to steer Delhi Capitals to an emphatic eight-wicket win over Lucknow Super Giants and get his side back to winning ways in the IPL on Tuesday.
  
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• New No.1 seed rockets up order as contenders’ worrying flaws exposed — Power Rankings

  22-04-2025 22:18 via foxsports.com.au
  
  Welcome back to the Power Rankings.
  
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• NRL 2025: Canterbury Bulldogs, fitness, toughness, Reed Mahoney, Bronson Xerri, Cameron Ciraldo, Phil Gould, pre-season, premiership contenders

  22-04-2025 22:00 via foxsports.com.au
  
  Jack Gibson famously said premierships are won in the boardroom, but ask anyone at the Bulldogs right now and they’ll tell you they’re won sweltering in Sydney’s summer heat.
  
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• How pre-season from hell took Dogs from pretenders to contenders after brutal mass cleanout

  22-04-2025 22:00 via foxsports.com.au
  
  Jack Gibson famously said premierships are won in the boardroom, but ask anyone at the Bulldogs right now and they’ll tell you they’re won sweltering in Sydney’s summer heat.
  
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• AFL 2025, Power Rankings after Round 6 | AFL analysis, every team ranked from best to worst, Collingwood new flag favourite, No.1 team

  22-04-2025 22:00 via foxsports.com.au
  
  Welcome back to the Power Rankings.
  
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• Harris eyeing leadership role after 50m triumph

  22-04-2025 21:32 via abc.net.au
  
  Meg Harris claimed her first individual Olympic medal with a silver in the 50 metres freestyle in Paris, and it's that experience that is pushing her to a leadership role within the Dolphins squad.
  
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• Geelong expertly walks the Bailey Smith tightrope, and it could result in a flag

  22-04-2025 21:03 via abc.net.au
  
  In the heat of Geelong's epic battle with Hawthorn, a subtle interaction between Bailey Smith and a teammate gave an insight into how he has been able to slot into his new club so well.
  
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• Australia off to Cheerleading Worlds after sport's unprecedented boom

  22-04-2025 21:01 via abc.net.au
  
  It's a sport with its fair share of stereotypes. But as Team Australia prepares for the Cheerleading World Championships, its members say there's a lot more to cheer than Bring It On, wide smiles and prancing pompoms.
  
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• The million-dollar question about Jamarra Ugle-Hagan

  22-04-2025 21:00 via theage.com.au
  
  In this week’s Money Talks column, the latest on the Bulldogs and the AFL’s discussions about how to get the wayward forward back on track.
  
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• Chris Eubank Jr: ‘I shouldn’t be doing this. But we are the daredevils of sport’

  22-04-2025 21:00 via theguardian.com
  British boxer discusses the horrors of making weight and strained relations with his dad before Saturday’s grudge match with Conor BennChris Eubank Jr sits in his hotel room, locked in the extremes of a savage weight cut. Boiling down in weight gets even harder at the age of 35 but the words still flow freely. Eubank Jr can produce intelligent insights as easily as he churns out typical bombast and so he has no difficulty in explaining why his fight on Saturday night with Conor Benn will d
  
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• Simone Biles unsure of competing at 2028 LA Olympics: ‘My body is aging’

  22-04-2025 20:03 via theguardian.com
  
  American has won seven Olympics goldsBiles would be 31 at the start of next Summer GamesSimone Biles says she is unsure whether she will compete at the Los Angeles Olympics in 2028.The 28-year-old says she has other priorities, and is mindful of the demands her sport puts on her body at an age when most elite gymnasts have long since retired. Biles will be 31 when the LA Olympics start: the oldest all-around female gymnastics champion is Maria Gorokhovskaya, who won gold at the age of 30 at the
  
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• Ronnie O’Sullivan holds narrow lead over Ali Carter in World Snooker Championship

  22-04-2025 19:50 via theguardian.com
  O’Sullivan leads 5-4 on his return to competitionBoth players compile centuries in tight opening sessionRonnie O’Sullivan had to settle for a single-frame overnight advantage as the opening session of his World Snooker Championship first-round clash against his old foe Ali Carter failed to live up to its pre-match hype.The seven-time champion, returning to the tour for the first time since dumping his cue after losing a Championship League match in January, looked to have scrapped ou
  
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• Ben Youngs, England’s most-capped male player, to retire from rugby in June

  22-04-2025 17:34 via theguardian.com
  Scrum-half has played 332 matches for LeicesterHe won a record 127 England caps and toured with LionsThe end of the road is finally approaching for England’s most-capped male player. Ben Youngs, who made a record 127 appearances for his country, has confirmed he will be retiring from professional rugby in June after more than 500 senior games for Leicester, England, the Barbarians and the British & Irish Lions in a career spanning 18 years.Youngs has been a one-club man since his Tiger
  
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• Leeds are back among the elite but the real task for Farke is to keep them there | Louise Taylor

  22-04-2025 17:29 via theguardian.com
  The Championship’s best team will need to be smart in the transfer market to give themselves a chance next seasonWhen Leeds United sold £140m of playing talent last summer, Daniel Farke deviated from accepted managerial convention and declined to throw his toys out of the pram. Farke is a little too unconventional, a little too resistant to groupthink, to always do the expected and his club’s owner, the San Francisco‑based 49er Enterprises, is poised t
  
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• Football Daily | It’s party time at Leeds and Burnley – but how long will the good times last?

  22-04-2025 17:29 via theguardian.com
  Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now!Not content with prompting scenes of unbridled jubilation at Turf Moor by securing promotion to the Premier League after a one-year absence, Burnley’s win over Sheffield United also sparked similar, if less densely populated scenes of elation across t’Pennines in yonder Leeds. Sporting shades and busting the kind of moves you don’t often see in the formal surrounds of Elland Road’s Lorimer Suite, Largie Ramazani was still
  
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• R&A ‘would love’ the Open to return to Donald Trump’s Turnberry course

  22-04-2025 17:24 via theguardian.com
  
  Scottish course last hosted event in 2009R&A says logistics, not politics, are a concernThe R&A would like to see Donald Trump’s Turnberry course in Scotland return as host of the Open but will first need to assess the feasibility of the venue, the governing body’s chief executive, Mark Darbon, said.Turnberry, a seaside course in South Ayrshire, has staged the Open four times – most recently in 2009 when American Stewart Cink edged past his compatriot Tom Watson to clai
  
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• Barry Hoban obituary

  22-04-2025 17:18 via theguardian.com
  
  British cyclist whose record of 11 Tour de France finishes from 12 starts stood until 2024Barry Hoban, who has died aged 85, was one of the first generation of British cyclists to make a mark in European professional cycling, a prolific sprint winner whose UK record of eight stage wins in the Tour de France stood for 34 years until the greatest sprinter of them all, Mark Cavendish, reached his peak. His record of 11 Tour finishes from 12 starts stood until 2024 when it was eclipsed by Geraint Th
  
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• Arsenal and Chelsea face uphill battles in Champions League – Women’s Football Weekly

  22-04-2025 16:08 via theguardian.com
  Faye Carruthers is joined by Sophie Downey, Tom Garry and Emma Sanders to discuss the Champions League semi-finals, the Women’s Championship and the latest WSL actionOn this week’s Guardian Women’s Football Weekly, Faye Carruthers is joined by Sophie Downey, Tom Garry and Emma Sanders to review disappointing first-leg semi-final results for both Arsenal and Chelsea in the Champions League. They are trailing in their ties with Lyon and Barcelona respectively. But can they turn i
  
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• Priceless moment world-record swim dawns on Lex

  22-04-2025 15:24 via theage.com.au
  
  Australian Paralympic champion Alexa Leary realises on the pool deck that she broke her own world record in the S9 100m freestyle.
  
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• Lockyer's hint on Hunt's future

  22-04-2025 15:08 via theage.com.au
  
  Darren Lockyer questions whether a switch could be ahead for Ben Hunt.
  
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• Hird's concern for Clarkson over 'lost confidence'

  22-04-2025 15:04 via theage.com.au
  
  James Hird believes Alastair Clarkson is low on confidence amid North Melbourne's poor form.
  
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• Golden girl Lex breaks her own world record

  22-04-2025 15:03 via theage.com.au
  
  Australian Paralympic gold medallist Alexa Leary breaks her own world record in the S9 100m freestyle at the national swimming championships in Brisbane.
  
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• Jack Draper backs Sinner as return from ban nears: ‘He doesn’t deserve any hate’

  22-04-2025 15:00 via theguardian.com
  British No 1 says friend is ‘a really genuine, nice person’Italian will return to action after three-month ban in MayJack Draper believes it has been important to stand up for his friend Jannik Sinner and that the Italian is undeserving of any hate as he prepares to return from his three-month anti-doping ban next month.“When people ask about him, or anyone, I’ll tell the truth,” said Draper. “I think Jannik is a really, really genuine, nice person. And on top
  
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• Lyon and PSG have lessons to learn after careless performances in Europe

  22-04-2025 14:42 via theguardian.com
  
  Both clubs threw away convincing leads in England last week. They need to get their seasons back on track quicklyBy Get French Football NewsHubris cost Lyon last week and it almost cost PSG too. “We thought we were too good,” admitted Ousmane Dembélé after PSG conceded three goals at Villa Park and were nearly knocked out of the Champions League. “We eased off a bit. We thought it was over but big matches are like that,” said Malick Fofana after Lyon’s
  
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• Burnley rise again but will Parker’s battlers buck trend of recent history? | Will Unwin

  22-04-2025 14:00 via theguardian.com
  The Premier League-bound Clarets and their manager have no shortage of motivation heading into next seasonIf the opening night was anything to go by, it looked as if Burnley’s return to the Premier League at the first time of asking was inevitable. It was Scott Parker’s first game in charge, a tricky trip to Luton, who had dropped down with the Clarets. One team had enjoyed a summer of continuity whereas everything had changed at Turf Moor but it was Burnley who left with a dominant
  
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• Tackle that led to Papenhuyzen report

  22-04-2025 13:59 via smh.com.au
  
  Ryan Papenhuyzen was placed on report minutes after his tackle on Jake Averillo.
  
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• ‘Complete black hole’: Hidden cost of Jamarra absence as Buddy backs rival move

  22-04-2025 13:31 via foxsports.com.au
  A hidden cost to the Western Bulldogs for Jamarra Ugle-Hagan’s absence has come to light, while AFL champion Buddy Franklin has advocated Sydney as a suitable new home for the troubled former No. 1 pick.
  
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• ‘Complete black hole’: Hidden cost of Jamarra absence as Buddy advocates Sydney move

  22-04-2025 13:31 via foxsports.com.au
  A hidden cost to the Western Bulldogs for Jamarra Ugle-Hagan’s absence has come to light, while AFL champion Buddy Franklin has advocated Sydney as a suitable new home for the troubled former No. 1 pick.
  
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• Norwich sack head coach Thorup and place Wilshere in interim charge

  22-04-2025 13:06 via theguardian.com
  
  Canaries missed out on playoff spot in ChampionshipA 3-1 defeat at Millwall marks Thorup’s final matchJack Wilshere will take charge of Norwich’s final two games of the season after the Canaries parted company with head coach Johannes Hoff Thorup.Norwich have slipped to 14th in the Championship after winning only twice in 14 matches, with their 3-1 Easter Monday defeat at Millwall being their fourth loss in five games. Danish coach Thorup was appointed on a three-year deal last May a
  
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• Manly enforcer loses at judiciary after breaking rival’s leg, Storm star found not guilty in two mins

  22-04-2025 13:05 via foxsports.com.au
  
  Manly’s forward stocks have taken another serious hit with experienced front-rower Toff Sipley copping a four-game ban at the judiciary on Tuesday night.
  
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• Leeds and Burnley return to the Premier League: Football Weekly - podcast

  22-04-2025 13:03 via theguardian.com
  Max Rushden is joined by Barry Glendenning, George Elek and Sanny Rudravajhala as Leeds and Burnley confirm their return to the Premier League over a busy Easter weekend in the EFLRate, review, share on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Audioboom, Mixcloud, Acast and Stitcher, and join the conversation on Facebook, Twitter and email.On the podcast today; the panel briefly summarise Nottingham Forest’s huge win over Spurs that propelled them back into the Champions League qualification spots befo
  
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• Manchester United plan £62.5m Cunha move but must raise funds from sales

  22-04-2025 12:59 via theguardian.com
  Wolves forward is Amorim’s prime target at No 10Sale of Rashford would allow United to finance dealManchester United are pushing to sign the Wolves forward Matheus Cunha but may have to raise the money to trigger his £62.5m release clause by selling Marcus Rashford or other players.Ruben Amorim has identified the 25-year-old as his prime target for the No 10 berth, one of the head coach’s two priority positions, along with a centre-forward. Continue reading...
  
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