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Mercedes are back in F1 title fight, declares upbeat Wolff after car upgrades
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Lewis Hamilton’s performance at the Spanish Grand Prix has given Mercedes belief that they can join the Formula One world championship fight this season. The team principal, Toto Wolff, heralded Hamilton’s charge from...
Guardiola salutes his ‘legends’ after Manchester City’s title triumph
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An ecstatic Pep Guardiola hailed Manchester City as “legends” after claiming the Premier League title in dramatic fashion. His team came from two goals behind with 14 minutes left to beat Aston Villa 3-2, pip Liverpoo...
Phil Mickelson withdraws from US PGA Championship title defence
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Phil Mickelson will not defend his title in next week’s US PGA Championship at Southern Hills, tournament organisers have announced. Mickelson has been taking a break from golf since the fallout from his explosive com...
Tonali veers around Verona hoodoo to keep Milan’s title dream on track
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Stefano Pioli did not need a history lesson before Milan’s visit to Verona. The tales of how these opponents twice derailed Rossoneri title runs at the Stadio Bentegodi, earning the moniker “Fatal Verona” by beating t...
City fans reminded of healing powers of De Bruyne and likely league title
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How do you mend a broken heart? Not literally, that is. If you’re Manchester City, your solution to a broken heart would probably be to spend £30m on hiring the 50 best heart surgeons in the world to defibrillate it f...
Blackstenius sinks West Ham to no avail as Arsenal miss out on WSL title
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Arsenal knew what they had to do in the final game of the season: win against West Ham and hope Chelsea slipped up against Manchester United. They did the former with two goals and a clean sheet, overcoming a steely d...
Dmitry Bivol humbles Canelo Álvarez in shocker to retain light heavyweight title
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Dmitry Bivol shocked Saúl “Canelo” Álvarez, his devastated army of fans, all of Mexico and boxing itself when he retained his WBA light heavyweight title with a consummate victory on points in Las Vegas on Saturday ni...
Tottenham’s resistance puts major dent in Liverpool’s title hopes
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Rarely have a team reached the Premier League summit in May accompanied by such ruefulness. Jürgen Klopp thumped his chest with pride in front of the Kop, as though reinforcing the message that Liverpool will never gi...
Jamie Chadwick pounces on final Miami lap to win as W Series title defence starts
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Britain’s Jamie Chadwick won the opening race of the new W Series all-female championship season in Miami. Chadwick lost and re-took the lead in a competitive and incident-packed race. Marta García from Spain took sec...
Celtic on verge of Scottish Premiership title after comeback win over Hearts
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Celtic effectively put the Scottish Premiership title beyond the reach of Rangers after coming from behind to beat Hearts 4-1. The victory put Celtic nine points and 22 goals ahead of Rangers, who have three games lef...
Premier League title tussle continues and WSL finale: football countdown – live!
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Seattle Sounders defeat Pumas UNAM for historic Concacaf Champions League title
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The Seattle Sounders defeated Mexico’s Pumas UNAM 5-2 on aggregate to win the Concacaf Champions League on Wednesday, ending Major League Soccer’s long wait to lift the top club tournament for teams from North America...
‘I could play to my mid-50s,’ says Ronnie O’Sullivan after seventh world title
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Ronnie O’Sullivan has warned his snooker rivals he may keep playing at the highest level until his mid-50s as the dust settles on another world championship victory. O’Sullivan equalled Stephen Hendry’s modern-era rec...
Ronnie O’Sullivan beats Judd Trump for record-equalling seventh Crucible title
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The Magnificent Seven is complete. A 30-year journey to snookering immortality, which has not been without its bumps along the way, was never likely to be straightforward even in its final stages given the prize on of...
Celtic close in on title despite Sakala salvaging derby draw for Rangers
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It was fair enough that Celtic looked towards a bigger picture. Barring an extraordinary collapse from the position of six points and 19 goals ahead of Rangers with three games to play, Ange Postecoglou’s team will be...
Manchester City have title ‘in our hands’ but must stay perfect, insists Guardiola
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Pep Guardiola reminded Manchester City that the Premier League title is “in our hands” after they emerged from a potentially difficult assignment at Leeds with a 4-0 win that keeps them a point ahead of Liverpool. Fou...