No sour grapes: Venter on vintage form as he lays out Saracens vision

Wine tasting with Brendan Venter. Two of those are among the suggestions made by a flailing Alan Partridge in the famous "smell my cheese" sketch, the other took place on a chilly Tuesday night in north London this week.…

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What are the highest-scoring PREM Rugby matches of all time? 10 top-flight games that notched up a century of points

It comes amid a flurry of “basketball scorelines” in English rugby’s top flight, and a mere five months after Saints featured in the biggest scoring PREM Rugby match in history against another West Country club, Bristol…

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Boulter wins in under an hour to reach quarters

The British number two defeated her Swiss opponent 6-2 6-1 in Osaka and will face either Croatia's Antonia Ruzic or American Kayla Day in the next round. Boulter saved a break point in the opening game but dominated from…

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Why a South African is umpiring the ongoing South Africa-Australia Test

Gaffaney, appointed alongside England’s Richard Illingworth as an on-field umpire, fell ill in South Africa's first innings and withdrew during the 76th over. Jacobs had originally been named as the fourth umpire, while…

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Pakistan's best ODI batter is hiding in plain sight

The only question I had was why? Why him as captain? This was a guy who honestly hadn’t deserved his brief run in the national short-form side at that point, and wasn’t seen as T20 material by most observers, let alone…

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Man Utd’s last 11 signings before the Glazer takeover – & how they fared

We’ve looked at the last 11 signings United made before the ill-fated takeover was completed to see how they fared at the club. Wayne Rooney There was a lot of pressure on Rooney’s shoulders when he joined United from…

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South Africa v Australia: second men’s cricket Test, day four – live

Still flat and at the stumps. Head glances fine and picks up four past the keeper and away to the boundary. Then he takes a single to keep the strike. Goes without saying that Australia's hopes currently rest on Head's…

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Bayern Munich v Arsenal: The amazing combined XI ahead of Champions League clash

Arsenal reached the final of this competition last season before losing to Paris Saint-Germain on penalties, while Bayern Munich were knocked out by the Ligue 1 side in the semi-finals. We’ve merged the best players from…

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Titans reportedly released Jordan Elliott after he fetched gun following scuffle in practice

Ordered to leave ⁠the ​field after a scuffle with right tackle JC Latham, Elliott took off his ⁠pads, left the facility and went to the players' lot where security cameras captured the ⁠scene, according to multiple…

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Pakistan's Best ODI Batter is Hiding in Plain Sight

The only question I had was why? Why him as captain? This was a guy who honestly hadn’t deserved his brief run in the national short-form side at that point, and wasn’t seen as T20 material by most observers, let alone…

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