Newcastle United & 11 more clubs who shamelessly changed their badges for the worse

It’s more than just a marketing ploy, or a space to fill a part of a shirt. A club’s badge is its identity, the first thing many people think of when discussing a club, the emblem that represents their lives from Friday…

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Uzbekistan dominates chess Olympiad while England’s Sivanandan, 11, sets new world age record

India, the defending champions, were second, Germany a surprise third, and the top-seeded United States fourth. The hosts led almost from start to finish, with world No 5 Nodirbek Abdusattorov and the world title…

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Why boxing is still a box-office smash hit even as the sport’s popularity wanes | Emma John

So it felt almost embarrassing to discover a classic play that combined all three, yet I'd never heard of it before. To be fair, Golden Boy has not been performed in the UK in more than 40 years and its curious premise…

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Can you name every manager to have won the Premier League title?

Can you name each and every one of them? We’ve given you 10 minutes on this particular challenge and listed every single Premier League season and which club won it that year. So naming which coach was in charge for each…

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Jamie Pollock, THAT own goal & how Man City fans earned their stripes

Pollock joined City in March 1998 with the club third from bottom in Division One, facing eight games to save themselves from a humiliating relegation to the third tier for the first time in their history. His determined…

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Groves' journey from heart surgery to Scarlets

The fact the 25-year-old is playing at all is remarkable considering he underwent major eight-hour heart surgery in February 2024. There was not just a question whether he would play again. There was even concern about…

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Verstappen quickest in first session as drivers encounter “insane” tyre degradation | Formula 1

As pre-event predictions of high tyre degradation on the abrasive track came true, Verstappen spent the entire session on soft rubber, preserving his stock of harder compounds for later in the event. George Russell used…

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Wales wing Adams targets third World Cup

It is exactly a year until Wales play their opening game against Zimbabwe in Adelaide on 2 October, before further pool games against Tonga and England. "I'm desperate to go, but there is loads of rugby to be played and…

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Dragons trio continuing Gwent's Tongan tradition

The Pacific Islands influence remains strong in Gwent, to the extent that three Tongans will feature in Dragons' United Rugby Championship (URC) derby against Scarlets in Newport on Saturday (15:00 BST). Centres Fine…

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On This Day: Hamilton suffers title blow as Ricciardo wins Malaysian GP | Brief

After championship leader Nico Rosberg was sent spinning on lap one by Sebastian Vettel, it seemed as though Lewis Hamilton was on course to slash his team mate’s points advantage. But a big end failure on Hamilton’s…

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