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Next time Villas-Boas's Chelsea vision may get past the wastebasket | Richard Williams
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These matches in which the Premier League's top clubs see Naples and die expose a real problem for English footballHe is already the first foreign manager in the Premier League whose command of English is too extensive for his own good, and now we know that André Villas-Boas also appears to possess elegant handwriting. The sheet of hotel notepaper that found its way on to the Gazzetta dello Sport
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Cost of Glazers' takeover at Manchester United reaches £500m | David Conn
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Despite seven years of success under the Glazers' rule, United have leaked half a billion to service the debt-laden ownershipFor most normal souls outrage can only last so long, and at Manchester United, supporters' fury at the Glazer family's pillage of their club has been tempered by titles won, the glories of Wayne Rooney, Nani and the rest in full flow, as well as the passage of nearly seven
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RSPCA whip rules outburst reveal the society is now racing's enemy
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Basic flaws still evident in British Horseracing Authority whip rulesA few minutes after half-past eight this evening, the last horse will cross the line at Kempton Park, and after a deeply troubled 136-day existence, the British Horseracing Authority's "new" whip rules will suddenly be its old whip rules instead. It may have felt more like 136 weeks, but then, even racing has rarely managed to s
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The Question: Why is the back three resurgent in Italy? | Jonathan Wilson
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Napoli's Champions League victory over Chelsea was just part of a wider return to a formation that has suddenly become fashionable againGiven everything in football – tactically speaking – is relative, perhaps nothing can ever truly be dead. Systems and styles of play that have seemed to have outlived their usefulness drift away, fade from consciousness and lie dormant, waiting for the game to fo
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The Spin | In praise of cricket's finishers | Rob Smyth
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The job of the ice-veined finisher is the hardest of all, which is why they will always be the most interesting one-day charactersTHE PYJAMA PICASSOSIf you could be one type of one-day player, who would it be? Most would go for the glory boys who hit the centuries and take the four-fors. Yet the thinking-man's choice is surely the finisher, the dead-eyed champion who goes to work when the game is
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50 stunning Olympic moments No15: Great Britain's 2004 relay victory | Rob Bagchi
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Amidst a storm of adversity Britain's relay team caused the biggest relay upset in Olympic history by winning gold in AthensFury, when harnessed properly, can be a powerful motivational weapon in sport. It can clarify the muddled mind, sharpen the focus and become the inspiration for improbable acts of defiance. It can, of course, also consume the athlete. For every John McEnroe surge after a lin
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The Accenture World Match Play in Arizona: who will win, and why | Lawrence Donegan
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Only a fool would try to predict the outcome of 32 matches involving 64 of the world's best golfers. So here goesIt is that time of year again. With the first round of the Accenture World Match Play set to tee off, the old rule still applies – only a fool would try to predict the outcome of 32 matches involving 64 of the world's best golfers. So here goes.Luke Donald, England v Ernie Els, South A
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Champions League pressure builds for Internazionale and Bayern Munich | Gregg Roughley
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Drastic solutions are needed to end Inter's dire run of form plus the pressure builds at Bayern MunichMarseille v Internazionale (7.45pm, Stade Vélodrome)Didier Deschamps, the Marseille manager, probably cursed his luck when the draw was made for the last 16 in December. Inter were fifth in Serie A and enjoying a run of three wins that would stretch to seven. Claudio Ranieri, who had struggled to
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