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The Ashes
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Second test starts in the middle of the night - best chance for England given it is a day/night match in cool conditions England's seamers should benefit - let's hope the batters can finally get some big runs.
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So Leicester City have duly won the Premier League with two matches to spare  After their great escape from relegation last season, they started this season with a new manager in Claudio Ranieri and were duly priced at 5000/1 to win the league. In front for most of the season, that bubble just ne...
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Billy Monger
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Hats off to this guy, people may remember he lost both his legs in a horror motor racing crash 2 years ago, aged 17 at the time. Hes today won the Pau GP in euro formula which is something like formula 3 and is clearly a great talent but also an inspirational person. There was a documentary on him and his jour...
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Coupe de France v FA Cup
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One maybe aimed towards Coup Droit! We over here always think of the FA Cup as the top club cup competition. But looking at the French version, it seems to run ours pretty close in terms of number of entries, upsets over the years, chances for lower level clubs. As someone with links both sides of the...
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UEFA champions league
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Knockout stage.... Great win for my team (Man U) last night in a tricky away tie against Lille. It was a scrappy match, one of the worst pitches I've seen. We were a bit sloppy in defence and Lille were in control for most of the match, had a goal correctly disallowed in the 2nd half - was a great decisio...
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Mo Farah
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Having read a lot of allegations between Mo and Gebresalasie before the marathon and re digging of some of his dubious coaching relationships, anyone else worried that mo has got some worrying stuff to hide ? Or am I just copying malicious rumours and unfounded gossip. I
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Masters Golf 2019
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Of all the golf events, this is the one I hold at the same level as say Wimbledon in tennis. Albeit not sure I like much of what goes on around Augusta and the attitudes in terms of diversity, lets leave it at that as it clearly is unacceptable in this day and age. Anyway, Iain Carter writes in the BBC website...
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Kelly Catlin
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https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/8606643/kelly-catlin-cycling-olympics-silver-suicide-father/
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Hillsborough inquests conclusions
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Which teams do you support ?
I'm a supporter of Manchester United and Stevenage Borough.
Big Clash for Man U tomorrow against Liverpool, really need to win otherwise the League Cup's going to be the pinnacle of our ambitions this season.
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Vuelta
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I see Chris Froome has won todays time trial and looks certain to win the Vuelta now - amazing job to win both this and the TdF in one year, a bit like winning Wimbledon and the US Open in the same season (if the Giro is the French...not sure what the Aus Open equivalent is, maybe the World Championships). On...
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Ellie Soutter
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I have only just taken time to read more about the tragic story of Ellie, our snowboarding young talent who took her own life on her 18th birthday. Such a sad story and someone who will clearly be tragically missed. As a Dad of a 20 year old boy and 16 year old girl, I can really feel the pain of those who loved...
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Which round will England reach in the FIFA World Cup 2018??
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Well, worth seeing what us tennis fans know about football. As an aside, Gareth Southgate owns a house nearby to where I live in Harrogate - a massive manor house near to Fewston Reservoir. I have seen him in two restuarants locally, the Italian Connection on Cold Bath Road , and Al Bivio on Hornbeam Pa...
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Giro d'Italia 2018
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I am not sure how many people follow cycling and some may have strong views on Chris Froome and Team Sky, but just to say Chris Froome has just put in one of the all time great cycling stage wins, riding solo for 80km to win the stage, turnover a 3 minutes plus time deficit and move into the leaders Pink jerse...
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Commonwealth Games
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Being frank I haven't been and never really am turned on by thes games - I don't find the events meaningful and can't get interested. However - shout out to the England netball team. Those two wins in the last second v Australia and Jamaica were pure drama and given the top teams in the world were at the g...
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Team Sky
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Is Team Sky's reputation now completely shot? Are Wiggins and Froome exposed as frauds? And how can Dave Brailsford have any credibility left, let alone a job? Discuss...or I might be wrong
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Winter Olympics
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Anyone see the snowboard slopeski yesterday. Apparently the BBC had over 300 complaints about the commentators. I though the commentary was hilarious, not quite what the BBC were known for. The best bit was when the Austrian girl fell of the top and tried to get back up the ledge(tried being the ope...
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Jimmy Armfield
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Very saddened to hear of the passing of Jimmy Armfield, but remember with thankfulness, a life well lived. A peerless gentleman; a great servant to his sport, his country, and his beloved Blackpool; a thoughtful, humble, modest and balanced broadcaster in the mould of Dan Maskell. We will not see hi...
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Squash PSA World Series - Tournament of Champions
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Couple of things - shout out to James Willstrop (who lives in Harrogate where I am based) who has reached the semis of the above event. It is a big event and James has dragged his ranking back into the top 20 and looks like going higher and maybe top 10, which at the age of 35 is pretty impressive. Well done Ja...
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SPOTY 2017
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What a poor selection of athletes this year, there must be better candidates - lots of sports with very low profiles and little mainstream TV coverage Elise Christie - short track speed skating; Sir Mo Farah - athletics, Chris Froome - cycling, Lewis Hamilton - F1, Anthony Joshua - boxing, Harry Kane...
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Rugby League World Cup 2017
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Just been following this Not sure if anyone else follows Rugby League but fascinating last 8: Australia v Samoa New Zealand v Fiji Tonga v Lebanon England v Papua New Guinea Tonga stunned NZ by winning their group match and pushing NZ into the same half as Australia in the knock outs. It would seem it is...
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FIFA World Cup 2018 Qualifying and Finals
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Group C : Germany, Czech Republic, Northern Ireland, Norway, Azerbaijan, San Marino Group D : Wales, Austria, Serbia, Republic of Ireland, Moldova, Georgia Group F : England, Slovakia, Scotland, Slovenia, Lithuania, Malta 14 European qualifiers : hosts Russia...
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Snookers 'Strongest Nation'
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http://britishtennis.activeboard.com/t63101127/strongest-nation/?page=12#comment-64087320Toby wrote: Do one for Snooker. Everything asserted that follows is the result of my exhaustive research into the subject, spanning all of the last ten minutes. If any or all of it is wrong,...
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Emotional abuse in Collegiate Gymnastics
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Thought I'd add this, semi relevant since we talk about Collegiate tennis on this forum. This article shows the environment College athletes can find sadly themselves experiencing, at the hands of coaches who don't care about the welfare of the athletes. http://www.collegian.psu.edu/featur...
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