Japan's World Cup ambition: being Asia's best is now table stakes, not the final prize

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Gardner's butterfingers: the moment Australia nearly lost the World Cup before it started

The ball hung in the Perth air like a question nobody wanted to answer. Thr...

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Manuel Neuer is back for Germany. The question is whether the legend still fits the jersey.

Manuel Neuer stands in the tunnel at the Allianz Arena, 38 years old, a tit...

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Hamilton’s ‘perfect job’ chat: Ferrari’s first win or another lesson in Spanish disappointment?

Lewis Hamilton stood in the Barcelona paddock on Thursday, a man who has wo...

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Fox Sports Has Turned the World Cup Into a 5-Week Commercial and Alexi Lalas Is Its Prophet

Alexi Lalas was screaming about America before the stadium had even filled...

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Russell's Barcelona pole: The relief of a man who forgot how good he actually is

The car stopped shaking. The engineers stopped shouting. And for the first time in what felt li...

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Raducanu's grass court education: slip, stagger, survive, and advance

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Bryce’s 60 and a one-handed stunner: Scotland finally have their World Cup moment

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Antonelli wins again, but Monaco qualifying was a farce of F1's own making

The first clue that this wasn't going to be a normal qualifying session came when George Russel...

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West Ham's ownership farce takes another turn: Kretinsky buys in, Sullivan faces questions

David Sullivan has been accused of inappropriate behaviour by multiple women in a BBC investiga...

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The night the USA stopped grinding and started playing football — a 96-year-old ghost finally laid to rest

It took 96 years, a Great Depression, and a leather ball held together by seam and laces for th...

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Curaçao's World Cup dream runs on propeller planes and pure chaos

Picture this: it's September 2023, you're a professional footballer representing your country,...

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The Knicks' hedonistic playoff run is the antidote DC didn't know it needed

The first sign something was wrong — or right — came when a friend announced the Knicks had cur...

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USA finally look like they know what they’re doing; Canada snatch a point from the jaws of defeat

Christian Pulisic, we owe you a massive apology. Actually, a full grovel. On a night when the U...

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Mexico's win was fine, but the USMNT roster is where the real talking starts

The ball hadn't even stopped rolling from Mexico's opening goal — a scrappy, scuffed affair in...

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The Claw descends: Trump turns 80 with seven fights and a 92ft cage on the White House lawn

The South Lawn of the White House has seen summits, funerals, and the clatter of Marine One rot...

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County cricket's second day: the art of watching paint dry, with occasional interruptions

Tim Maitland has been scanning the skies. Not for a sign of divine intervention, but for a more...

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Saffie Osborne is making Ryan Moore look like a part-timer and she's just getting started

Twenty-two winners from 132 rides. Fifth in the championship. More wins than Ryan Moore and Wil...

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