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Sam Mcphail

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The new Champions League format has been a disaster

28.01.2025 4

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Sam Mcphail

What does Greenland have that Trump wants?

16.01.2025 20

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Sam Mcphail

Darts is a real sport

The end of the World Darts Championship at Alexandra Palace is the end of the festive period for many sports fans. The tournament’s finals, nestled...

04.01.2025 5

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Sam Mcphail

How accurate are the US election polls?

Is Donald Trump going to lose Iowa? That’s the conclusion many US pundits came to after a bombshell poll over the weekend. That poll, conducted by...

05.11.2024 3

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Sam Mcphail

Erik ten Hag cornered himself

‘I’ve proven in my career that I will always win,’ Erik ten Hag told the press last month. ‘In the last six years I have won eight...

29.10.2024 5

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Sam Mcphail

Tack Sven / Sven-Goran Eriksson was an England great

Sven-Goran Eriksson, who has died aged 76, was an unlikely choice for the England job in 2000. He was inexperienced with English football – his...

26.08.2024 2

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Sam Mcphail

Who are the Olympics for?

For the first time since its first race in 1903, the Tour de France didn’t finish in Paris this year. The world’s best cyclists, Tadej Pogacar and...

26.07.2024 1

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Sam Mcphail