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Having served a 22-month ban for failing a drugs test, the sprinter wants to make up for lost time after making a low-key return
Hidden in plain sight among the teenagers and pensioners who have paid their £14 entry fee to compete at the Lee Valley Sprint Night is a Team GB star who has not stepped onto the track since failing a drugs test at the Tokyo Olympics; a contrite athlete seeking a new beginning.
Record signing was often peripheral in last season’s big games but now feels he belongs and is showing it on and off the ball
David Hytner in Istanbul @DaveHytner
It is safe to assume that Jack Grealish got involved and helped to drink “all the alcohol in Manchester”, as Pep Guardiola had it, after City’s latest Premier League title coronation last month.… Read the rest
Jacob Steinberg at the Eden Arena @JacobSteinberg
After waiting 43 years to stop those bubbles fading and dying, West Ham could not have timed it better.… Read the rest
Regime is using sport as a tool for soft power but has failed to wash away sickening track record on human rights
Looking back, so much of it was already there on that night in Diriyah when a storm raged across the desert and Anthony Joshua made history – and £60m – by retaining his world heavyweight title belts.… Read the rest
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Speaking exclusively to CNN, Lukaku says authorities are currently not doing enough to protect players in the wake of yet more racist abuse aimed at Vinícius Jr.… Read the rest