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Sports Jack Grealish: 'I Am a Footballer but I'm Still Human. We All Make Mistakes'

Jack Grealish: 'I Am a Footballer but I'm Still Human. We All Make Mistakes'

The challenge facing Aston Villa is to emerge from the Premier League hiatus better than they were before it. Jack Grealish accepts that applies to him more…

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Sports John McGinn: We Need to Keep Villa in this League, No Matter What

John McGinn: We Need to Keep Villa in this League, No Matter What

John McGinn scored the goal that secured Aston Villa’s promotion last season, then he opened their account in the Premier League and now, after recovering from…

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Sports 'Worst Thing I've Been Through': Why Agbonlahor is Raffling Shirt for NHS

'Worst Thing I've Been Through': Why Agbonlahor is Raffling Shirt for NHS

A “horrible experience” with coronavirus-like symptoms has inspired the former Aston Villa striker Gabby Agbonlahor to raise money for the NHS by raffling one…

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Sports Diogo Jota: I'm Coaching Telford United on Football Manager'

Diogo Jota: I'm Coaching Telford United on Football Manager'

Diogo Jota has not been making headlines recently because, like most people, he has been observing the British government’s lockdown. But in the simpler time…

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Sports Jack Grealish Needs to Show he Really Has Grown up this Time

Jack Grealish Needs to Show he Really Has Grown up this Time

Jack Grealish probably was not the only 24-year-old to ignore the government lockdown last weekend in order to go socializing, but he was the only one to do so…

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Sports From Mané to Ings: Awards of the Premier League Season so Far

From Mané to Ings: Awards of the Premier League Season so Far

Best player: Sadio Mané, Liverpool Jordan Henderson’s influence deserves acclaim but Sadio Mané is remarkably consistent and reaches heights that his…

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Sports Mbwana Samatta: 'I Wanted to Play Like Drogba, Now I Watch Videos of Harry Kane'

Mbwana Samatta: 'I Wanted to Play Like Drogba, Now I Watch Videos of Harry Kane'

Mbwana Samatta is the son of a policeman but pays little attention to the law of probability. Good thing, too, otherwise the player who grew up kicking…

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Sports Brighton Had More Points Last Season – but Are in a Better Place With Graham Potter

Brighton Had More Points Last Season – but Are in a Better Place With Graham Potter

Hands up who thinks Brighton are giving off a strong whiff of Crystal Palace? Specifically, of Frank de Boer’s Crystal Palace? Remember them? In 2017 Selhurst…

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