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Sports Paul Pogba Doesn’t Need José Mourinho, He Needs N’Golo Kanté

Paul Pogba Doesn’t Need José Mourinho, He Needs N’Golo Kanté

Sometimes it’s not easy being a World Cup winner. That might not be how Kylian Mbappé feels as he cruises along with Paris Saint-Germain, already eight points…

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Sports Ryan Sessegnon Leads Exciting Teenagers Facing a Season of Scrutiny

Ryan Sessegnon Leads Exciting Teenagers Facing a Season of Scrutiny

In the sweltering sunshine of Craven Cottage on Saturday afternoon, Ryan Sessegnon was going about his usual business of looking older than his years. A…

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Sports Steven Gerrard and How Predicting Which Players will be Good Managers is Pure Guesswork

Steven Gerrard and How Predicting Which Players will be Good Managers is Pure Guesswork

When Ross Wilkins stood up during his late father’s memorial service at St Luke’s Church in Chelsea last week to address a congregation that included many of…

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Sports The Real and Remarkable Ray Wilkins Was Always a Joy to Watch

The Real and Remarkable Ray Wilkins Was Always a Joy to Watch

In the eyes of all who watched him captaining Chelsea at the age of 18, Ray Wilkins was a golden boy of English football. To an instinctive vision of the game…

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Sports Delusions of Stadium Grandeur Haunt West Ham, Club’s owners

Delusions of Stadium Grandeur Haunt West Ham, Club’s owners

The fate of the little memorial garden on Green Street, next to where the Boleyn ground’s main entrance once stood, is just one of the problems facing West…

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Sports Pep Guardiola: Mixing Sports with Politics

Pep Guardiola: Mixing Sports with Politics

As they consider the case of Pep Guardiola, who won his first medal in English football at Wembley on Sunday while semi-surreptitiously sporting a yellow…

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Sports Cyrille Regis: A Pioneer on The Pitch and The Leader of a Generation

Cyrille Regis: A Pioneer on The Pitch and The Leader of a Generation

As a player, Cyrille Regis used his strength and control to burst through the defences. As a man, he endured unspeakable abuse in order to ease the way for…

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Sports Buffon

Wild-Eyed Fury, Urchin’s Grin, Sheer Dynamism – Gianluigi Buffon Had it all

Gianluigi Buffon was born in Carrara, the Tuscan city where they quarried the marble for Michelangelo’s David 500 years ago. Maybe even now there is a fresh…

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