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sports.yahoo.com | Luke McLaughlin
June 2001. I’m on an overnight Greyhound bus from Cairns to Townsville. A typical post-university year travelling in Australia and New Zealand has taken an unwelcome turn after an equally typical relationship breakup. Initially there had been no plans to follow that year’s British & Irish Lions tour, even though I had been enthralled by the classic encounter against the Springboks four years earlier.
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1 week ago | 
theguardian.com | Luke McLaughlin
June 2001. I’m on an overnight Greyhound bus from Cairns to Townsville. A typical post-university year travelling in Australia and New Zealand has taken an unwelcome turn after an equally typical relationship breakup. Initially there had been no plans to follow that year’s British & Irish Lions tour, even though I had been enthralled by the classic encounter against the Springboks four years before.
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1 week ago | 
msn.com | Luke McLaughlin
Microsoft Cares About Your PrivacyMicrosoft and our third-party vendors use cookies to store and access information such as unique IDs to deliver, maintain and improve our services and ads. If you agree, MSN and Microsoft Bing will personalise the content and ads that you see. You can select ‘I Accept’ to consent to these uses or click on ‘Manage preferences’ to review your options and exercise your right to object to Legitimate Interest where used.
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1 week ago | 
theguardian.com | Luke McLaughlin
Eberechi Eze (Crystal Palace)Pedants may protest that Eze’s sublime FA Cup form (quarter-final and semi-final screamers before a winner at Wembley) is inadmissable evidence in a Premier League review. But he was already one of the players of the season long before helping Crystal Palace win their first major trophy.
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1 week ago | 
msn.com | Luke McLaughlin
Microsoft Cares About Your PrivacyMicrosoft and our third-party vendors use cookies to store and access information such as unique IDs to deliver, maintain and improve our services and ads. If you agree, MSN and Microsoft Bing will personalise the content and ads that you see. You can select ‘I Accept’ to consent to these uses or click on ‘Manage preferences’ to review your options and exercise your right to object to Legitimate Interest where used.
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1 week ago | 
msn.com | Luke McLaughlin
Microsoft Cares About Your PrivacyMicrosoft and our third-party vendors use cookies to store and access information such as unique IDs to deliver, maintain and improve our services and ads. If you agree, MSN and Microsoft Bing will personalise the content and ads that you see. You can select ‘I Accept’ to consent to these uses or click on ‘Manage preferences’ to review your options and exercise your right to object to Legitimate Interest where used.
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1 week ago | 
theguardian.com | Luke McLaughlin
Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featurePreambleWhat does the Monaco grand prix symbolise in your mind? The magical old-school glamour of motor racing, or modern races so dull they make you weep? Perhaps a bit of both. Regardless of Monaco’s suitability for contemporary Formula 1, we’ve got a race on today, with Lando Norris of McLaren on pole.
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2 weeks ago | 
theguardian.com | Luke McLaughlin |Suzanne Wrack
Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureArsenal step on to the pitch at the Estádio José Alvalade on Saturday to face the most almighty challenge in their first Champions League final since 2007. Against a Barcelona side who dominate the ball like no other, opportunities will be limited and for a forward, there are few greater tests, as every fleeting chance matters.
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2 weeks ago | 
theguardian.com | Luke McLaughlin
Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featurePreambleThe FA Cup is back. True, it never went away, but it just feels bigger this season. The reasons for that may be numerous and we need not be concerned with them now. All that matters is that in several hours Crystal Palace and Manchester City will stride on to the Wembley turf to contest one of the more eagerly-awaited finals of recent years.
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3 weeks ago | 
theguardian.com | Luke McLaughlin
Enzo Maresca has urged Chelsea’s players to take responsibility in the season’s closing weeks, with the club fighting for a top-five finish in the Premier League and preparing for the Conference League final. Fifth-placed Chelsea meet Manchester United at Stamford Bridge on Friday night in their penultimate league fixture before a trip to Nottingham Forest, another side battling for Champions League qualification, on Sunday week.
