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Echoes of errors: why has VAR sparked so much fury this season?

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There have been some glaring mistakes by VAR but it also appears to have increased officiating standards on the pitch

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Pushing the boundaries: England Women using AI to help with team selection

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The England Women’s head coach, Jon Lewis, has revealed how he is using AI as a selection tool and credits the technology with helping his side draw last summer’s Ashes series.

Klopp tears into TNT Sports; Clattenburg resigns from Forest role: football news – live

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Nottingham Forest: Nuno Espirito Santo expects his side’s Premier League relegation battle to go down to the wire. Nottingham Forest are locked in a three-way battle with Luton and Burnley to avoid the remaining two places in the bottom…

West Ham close to deal for Julen Lopetegui to take over as manager

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West Ham are close to agreeing a deal for Julen Lopetegui to take over as their new manager. The club are poised to part company with David Moyes at the end of the season and talks with Lopetegui are gathering pace.

‘Identify weaknesses and exploit them’: the rise of the set-piece coach | Ed Aarons

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Nicolas Jover has been behind Arsenal’s excellence from corners with Aston Villa and Chelsea also investing in specialists

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Pochettino tells Chelsea to clear up his future after ‘stupid rumours’

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Mauricio Pochettino is fed up with “stupid rumours” about his job and has said it is up to Chelsea’s bosses to provide clarity on his future.

F1’s breakout Netflix star Guenther Steiner enjoying life after Haas

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Despite what has become an acrimonious exit, the trailblazing former team principal is relishing work as a pundit in Miami

‘Now I have a mission’: Monty Panesar on the week he became a prospective MP for George Galloway’s party

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The former England spinner on his goals in politics, standing alongside George Galloway and why a thick skin is his superpower

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'Players are overworked': Klopp tears into TNT Sports over English European struggles – video

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Jürgen Klopp launched an extraordinary rant at footballing authorities and broadcasters in a press conference ahead of Liverpool's Premier League clash with Tottenham Hotspur. The outgoing Liverpool manager specifically called out TNT…

Oscar de la Hoya: ‘Me and Canelo have no relationship whatsoever now’

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The enmity between promoter and his former protege exploded again in a wild week for De La Hoya whose young Mexican charge Jaime Munguía fights for ‘King’ Canelo’s crown on Cinco de Mayo weekend

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Nuno has three games to save Forest – victory is essential at Bramall Lane

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Manager has had to deal with injuries, a points deduction and VAR controversies but Forest’s future is still in their hands

County cricket day one: Somerset v Essex, Yorkshire v Glamorgan and more – live

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Great enthusiasm under lights being showed by the children let out of the classroom today at Old Trafford. Not every Friday morning that you get to see England’s opener knocking boundaries around. Testing out there though, Kent 27-0.

Sports quiz of the week: Issy Hobson, Ronnie O’Sullivan and Monty Panesar

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Have you been following the big stories in football, cricket, snooker, rugby union, baseball, cycling and golf?

Twelve horses died around the Kentucky Derby last year. Little has changed since | Elizabeth Banicki

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I have spent long stretches of my life around the racetrack. The methods for training young horses in the US means fatalities are inevitable

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Manchester City’s Foden and Shaw win writers’ player of the year awards

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Phil Foden has been voted the Football Writers’ Association Footballer of the Year and Bunny Shaw, his Manchester City colleague, the FWA Women’s Footballer of the Year.

Pogacar starts explosive first Giro weekend in pole but potholes await

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The outstanding Slovenian cyclist is putting the hype in perspective as he prepares for his debut in historic Grand Tour

Arsenal lose Invincibles branding after Lehmann acquires rights for £30,000

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The former Arsenal goalkeeper Jens Lehmann has bought the branding rights to ‘the Invincibles’.

MLS power rankings: Columbus Crew continue to make history

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City Football Group’s New York branch is up and running, Orlando City are floundering and Wilfried Nancy has built a continental juggernaut

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Jalen Brunson has given the Knicks something they have lacked: hope

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The point guard, the son of a former Knick, grew up around the team. Now he is leading their revival as they aim for a run to the NBA finals

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Chaos, mediocrity and unadulterated stress: the end of another football season | Max Rushden

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Last year I logged into iFollow to watch Cambridge maintain their League One status. This year I did exactly the same

Chess: Magnus Carlsen calls Ding Liren ‘broken’ as teenage star Gukesh emerges

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The former world champion fears for the current holder, who is out of form before title defence against 17-year-old Gukesh Dommaraju

Challengers got everything right about my sport – apart from the sexiness | Andrea Petkovic

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I played on tour for 16 years and I was ready for Luca Guadagnino’s new movie to fail. But it’s the most accurate depiction of the tennis life I have seen on screen

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NRL player Keith Titmuss died after ‘inappropriate’ training session, coroner finds

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A coroner has urged the NRL to review its heat policies following the “devastating” death of a Manly Sea Eagles player from heat exhaustion after an “inappropriate” pre-season training session.

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New York Knicks outlast Philadelphia 76ers to reach East semi-finals

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Josh Hart raised his arms and extended three fingers on each hand on his go-ahead three-pointer from the top of the arc with 24.4 seconds left that was finally enough to send the New York Knicks past the Philadelphia 76ers 118-115 in Game…

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Indiana Pacers oust Bucks to celebrate first playoff series victory in a decade

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Obi Toppin scored 21 points, TJ McConnell had 20 points and nine assists and the Indiana Pacers won a playoff series for the first time in a decade, beating the Milwaukee Bucks 120-98 in Game 6 on Thursday night.

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Ukrainian athletes told to avoid Russians at Olympics in Paris

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Ukraine’s athletes have been urged by their Olympic chiefs not to have any contact with their Russian and Belarusian counterparts at the Paris Games in July and August.

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Tottenham were ‘so far off it’ in defeat at Chelsea, says angry Ange Postecoglou

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Ange Postecoglou admitted Tottenham had the wrong mindset after their hopes of qualifying for the Champions League were hit by a limp 2-0 loss to Chelsea.

Iga Swiatek and Aryna Sabalenka set up Madrid Open final rematch

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Iga Swiatek made light work of Madison Keys on Thursday to book a rematch with Aryna Sabalenka in the Madrid Open final.

Jak Jones battles back to level with Stuart Bingham in Crucible semi-final

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There was little to pick between the last four in the World Snooker Championship, with Jak Jones fighting back to 4-4 in his semi-final against Stuart Bingham after Kyren Wilson and David Gilbert also battled to stalemate at the Crucible.

Premier League: 10 things to look out for in this weekend’s football

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Elijah Adebayo’s return boosts Luton, Wolves seek another City shock and Alexander Isak eyes golden boot