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An everyday tale of adultery, greed, racism, foreign mercenaries and dodgy geezers
SIMON HEFFER: This spectacle is all far more exciting than football, and doesn’t seem yet to have attracted a massive following of mindless hooligans.
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Soccer fans scammed into trip
A large group of South African fans, who paid thousands of rand to travel to England to watch arch-rivals Manchester United and Liverpool play at Old Trafford on Saturday, have had their hopes dashed.
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Ruck and Maul: English referee gets cold shoulder again amid a lot of hot air in Paris
For the second time in a week the English referee Dave Pearson was the centre of controversy, although last night when he called off France v Ireland 10 minutes before kick-off, with 80,000 inside Stade de France, it was a calamity not of his making.
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RFU's new landmark deal with O2 will make them £18m and help ease Twickenham losses
The Rugby Football Union's new four-year deal with sponsors O2 is worth around £18million to the governing body.
telegraph.feedsportal.com
Brad Barritt's ready for the next step after taking giant stride
Brad Barritt craved the chance to prove he was more than just a solid Premiership centre and after just one cap he heads into Saturday's clash with Italy in Rome as the key man in England's reshaped midfield.
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Paul Lewis: Phoenix just need a flame
Gareth Morgan's ultimatum to Phoenix fans to support the team or see it shipped out of Wellington to other venues on a more regular basis seems an odd concept on the surface.The Phoenix have had a good response in early ticket sales...
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Simply grand
With the Super Bowl just around the corner, AFL.com.au's Ashley Browne sees how Grand Final day stacks up to America's most iconic sporting event
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Sportsday Live - Monday 16 January
Sportsday Live on the BBC Sport website featuring reaction from the Australian Open, the latest football transfer news plus more.
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Transfer deadline day – live!
• Hit F5 for the latest or select our auto-refresh button below • Read all the deadline-day gossip in The Rumour Mill • And email your thoughts to john.ashdown@guardian.co.uk 9.50pm: And here's Jamie Jackson's full rundown of Ravel Morrison's move to West Ham: The deal finally went through at around 8.30pm after Morrison passed a medical. Morrison's salary will start at around £12,000 a week ...
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Arsene Wenger must be brave or the gap will widen
Change is often prematurely demanded in football but the antipathy towards the stagnation that has occurred at Arsenal has reached the point that Arsene Wenger's omnipotence no longer exists.
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