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Great Britain’s swimmers receive a huge £1.5m increase in funding for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games

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Great Britain’s swimmers receive a huge £1.5m increase in funding for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games after their record breaking performance in Tokyo Swimming has received a huge £1.5million increase in funding for Paris 2024  Team GB collected a total of eight medals in the pool at the Olympics in Tokyo The tally surpassed their previous … Read more

Shaun Murphy regrets timing of rant after shock loss and apologises to amateur Si Jiahui

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Shaun Murphy says he regrets the timing of his furious rant about amateur players in snooker after his shock UK Championship loss – and apologises to rookie Si Jiahui for ‘taking the shine off his great win’ Amateur Si Juahui claimed a memorable victory over Shaun Murphy on Tuesday Former World No 3 Murphy later … Read more

Shaun Murphy goes on an extraordinary rant after a shock loss to amateur Si Jiahui

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Shaun Murphy goes on an extraordinary rant after a shock UK Championship loss to amateur Si Jiahui as the former World No 3 says only professional players should be allowed to compete at the tournament Si Juahui claimed a memorable victory over Shaun Murphy at York Barbican  The 19-year-old led 5-1 before the 2005 UK … Read more

MotoGP legend Valentino Rossi bids an emotional farewell – as Ronaldo and Roger Federer pay tribute

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MotoGP legend Valentino Rossi bids an emotional farewell to the sport – as Ronaldo, Roger Federer and Tom Cruise pay tribute to the greatest motorbike racer of all time – after his 26-year career ends at the Valencia GP Valentino Rossi has bowed out of motorbike racing after a superb 26-year career  Several stars including … Read more

Crisis-hit UK Athletics in fresh storm over allocation of vital funding to athletes

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EXCLUSIVE: UK Athletics face fresh criticism from disgruntled coaches over allocation of vital funding to athletes in bid for Olympic glory The governing body named 67 athletes on their World-Class Programme Each athlete receives between £10,000 and £28,000 from the National Lottery Several coaches have questioned the process behind the allocation of funding By Riath … Read more

Ronnie O’Sullivan hits out at ‘flat’ atmosphere at the Northern Ireland Open

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Ronnie O’Sullivan hits out at a ‘flat’ atmosphere at Northern Ireland Open and says he is so BORED playing in Belfast’s Waterfront Hall that he ‘wanted to get out of there as quickly as possible’ after latest win Ronnie O’Sullivan has been less than impressed at the Northern Ireland Open ‘The Rocket’ has said he … Read more

Mark Cavendish secures his second stage victory of this year’s Tour de France

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Mark Cavendish secures ANOTHER stage win at the Tour de France as his remarkable return to form continues with the British star now within two victories of the all-time record held by Belgian legend Eddy Merckx Mark Cavendish won his 32nd Tour de France stage victory on Thursday The 36-year-old out-sprinted the peloton to win … Read more

Sadiq Khan reveals he will bid to bring the Olympics back to London’ if he is re-elected as Mayor

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Sadiq Khan reveals he will bid to bring the Olympics and Paralympics back to London in 2036 or 2040 with a focus on ‘the most sustainable Games ever’ if he is re-elected as Mayor Sadiq Khan will try to bring the Olympics back to London if he is re-elected  Khan will put together committee to … Read more

Leon Reid, who plans to run at Olympics, appears in court charged with conspiracy to supply cocaine

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Sprinter Leon Reid, who is planning to run at the Tokyo Olympics for Ireland, appears in court charged with conspiracy to supply cocaine and permitting his premises to be used in the production of crack cocaine Leon Reid is hoping to sprint for Ireland at the Tokyo Olympics this summer  However, he has now appeared … Read more