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‘That’s how it started’: Dambrauskas’ journey from Who Wants to Be a Millionaire to Champions League
Valdas Dambrauskas, head coach of Azerbaijani champions Sabah, will lead his side into their Champions League debut against Manchester United at Old Trafford on Thursday night, capping an extraordinary journey from a Lithuanian office job to Europe’s top club competition. His path to coaching began not on a football pitch but on a television quiz…
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Chelsea’s 2016-17 Premier League title should be given to Spurs, says Pochettino
Mauricio Pochettino has called for Chelsea to be stripped of their 2016-17 Premier League title, which he says should be handed retrospectively to Tottenham, whom he managed to a second-place finish that season. The former Spurs manager argues that since Chelsea have admitted to financial rule breaches from that era, the club has no valid…
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Mauricio Pochettino: ‘I am always open to help Tottenham. In whatever division’
Mauricio Pochettino has revealed he would have returned to manage Tottenham Hotspur this summer, even had the club been relegated to the Championship, but the timing never worked in his favour. The USA head coach explained that when he was available, Spurs had not made contact, and when they did approach him, he was contracted…
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Flex your football brain with our daily quizzes
BBC Sport has published its regular daily set of football quizzes, inviting readers to test their knowledge with guess-the-player, quickfire and high-difficulty formats. The questions were compiled by BBC staff Flora Snelson and Joe Rindl, along with reader-submitted content from Carden Thornalley in West Hampstead. The feature includes three main games: a “guess the footballer”…
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‘It started as a joke, a fantasy’ – F1 heads to football-obsessed Madrid
Formula 1 returns to Madrid this weekend for the first time since 1981, staging a new race in a city dominated by football and home to Real Madrid, widely regarded as the sport’s greatest club. Organisers and F1 are testing whether the sport can carve out attention in a market already saturated by elite football,…
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Zverev storms into semi-finals despite late bedtime
Alexander Zverev reached the US Open semi-finals with a commanding 6-2 7-5 6-1 win over Botic van de Zandschulp, despite staying up until 3:30am watching Ben Shelton’s shock defeat of defending champion Carlos Alcaraz. The victory means the German has now reached all four Grand Slam semi-finals in a single season for the first time…
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NBA star Jaylen Brown says in ridiculous interview he’s an influencer, not an entertainer for fans
Philadelphia 76ers forward Jaylen Brown drew criticism after telling The Hollywood Reporter, in an interview with actor Mahershala Ali, that he rejects being seen purely as an entertainer for fans, instead describing himself as a person of influence. The comments have reignited long-running criticism that Brown positions himself as an intellectual and cultural commentator rather…
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GB’s Salisbury & Ram beat defending champions to reach semis
British pair Joe Salisbury and Rajeev Ram reached the US Open men’s doubles semi-finals after beating defending champions Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos 6-4 6-4. The pair, who won the tournament together in 2021, 2022 and 2023 before splitting in 2024, reunited earlier this year and now face 2024 finalists Kevin Krawietz and Tim Putz…