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A series of supportive phone conversations with Ruby Walsh was one of the things that helped Paul Townend shake off a calamitous error on Tuesday and ride three winners from four mounts here on Wednesday, a turnaround in his fortunes that he described as “unreal”.



Working for Willie Mullins is a big help to anyone; the trainer bagged a scarcely credible six…

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Stop all the clocks. Stamp a single steel-toed work boot through Mrs Blenkinsop’s sensational triple-tiered Victoria sponge. Prevent the dog from barking with a bag of gravel. For BBC Test Match Special is dead. Or at least, suspended for a bit over the autumn and winter.



Instead commercial radio is back in the shape of TalkSport, which has outbid…

Back in 2008 the PCA chief

I don’t think it will ever be straightforward. It’s down to you as a player to be very honest with yourself and if you want to be a part of it, accept the fact that some people won’t have the same opinion. Everyone is different but that is why the world is so good and why life is so interesting.”



The “it” in question, if you haven’t guessed already, is the…

The Manchester United manager

Vincent Kompany has challenged his Manchester City team-mates to retain their Premier League title after Manchester United’s shock defeat to the bottom side, West Brom, confirmed Pep Guardiola’s men as champions.



With Kompany watching on at his wife’s family home after City’s 3-1 victory over Tottenham on Saturday evening meant United had to avoid defeat against…

All this had happened inside

Real Madrid are in the Champions League semi-finals for the eighth year in a row. That is no surprise but what is a surprise is that for so much of a dramatic, nervous night at the Bernabéu it looked like they might not be.



A round of shocks almost had the biggest of them all, a miracle mighty close, the champions following Barcelona in being knocked out by Italian…

Liverpool have been charged with

Pep Guardiola has been hit with two separate Uefa disciplinary charges as a result of the Manchester City manager’s dismissal in the Champions League defeat by Liverpool.Guardiola was sent to Chris Long Jersey the stands by the referee Antonio Mateu Lahoz at the end of the first half after coming on to the pitch at half-time to protest over a disallowed effort by Leroy…

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