Among those hoping for good

Enable has lost her place as favourite for the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe following news of a setback that will prevent her from racing for at least three months. The filly has a knee problem and connections are being understandably cautious about the prognosis but expect her to be fit for a pre-run in late summer before trying to win the Arc for a second time.“Enable has met with a setback in training,” said a statement issued on behalf of her owner, Khalid…

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Warnock turns 70 in December and one



It was carnival time in the Welsh capital as Cardiff City celebrated their return to the Premier League on a day that felt like a triumph for Neil Warnock as much as for the club he has revived.



This is Warnock’s eighth promotion – a record that sees him eclipse the achievements of Jim Smith, Dave Bassett and the late Graham Taylor – and… Continue

That was not actually how it worked



What do you write in these moments? It is not easy and even now, Fergie being Fergie, there is still that slightly unnerving feeling that one day he might go over everything that is written and take issue with any article that reads too much like an obituary for his liking.



Somehow the image of him holding up one of the offending newspapers,… Continue

Until the point the Arsenal

For Arsène Wenger, there will be no happy ending. “Rumbo hacia Lyon,” (road to Lyon) read the huge banner unfurled by the most boisterous section of Atlético Madrid supporters before this victory. Diego Simeone’s team are, as promised, on their way to the Europa League final and whatever tributes come for Wenger over the next 10 days – the promise of a statue, perhaps, or even a stand named in his honour at the Emirates – it will not be how he wanted the…

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We knew what the plans were back

The times they are a-changing. It may now be possible to write a nostalgic piece about T20 cricket. Perhaps we should alert Radio 4’s Sue MacGregor to the notion of reliving the creation of T20 back at the start of the century on The Reunion.



On the evening of Friday 13 June, 2003, the competition was launched around the counties. I was at Taunton…

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Thirty seconds into the second

Real Madrid always find a way, they say, and somehow they did – all the way to a third consecutive European Cup final. For so long, they had the Bavarians at the gates, the Bernabéu gripped by fear, but when a long, wild, tense and often inexplicable match was over and the siege http://www.jacksonvillejaguars.us.com/WOMENS-STEFAN-CHARLES-JERSEY.html subsided at last,…

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