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RAC says traffic expected to reach highest level since pandemic, while Heathrow predicts busiest festive seasonTravel this Christmas Eve could be the UK’s busiest ever, as millions of drivers take to the roads and hundreds of thousands of passengers catch planes for festive getaways.Train journeys a…
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Archer ruled out for rest of series with side strainPope dropped for MCG Test with Bethell and Atkinson inBen Stokes has called for the public and the media to show β€œempathy” towards his embattled England players. It comes as their Ashes campaign threatens to fully unravel in response to a guarantee…
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Five-time major champion looks poised to become a fascinating test case for golf’s future after exiting Saudi-funded breakaway tourIt was portrayed as amicable when it felt so inevitable. News that Brooks Koepka will step away from LIV Golf in 2026 comes as no shock. This never felt a particularly s…
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FA Cup-winning manager and former King of the Jungle has live hopes of landing the big Boxing Day prize at Kempton with Jukebox ManHe has been a professional footballer, an FA Cup-winning manager and the King of the Jungle over the storied course of the past 60 years, but as Harry Redknapp talked ab…
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Opening salvos before a huge MCG crowd are often among the most memorable meetings between Australia and England – here are five crackersIn the first session Australia set off at a lick, surging to 102 without loss with David Warner’s 83 the crux. Warner would go on to notch his 21st Test century, b…
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Bowler says it hasn’t been easy to have Alex Carey stand up to wicketsBut tactic has been successful in blunting tourists’ aggressive battingThe unorthodox strategy has proved crucial for the Australians in their Ashes victory this summer, but fast bowler Scott Boland has admitted it has not always …
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Max Rushden is joined by Barry Glendenning, Jonathan Wilson and John Brewin for a special festive Q&ARate, review, share on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Audioboom, Mixcloud, Acast and Stitcher, and join the conversation on email.On the podcast today: in what is now a Christmas tradition, the panel ga…
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Governing body is unlikely to commission any formal inquiries, having lost control of the sport’s governance and operationsThe England and Wales Cricket Board will have few shots to play in its review of the Ashes tour when it meets next month to sift through the wreckage of the series. The tone and…