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Best players in the Championship | 2019/20 season
Fulham beat Brentford in the play-off final to join West Brom and Leeds United in the Premier League next season. Scott Parker’s pragmatism ensured the Cottagers returned to the big time at the first attempt, though a lack of star names could make life hard for them next season.
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Chester betting tips: Sir Maximilian to continue fantastic course record
Steven Dowler is in unbelievable form at the moment after landing 6/6, 5/6 and 6/6 in his last three Place 6 previews. He’s aiming for another winning day in the £3,000 Best Dividend Guaranteed Place 6 at Chester on Friday.
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Barcelona – Bayern Munich combined XI
Two of the most exciting attacking sides in world football will go head to head in the Champions League on Friday night. We’ve put together a Barcelona – Bayern Munich combined XI. Who would make yours? Barcelona – Bayern Munich combined XI GK – Marc-Andre ter Stegen (Barcelona) There was a time when Manuel Neuer was widely regarded as the best goalkeeper in the world.
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Too well paid to move | 5 players stuck because of their wages
With the transfer window open for business, there should be some high-profile moves in the coming weeks unless the financial impact of the Coronavirus crisis leads to less business than usual. That could leave a series of star players who are out of favour or unhappy at their clubs being left in limbo and they are too well paid to move.
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Premier League substitutions vote a rare display of common sense
In a welcome boost for those outside of the Premier League’s big six hegemony, clubs voted against continuing with five Premier League substitutions per game next season. For the Project Restart to go ahead, concessions were always going to have to be made and this competition like all others, had player welfare at the forefront of the conversation.
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Hollie Doyle and the rise of female jockeys
The rise of female jockeys began in 1972 when Meriel Tufnell became the first woman to ride a UK horse racing winner under Jockey Club rules, steering Scorched Earth to victory in a race at Kempton. Fast forward to 1977 when Charlotte Brew partnered Barony Fort in that year’s Grand National and then 1982 when Geraldine Rees rode Cheers to a gallant eighth place in the world’s most famous race, to become the first female rider to complete the course.
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Worst signings of the season | 2019/20 Premier League
At the start of the 2019/20 Premier League season, the transfer market was the most inflated it has ever been. The end result of this was clubs paying over the odds for players, some of whom inevitably ended up as disappointment.
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Andrea Pirlo appointment the latest in a disturbing trend
For Maurizio Sarri, it was déjà vu. On Saturday, after Juventus were dumped out of the Champions League on away goals by Lyon, the chain-smoking Italian was relieved of his duties. Although he arrived having left Chelsea by his own accord a year ago, it is widely believed he jumped before he was pushed by Roman Abramovich.
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Perth betting tips: Petrastar could shine
Steven Dowler was in fantastic form last week, landing the Rollover Pick 6 at Ripon on Thursday and then reaching the final leg at Sandown on Saturday with 36 lines still live, before falling victim to a late withdrawal.
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Biggest NBA finals upsets
While any game of elite level basketball has the potential to set pulses racing, it has to be said that the postseason is where the action really happens. Trophies are won, careers are ended, legends are born and underdog stories are written.
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