Plus: has anyone done the Beautiful South journey; champions in three different confederations; and did a player score while carrying an umbrella? Mail us with your questions and answers “Fenerbahçe have finished runners-up for the fourth season in a row and 26th time in the Turkish top flight (since 1959),”...
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Olympic athletes say pro-doping Enhanced Games are a betrayal and could lead to deaths
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How Brian Ashton led Bath to double in 1995-96 while teaching full-time
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Emma Raducanu ‘locked in’ after straight-sets win at Queen’s Club
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Ben Duckett blows West Indies away as England wrap up T20 series sweep
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