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Arsenal 2-1 Tottenham: ‘A massive backward step

From Tottenham’s perspective, Sunday’s north London derby was a day when everything bad that could have happened, did. After the way things had been progressing for Jose Mourinho’s side in recent weeks, what I saw from them in their 2-1 defeat at Emirates Stadium felt like a massive backward step in a number of ways.…

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Transfer rumours: Ronaldo, Aguero, Haaland, Eriksen, Palmieri

Portugal forward Cristiano Ronaldo, 36, represents the “future” of Juventus, according to the Serie A side’s director, Fabio Paratici. (ESPN)external-link Barcelona are closing in on a deal to sign Manchester City striker Sergio Aguero but the 32-year-old’s free-transfer arrival in the summer could depend on whether the Nou Camp club can convince his fellow Argentine…

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Cagliari 1-3 Juventus: Cristiano Ronaldo scores hat-trick

Cristiano Ronaldo scored the second-fastest hat-trick of his career, beaten only by the 20-minute treble he scored for Real Madrid against Espanyol in September 2015Pele congratulated Cristiano Ronaldo after the Portugal forward’s hat-trick against Cagliari took him past the Brazilian legend’s tally of goals scored in official matches. Ronaldo netted three times inside the opening…

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Rolex 24: Duval leads Magnussen in final Rolex 24 practice

The top four cars – representing all three manufacturers involved in the DPi class –were covered by less than one-tenth of a second at the end of the one-hour final practice at Daytona for the season-opening round of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. But it was JDC-Miller’s new fulltimer Loic Duval who emerged on top…

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Rolex 24: Allmendinger leads FP2 in Meyer Shank Acura

The former open-wheel ace Allmendinger lapped the 3.56-mile course in 1min34.287sec, compared with six-time IndyCar champion Scott Dixon’s 1min34.562sec in the Chip Ganassi Racing Cadillac DPi-V.R. Another two Cadillacs, those of Kamui Kobayashi (#48 Ally Action Express Racing) and Sebastien Bourdais (JDC Miller Motorsports) were third and fourth fastest – the latter just a hair…

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