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"I told her, ‘I say goodnight to you and Serena every night - you’re still on the wall of my childhood bedroom.’ She just laughed." 😬 Fran Jones beat idol Venus Williams 7-5, 7-5 in Miami - and said the American is her inspiration @trlkershaw reports 🔽 thetimes.com/sport/tennis/a…

Midtjylland 1 Nottingham Forest 2 (2-2 agg, 0-3 on pens) Forest are through to the last eight of the Europa League after winning a penalty shootout in Denmark - in which Midtjylland missed all three of their penalties @JoeHarston reports 🔽 thetimes.com/sport/football…

Think England's beaten Champions League quartet underperformed? The wage bill comparison with their round-of-16 conquerors tells a different story, reports @martynziegler 🔽 thetimes.com/sport/football…

The essence of football is that two teams collide but there is only room for one draft of history to be written. The Afcon final has birthed two outcomes, two realities. That makes it a slightly dangerous moment for the game, writes @JamesGheerbrant 🔽 thetimes.com/sport/football…

The last time a player younger than Moise Kouame won a Masters 1000 match, he wasn't even born. The player? Rafael Nadal, in 2003, aged 16 and 315 days. Now Kouame, aged 17, has emulated him with a three-set win at the Miami Open @trlkershaw reports 🔽 thetimes.com/sport/tennis/a…

Megan Jones is the new England captain after Zoe Stratford, who led the team to women’s World Cup glory six months ago, announced she was pregnant with her first child @ElganTimes reports 🔽 thetimes.com/sport/rugby-un…

Cooper Lutkenhaus only turned 17 in December and is the third-fastest man indoors in the world this year, with a time of 1min 44.03sec. To put that in context, that makes him the sixth-fastest ever ⬇️ #Echobox=1773940057" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">thetimes.com/sport/athletic…

"England are badly exposed at hooker as it stands. It is time to back Dan and give him preferably South Africa or Argentina in July — or back another one of the Gallagher Prem hookers to make the step up." ✍️ @SBarnesRugby #Echobox=1773939784" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">thetimes.com/sport/rugby-un…

Liam Rosenior says Chelsea have found and dealt with the “mole” who leaked their team news before both legs of their Champions League tie with PSG ⬇️ #Echobox=1773936597" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">thetimes.com/sport/football…

The All England Club has overcome a key legal battle in its proposed £200million expansion into an adjacent golf course in Wimbledon. Read more ⬇️ #Echobox=1773936552" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">thetimes.com/sport/tennis/w…

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🍚 @mhardysport : Declan Rice It will be the season remembered for team functionality, rather than outstanding, individual brilliant stars. The player at the heart of the team most likely to be champions, and who embodies that ideology, is Rice

It's time: Who has been the best player in the Premier League this season? 🌞 Our writers share their picks 🧵

"Since Tudor’s arrival last month, he has played right wingback, left of a back four, right midfield and centre midfield and, as many around him have wilted, Gray has grown in stature and influence." ✍️ @GregorRoberts0n #Echobox=1773934520" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">thetimes.com/sport/football…

The government has offered to meet Roman Abramovich to seek an agreement on releasing £2.35billion from the sale of Chelsea to charity despite having set a deadline of this week for him to comply with its demands or face legal action ⬇️ #Echobox=1773926491" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">thetimes.com/sport/football…

In which year were Man City simultaneous holders (for about half an hour) of the League Cup, FA Cup and Cup Winners’ Cup? Premier League and League Cup final quiz: thetimes.com/sport/football… @TimesSport

A Barcelona team full of La Masia products playing in front of a noisy Nou Camp crowd evoked memories of the club’s golden era, as flagbearers for La Liga’s trust in young talent ⬇️ #Echobox=1773926564" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">thetimes.com/sport/football…