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🚨Brilliant exclusive interview with Carlo Ancelotti by Martin Samuel on Times Sport now
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Thought provoking ( and moving) piece on coaching by ⁦Steve James⁩
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Was honoured to be highly commended, along with Sid Lowe, in this award. Huge congratulations to @adamleventhal on his outstanding journalism, and thanks to the The Football Writers' Association for a great evening

I’ve found the Darwin Núñez/chaos association fascinating, not because it’s wrong but because it’s taken such a hold. I wrote about whether it slightly sells him short, and whether chaos and efficiency are more synonymous than opposites for strikers: thetimes.co.uk/sport/football…

“It was 918 days of giving it everything, and then just being dumped.” Brilliant investigation by Matt Lawton

Arsenal's performance featured another solid display from Gabriel and Saliba at the back - read James Gheerbrant's piece from earlier in the week about a centre-half partnership that has become a singular point of strength ⬇️
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This Jakob Ingebrigtsen interview by rick broadbent is outstanding.

Goes so much deeper than headline-worthy soundbites, yet still contains dozens more... “I’m not where I want to be but probably better than the rest of the world.”

Read it. It's brilliant.
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With the Paul Pogba news this is essential reading by James Gheerbrant which we published in January.

Tells the story of how it all went wrong for the World Cup winner

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This is how empires fall: through complacency, inattention, obliviousness. And this, perhaps, is how curses are lifted: by a man of vision who keeps his gaze on the details, not the distance. Report from Leverkusen: thetimes.co.uk/article/xabi-a…

The extraordinary jump in output which Gary O’Neil has wrung out of Wolves’ forwards is one of the coaching stories of the season, & the subject of this week’s Times football newsletter. To get the newsletter in your inbox 📬 sign up here: thetimes.co.uk/newsletters

I went to London Colney to speak to Jake Livermore, about the loss of his son, living with grief & finding happiness at Watford.

“For so many years I was holding back my emotions. To play with a smile on my face is something I’ll never take for granted.”

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This is a very good column by Owen Slot.

Premier League juggernaut is squeezing the life out of other sports

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I wrote about growing up with Sven as the England manager. The football was ultimately disappointing, but I think the effect of having a foreign figurehead who got us, fit us and felt our pain was subtly quite profound: thetimes.co.uk/article/sven-g…

Rare and insightful Novak Djokovic interview from David Walsh, beautifully presented in today’s Sunday Times magazine thetimes.co.uk/article/novak-…

How agent jailed over cricket fixing scandal became major figure in boxing. Our special investigation in today’s Sunday Times. With my colleague,⁦Tom Kershaw⁩

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Paul Pogba cost the earth and conquered the globe; then he fell off the map. His last 2 years have been a black hole of injuries, a doping suspension & dark suspicions. I wrote about how his fabulous destiny became a modern tragedy of frailty and distrust: thetimes.co.uk/article/e22317…