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Emotion gets better of Samoa as Australia begin to resemble their old selves | Angus Fontaine

The Kangaroos hit form in their semi-final win over Samoa, who arrived in a blaze of Pasifika passion but exited after being outplayed in Sydney Although the hopes of Samoan fans were washed away like tears in Sydney’s rain, the true triumph of their World Cup campaign – and that of fellow semi-finalists Tonga – will endure. Both tiny island nations were represented with pride and passion in this tournament, with huge mobs of happy supporters trailing them around the nation. Their players – a diamond-league diaspora of NRL stars honouring ancestral ties – have served that fanbase nobly this pa

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Dorgu rescues point for Manchester United in eight-goal thriller against Aston Villa

Does this late, late comeback draw keep Michael Carrick in his job? He urged United to back up their breathless Roma comeback victory on Tuesday by building momentum and they did, kind of, by avoiding defeat. Patrick Dorgu’s 96th-minute equaliser went off his head and in. Senne Lammens, up for the corner, knocked into his opposite number, Zion Suzuki, but no foul was given – to Unai Emery’s disquiet, Aston Villa’s manager pointing to this afterwards. This made it 4-4 to follow Joshua Zirkzee’s added-time finish as Villa were somehow pulled back by Carrick’s chaotic unit. Continue reading...

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Alan Jones obituary

Australian driver who was the Formula One champion with the Williams team in 1981 and had 12 grand prix victories “The championship? You take it any way it comes,” said Alan Jones, with typical unsentimental pithiness, after winning a tense Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal in 1980 that made him that year’s Formula One world champion. This came during his third season with the Williams Grand Prix team, after making a promising showing the year before with four race victories. Jones, who has died aged 80 of cancer, had taken full advantage of the aerodynamic excellence of the new Williams FW07 ca

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