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Sabri Lamouchi and the unwanted record of being the first manager sacked after one World Cup game
The 5-1 loss to Sweden was enough for Tunisia to dismiss Lamouchi, who joins a small list of men to have been fired during the tournament
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From Jalen Duren to LeBron James to Ayo Dosunmu, the NBA offseason’s Top 25 free agents
Free agency officially starts on June 30, and we might have a lot of running in place this July.
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Marsh boost for Australia as T20I rebuild begins in Bangladesh
Bangladesh have retained the pace attack that caused problems in the ODIs but face a tricky selection call
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Melbourne Stars, Renegades to exist for another BBL season
While some progress has been made in the privatisation process there remains significant uncertainty over the timeline
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A day with Iran, from a Los Angeles courthouse to scoring two goals at the World Cup
After his side’s entertaining 2-2 with New Zealand, the Iran manager called his team ‘the most oppressed one in the whole World Cup’
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World Cup predictions: France vs Senegal, Argentina vs Algeria and rest of matchday 6
Who knows more about soccer? Us ‘experts’, you the subscribers, a child, a dog or an algorithm? Come join us to predict each World Cup game
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Tunisia appoint Herve Renard as new head coach after firing Sabri Lamouchi
Lamouchi became the first head coach in World Cup history to be dismissed just one game into the tournament.
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A U.S. pundit sparked an international incident with a one-word analysis of USA-Australia
A knee-jerk reaction to the U.S.’s World Cup draw still lingers six months later and serves as the unlikely backdrop to Friday’s match
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How Real Madrid won the €60m race for Marc Cucurella from Chelsea
The Spain left-back is moving from Stamford Bridge to the Bernabeu in a deal worth €60million, despite rival interest from Atletico Madrid
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The $1m World Cup fail that proves this game makes fools of us all: Day five recap
The Athletic will provide daily recaps of the World Cup’s biggest talking points. This is what happened on Matchday 5
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