Author: Jaimy Lee

SaturdayFormula One5am (all times GMT)Australian Grand Prix qualifying liveFormula One’s new era gets under way at the season-opening Australian Grand Prix, where teams will leap into the unknown and grapple with sweeping technical changes under race conditions for the first time. F1 has simultaneously overhauled chassis and power unit regulations for the first time in decades, posing a challenge for drivers and engineers alike while raising concerns about the quality of racing. The new rules have raised hopes of a more open championship and the prospect of a disruptor team emerging. But pre-season testing in Bahrain hinted at a familiar…

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Igor Tudor’s messaging was always going to be key. All eyes and ears were on the interim Tottenham head coach on Thursday night and how he would react; the tone he would look to set. Would there be another blast for the players? Goodness knows, the material was there.It had been another impossibly awful occasion at the club’s home stadium, another defeat – this one by Crystal Palace. Spurs cannot buy a Premier League win at the Temple of Gloom; they have two all season, the basis for the worst home record in the division. As relegation fears sharpen to…

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The taste of cold beer lingered on my lips as I cut through the quiet night, 105mph toward cigarettes and hot wings. Halfway to my destination, Beyoncé’s Irreplaceable looping through the speakers, my tires hugged the winding turns around the lake that separated my neighborhood from the city. I was young and careless, high on anticipation. No seat belt. Eyes squinting through the haze of cigarette smoke.Somewhere between the thump of the 808s and the growl of the engine, I heard a voice.“Put on your seat belt,” it said.I could suddenly smell my grandmother’s flour-stained hands. I knew the voice…

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Most England fans will remember the classic final scene in The Italian Job. The bus precariously balanced on the edge of a precipice, the golden loot slipping away. One false move and it’s curtains. Welcome to this weekend’s sequel with Steve Borthwick and his under-pressure England players replacing Michael Caine – “Hang on a minute, lads, I’ve got a great idea” – and the rest of the original film’s cast.Talk about the self-preservation society. England’s recent car-crash defeats by Scotland and Ireland were pretty grim but there have been any number of precedents over the years. What has never materialised…

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