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The best of the week
Six Nations  
Vintage year delivered despite the usual winners and losers
Vintage year delivered despite the usual winners and losers
Jari Litmanan  
There has been a lot of luck and unluckiness in my life
There has been a lot of luck and unluckiness in my life
The Joy of Six  
From Mourinho to Wise: football ‘houses, ‘housing and ‘housery
From Mourinho to Wise: football ‘houses, ‘housing and ‘housery
David Squires on …  
FA Cup quarter-final magic and shadowy cartels
FA Cup quarter-final magic and shadowy cartels
‘You have to be gutsy’  
How Laura Kenny created her golden cycling era
How Laura Kenny created her golden cycling era
The Spin  
Cricket’s links to pits endure along with memories of miners’ strike
Cricket’s links to pits endure along with memories of miners’ strike
Comment and analysis
Can Djokovic find warrior energy to battle Sinner and Alcaraz generation?
Can Djokovic find warrior energy to battle Sinner and Alcaraz generation?
Tennis great is not feared as he was and will need to recalibrate to overcome Sinner and Alcaraz in this year’s grand slams
Women’s football must act on coach-player relationships
Is Phillips a victim of football’s cold economic reality?
Watch and listen
Trabzonspor fans storm pitch and attack Fenerbahce players in ugly scenes
Football  
Trabzonspor fans storm pitch and attack Fenerbahce players in ugly scenes
The losing side’s fans stormed on to the pitch to confront players in the latest ugly incident to blight the Turkish Super Lig
Women's Football Weekly  
Chelsea sock it to Arsenal in WSL title race
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Football's final mystery
Football's final mystery
Coming up this weekend
Our live coverage kicks off on Friday night as the buildup to Euro 2024 continues for Scotland, as they visit the Netherlands for a friendly (7.45pm kick-off, all times GMT).

Into Saturday and we open with more football and a Manchester derby in the WSL. Follow minute-by-minute updates from the 12.30pm kick-off as City entertain United. Then we head south to Wembley at 7pm for another men's international friendly, as Brazil come to town for a date with England.

We've got an early start on Sunday with the third women's T20 cricket international between New Zealand and England (12am), followed by the third stop on this year's F1 calendar: the Australian GP. The race starts at 4am. We're back in the northern hemisphere from there, starting with another WSL derby as Everton host Liverpool at 1pm. Next up comes England's opening game of this year's Women's Six Nations, a trip to Italy (3pm). And we round our programme off at 6.45pm when Arsenal bid to reignite their WSL hopes in the Midlands against Aston Villa. Have a great weekend.
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