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The best of the week
Paralympics  
Not-so-secret weapon: world’s second-tallest man stars for Iran
Not-so-secret weapon: world’s second-tallest man stars for Iran
Football  
Scouting, WhatsApp and Messi – my two weeks as Argentina assistant
Scouting, WhatsApp and Messi – my two weeks as Argentina assistant
In rememberance  
Sol Bamba: colossus on the pitch, beacon of humanity in private
Sol Bamba: colossus on the pitch, beacon of humanity in private
Big interview  
Luis de la Fuente: 'You can show humanity – that’s not a weakness'
Luis de la Fuente: 'You can show humanity – that’s not a weakness'
Tennis  
$24 drinks and designer shades: New York’s hottest club is … the US Open
$24 drinks and designer shades: New York’s hottest club is … the US Open
Triathlon  
‘Athletes are entertainers’: Alex Yee on the Olympics and being a showman
‘Athletes are entertainers’: Alex Yee on the Olympics and being a showman
Comment and analysis
Crowds at Paralympics have delivered but para-sport needs to be seen all the time
Crowds at Paralympics have delivered but para-sport needs to be seen all the time
Fans in Paris have embraced it but this showcase will not mean anything unless we bring sport along after the Games
Go big or go gnome: how Chelsea inspired my new venture
Fresh responsibility for England's Borthwick may weigh heavy
Watch and listen
Britain's Farrow claims women’s record for Lake Geneva crossing
Swimming  
Britain's Farrow claims women’s record for Lake Geneva crossing
British endurance swimmer Sam Farrow is believed to have broken a record with the fastest swim by a woman across 45 miles of Lake Geneva
Football Weekly Extra  
Villa ticket prices and Leicester’s great PSR escape
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From the vault
US Open 2014  
Cilic sees open gate and raises the roof in Croatia
Cilic sees open gate and raises the roof in Croatia
Coming up this weekend
Another hectic weekend of sporting action kicks off with day two of England's third and final Test of the series against Sri Lanka (Saturday 11am start, all times BST). Will stand-in captain Ollie Pope steer his side to a clean sweep of the series? We'll have full over-by-over coverage, as always. Saturday is also the penultimate day of the Paralympics, with a packed schedule of athletics and swimming, plus a stack of medal matches across wheelchair basketball, table tennis, blind football and much more. It's a big meeting of old rivals in the Nations League, as the Republic of Ireland host England in Dublin (5pm). The day will then end with a new US Open women's singles champion added to the roll of honour (9pm).

Into Sunday, the final day of Paralympics action in Paris begins with the T54 and T12 marathons, before canoeing, the women's wheelchair basketball medal events and power lifting. There'll be more Test action from the Oval (11am start) and the men's singles final at Flushing Meadows (7pm). Then the sun will set on a stunning summer of sport in Paris with the Paralympics closing ceremony (7.30pm), while Portugal host Scotland in the Nations League (7.45pm).
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