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The best of the week

Football
Neeskens deserves place next to Cruyff in Total Football pantheon

Football
Emotional Iniesta bids farewell after soaring career shared by nation

This much I know
Fatima Whitbread: ‘I was abandoned as a baby, but I’m a lucky one’

Interview
Magnus Carlsen: ‘Play chess against Mo Salah? I would love that’

America's Cup
‘We’ve nothing to lose’: Ainslie ready to take on All Blacks of sailing

Cartoon
David Squires on … the never-ending Manchester United process cycle

Comment and analysis

I was sexually assaulted on a train after Spurs v Brentford while a dad and his sons laughed

Eve De Haan

Who is going to start taking responsibility for protecting women’s safety after football games? Stop viewing us as secondary people in a male space

Cricketing Michelangelo Root has chiselled his name in history

Ali Martin

Klopp shakes English god delusion with embrace of Red Bull

Jonathan Liew

Watch and listen

Football
Espanyol players line up before game with rescue dogs

The club were raising awareness of their campaign which helps abandoned dogs to find new homes

Football Weekly Extra
A night to forget for England as Greece make history

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From the vault

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Half a dozen classic Pakistan v England meetings

Coming up this weekend

Our live offerings get under way at 7.45pm (all times BST) on Friday evening with minute-by-minute updates from Iceland v Wales in the Nations League.

Saturday's action gets under way at 1pm when we take to the waves for the opening two races of the America's Cup, with British boat Ineos Britannia taking on Emirates Team New Zealand. Our focus will also be on the huge WSL showdown between Arsenal and Chelsea at 1.45pm, followed by more Nations League action at 5pm when Scotland visit Croatia. And we'll also be at Old Trafford for live news from the Super League grand final, as Wigan tackle Hull KR (6pm).

There's no let-up on Sunday, starting with England v Scotland at the Women's T20 Cricket World Cup at 11am. We'll have more Women's Super League action frpm 12.30pm, when Manchester United entertain Tottenham and also have live updates from Barcelona for the next two races at the America's Cup from 1pm. And we wrap up at 5pm with MBM coverage of England looking to bounce back in the Nations League on the road in Finland.

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