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The best of the week

Denis Law
The balletic superstar who scored with an extrovert’s flourish

Paul Lambert

Zinedine Zidane just looked at me and said 'bloody hell'

Football
Are class of 2025 really the worst Manchester United team of all time?

Moving the Goalposts
The Greenlander aiming to turn Japan back into winners

Six Nations 2025
Are you not entertained? Blockbuster storylines set up launch

Long hops?
How one local cricket club are brewing their own beer

Comment and analysis

Trump’s return to power lays bare the lie that sport doesn't matter

Jules Boykoff

The Democrats find themselves out of power because they failed to embrace spaces where community connection is forged

Noisy fans add to spectacle but loss of perspective soon follows

Emma John

Littler turns double nine with the darts world at his feet

Jonathan Liew

Watch and listen

Australian Open
'I tried': Djokovic on having to retire against Zverev in semi-finals

Novak Djokovic said he did 'everything I possibly can' to manage his injury before and during his Melbourne semi-final against Alexander Zverev

Football Weekly Extra
City down and almost out in Paris as Arsenal march on

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From the vault

The Joy of Six
Tennis tantrums, from Tarango and Roddick to Serena

Coming up this weekend

Another busy weekend of live coverage gets under way on Saturday at 8.10am (all times GMT), when Australia take on England in the latest of their Women's Ashes T20s. Staying down under, Aryna Sabalenka takes on Madison Keys in the Australian Open women's singles final with play due to begin at around 8.30am. There's more cricket at 1.30pm when India look to extend their early lead over England in the second men's T20 international. And then it's football all the way, starting with our 3pm clockwatch featuring Liverpool v Ipswich and Wolves v Arsenal. And then Chelsea head to Manchester City in the Premier League at 5.30pm: we'll have minute-by-minute updates.

Into Sunday and it's the men's singles final at Melbourne Park, with Alexander Zverev facing either Jannik Sinner or Ben Shelton from 8.30am in the Australian Open. Our football slate kicks off at 12.30pm with a big WSL London derby as Chelsea host Arsenal, before we return to the Premier League at 4.30pm and Aston Villa entertaining West Ham, followed by Fulham v Manchester United at 7pm. And it all wraps up with the NFL Championship games in the US: first up comes the Eagles v Commanders at 8pm, while we'll also have live coverage of the Chiefs v Bills in the AFC title game from 11.30pm.

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