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Rugby union  
Northampton stun Leinster with heroic victory to reach Champions Cup final
Northampton stun Leinster with heroic victory to reach Champions Cup final
Premier League  
Evanilson crowns Bournemouth’s comeback win at Arsenal
Championship  
Farke proud of champions Leeds but Luton down again
Tennis  
Sabalenka seals Madrid Open hat-trick after dismantling Gauff
The best of the week
Special report  
Inside the dirtiest race in Olympic history: ‘It wasn’t fair'
Inside the dirtiest race in Olympic history: ‘It wasn’t fair'
Covid-19  
Five years on: lessons learned on how the pandemic changed sport
Five years on: lessons learned on how the pandemic changed sport
Tennis  
Sinner set for hero’s welcome in Rome but how will locker room react?
Sinner set for hero’s welcome in Rome but how will locker room react?
Cricket  
Holding Fever: when club side Rishton signed world's fastest bowler
Holding Fever: when club side Rishton signed world's fastest bowler
Lazarus Lake  
The ‘Leonardo da Vinci of pain’ behind the world’s cruellest race
The ‘Leonardo da Vinci of pain’ behind the world’s cruellest race
Football  
Beckham at 50: his life on and off the pitch in 50 pictures
Beckham at 50: his life on and off the pitch in 50 pictures
Comment and analysis
Lamine Yamal: the perfect dopamine-hit footballer for our terminally online world
Lamine Yamal: the perfect dopamine-hit footballer for our terminally online world
Barcelona’s 17-year-old forward is a once-every-20-years talent who is causing the internet to spasm with man-worship
How Bompastor helped make Chelsea unbeatable in WSL
Is it ever OK to wear another football club’s shirt?
Watch and listen
Bompastor reacts to Chelsea's sixth consecutive WSL title triumph
Football  
Bompastor reacts to Chelsea's sixth consecutive WSL title triumph
Chelsea set the record for the longest consecutive unbeaten run of games in a single WSL campaign
Football Weekly Extra  
Champions League belter in Barcelona turns up the power
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From the vault
Beard growing  
It's got drama, tactics and scandal – so why shouldn't it be a sport?
It's got drama, tactics and scandal – so why shouldn't it be a sport?
The week ahead
Look out for live coverage, starting on Monday with the deciding sessions at the World Snooker Championship final in Sheffield (from 2pm, all times BST).

Into Tuesday and there's the men's Champions League semi-final second legs, kicking off on Tuesday with Inter v Barcelona (8pm, all times BST), and followed 24 hours later by the tantalising PSG v Arsenal return.

The British & Irish Lions squad for their tour of Australia will be unveiled on Thursday at 1pm. And then there's another stacked evening of European football in the form of Manchester United v Athletic Bilbao and Bodø/Glimt v Tottenham in the Europa League semis. We'll also be live for the Championship playoff semi-final first legs on Thursday and Friday evening.

And on Saturday, along with live County Championship cricket (11am), we'll have updates from Newcastle v Chelsea in the Premier League (12.30pm) plus more from the Premier League and WSL final day.
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