EuroLeague Teams Are Building Around the Wrong Kind of Playmaker
The pass-first point guard is being phased out of EuroLeague rosters, and the teams doing it are quietly falling apart in the fourth quarter.
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The False Nine Is Back and Nobody Has Figured Out How to Stop It Again
The false nine nearly disappeared from elite football. Its quiet return is exposing how badly defensive shapes have regressed.
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F1's Tyre Allocation Rules Are Quietly Deciding Races Before They Start
The mandatory compound rules were meant to create strategic variety. Instead, they've handed power to a handful of teams who understand degradation better than anyone else.
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EuroLeague Teams Are Winning the Playmaking Battle the NBA Abandoned
While NBA offenses chase isolation reps, EuroLeague rosters are built around something older and increasingly rare: the pass before the pass.
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The False Nine Is Back and Nobody Has Figured Out How to Stop It Again
The false nine never really died - it just waited for defenders to forget how to handle it.
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The Undercut Is Broken and Teams Keep Using It Anyway
F1 teams keep reaching for the undercut as their default strategic weapon. It stopped being reliable years ago.
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The NBA's Drop Coverage Is Being Abused and Bigs Are Getting the Blame
Drop coverage was a reasonable answer to pick-and-roll basketball. Teams kept running it past the point where it made any sense.
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The False Nine Is Back and It's Being Used as an Excuse Not to Sign a Striker
Clubs are dressing up transfer frugality as tactical sophistication. The false nine revival isn't a revolution - it's a budget decision.
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F1's Tyre Management Era Is Over and Half the Grid Hasn't Noticed
The 2026 regulations have shifted F1 away from conservation racing - but several teams are still building strategies around a problem that no longer exists.
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The NBA's Second-Unit Spacing Problem Is Being Misdiagnosed as a Shooting Problem
Teams keep hunting for bench shooters. The real issue is that their second units can't move without the ball at all.
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The Inverted Winger Has Been Solved and Nobody Told the Transfer Market
Defenders have figured out how to neutralise the cut-inside winger. Clubs are still paying elite prices for a move that no longer works.
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McLaren's Tyre Management Advantage Is the 2026 Season's Dirty Secret
Everyone's debating car pace and driver form. The real gap between McLaren and the field is happening in laps 20 through 40.
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The NBA's Assist Culture Is Hiding How Few Players Can Actually Create Off the Dribble
Team ball looks great on a highlight reel. It's also masking a generation of wings who can't make a play when the structure breaks.
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The Pressing Trap Has Become a Comfort Blanket for Coaches Who Can't Defend Properly
High pressing looks like intensity. Too often it's a way of hiding a back four that can't hold a line.
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Mercedes Has Solved the Wrong Problem Again
Mercedes spent two years fixing their car's porpoising. The 2026 regulations just made that work irrelevant.
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The NBA's Offensive Rebounding Problem Is a Philosophy Problem, Not a Personnel Problem
Teams have the bodies to crash the glass. They've chosen not to - and that choice is reshaping how half-court offense collapses.
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The High Line Is Dying and Centre-Backs Are Funding the Funeral
Defensive lines keep dropping, and the centre-backs who thrived on offside traps are quietly becoming the most expensive liability in football.
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Red Bull's Driver Problem Is Structural, Not Personal
The RB20 era revealed something uncomfortable: Red Bull's car philosophy may be incompatible with anyone who isn't Max Verstappen.
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The NBA's Transition Defense Has Become Optional and Coaches Are Letting It Happen
Teams are giving up easy buckets in transition at rates that would have been unacceptable a decade ago. Nobody is making it a firing offence.
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Premier League Clubs Keep Buying No. 10s Into a System That Murders Them
The attacking midfielder hasn't disappeared from football. It's just that most Premier League managers have built teams that functionally delete them.
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Ferrari's Strategy Wall Is the Same Wall It's Always Been
Ferrari keeps hiring brilliant engineers and then making the same pit wall decisions. At some point, the car isn't the problem.
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The NBA's Point-of-Attack Defense Problem Is Being Solved by the Wrong Position
Teams keep hunting guards for their perimeter defense. The answer has been sitting at power forward the whole time.
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Europa League Football Is Becoming the Best Football in Europe and Nobody Will Admit It
The prestige gap between the Champions League and Europa League is closing fast - and the football itself crossed over a while ago.
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Ferrari Are Winning Races Again. That Doesn't Mean They've Fixed Anything.
Race wins feel like progress at Ferrari. History says otherwise - and the 2026 car is already telling the same old story.
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The False Nine Is Back. It Never Should Have Left.
Football's obsession with a physical centre-forward has quietly strangled some of the best attacking setups in Europe.
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McLaren's Tyre Management Is the Most Underrated Skill in F1 Right Now
Everyone credits McLaren's pace. The real story is what Norris and Piastri are doing to rubber in the final twenty laps.
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The best playmakers in the NBA are being sidelined in crunch moments - not because they're bad, but because teams have lost faith in the position itself.
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The Premier League's Left-Back Crisis Is Being Papered Over by Right-Footers
Every top club in England is playing a right-footed midfielder at left-back. That's not squad depth - it's a structural failure.
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McLaren's Pit Wall Is the Best in F1 Right Now - And That's a Problem for Everyone Else
McLaren's strategic edge in 2025 wasn't about the car. It was about the decisions made from the pit wall, race after race.
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The NBA Finals Showed That Switchable Wings Are Worth More Than Stars Right Now
The most valuable player in a seven-game series isn't always the one scoring 30. Sometimes it's the one making scoring 30 impossible.
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Arsenal's Trophy Drought Isn't Bad Luck. It's a Decision-Making Problem.
Arsenal keep finishing close. The gap between them and silverware isn't talent - it's the choices made under pressure.
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Ferrari's Strategy Department Is the Most Expensive Liability in F1
Ferrari keeps building fast cars and then throwing away the points. At some point, the car stops being the excuse.
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The NBA Playoffs Revealed That Half-Court Offense Is Still a Caste System
Teams that can't generate clean looks without transition advantages keep getting exposed when the game slows down. The gap is widening.
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Kylian Mbappé Is Playing for Real Madrid. He's Not Yet Playing Like Real Madrid.
A year into his Bernabéu career, Mbappé remains a soloist in a club built on collective instinct.
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Mercedes Are Winning Races Again. That Doesn't Mean They're Back.
A race win feels like proof of something. With Mercedes in 2026, it's closer to a distraction.
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The NBA's Center Rotation Problem Is Costing Teams Games Nobody Notices
Teams are building their starting lineups around modern bigs, then forgetting they need a second one who can actually function.
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Kylian Mbappé Is Playing for Real Madrid. He's Not Yet Playing Like Real Madrid.
A season into his Bernabéu tenure, Mbappé is producing numbers but still operating like a guest in his own team.
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Ferrari's Strategy Wall Is the Real Championship Threat
Ferrari have the car. They may not have the decision-making to go with it.
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The NBA's Backup Point Guard Market Is a Graveyard of Good Ideas
Teams keep overpaying for backup point guards who don't fit their system, then wondering why the second unit falls apart.
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Lamine Yamal Is 18 and Already Being Discussed Wrong
The conversation around Yamal keeps defaulting to potential. He's already past that stage - and the framing is hiding what makes him unusual.
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Ferrari Keep Hiring the Right Engineers and Then Ignoring Them
Ferrari's technical talent isn't the problem. The way decisions get made at Maranello is.
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The NBA's Best Defenders Are Being Wasted on the Wrong Assignments
Coaching staffs are hiding their best perimeter defenders on the least dangerous offensive players. It's a fixable mistake nobody is fixing.
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Rodri's Return Won't Fix What Manchester City Have Quietly Become
City spent a season without their engine and learned something uncomfortable: the team underneath was no longer good enough to compensate.
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Ferrari's Pit Wall Is the Weakest Part of a Car That Can Win
Ferrari has the machinery to challenge for a championship. The decisions being made above the cockpit are still the reason they won't.
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The NBA Has a Sixth Man Problem Nobody Is Naming Correctly
Teams are spending second-max money on bench scorers and calling it depth. It's not depth. It's confusion.
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Garnacho Is Too Good for Whatever Manchester United Are Becoming
United keep talking about a project. Garnacho keeps proving he's outgrown whatever that project actually is.
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Ferrari Keeps Winning Saturdays and Losing Sundays. That's Not Bad Luck.
Ferrari's qualifying pace has been genuine in 2026. What happens after the lights go out is a different conversation entirely.
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The Pick-and-Roll Is Not Dead. It's Just Being Run by the Wrong People.
Every analyst says the pick-and-roll is solved. The data says otherwise - the problem is execution, not the action itself.
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Kylian Mbappé at Real Madrid Has Clarified One Thing: He Needs the Team to Be Bad
Mbappé's best moments at Madrid have come when structure breaks down. That's not a compliment.
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Red Bull's Driver Problem Is Now a Structural One
Max Verstappen can't carry a dysfunctional second seat forever. At some point, the car needs two drivers.
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The NBA's Clutch Time Problem Isn't About Fouling - It's About Who Gets the Ball
Late-game NBA possessions keep defaulting to one-on-one isolation. The playbook hasn't changed. The results haven't either.
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Barcelona eye Hincapie, Dias open to exit, Liverpool chase Diomande
Friday's transfer gossip includes Barcelona's interest in Hincapie, Ruben Dias exploring an exit from City, and Liverpool chasing RB Leipzig's Yan Diomande.
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BBC Sport Hands Out Its First End-of-Season Football Awards
BBC Sport has unveiled its first end-of-season football awards, with Rice, Shaw and McInnes among the winners across English and Scottish football.
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Clarke signs Scotland deal through 2030 World Cup - bold SFA bet or safe choice?
Steve Clarke has signed a new Scotland contract through the 2030 World Cup, with the SFA backing their most successful national team coach to build on a historic qualification.
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Collins header gives Ireland 1-0 win over Qatar in 10-vs-10 friendly
Nathan Collins headed Ireland to a 1-0 win over Qatar in Dublin, with both sides finishing the friendly with 10 men following red cards for Jack Moylan and Almoez Ali.
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Gordon joins Barcelona for £69m - and what it means for Rashford's future
Anthony Gordon completes a £69.3m move to Barcelona, while questions remain over whether Marcus Rashford will also make a permanent switch to the Catalan club.
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Josh Kroenke on Arsenal's title win: 'We have the foundations to dominate'
Josh Kroenke reflects on Arsenal's Premier League title win, sharing personal moments from the season and his role supporting Mikel Arteta through the highs and lows.
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Konate to leave Liverpool on a free transfer after five years
Ibrahima Konate is leaving Liverpool as a free agent after five years, with contract talks breaking down. Inter Milan also remain interested in Curtis Jones.
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Kroenke: Covid empty stadiums gave Arteta space to rebuild Arsenal
Josh Kroenke says empty stadiums during Covid gave Mikel Arteta space to develop without fan pressure, crediting that period as a quiet factor in Arsenal's revival.
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Kroenkes name Arteta contract renewal 'utmost priority' amid Emirates expansion plans
Josh Kroenke has called retaining Mikel Arteta a contract priority, while also confirming plans to renovate the Emirates Stadium.
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Kylian Mbappé at Real Madrid Is Starting to Look Like a Symptom, Not a Solution
Mbappé was supposed to be the final piece. A year in, he looks more like proof that Madrid's system has a ceiling.
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Dubai Launches Regional First: Open Volleyball Academies Championship
Dubai Sports Council launches a first-of-its-kind regional volleyball championship for academies, featuring 70 teams across five youth age categories from April 25.
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Man Utd's Midfield Rebuild Under Carrick: Ederson and the Targets Beyond
Manchester United are targeting central midfield reinforcements under Michael Carrick, with Atalanta's Ederson expected to complete a £35m move imminently.
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Dubai Launches Women's Fitness Competition Aimed at Everyday Participants
XX | HER EDITION launches in Dubai on May 14, offering a functional fitness competition designed for women new to the sport or returning after a break.
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Nico Williams at Barcelona Is the Wrong Move for the Right Player
Barcelona finally landing Nico Williams would feel like a triumph. It might actually be the thing that stunts his development.
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Johnson defends undisputed bantamweight titles against Thorslund in Florida
Cherneka Johnson puts her undisputed bantamweight titles on the line against Dina Thorslund on August 8 in Orlando, live on Sky Sports.
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Pedri Is Back. Now Barcelona Have to Build Around Him Properly.
Barcelona spent two years coping without Pedri. They should have spent that time figuring out how to use him.
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Boulter falls to Potapova in three sets, ending British interest at French Open
Katie Boulter loses in three sets to Anastasia Potapova in the French Open second round, ending all British involvement in the singles draws.
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Littler beats Humphries in last-leg thriller to reclaim Premier League title
Luke Littler defeated Luke Humphries 11-10 in a last-leg Premier League darts final at The O2, claiming his eighth major title and £350,000 in prize money.
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Pochettino in talks with AC Milan after Allegri sacking
Mauricio Pochettino has held initial talks with AC Milan over becoming their next manager after Massimiliano Allegri was sacked following a failed Champions League qualification.
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French Open Men's Draw Blown Open After Sinner's Second-Round Exit
Sinner's shock second-round loss to Cerundolo has opened up the French Open men's draw, with Zverev, Djokovic, and Auger-Aliassime among the remaining contenders.
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NSW complete first 3-0 sweep in Women's State of Origin history
NSW beat Queensland 12-4 in game three to complete a historic 3-0 sweep in the Women's State of Origin, the first whitewash since the series expanded to three games in 2024.
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Spain's Midfield Is Aging. Nobody Wants to Say It Out Loud.
Rodri is irreplaceable, Pedri keeps getting injured, and Spain's Euro 2024 dominance may already be harder to repeat than anyone admits.
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Ferrari's Strategy Wall Is a Bigger Problem Than Their Car
Ferrari have the machinery to compete for wins. What they keep running out of is the nerve to follow through on a race.
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Nikola Jokić Is Breaking the Statsheet in Ways We Don't Have Good Words For Yet
The numbers exist, but the vocabulary to describe what Jokić does on a basketball court is still catching up.
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Osaka advances at French Open while fashion entrances spark debate
Naomi Osaka beat Donna Vekic 7-6 6-4 to reach the French Open third round, as her elaborate on-court entrances continue to divide opinion among fellow players.
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SPIA Honours Middle East Sports Industry Leaders at Abu Dhabi Gala
The 13th SPIA gala in Abu Dhabi recognised outstanding individuals, organisations and initiatives across the Middle East sports industry, with winners spanning 26 categories.
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Spurs close in on Senesi and Robertson as Tel eyes permanent stay
Tottenham are closing in on free transfers for Bournemouth defender Marcos Senesi and Liverpool's Andy Robertson, while Mathys Tel hopes to stay at the club.
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Mercedes Has Stopped Pretending Lewis Hamilton Was the Problem
A year into the Ferrari era, Mercedes' continued struggles say more about the car than anyone in Brackley admitted at the time.
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The EuroLeague Finals Proved Something American Scouts Keep Ignoring
Fenerbahçe's run to the 2026 EuroLeague Final wasn't a fluke. It was a lesson in what the NBA keeps dismissing.
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Serena Williams set to return at Queen's Club after two-year absence
Serena Williams is reportedly planning a doubles return at Queen's Club in June, her first competitive tennis since the 2022 US Open.
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Wales' fastest woman misses Commonwealth Games over selection deadline policy
Hannah Brier broke the Welsh 200m record but will miss the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow after falling foul of Team Wales' early selection deadline policy.
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Tottenham closing in on free transfer for Bournemouth's Marcos Senesi
Tottenham are closing in on a free transfer for Bournemouth centre-back Marcos Senesi, with personal terms still to be finalised on the deal.
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Oscar Piastri Is Quietly Becoming the Most Complete Driver on the Grid
He doesn't make headlines the way champions usually do. That's precisely the point.
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The NBA Draft Is Producing Stretch Bigs. Teams Still Don't Know What to Do With Them.
Every team wants a seven-footer who can shoot threes. Almost none of them have figured out how to actually use one.
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Tiafoe recovers lost racquet after French Open crowd celebration
Frances Tiafoe lost his racquet in the crowd while celebrating a French Open win over Hurkacz, then recovered it after an Instagram appeal offering match tickets.
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Zuffa Boxing reveals full Bournemouth card, including Dychko's return
Zuffa Boxing's first UK show in Bournemouth on June 6 features Chris Billam-Smith vs Ryan Rozicki, with Olympic medallist Ivan Dychko also on the card.
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Trent Alexander-Arnold at Real Madrid Is Already Exposing a Problem Ancelotti Never Solved
Moving Trent into midfield at Real Madrid sounds elegant in theory. In practice, it's creating the same defensive gaps he left behind at Liverpool.
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The Undercut Is Broken and Teams Keep Using It Anyway
F1 strategy has ossified around the undercut, even as tyre behaviour in 2026 makes it less reliable than ever.
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England beaten by 38 runs as India expose top-order frailties in Chelmsford T20
England were beaten by 38 runs in the first T20 against India at Chelmsford, raising concerns about their batting depth ahead of the T20 World Cup.
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The NBA's Pace-and-Space Era Is Quietly Eating Itself
Three-point volume has peaked, and the teams still chasing that model are falling behind the ones who figured out why it stopped working.
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