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Norris has 'nothing to complain about' after missing Qatar GP pole

Norris has 'nothing to complain about' after missing Qatar GP pole

Lando Norris said on Saturday that he had nothing to moan about after being beaten to pole for the Qatar Grand Prix by McLaren team-mate and title rival Oscar Piastri.

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Championship leaders Coventry mark Lampard anniversary with Charlton win

Championship leaders Coventry mark Lampard anniversary with Charlton win

Coventry remained 10 points clear at the top of English football's second-tier Championship with a 3-1 victory over Charlton as they marked Frank Lampard's first anniversary as boss in style.

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Piastri boosts title bid with dramatic late pole lap       

Piastri boosts title bid with dramatic late pole lap       

Oscar Piastri boosted his title bid with a dramatic late lap to claim pole position on Saturday for the Qatar Grand Prix, beating McLaren team-mate and series leader Lando Norris by a tenth of a second.

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Title-chasing Piastri takes pole for Qatar Grand Prix

Title-chasing Piastri takes pole for Qatar Grand Prix

Oscar Piastri grabbed pole position for the penultimate race of the Formula One season when he edged team-mate and title rival Lando Norris as time expired in Saturday's qualifying for the Qatar Grand Prix.

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Erasmus hails Springboks' 'proper performance' after Wales thrashing

Erasmus hails Springboks' 'proper performance' after Wales thrashing

Rassie Erasmus hailed his team's "proper performance" after South Africa inflicted a stunning record 73-0 home defeat on Wales in Cardiff on Saturday to wrap up a superlative season.

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Monaco shock PSG as Minamino scores winner

Monaco shock PSG as Minamino scores winner

Japan's Takumi Minamino scored the only goal of the game as Monaco shocked reigning champions Paris Saint-Germain in Ligue 1 on Saturday, winning 1-0 in the principality.

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Eight-try Toulon hammer Montauban to join Toulouse at top

Eight-try Toulon hammer Montauban to join Toulouse at top

Mathieu Smaili and Mathis Ferte each scored a brace of tries as Toulon climbed back up to second in the French Top 14 with a 54-28 thumping of Montauban on Saturday.

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Exit stage left: playwright Tom Stoppard is dead

Exit stage left: playwright Tom Stoppard is dead

When it comes to the world of comic invention and linguistic pyrotechnics, few dramatists of the 20th century could match the scope and sustained success of British writer Tom Stoppard, who has died aged 88.

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Oscar-winning UK playwright Tom Stoppard dies aged 88

Oscar-winning UK playwright Tom Stoppard dies aged 88

British playwright Tom Stoppard, who won an Oscar for the screenplay for the 1998 movie "Shakespeare In Love", has died at the age of 88, United Agents said on Saturday.

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South Africa inflict record 73-0 home defeat on Wales

South Africa inflict record 73-0 home defeat on Wales

Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu starred as South Africa ran in 11 unanswered tries to inflict a record 73-0 home defeat on Wales in the autumn-season-ending international Test in Cardiff on Saturday.

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