The 22 year-old Italian completed the best two weeks of his career by driving his nation to the Davis Cup title on Sunday night, exactly seven days after making the climax of the ATP Finals in Turin.
On the television it seemed as though Lewis Dunk was trying to say sorry. His hand reached out to referee Anthony Taylor in what appeared to be a gesture of contrition.
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The brilliant man-manager built great collectives and his vision of the game was fuelled by entrepreneurial spirit and self-beliefThere was the club singing career. The series of detective novels. The clothes shop in Chelsea. The board game. The range of women’s wigs. The chain of pubs. The ticket agency. Then there was the football, in all its guises: …
MIHIR BOSE:Terry Venables, who has died aged 80 after a long struggle with Alzheimer's, symbolised both sides of football's history - a council estate boy who honed his talent in the streets.
OLIVER HOLT: After England had performed so poorly at Euro 92 and failed to qualify for the 1994 World Cup, Venables made us believe we were capable of playing sophisticated football.
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