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The Steamy, Sweaty, Towel-Spinning Weirdness of the World Sauna Championships | The Walrus Whatever you’re picturing, we promise it’s stranger

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The calm before the storm, and the hush of the dressing room.

Sit back, grab a cuppa, and enjoy your copy of The Ashes before the action kicks off on Friday.

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Transgender women to be banned from all female Olympic events - The Times and The Sunday Times

We’ve found the perfect Ashes companion in @barmyarmy.bsky.social
with this 132-page love letter to the biggest series in Cricket.

Inside, England Urn-lifters Graeme Swann, Ashley Giles, and Chris Broad all chip in. Plus much more...

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#onthisday in 1994, forty-five-year-old George Foreman becomes the oldest ever world heavyweight boxing champion, when he knocks out Michael Moorer to claim both the IBF and the WBA belts.

Ashes 2025: Australia name their squad – but questions remain Australia’s squad is out, but the XI – and the balance of the series – still hinges on Cameron Green’s fitness.

Ashes 2025: Australia name their squad – but questions remain
Australia’s squad is out, but the XI – and the balance of the series – still hinges on Cameron Green’s fitness.

OUT NOW! The Ashes: Collector’s Edition

*Your A-Z Guide To The Ashes
*Best ever Ashes teams named!🏏
*How The Ashes became today’s amazing head-to-head
*The art of bowling down under talking to Graeme Swann & Ashley Giles
*Interview: Josh Tongue is playing “Chin Music”

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The Ashes: Collector’s Edition… OUT NOW 👈

Your front-row seat & read to cricket’s fiercest rivalry…

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The week in sport Our latest issue: The Ashes is here!, the sports book of the week, the beautiful Pele, Luke Littler, Rees-Zammit

The stories you missed: The Week In Sport

Springsteen | Born To Run: 50 Years On (DIGITAL) — Pitch Magazine In May and June, Bruce Springsteen returns to tour in the UK - and it's the 50th anniversary of Born To Run - and we're producing a stunning one-off magazine to celebrate. The physical magazine is now SOLD OUT. Download the digital version and enjoy the content. On completion of purchase you'll receive access within 24 hours via email to download your digital issue. PLEASE NOTE APPLE PAY IS NOT APPLICABLE WITH DIGITAL DOWNLOADS

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This weekend, Deliver Me from Nowhere opens in cinemas across the UK. It chronicles the conception of 1982 album Nebraska.
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The Ashes is coming! With our latest 132-page collector’s edition title you’ll find our A-Z Guide to the fiercest head-to-head in sport, we name the best ever Ashes teams and much more...

Pre-order your copy & it’ll be dispatched to you on November 5th.

Howzat for Issue 14 x

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The Mongolian wrestler Hōshōryū Tomokatsu won the Grand Sumo Tournament at the Royal Albert Hall last night. After five days of fighting, the 150kg 26-year-old beat his 191kg opponent in a crisp 10 seconds.

Biggest sports in Asia, Trump messes with World Cup, EPLs most-favoured VARs, Martina is 69
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Keir Starmer has condemned the ban on supporters of Maccabi Tel Aviv football club attending their Europa League match against Aston Villa next month. Ministers are exploring how they can overturn the decision, which was made by Birmingham’s Safety Advisory Group.

The wonderful @dgquarterly has analysed the 24/25 EPL season. They tell us that @NUFC had, with 13, the most VAR decisions in their favour.

The wonderful @dgquarterly has analysed the 24/25 season. They tell us that @Arsenal would have won the league by four points if all matches had ended at half time.

The wonderful @dgquarterly has analysed the 24/25 EPL season. They tell us that @ManCity had, in 567, the highest number of passes per game.

The wonderful @dgquarterly has analysed the 24/25 EPL season. They tell us that @OfficialBHAFC had the highest number of different players to score.

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Keely Hodgkinson: Athlos 800m win in New York for British runner Britain's Keely Hodgkinson ends her 800m season with victory at the all-female Athlos meet in New York on Friday evening.

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The sports stories you probably missed World Conkers Champs, Ronaldo's billions, Cummins to miss Ashes?, is R360 doomed, the dawn of substitutes, back issue offer

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NBA games return to China for first time since Hong Kong pro-democracy row Two games in Macau this weekend will be the first since the league was effectively frozen out in 2019.

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Cristiano Ronaldo becomes first billionaire footballer - Bloomberg Portugal striker Cristiano Ronaldo is worth $1.4bn (£1.04bn), according to financial information and media firm Bloomberg.

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Vibrations and victories at the World Worm Charming Championships Each year, a small town in Nantwich, Cheshire turns the art of coaxing worms from the earth into a sport, as competitors shake and strum their way to glory

Every year, the small town of Nantwich in Cheshire turns the quiet art of coaxing worms from the earth into an internationally known sport, as competitors shake, stomp, and strum their way to glory. www.huckmag.com/article/vibr...

Christian Horner 'ringing up pretty much every team owner', says Aston Martin CEO Andy Cowell Christian Horner is

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This weekend in 2012, Formula One legend Michael Schumacher announces his retirement, for the second and final time. He himself admitted: ‘There were times in the past few months in which I didn’t want to deal with Formula One or prepare for the next Grand Prix.

Premier League clubs are using more under 21 players, more often, according to Football Benchmark. U21 players accounted for 9.9% of total league minutes in 2020/21, with 98 different players featuring. By 2023/24, this figure had risen to 13.9% of minutes and 145 players