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Could a return for Andros Townsend be on the cards? Photograph: Lindsey Parnaby/EPA
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Cristiano Ronaldo of Real Madrid celebrates his hat trick goal, one of two he scored from offside positions, as Bayern’s goalkeeper Manuel Neuer appeals in vain against its award. Photograph: Javier Garcia/BPI/Rex/Shutterstock
Uefa Must Cut Out the Slapstick, Play Straight Role in Helping Referees
London – It would be a great service indeed if Uefa ditched the Champions League anthem for the remainder of this season’s competition and replaced it with Dance of the Cuckoos, the theme tune from Laurel and Hardy. The players could still line up and listen to...Caption:
Maria Sharapova should not be vilified but the sense that her return will overturn a gross injustice seems rather too much. Photograph: Damian Dovarganes/AP
Maria Sharapova’s Return to Tennis would Sit more Easily if She Showed Contrition
London – A week or so ago, the legal definition of British prisons was changed: they are no longer places of punishment. The new prison and courts bill, put forward by the justice secretary, Liz Truss, proposed that it was more important that they reform and...Caption:
Chris Hughton was in charge of Norwich before becoming Brighton boss – Getty Images
Brighton’s Long March Ends in Chris Hughton’s Completion of a Job Well Done
London – Two days after an exhausted Brighton had lost to Sheffield Wednesday in last season’s play-off semi-final, the club announced that the manager, Chris Hughton, had signed a new four-year contract. In the afterglow of ostensible failure that sort of thing...Caption:
Cristiano Ronaldo has a message for the Bernabéu crowd during Real Madrid’s Champions League quarter-final win against Bayern Munich. Photograph: Shaun Botterill/Getty Images