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fromwww.theguardian.com
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"We wanted to create an award that recognised most kids growing up dream of playing for one club. On the other side, we wanted to show despite all the big-money transfers in modern-day football, there are top players all over the world who want to become one-club players."
Leander Paes, one of India's most celebrated tennis players, joined Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday, ahead of high-stakes polls in the eastern state of West Bengal.
O'Leary had the 1-of-1 numbered, PSA 10-graded card slab -- the first year Triple Logoman cards were produced -- inserted into a bespoke Tiffany's & Co. case, with "2.2 pounds of white gold," diamonds and rubies embedded, and affixed to a chain.
The Ivorian youngster, who has become an increasingly influential figure at Old Trafford, sat down to discuss the players he admires most across the global game and those who defined the Premier League for him. In a series of quickfire questions, the 23-year-old was asked to identify the stars who currently capture his imagination.
The older I get, the more profoundly I appreciate that, when I'm writing about sport, I'm also writing about love. This makes perfect sense given these are mankind's two greatest inventions and the stuff we can least do without, but there's more to it than that: sport and love are both expressions of identity, creativity and devotion, pursued because they are right but also because it's impossible not to.
SAN FRANCISCO Steph Curry will be a starter for February's 15th's 2026 NBA All-Star game at the Intuit Dome in Inglewood, the league announced on Monday morning. The Warriors' superstar joins Luka Doncic, reigning MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Nikola Jokic and Victor Wembanyama in the West's starting lineup. It is Curry's 12th All-Star nod and 11th start, making him one of only 17 players to earn a dozen appearances in the game with a single franchise.
The New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks may have been the two best defenses in football over the last few months. While all of the pre-game hype was centered around quarterbacks Drake Maye and Sam Darnold, the defenses have delivered with two very strong performances. The Patriots found themselves down 3-0 at the end of the first quarter despite the fact that a few big plays had been enough to get them into Seahawks territory multiple times.
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