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The best of the week

Cricket
Why next men’s Ashes may be the longest form’s long goodbye

Ons Jabeur

Kids are dying everywhere in Ukraine or Gaza. I have to speak out

Football
Gallagher is at the centre of Atlético Madrid’s charge up La Liga

Football
Red Bull’s ‘Dr football’ role at odds with Klopp’s former club ethos

The Breakdown
Gatland aims for one last miracle before 150th Wales game

UFC
Why Zuckerberg turned to White to secure Maga’s favour

Comment and analysis

The amazing Manchester City career of Tony Book: from a building site to the title

Simon Hattenstone

Just how did an ageing non-league journeyman defender end up captaining the club to four major trophies in three years?

Walker’s talents deserved more than crude tabloid caricature

Jonathan Liew

Make boxing great again? Here are a few suggestions

Thomas Hauser

Watch and listen

Australian Open
'People that hate me pay my bills': Collins thanks rowdy crowd

Danielle Collins faced a boisterous crowd in her win over local hope Destanee Aiava but said ‘energy is a good thing’

Football Weekly Extra
North London is red and are Newcastle contenders?

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Coming up this weekend

Our live offering kicks off on Saturday with updates from day seven at the Australian Open. While play is taking place in Melbourne, we'll also have minute-by-minute coverage of Newcastle v Bournemouth in the Premier League (12.30pm, all times GMT). Saturday's clockwatch (3pm) will take in Brentford v Liverpool, Leicester v Fulham and West Ham v Palace, alongside the pick of the action in the Football League and Scottish Cup. Attention then turns to Arsenal v Aston Villa (5.30pm), with the day's results offering potential for Liverpool to lead the title race by seven points, or for Mikel Arteta's side to have cut the deficit to a solitary point.

Once again, the Australian Open takes centre-stage for the early Sunday action, with a lengthy list of fourth-round matches in store. At 2pm, David Moyes eyes his first points since returning to Merseyside, as Everton host Tottenham, before Liam Delap hopes to lead the line against his former club – Ipswich host Manchester City at 4.30pm. Rounding off Sunday's live football action, it's the Manchester derby in the WSL as City host United at the Etihad (6.45pm).

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