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FA Cup final
Glasner hails Crystal Palace for giving their fans ‘a moment for life’

Tennis
Paolini makes history in victory over Gauff to win Italian Open

Exclusive
Middlesex confirm interest in ‘iconic player of his generation’ Kohli

Rugby union
English second tier gets Champ Rugby rebrand in new 14-club league

Giro d'Italia
Plapp powers to stage eight win while Ulissi moves into pink

The best of the week

Wembley turns a shade of Selhurst after a victory for Palace’s Concrete Catalonia

Barney Ronay

Harry Kane

I could have easily stayed at Spurs … but I wanted to push myself

Twenty years later
How 2005 Ashes marked end of cricket as we knew it

Brian Glanville was fearless, witty and hovered in the press box like Banquo’s ghost

Kevin Mitchell

Cartoon
David Squires on … the many memories of Everton’s Goodison Park

Football
Stunned Sampdoria relegated to Serie C: how did it come to this?

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Comment and analysis

Beyond the runs: Kohli’s obsessive intensity left indelible mark on Test cricket

Jonathan Liew

Retiree’s final innings may have been unremarkable but his career was testament to relentless pursuit of excellence which redefined Indian cricket

The bin fire strikes back: United and Spurs’ song for Europe is a bit of tasteless fun

Jonathan Wilson

Can watching sport improve your wellbeing? Yes, says science

Sean Ingle

Watch and listen

Football Weekly Extra
Sunderland reach Wembley and the fallout to Awoniyi’s serious injury

Max Rushden, Barry Glendenning, Jordan Jarrett-Bryan, Nedum Onuoha and Nick Ames preview the FA Cup final between Palace and Man City

A Trevor Sinclair tribute?
Bicycle kick winner for Club Atlético Independiente against Independiente Rivadavia

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Football
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The week ahead

We open the week with live coverage on Monday night, featuring Brighton v Liverpool in the Premier League (8pm, all times BST). Into Tuesday and Kevin De Bruyne bids farewell to Manchester City fans as they host Bournemouth (8pm).

Wednesday's lineup includes England Women opening their cricket summer at home to West Indies in the first T20 (6.30pm). And then all eyes will be on Bilbao for the Europa League final between Tottenham and Manchester United (8pm).

England Men tackle Zimbabwe in the first Test of the summer, the first day of five starting on Thursday (11am). There's also the second women's T20 on Friday (6.35pm) and day one of the latest County Championship action (11am).

And then it's another huge weekend, starting on Saturday with the Championship playoff final at Wembley from 3pm between Sheffield United and Sunderland. Then our focus switches to Lisbon and the Women's Champions League final, as Arsenal tackle the might of Barcelona (5pm). It's also the Champions Cup final between Northampton and Bordeaux-Bègles (2.45pm), plus Monaco Grand Prix qualifying (3pm).

Not only does the French Open get under way on Sunday (10am), but it's also the final day of the Premier League. Follow all the action as it happens from 4pm. And the glamour in Monte Carlo will doubtless be on show for the F1 GP there: we'll have lap-by-lap coverage from 2pm.

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