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Alan Jones obituary

Australian driver who was the Formula One champion with the Williams team in 1981 and had 12 grand prix victories “The championship? You take it any way it comes,” said Alan Jones, with typical unsentimental pithiness, after winning a tense Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal in 1980 that made him that year’s Formula One world champion. This came during his third season with the Williams Grand Prix team, after making a promising showing the year before with four race victories. Jones, who has died aged 80 of cancer, had taken full advantage of the aerodynamic excellence of the new Williams FW07 ca

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Carlos Alcaraz beats error-prone Ben Shelton to win Paris Masters

World No 3 defeats American 7-6 (5), 7-5 in final Spaniard claims ninth 1000-level title of his career Carlos Alcaraz avenged his defeat by ⁠Ben Shelton in the US Open last eight as he edged the American 7-6 (5), 7-5 to win the Paris Masters ⁠on Sunday, clinching ⁠his ninth ​ATP 1000 title. The world No 3 controlled the contest from the baseline to become the first Spaniard to win the ⁠tournament since David Ferrer in 2012, while Shelton was left frustrated by an erratic forehand. Continue reading...

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Henry Pollock powers seven-try England to crushing victory against Australia

England 45-22 Australia George, Chessum and Heyes scored first-half tries England had promised to do their talking on the field and so it came to pass. After a turbulent few days, this result was certainly a thumping riposte to newspaper reports that all is not well within the court of Steve Borthwick. If Australia had imagined they might encounter distracted, half-hearted hosts, this seven-try romp suggested the precise opposite. Maybe Borthwick should commission the Times to write his motivational pre-match speeches every week. On this evidence the ­Wallabies have some massive issues to addr

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