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‘An eternal shame’: Bilic and Croatia aim to use 7-0 humbling as fuel against England

The home humiliation last month has left a scar on Croatian football but their manager wants them to use it to positive effect in the Wembley rematch As Croatia prepare to face England at Wembley on Thursday in the Nations League, wounds from a humiliating defeat by the same opponents last month are fresh and there is a lingering feeling of unease. No one will say it – certainly not Slaven Bilic, who always believes in achieving goals that may seem unreachable to most others – but the impression is that Croatia would be satisfied to accept another defeat, provided it was gentle enough by score

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Danny Kelly, football broadcaster and renowned editor, dies aged 69

Danny Baker pays tribute to the ‘funniest man I knew’ Kelly was former editor of the NME and Q magazines The journalist and broadcaster Danny Kelly, who helped define coverage of music and football in the UK for a generation, has died at the age of 69. Kelly edited the NME and Q magazine, and launched the Football 365 website before going on to be a presenter and pundit on the BBC and TalkSport. He had been receiving treatment for oesophageal cancer. Continue reading...

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The Spin | Farewell Dennis Breakwell, Somerset stalwart and mentor to generations of cricketers

Left-arm spinner who has died aged 78 played alongside Ian Botham and Viv Richards in county’s glory days, experience he passed on to Jos Buttler and many others Away from the bright lights and the hungry eye of television, cricket unfolds as it has always done, with a quiet welcoming handshake across the generations. Dennis Breakwell was the quintessence of that. Breakwell died this week at the age of 78, after a 15-year career as a slow left-arm bowler at Northamptonshire and Somerset, and more than 20 years as a groundsman and coach at King’s College Taunton. There he cut the grass, watched

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