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Serie A

AT NAPOLI, SPALLETTI IS FIGHTING FOR THE TITLE AGAIN. THIS COULD HAVE A SWEETER CODA THOUGH.

It was June 18, 2006. Miami Heat, the NBA team from Florida, had just won a close game against the Dallas Mavericks to win their third straight game in the NBA finals to race to a 3-2 lead in the 7-match series. The Heat’s achievement was all the more impressive because they had bounced back […]

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La Liga

XAVI’S ON THE CLOCK AT BARCELONA – AND MAY NOT BEAT IT

“Some people think that if their opponent plays a beautiful game, it’s OK to lose,” Norwegian chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen once said.  “I don’t. You have to be merciless.” Carlo Ancelotti, one would think, would be inclined to agree. “We just think about winning matches, not thrashing teams,” the Real Madrid manager said in the […]