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By SKIP BANDELE National Hunt on top once more WITH THE flat season drawing to a close, National Hunt racing once more takes over top billing with the first seasonal

By SKIP BANDELE Hearts and minds There is at least one positive aspect concerning the now firmly established Russian Chelsea revolution: as far as we know owner, Roman Abramovich, pumps

By SKIP BANDELE In Portugal, Benfica travelled to Porto for the showdown of the weekend. The champions and league leaders seemed to be cruising following early strikes from Postiga and

By SKIP BANDELE Victory in Valencia SOME PEOPLE may regard the top division of motorcycle racing as a minority sport, but it is difficult to argue with the almost 130,000

Glory days By SKIP BANDELE You know winter has really arrived when the Heineken Cup, rugby union’s Champions League, gets under way. The weekend saw Europe’s finest kicking off the

Sporting month OCTOBER CONTINUES with cricket’s Champions Trophy in India, the competition reaching its climax on November 5. In athletics, the world’s best long-distance runners take to the road first

By SKIP BANDELE The 2006/07 season kicked off in confusion as Benfica’s inaugural league game was cancelled at the eleventh hour. It is still not clear if supposed opponents, Gil

More big names – By SKIP BANDELE Bolton manager, Sam Allardyce, has beaten Portsmouth’s Harry Redknapp to the signature of ‘enfant terrible’ Nicolas Anelka. The 27-year-old striker, who has never

By SKIP BANDELE Tennis The third edition of the Seat Open de Portugal Beach Tennis was held at Praia da Rocha over the weekend. Representing Portugal, Nuno Marques and Emanuel

Saints alive – By SKIP BANDELE Scrum half Sean Long became the first player in the history of the Powergen Challenge Cup to win the coveted Lance Todd trophy for