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DARLING BUDS OF THE NORTH-EAST!

LIKE many others, I like to keep abreast of developments at upwardly mobile clubs across the country.

PREMIER WINNER ASMIR IS IN SHOT

PREMIER League winning goalkeeper Asmir Begovic is training with Aldershot Town.

A RAW DEAL SUITS SEALS!

CALUM MCINTYRE says Chester FC are slowly building a homegrown squad that the fans can be proud of.

The scrum has decided the last two World Cups

Ben Jaycock speaks to Northampton scrum coach Matt Fergurson about their victorious Premiership campaign and the game's issues around the set-piece

YOUNG GUNS

CHARLIEMYALL LEICESTER & ENGLAND U20 CENTRE

'It's about being the best player you can be'

PAUL REES FINDS OUT WHAT DRIVES NEW TIGERS COACH MICHAEL CHEIKA AND WHAT HE PLANS TO DO AT WELFORD ROAD

Three hat-tricks for the Baa-Baas was a peak

THE FORMER SCOTLAND, BARBARIANS & GLASGOW WING

'It Has Taken a Devastating Toll'

Financial insecurity is causing a mental health crisis, with nearly two-thirds of Americans saying money matters cause them the most stress

IT'S ALL ABOUT PRIORITIES

THESE REPUBLICAN FOREIGN POLICY PRAGMATISTS HOPE TO INFLUENCE DONALD TRUMP WITH THEIR THIRD-WAY APPROACH TO INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

AMERICA'S Greatest Workplaces 2024

COMPANIES THAT CREATE A GREAT WORKPLACE ARE MORE LIKELY TO HAVE ENGAGED workers who care about their jobs.

A Step on the Gas

The world's biggest tech companies are plowing millions into carbon dioxide removal in a bid to curb climate change, but is it enough?

Andrew McCarthy

IN THE 1980S, A GROUP OF ACTORS CALLED THE \"BRAT PACK\" CAME TO define a generation.

Squid Gains

Lee Jung-jae on moving from the cult Netflix hit to his first Englishspeaking role in Star Wars: The Acolyte

Bracken keeps England on course

MARK Mapletoft commended his England U20s side for continuing to find solutions and adapting to their problems but knows that his team cannot afford any more sloppy starts if they are to go deep in the competition.

CHIEF ION HAILS HERO SAVIOURS

FC Romania are saved from the brink

THERE'S BEEN A LOT TO CROW ABOUT

DANNY Crow met his Harleston Town players last weekend to discuss their plans for the summer holidays.

Whistler's authority must be protected

WE CAN easily imagine New Zealand rugby folk in the afterlife, shaking the English referee Roger 1. Quittenton warmly by the hand while grabbing the Scottish official John Dewar Dallas roughly by the throat.

GAFFER GASH TO GET TOUGH

MICHAEL Gash has promised to unleash his ruthless streak after last season’s flirtation with relegation.

ADAM'S HART NOW AT HOME

ADAM CAMPBELL says moving back home was a key factor in him joining Hartlepool United.

Terrific Toulouse go on the rampage

WE DIDN'T just lose the arm wrestle - we had our wrists broken under the table,\" Bordeaux boss Yannick Bru admitted, graphically, after watching his side fall to a record 59-3 Top 14 final defeat at the hands of an irrepressible Toulouse in Marseille on Friday evening.

DEFOE IN TALKS TO BUY A CLUB

JERMAIN DEFOE has exclusively revealed he is in talks to buy a Non-League club, as the former England striker spoke of his love of grassroots football and how ‘special’ he finds the pyramid.

Freeman ready to roast the All Blacks

TOMMY Freeman has one more box to tick before he packs his golf clubs for a well-earned break in Majorca at the end of his longest season ever.

WE'VE BEEN HERE BEFORE, GARETH!

IF GARETH Southgate wants to know even more about the qualities Slovakia possess this evening, he would do well to get on the blower to another Three Lions boss.

STEVE'S LIVING A DREAM AGAIN WITH LAMMAS!

STEVE Parsons is one of football’s brilliant brains.

England have enough to down the All Blacks

STEVE Borthwick's England team have taken their first step of their summer tour and returned with the expected win showing the focus needed to suppress and beat an energetic Japan at home in their own stadium.

25 years on and it's still a special place

IT WAS the 25th anniversary of the first-ever game at the Millennium Stadium a couple of days ago which pulled me up a little short because I remember it like yesterday, not least because it was, I think, possibly the hottest and certainly the most uncomfortable I've ever been reporting in Britain.

Gatland hits the 50-mark for Wales

UNLESS they change the habit of a lifetime in Australia over the next fortnight, Wales will be saddled with their longest losing run for more than 20 years.

FRIENDLY FARE SETS THE BALL ROLLING

THE Euros are still going on and Wimbledon hasn't even started, but we're already at the dawn of a new football season! And to prove the point, there were friendlies dotted around the country yesterday to whet the appetite for 2024-25.

Youngs backing his old mates to deliver

BEN Youngs is backing his old England pals to upset the odds and \"do something special\" in the All Blacks backyard.

Aaron on a mission as he hits 50 mark

AARON Wainwright is set to win his 50th Wales cap against Australia in Sydney next weekend - a landmark which looked a long way off 18 months ago.