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'Dutch coaches have a lot of baggage,' says Steve McClaren. 'Because they are Dutch everyone knows their life story. With me they know a bit'

Steve McClaren: I survived ultimate failure. Now I fear nothing

Two years since he left England under a raincloud, the former national manager is enjoying his day in the sun, topping the Dutch league with FC Twente. In an exclusive interview, he tells Sam Wallace how he rebuilt his life, and why he won't rush back to the Premier League.

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Jenson Button could wrap up the drivers title in Brazil this weekend

Brawn: 'Button should seek sponsors to boost salary'

Ross Brawn has indicated Jenson Button's salary demands will not be met and is instead prepared to offer the new world champion more freedom to seek out personal sponsorship deals to boost his income.

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Bath's Duncan Bell is savouring his chance to revive his England career at the age of 35

Hartley hooks a starting berth

Northampton No 2 goes head to head against master scrummagers Argentina

Cricket

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Graham Onions, who has been suffering from a sore back, is expected to be available for the first of two Twenty20 matches taking place tomorrow

Anderson and Onions expected to be fit for T20

As Kevin Pietersen declared his readiness to return to the international arena yesterday, England were dealing with their habitual slew of injuries on tour.

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Rafael Nadal reaches for a forehand against Nicolas Almagro in the Paris Masters yesterday

Federer out after Nadal struggles on

Problems mount for the world's top two players as poor run of form continues

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Gymnast Olga Korbut struggled under the Communist regime in 1976

James Lawton: Soviet conflict

Sinister, ruthless... and successful. The Communist system for sport provoked hatred and awe, but cracks were appearing long before the fall of the Berlin Wall. Our writer, who witnessed the good and the bad, looks back at a lost empire

Sailing

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Britain's America's Cup team, Origin, with wind tactician Rob Greenhalgh up the mast, controls its American rival BMW Oracle in the Louis Vuitton series off Nice

Team Origin square up with ETNZ

A dress rehearsal of what could be the final of the Louis Vuitton Trophy series is in prospect tomorrow as Britain's unbeaten Team Origin squares up against the only other unbeaten team in the event, Emirates Team New Zealand (ETNZ).

Rugby League

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'Everyone is relieved and ecstatic. This is a second chance and a new start for the club,' Ian Millward on Leigh's reprive

Leigh thrown a lifeline by Gateshead demise

Coach Millward heralds 'new start' as club is spared demotion to third tier

Olympics

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The 2,800-ton undulating roof of the Aquatics Centre is lowered into place. It is expected to become the architectural centrepiece of the 2012 Olympics

Zaha Hadid's 'Stingray' roof makes waves

With its dazzling, undulating design and prominent positioning at the entrance to the Olympic Park, ministers hope that the London Aquatics Centre will be the architectural jewel in the capital's crown in 2012.

Golf

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'I am playing the best golf of my career,' said Phil Mickelson

Mickelson holds nerve to edge Els

Phil Mickelson is excited about the prospects 2010 will bring after ending a difficult season with a thrilling victory at the WGC-HSBC Champions here yesterday.

Racing

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Ballyfitz, ridden by Paddy Brennan, clears the last fence before winning the Sir Tristram Ricketts Novices Steeple Chase at Cheltenham a year ago

Ballyfitz shows class for Gold Cup

Twiston-Davies confident of replicating last year's triumph at Cheltenham

Athletics

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<p> <b>Tim Montgomery (United States, Athletics) </b> </p> <p></p> <p> Montgomery's case is regarded as a landmark in the fight against doping as it introduced the non-analytical positive. </p> <p></p> <p> Once the world's fastest man, Montgomery never returned a positive test for a banned substance but admitted under oath to a U.S. Federal grand jury investigating BALCO (Bay Area Laboratory Cooperative) that he had used steroids and human growth hormone. </p> <p></p> <p> Montgomery, who helped the United States to win gold in the 4x100 metres relay at the Sydney Olympics, was stripped of his medal and his 100 metres world record of 9.78 seconds set in 2002 in Paris was wiped from the record books based on the evidence given during his testimony. He was barred from competition in 2005 and retired the following year. </p> <p></p> <p> Montgomery, who has a son with disgraced sprint queen Marion Jones, was later sentenced to 46 months in prison for cheque fraud and money laundering and last October had five years added to his sentence after being convicted of possessing heroin with the intent to distribute it. </p>

High-profile drug cheats exposed by WADA

It is ten years since the World Anti-Doping Agency was formed in order to fight the use of performance-enhancing drugs in sport.

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