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<b>England 4 Brazil 2, Wembley, 1956</b><br/> The first ever meeting between England and Brazil came at Wembley in 1956. England's 4-2 victory was to be one of only three that they have recorded over the Brazilians in 22 attempts. In front of a full-house of 100,000 people Tommy Taylor and Colin Grainger each scored twice for the home side, with Brazil's goals coming from Paulinho and Didi.

The ten best England v Brazil matches

England take on Brazil in Qatar this weekend in a mouth-watering fixture between two of the world's most football crazy nations.

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(Left to right) Duncan Bell, Dylan Hartley and Tim Payne scrummaging yesterday ahead of tomorrow's tough test against the Argentina pack

Bell faces up to daunting Puma pack

Prop bullish but doubts over English muscle remain after Australian performance

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Graeme Smith says 'being yourself' is key to being a good captain

Smith fires opening shots in personal battle with Strauss

The South Africa captain proves his mastery of mind games as he hopes to draw first blood against an England side led by Collingwood.

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<p> <b>And the Ugly... <i>Flavio Briatore</i></b><i> </i></p> <p> The controversial Renault team principal was banned for life for masterminding &quot;Crashgate&quot;. But just as ugly was the manner in which he treated drivers such as Johnny Herbert, JJ Lehto and Jos Verstappen in the past, and Nelson Piquet Jnr in 2009. The Brazilian said that instead of being his manager, Briatore became his executioner and, although he shouldn't have followed his orders to crash, he should never have been told to do so. </p>

Briatore will demand huge payout from F1

Former Renault boss Flavio Briatore will demand €1 million damages from Formula One's world governing body when he appeals against his indefinite ban from the sport later this month.

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Andy Murray takes a tumble during his 1-6, 6-3, 6-4 defeat to Radek Stepanek at the Paris Masters yesterday

Murray fails to recover but can see silver lining

Exhausted Scot has extra time to rest ahead of season finale after third-round exit

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A potential loss of £100m threatens the ECB if Ashes Test cricket returns to crown jewel status

The Big Question: What are the crown jewels of sport and why is there a row over them?

Sailing

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Not every day is great for Britain's double Olympic gold medallist Iain Percy as America's Cup challenger Team Origin suffered its first defeat in the Louis Vuitton Trophy series in Nice

Origin crashes to first defeat

Friday the 13th came a day early for the star-studded talent in Britain’s America’s Cup team as Origin crashed to its first defeat of the Louis Vuitton Trophy series today.

Rugby League

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Eorl Crabtree shrugs off a New Zealand tackler during England's victory last Saturday

Crabtree is the Big Daddy now

England's prop – and nephew of the famous wrestler – has won a name for himself as a fearsome impact player. Ahead of the Four Nations final, he tells Dave Hadfield how he ditched his delicate reputation.

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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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Ernie Els tries out the new 18th at Wentworth

Wentworth hazards to tame the big-hitters

Players at the 2010 PGA Championship at Wentworth will face one of the most treacherous closing holes in golf after a remodelling of the famous West Course, organisers said yesterday.

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Nina Carberry will be on board My Lord Oscar at Cheltenham today

Carberry can reign in first-day deluge

Soft ground will benefit Cheltenham's leading lady as top-class jumps season begins

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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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