15 h. ago Sunderland spark mind games with Coventry in bid to stop long throws

The two clubs face off in the second leg of their play-off semi-final at the Stadium of Light tonight

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44 h. ago Sunderland vs Coventry City: How to watch EFL Championship playoffs, TV and streaming details, kick off, odds

Sunderland host Coventry City this week as the teams bid to reach the final of the EFL Championship playoff and, in turn, the English Premier League.

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4 d. ago Ange Postecoglou is underestimating Ruben Amorim with Man United Europa League final mind games

Man Utd will face Tottenham in the Europa League final and the two managers have different views of whether the Europa League would save their season.

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6 d. ago Ruben Amorim wary of propensity for Manchester United to ‘lose our minds’

Manchester United lead 3-0 in Europa League semi-final‘Sometimes something happens and we lose our mind’Ruben Amorim admits Manchester United “can lose their minds” during games so is unsure how they will perform in Thursday’s Europa League semi-final second leg against Athletic Bilbao, despite holding a 3-0 lead.United are favourites to reach this month’s final at the San Mamés after their victory there last week thanks to Casemiro’s header and two goals from Bruno Fernandes. In the previous round’s return leg at Old Trafford they allowed a 2-0 advantage over Lyon to become a 4-2 deficit before scoring three goals in the final seven minutes of extra time to secure passage to the last four. United also led Lyon 2-1 in the first leg but conceded a 95th-minute Rayan Cherki equaliser. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Luke Littler's behind the scenes mind games revealed by darts rival Stephen Bunting

Stephen Bunting and Luke Littler are on course for yet another Premier League Darts meeting after some high-level clashes both there and in the PDC World Championship

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2 w. ago Daniel Dubois dismisses Oleksandr Usyk’s ‘mind games’ before showdown

Heavyweights due to meet at Wembley on 19 July‘If you’ve got power on your side, you can do anything’Daniel Dubois warned Oleksandr Usyk that none of the mind games will matter when they step into the ring for their heavyweight title unification contest and suggested the Ukrainian would simply not be able to “handle the pain” when they meet at Wembley Stadium on 19 July.On Tuesday afternoon, Dubois and Usyk presented a compelling study in contrast at Wembley as, in separate conversations to officially launch the fight, the two men echoed the differences between them which had already been made plain 24 hours earlier. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Billy Joe Saunders banned from Chris Eubank Jr's dressing room as chaos erupts in row

Billy Joe Saunders was denied entry to Chris Eubank Junior's dressing room as a huge row erupted and Conor Benn's 'mind games' backfired ahead of their fight

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2 w. ago Chris Eubank Jr responds to Conor Benn's mind games before grudge fight

Conor Benn has asked Billy Joe Saunders, who holds a win over Chris Eubank Jr, to inspect his rival's hand wraps on Saturday night

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2 w. ago Conor Benn ramps up mind games with cheeky move before Chris Eubank Jr fight

The Tottenham Hotspur Stadium will play host to Conor Benn vs Chris Eubank Jr on Saturday and the mind games between the rivals have begun in the lead-up to the bout

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2 w. ago Until Dawn review – efficient, if unscary, video game horror

A solidly made adaptation of the Playstation hit sees a group of twentysomethings stuck in a gory death loopA week after the release of Ryan Coogler’s unusual, artfully crafted horror Sinners, we are now back to the industry’s genre norm with Until Dawn, a schlocky video game adaptation that has far less on its mind. Such a drastic drop in IQ and ambition means there’s no serious comparison to be made here and this weekend there’ll be no real competition at the box office (Sinners is likely to remain on top) so such contrast does ultimately allow the film to stay within its own, sillier space, a deep-fried donut for dessert after a filet mignon entree.On its own, lower-stakes terms, Until Dawn is a passable, if rather unfrightening frightener, made with some skill and enlivened by a strong troupe of young actors, enough to notch it slightly above the piss-poor standard but not quite enough to really justify its existence. The game it’s based on has been described by the director Dav...

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3 w. ago Inside the mind games of Chris Eubank Jr and Conor Benn’s grudge match

Exclusive: Eddie Hearn believes there could be more drama this week in the build-up to the April 26 clash

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4 w. ago Sizzling Scott McTominay triggers bonkers Napoli mind games as mischievous Conte goes for the jugular

The 55-year-old made his move after another win kept the pressure on Inter

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