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Chess returns to the screen on Monday with Chess Masters: The Endgame

The new programme on BBC Two will be very different from 42 years ago when the eighth and final series of The Master Game was never shown due to industrial action

The Guardian - UK

LeBron James Turns 40: Greatest Moments in Legendary Career

On the NBA superstar’s birthday, we take a trip down memory lane for some of his most memorable games, highlights, off-court contributions and Sports Illustrated images.

Sports Illustrated

EU moving towards more xenophobic view of ‘Europeanness’, report warns

‘Whiteness’, low youth engagement and lukewarm pro-Europeanism in some states risks eroding bloc’s founding values, expert says

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Bob Ryan reacts to Jaylen Brown winning the NBA’s 2024 Eastern Conference finals MVP

Who else would have had a chance at the league's 2024 ECF MVP award?

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Chess and trans rights: another pawn in the culture war?

The English Chess Federation (ECF) has said that it will not enforce restrictions on transgender people’s involvement in the game, in defiance of new rules introduced by chess’s international governing body.

The Week

Rishi Sunak set to announce £500,000 government fund for chess

There will be major support for England’s international teams, plus a boost for teaching the game in state schools, and a plan to install 100 chess tables in public parks

The Guardian - UK

UFC veterans in MMA and boxing action June 30-July 2

Check out which veterans of the UFC are in combat sports action across the globe this weekend.

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On this day: KG does knuckle pushups as Celtics beat Heat in G3 ’12 ECF; Shaq retires

The Boston Celtics beat the Miami Heat 101-91 in Game 3 of the 2012 Eastern Conference finals.

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Who is to blame for the Boston Celtics’ ECF loss to the Miami Heat?

Who is to blame for all of the above? Mazzulla? Udoka? Team president Brad Stevens? The players? Or some combination of the above?

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Jimmy Butler eerily predicted his revenge on the Celtics exactly 1 before Heat Game 7 win

"Next year, we will have enough, and we're gonna be right back in this same situation and we're going to get it done."

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£250m 'walkable neighbourhood' boasting 1,200 homes and shops next to Stockport Viaduct moves step closer

Stockport 8 proposals have been put forward and could be built by 2027

Manchester Evening News

Plans submitted for 100 affordable homes in heart of Salford

Scheme is part of £2.5bn regeneration of the city

Manchester Evening News

Greg Cote: America, are you starting to believe in the Heat?

It’s the small smile you wear on the inside, because no one needs to know it but you. It’s the feeling when nobody believes in you, but you find out — again — that your own belief is enough.

Miami Herald

Chess: Caruana leads in Bucharest while Ding and Nepomniachtchi falter

The Russian and Chinese stars competed again just a week after their world title match, but at halfway in Romania they both trailed the in-form US champion

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Chess: seven-year-old breaks record to share English women’s blitz title

A Harrow schoolgirl lowers the age record for a national women’s champion by more than four years after sharing the crown

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Jimmy Butler drops 47 points, leads Heat to Game 7

StatMuse: Jimmy Butler tonight: 47 PTS (career playoff high) 9 REB 8 AST 4 STL 16-29 FG 4-8 3P in 46 MINS Only LeBron has scored more in Heat playoff history. pic.twitter.com/QlmUHQdmAj Source: Twitter @statmuse What's the buzz on Twitter? Ben ...

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LeBron James, Lakers’ front office split on next coach?

And the Rivers rumors? Seems the players, and perhaps general manager Rob Pelinka, too, would rather see an experienced, win-now coach on the sidelines. "If LeBron could pick," the executive said, "it's pretty certain he'd pick Doc." The exec was ...

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Ime Udoka on Grant Williams: I told him to let it fly

Jay King: Ime Udoka said he told Grant Williams the Bucks were disrespecting him more than they did earlier in the series: "I told him to let it fly." Source: Twitter @ByJayKing What's the buzz on Twitter? Jared Weiss @ JaredWeissNBA Ime Udoka on ...

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Brian Windhorst: ‘LeBron James and Jeanie Buss are in a good place right now’

The Lakers just had one of the worst seasons in the history of the franchise. It was so disappointing that that the future of LeBron James in Los Angeles has been questioned. At least for now it seems that the four-time NBA champion views the team ...

The Guardian - UK

Chess: England children sweep gold medals and world titles in Rhodes

Talented generation with skills honed by online games capture seven golds, one silver and six bronzes in Euro Schools, World Rapid and World Blitz youth championships

The Hindu

Union Home Ministry places Hewlett Foundation under FCRA watchlist for climate awareness funding

From November 2021, foreign donor has not been able to send donation to any NGO or association in India

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