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• Who is the tallest Formula One driver? Our unique chart shows who towers over the rest of the paddock and who is smallest - with Lewis Hamilton left in the shade

  03-05-2025 10:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Formula One drivers are required to keep in peak physical condition due to the huge toll their bodies take during a Grand Prix weekend. Drivers are subjected of forces up to 5G and extreme heat.
  
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• Miami Dolphins bench Tua Tagovailoa as Mike McDaniel turns on his $212m quarterback

  17-12-2025 17:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  After struggling his way through the 2025 season, Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa is hitting the bench.
  
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• Jude Bellingham shares glimpse into life with new girlfriend Ashlyn Castro as England star, 22, pays tribute to partner on her 28th birthday

  17-12-2025 17:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Real Madridstar, 22, paid a heartfelt tribute to the 28-year-old American on her birthday with a post on Instagram.
  
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• Chinese bodybuilder Wang Kun dies suddenly at 30 despite living 'monk's life'

  17-12-2025 17:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A champion bodybuilder who once boasted of living a monastic life has died at 30. Now one of the sport's governing bodies in China has offered a potential explanation for his premature death.
  
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• Heartbroken Victor Wembanyama cries over family tragedy in France hours before NBA Cup loss to New York Knicks

  17-12-2025 16:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  After losing in the NBA Cup Final to the New York Knicks, Victor Wembanyama of the San Antonio Spurs began to break down in tears. Turns out, it wasn't the defeat leading to his sadness. 
  
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• Peter Lawwell to step down as Celtic chairman 'after threats and abuse' as chaotic season at Parkhead takes yet another twist

  17-12-2025 16:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Celtic have announced that non-executive chairman Peter Lawwell is stepping down from his role with the club.
  
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• Conor McGregor shares his first dance with wife Dee Devlin as they let loose at a lavish castle reception with his girl band Sweet Love after tying the knot in a secret ceremony in the Vatican

  17-12-2025 16:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The nuptials had been kept a closely guarded secret, but it emerged last week that the couple tied the knot after they were pictured driving through Rome in their wedding car.
  
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• Browns' Devin Bush Jr. learns his fate after allegedly assaulting girlfriend during fight over mashed potatoes

  17-12-2025 16:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A Pittsburgh-area judge has ruled in the case of an alleged assault that supposedly sprang from the couple's fight over mashed potatoes, according to previous allegations.
  
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• Fans of TWO more nations face missing out on trip to the World Cup after Donald Trump's latest ban

  17-12-2025 16:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The two African nations were drawn into Group I and Group E, respectively, but fans from those countries may be excluded from matches held on US soil.
  
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• No wonder ticket prices are sky high! FIFA confirm eye-watering World Cup prize money as fans fume over costs

  17-12-2025 16:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The eye-watering prize fund was approved by the footballing body at a meeting in Doha on Tuesday ahead of FIFA's annual awards evening.
  
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• Heartbroken Victor Wembanyama cries over family death in France hours before NBA Cup loss to New York Knicks

  17-12-2025 16:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  After losing in the NBA Cup Final to the New York Knicks, Victor Wembanyama of the San Antonio Spurs began to break down in tears. Turns out, it wasn't the defeat leading to his sadness. 
  
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• Donald Trump support sparked feud between Mets stars Brandon Nimmo and Francisco Lindor, radio host claims

  17-12-2025 15:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Local sports radio icon Mike Francesa made the claim Tuesday when discussing an alleged feud between the team's star shortstop, Francisco Lindor, and erstwhile left fielder Brandon Nimmo.
  
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• Top college basketball coach told not to yell at his players any more in bizarre doctor's order

  17-12-2025 15:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  After being ranked ninth in the preseason, the blue blood program has suffered big loss after big loss - putting their viability for March Madness in slight risk.
  
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• Where is Joey Barton getting his cash from? Convicted criminal has a dwindling social media following, low-impact podcast and toxic reputation... but is facing huge libel payouts. IAN HERBERT reveals all

  17-12-2025 15:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  IAN HERBERT: Barton is appealing another criminal conviction and his legal payouts and costs must surely be draining his levels of personal wealth.
  
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• FIFA offering £45 World Cup tickets to the lucky few is like a carjacker leaving a few coins on the pavement for a taxi, writes RIATH Al-SAMARRAI

  17-12-2025 15:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Five days late and a few million dollars short. If FIFA's ticketing climbdown on Tuesday proved anything, it is that you simply cannot budget for the absurdities of Gianni Infantino's mind.
  
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• Revealed: The remarkable seven-figure salary controversial Man United YouTuber Mark Goldbridge pays himself, as his accounts emerge

  17-12-2025 15:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Manchester United YouTuber Mark Goldbridge has established a substantial platform for himself, one that has benefitted him in more ways than one.
  
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• Ethan McLeod dead aged 21: Macclesfield footballer tragically passes away following car crash on the M1

  17-12-2025 14:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Macclesfield footballer Ethan McLeod has died at the age of 21 after being involved in a road traffic accident.
  
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• Emotional Travis Kelce chokes up over Kansas City Chiefs missing playoffs amid swirling retirement rumors

  17-12-2025 14:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sunday's 16-13 loss to Los Angeles Chargers snuffed the last remaining hopes the Chiefs had of making the postseason in a game where quarterback Patrick Mahomes tore his ACL.
  
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• 'Pay up, Roman': Keir Starmer threatens ex-Chelsea owner Abramovich with legal action to force Russian oligarch to hand £2.5bn from sale of club to Ukraine

  17-12-2025 14:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Prime Minister told the Commons he was giving the Russian oligarch a last chance to voluntarily transfer the money to humanitarian causes, as agreed when he sold the west London club in 2022.
  
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• Man United 'sold their best player and won't get into top four': Graeme Souness dismantles Ruben Amorim's team - and claims of Paul Scholes - as he names star who 'looks like he's never been coached'

  17-12-2025 14:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Red Devils dropped points for the third successive Premier League home game on Monday evening, throwing away the lead three times in a dramatic draw against Bournemouth.
  
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• Tim Tszyu defiantly responds to doubts over his boxing future with clinical victory: 'I'm back'

  17-12-2025 13:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Tim Tszyu has delivered a defiant response to doubts over his future in the sport. 
  
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• Outgoing ESPN host Elle Duncan signs off final show with very pointed on-air message to bosses... ahead of big-money Netflix job

  17-12-2025 13:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Duncan has spent almost a decade with ESPN but she is leaving to join Netflix, where she will become the face of the streaming giant's sports programming.
  
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• Where is Joey Barton getting his cash from? Convicted criminal has a dwindling social media following, low-impact podcast and toxic reputation... but is facing huge libel payouts

  17-12-2025 13:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  IAN HERBERT: Barton is appealing another criminal conviction and his legal payouts and costs must surely be draining his levels of personal wealth.
  
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• How England pace ace Jofra Archer rammed criticism about pillows and chains from Aussie 'greats' back down their throats with fiery bowling in Adelaide

  17-12-2025 13:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Among the many brickbats hurled England's way has been the absence of an attack leader. But on the first day of the third Test, that role fell on the shoulders of Jofra Archer. And he responded in style.
  
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• Raphinha's wife hits out at FIFA in now-deleted Instagram post after Barcelona star was brutally snubbed from team of the year despite finishing fifth in Ballon d'Or rankings

  17-12-2025 12:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The lineup was announced in Doha, Qatar, where a host of football's biggest names flocked for FIFA's annual awards ceremony.
  
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• Conor Benn admires Jake Paul for getting a shot at Anthony Joshua, saying he 'understands the game' as he gives his verdict on whether the fight would be fixed

  17-12-2025 12:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Benn's focus shifts to the uncomfortable truth many fighters would rather ignore. Whatever anyone thinks of Paul, his presence opposite Joshua is not an accident.
  
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• Snicko's Ashes cock-up is an utter embarrassment and worse still, the people who operate it are as hopeless as the technology itself - you don't have to be a 'whingeing Pom' to realise that

  17-12-2025 12:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It's embarrassing that a series of this magnitude, with careers on the line, should tolerate even the possibility of inaccuracy, when the UltraEdge used in England is far more precise.
  
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• REVEALED: The two England players Thomas Tuchel voted for in FIFA's The Best award... and why Cristiano Ronaldo did not have his say

  17-12-2025 12:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Captains, managers, media, and fans were presented with a list of 11 stars from which to choose their top three and they were the only two England names on that list.
  
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• OLIVER HOLT: Alex Carey's cynical opportunism may just have cost England the Ashes - will he get the same reception Stuart Broad did for not walking? Yeah, right

  17-12-2025 12:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Alex Carey has become a quite exceptional player. If it weren't for Mitchell Starc, he could be the player of the series. For all that, he discovered what it felt like to be a villain to the English again.
  
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• Cricket unites to remember Bondi shooting victims during day one of the third Ashes Test

  17-12-2025 11:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Australian artist John Williamson penned the lyric in his famous song True Blue some 43 years ago. But as he sang at Adelaide Oval, his lyrics assumed fresh poignancy.
  
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