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When you have won the Champions League three times as a manager, your words carry weight. Since Carlo Ancelotti's first game as Everton manager in December, only Premier League leaders Liverpool have earned more points than their city rivals. Yet the upsurge in form - their 17 points in that period putting them within touching distance of a Europa League place after  a 3-1 win over Crystal Palace  - has come courtesy of the Italian's reassuring calmness rather than any sweeping changes. A little warmth and humour has also gone a long way after the almost robotic-like Marco Silva, who was sacked after the club slipped into the bottom three at the start of December. Prior to the win over Watford last weekend, the former AC Milan, Real Madrid and Chelsea manager jokingly told Theo Walcott: "Theo, you are allowed to score goals." "It made me laugh and relaxed me," said Walcott, who went on to score the injury-time winner, before likening Ancelotti to ...

Inter Milan launched a superb second-half comeback from 2-0 down to stun rivals AC Milan and go top of Serie A. Inter started in third but leapfrogged Lazio and head the table on goal difference from champions Juventus. Ante Rebic tapped home from Zlatan Ibrahimovic's knockdown and the Swede headed in the second before the break. But Marcelo Brozovic volleyed in and Matias Vecino stroked home Alexis Sanchez's cutback before Stefan de Vrij and Romelu Lukaku both scored headers. https://gambleonlineforrealmoneyusa.com/

England could alternate fast bowlers Jofra Archer and Mark Wood when they are both fit so they get the rest they need, says head coach Chris Silverwood. Archer, 24, has been sidelined until the summer because of a low-grade stress fracture in his right elbow. Wood, 30, picked up a side strain in the World Cup final in July and played his first Test cricket since February 2019 in the series in South Africa. "Maybe they don't have to play every game," said Silverwood. "Maybe they can play one on, one off - every now and then they play together. That's an exciting prospect. "My dream would be to have three fast bowlers all working together at any given point - one of them sat out, getting his feet up, getting the rest that he needs. And we can keep him on the park for longer. "I'm talking predominantly in Test cricket. But if it comes to that in the white ball [format], then why not? It's all part of managing our assets." Archer...

England coach Eddie Jones believes increasing the number of teams in the Six Nations would be a mistake. Reports have suggested South Africa could join the competition in 2023, but there has also been speculation that an eight-team event might be introduced. "It's called the greatest rugby tournament in the world and I think it is," Jones insisted. "So why would you want to add other teams that are going to decrease the level of competition?" There has also been a suggestion that Fiji would also like to join  and could play their 'home' games in France. The last change to the structure of the event was in 2000 when Italy became the sixth nation. Since then they and Scotland are the only teams not to have won the title. https://gambleonlineforrealmoneyusa.com/

Wimbledon and US Open doubles champion Robert Farah will not be banned despite being found in breach of the tennis anti-doping programme. The Colombian, 33, was provisionally suspended last month after  testing positive  for a banned substance. Farah said the presence of anabolic steroid Boldenone was from eating contaminated meat in his home country. The International Tennis Federation (ITF) accepted Farah "bears no fault or negligence for the violation". The positive test occurred in October and was confirmed to Farah by the ITF last month, causing him to miss the Australian Open. After being told of the positive result he wrote on Twitter: "Two weeks before the test mentioned… I did an anti-doping test in Shanghai which had a negative result. "I was also tested at least 15 other times randomly in the international circuit throughout the year with the same negative result. "As stated by the Colombian Olympic Committee in 2018, this substance is...