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Mark Selby crashes out of Masters as second 2026 shock confirmed | Other | Sport

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Selby was 4-0 down at the interval before staging a comeback which made the score 4-2. But Xiao recovered his composure to put the reigning UK Champion to the sword.

The 36-year-old scored heavily to punish Selby. It was a superb peformance from the Chinese player. 

Xiao told the BBC: “It’s absolutely good. The crowd was good, everything is perfect. I loved this.

“Thanks to everyone for coming out. We both played well and I just put him under pressure going 4-0 up.

“He came back and put me under pressure. It was a good game.”

Earlier on Sunday, defending Masters champion Murphy was also eliminated in the opening round. Murphy said it was the worst he’s ever played at the blue riband-event.

“I didn’t play well at all, it is possibly the worst performance certainly of my season, and perhaps in my history of playing at the Masters,” he said. “I’m very disappointed.

“None of my game performed well. I didn’t expect to play like that. I thought Wu played a wonderful match today, and I think he will be a handful here for whoever he plays next.”



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FA Cup draw in full: Liverpool, Arsenal and Chelsea discover fifth-round opponents | Football | Sport

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There were a few surprise results in the fourth round, with Mansfield Town beating Burnley to maintain their impressive run.

Wrexham, meanwhile, squeezed past Ipswich Town to book their place in tonight’s draw.

Birmingham City came very close to beating Leeds United but were edged out on penalties.

Burton Albion narrowly lost out to West Ham, who had Freddie Potts sent off in extra time.



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Team GB star hit with unusual punishment five times at Winter Olympics | Other | Sport

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Weston’s exploits have made him a household name, as well as helping to put skeleton as a sport on the map. But his achievements have also ended up costing him quite a bit, as the 28-year-old has been punished five times for… being too fast.

That’s because of an unwritten rule in skeleton that means whenever a track record is broken by an athlete, they have to buy the track workers a crate of beer. The kicker for Weston (specifically his wallet), is that he’s broken the record five times since arriving at the 2026 Olympics!

Speaking to Sky Sports, he said: “I need to supply a lot of beer for the track records. Those who don’t know, the tradition is whenever you break a track record you have to buy a crate of beer for the track workers and I’ve broken five of them so it’s a lot.”

Tabitha Stoecker, who was the other half of the mixed team that won gold, chipped in with: “I’ll lend you the money Matt.” To which Weston, with a big grin on his face, replied: “Thank you. Team event, so that’s one split. So yeah, pretty insane.”

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Weston’s golds have been the story of the Games so far for Team GB, with the Brit saying: “The individual event is amazing but doing it as a team when we’re normally an individual sport is amazing. To have my team-mate by my side as Olympic champions, two-time for me which is crazy. I’m looking forward to the celebrations!”

Before adding: “Luckily, I felt like I kind of knew what I needed to do. Yesterday – not yesterday, the day before, it’s all a bit of a whirlwind – when I had the individual event, I kind of took a load of confidence from that, and I just had to almost in my head be boring and get the job done. We’ve done it again!”



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Winter Olympics LIVE: Team GB face own curling drama as BBC apologise | Other | Sport

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Here’s a look at just some of the things happening today:

8:05am: Women’s curling round robin – Denmark vs Great Britain

9am: Bobsleigh – two man, heat 1, 10:57am: heat 2

11:47am: Women’s 1000m short track speed skating final

12:30pm: Men’s Alpine Slalom final run 2

1:05pm: Men’s curling round robin – Great Britain vs Norway

6:05pm: Women’s curling round robin – Switzerland vs Great Britain

6:30pm: Women’s Free ski Big Air Final – Featuring GB’s Kirsty Muir

7pm: Figure skating – Pairs Free skate

7:31pm – Men’s Super Team Ski jumping final round

8:06pm – Bobsleigh – Women’s monobob heat 4



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