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Haaland cut his hair, and that was somehow the news
A footballer shaved his head and it led sports coverage on opening weekend. The haircut is not interesting. Why a haircut can lead the coverage is.
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Man City vs Bournemouth: the first game of a City nobody has seen yet
City have won this fixture almost every time it has been played. That record was built by a manager who is no longer here, and that is the whole story of the opener.
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Brighton vs Aston Villa: what an opening-day fixture is really telling you
Two entertaining sides open the 2026/27 season on the south coast. The scoreline will fade fast; the storylines underneath it are the part worth reading.
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What an air show is actually showing you
The noise is the easy part. Underneath it sits a discipline built almost entirely around managing energy, and once you can see that, the whole afternoon changes.
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