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Sports journalist | @ipapersport @SkySports @Eurosport | Email: michael.hincks @inews .co.uk | Open to talking about grief and loss (see pinned tweet) 💜

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@MichaelHincks
Michael Hincks
1 year
I want the world to know about Emma 💜 Cancer may have taken her, but she never let any illness define her This is the story of our final few months together. One day, I promise, I will tell the rest, and I'll get to Antarctica for our honeymoon too 🐧❄️
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@MichaelHincks
Michael Hincks
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They've got super Mikel Arteta Perhaps sums him up. Seconds after reflecting on a "sad" day for Arsenal, he's outside the City Ground signing autographs for rival fans In good hands, this club
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@MichaelHincks
Michael Hincks
5 years
Shaqiri 😂 #LIVEVE
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@MichaelHincks
Michael Hincks
2 years
Roger's in tears, Mirka's in tears “She kept me going and allowed me to play. It’s amazing. Thank you” And now Rafa's in tears, we're all in tears ffs #LaverCup #RogerFederer
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@MichaelHincks
Michael Hincks
2 years
Spot of Federer/Nadal v Djokovic/Murray doubles Federer moving just fine... Mainly at the net so far and a volley winner goes down a treat "He's the boss tomorrow!" Federer said moments ago of Nadal #LaverCup
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@MichaelHincks
Michael Hincks
5 years
Messi goal. 🐐 Barcelona. Taking. The. Piss.
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@MichaelHincks
Michael Hincks
2 months
Found them. Aston Villa fans in Amsterdam ahead of KO vs Ajax *Awaits "our canals are better than yours" chant* #AVFC
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@MichaelHincks
Michael Hincks
2 years
No messing from Laver Cup organisers First Team Europe practice session on main court open to public and they roll out Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal to have a hit with Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray *quite* a popular decision #LaverCup2022
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@MichaelHincks
Michael Hincks
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Again, Preston fans 👏👏 you'd think they've just beaten Chelsea! Best part of this FA Cup tie. They didn't come to the capital expecting to win, they came for a party #FACup #PNEFC
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@MichaelHincks
Michael Hincks
2 years
Could Novak and Andy play doubles together this weekend? Murray: "That’s up to the captain to decide. Me and Novak would be a good one. 2006 feels like a long time ago! It would be fun." Djokovic: "I’m probably the worst doubles player on the team!" 😅 #LaverCup
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@MichaelHincks
Michael Hincks
2 years
Sir Ian McKellen watching Rafael Nadal on Centre Court... Say something like: Two people who are very difficult to pass 🧙‍♂️🐐 #Wimbledon
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@MichaelHincks
Michael Hincks
2 months
📍 Ajax. Wildest season for years. Dropped down to a third-tier European competition. Heavy underdogs against Aston Villa. And still. Scenes. 🎇 #ajaavl
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@MichaelHincks
Michael Hincks
4 years
Honestly? I've been waiting for Declan Rice to be furious for this one sole purpose 😡🍚
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@MichaelHincks
Michael Hincks
2 years
Standing ovation for former tennis player Roger Federer He's here to watch some Laver Cup, a bit like the rest of the crowd that had probably been hoping to see him play (miaow) #Federer #LaverCup
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@MichaelHincks
Michael Hincks
2 years
Just the 77 grand slam singles titles in this line-up Nadal (22) Djokovic (21) Federer (20) Murray (3) And captain Borg (11) Team Europe is stacked at the Laver Cup #LaverCup2022
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@MichaelHincks
Michael Hincks
3 years
@England Therefore three years to the day since Eric Dier's tackle on Sergio Ramos 💥
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@MichaelHincks
Michael Hincks
2 years
Rafael Nadal on Roger Federer in the press conference afterwards: “When Roger leaves the tour, an important part of the tour is leaving my life too. It’s difficult to describe. “Tonight was unforgettable.” #Fedal #LaverCup #Federer
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@MichaelHincks
Michael Hincks
2 years
Never, ever forget Roger Federer's interview on Centre Court after his first Wimbledon triumph in 2003 #Wimbledon
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@MichaelHincks
Michael Hincks
11 months
(genuine tweet praising his magnanimous behaviour on such a difficult day, btw - didn't even clock this could be seen as sarcastic)
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Michael Hincks
2 years
A few teary-eyed reporters after that press conference there... Players just about held it together - Borg joked Federer will play Saturday/Sunday after all to which Fed replied: "No! No! No!" #LaverCup #LaverCup2022
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@MichaelHincks
Michael Hincks
3 years
Cristiano Ronaldo 7th favourite to replace Ole Gunnar Solskjaer as next Man Utd manager 👀 #MUFC
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@MichaelHincks
Michael Hincks
2 years
Tennis, forever turning heads 🎾 Great to cover the Laver Cup at The O2 🧵 Here’s a thread of some standout moments, including Roger Federer’s emotional farewell, #Fedal content, and an actual fire on court | #LaverCup #Federer | @LaverCup
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@MichaelHincks
Michael Hincks
2 years
Andy Murray vs Nick Kyrgios yes please It's going to be a... Roller coaster 🎢
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@MichaelHincks
Michael Hincks
4 years
Two outta 900 very lucky Brits 🇬🇧 Props to @andy_murray , @jamie_murray and the late-night push from @the_LTA (tix confirmed at 2am) Social media used for the power of good 👏👏👏 #BackTheBrits #DavisCupFinals
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@MichaelHincks
Michael Hincks
2 years
Murray on Federer’s doubles finale with Nadal: “It feels right seeing Roger and Rafa together, it’s going to be a really cool way to end an incredible career, with McEnroe, Borg there too. I’ve thought about it myself, but don’t think there’s any better way to go.” #LaverCup
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@MichaelHincks
Michael Hincks
11 days
Not quite sure what I just witnessed Aston Villa fans delirious. Smash. And. Grab. #AVFC #LOSCAVFC
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@MichaelHincks
Michael Hincks
11 months
Villa Park is rocking - European football next season, who would have said that in October?! #AVFC
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@MichaelHincks
Michael Hincks
5 years
Poetry from Suarez, this 😍 #BarcaOL
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@MichaelHincks
Michael Hincks
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No Arteta in the dugout but Jorginho has been "warming up" along the sidelines, barking instructions at his Arsenal teammates and kicking every ball Manager in the making #AVLARS
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@MichaelHincks
Michael Hincks
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📍At Chelsea vs Preston North End for @iPaperSport Easy highlight so far are the PNE fans, all 6,000 of them, occupying the entire Shed End 🗣️ "Chelsea's a shithole, I want to go home," they chant #CHEPRE #PNEFC #FACup
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@MichaelHincks
Michael Hincks
2 years
Any regrets for Novak Djokovic missing US Open? “I don’t have any regrets, I do feel sad I didn’t play but I knew the consequences of my actions. “Alcaraz won in incredible fashion. He’s already No 1, it’s quite amazing and he is a great addition to our sport.” #LaverCup
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@MichaelHincks
Michael Hincks
2 years
Gripping match so far, and Medvedev vs Auger-Aliassime just delivered a point of the tournament contender FAA wins the 20-shot rally 🔥 #AusOpen
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@MichaelHincks
Michael Hincks
2 years
PEP 💥
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@MichaelHincks
Michael Hincks
1 year
Bowled over by the messages already Far-fetched but if anyone (friends, or in 'the business') could reach out to @thekillers and @DerrenBrown , they lost a superfan last month and it would mean the world for them to read this This was Emma at The Killers in June - pure joy 💜
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@MichaelHincks
Michael Hincks
4 years
Re-watched the France Brazil 1998 World Cup final on YT Great nostalgia hit, but... we (at the virtual pub) couldn't believe how *bad* the quality was Here are the 'highlights' - Dunga 0:54 my fave (Yes, I do have time on my hands, why do you ask?) CC: @Crap90sFootball
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@MichaelHincks
Michael Hincks
8 years
Dalglish in tears. Rush in full voice. Insane night for @LFC - and another decent game on @btsport 😉
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@MichaelHincks
Michael Hincks
2 years
🧐 A closer look at the red and blue line for the Richarlison offside goal Sorry, but... what?!? #EVEARS #VAR
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Michael Hincks
2 years
God Save the King ahead of a Premier League match A joint first, along with Nottingham Forest's City Ground Surreal start ahead of a big night at Villa Park, the Premier League is back #AVLSOU #AVFC
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@MichaelHincks
Michael Hincks
2 years
How do Novak Djokovic fans explain/defend his Dec 17 and 18 actions at a ceremony with children and interview with L'Equipe if he recorded a positive PCR test on Dec 16 Can't get this thought out of my head, but open to reason
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@MichaelHincks
Michael Hincks
2 years
Proper Atletico Madrid match vibes about Kyrgios - Tsitsipas #Wimbledon
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@MichaelHincks
Michael Hincks
1 year
✍️ Writing is cathartic, luckily my job, and helps me keep Emma's memory alive 👣 I hope resuming our passion does likewise On travelling & plans for Antarctica and Isle of Skye, with a Shrek quote, too, cos that's how my grief brain works 💜 @theipaper
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Michael Hincks
2 years
🔋 Seriously, where will all this energy go? I spoke to three Roger Federer fans outside The O2 to discuss their hero's retirement 🗣️ "I won’t watch tennis for a long time" 🗣️ "There will never be another Federer" 🗣️ "For me, Roger is tennis" #LaverCup
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@MichaelHincks
Michael Hincks
5 years
"It was bloody brilliant. You're reading it, reading it, reading it, and then, at the end. 'It's ...... Rebekah Vardy's account'. Genius. Someone make that woman a Dame."
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Michael Hincks
1 year
In the midst of her own battle Emma was already planning to volunteer after beating cancer That entirely summed her up, so please - if you can - donate to @LymphomaAction and help the charity just as she had wanted to PS. Isn't she fucking beautiful 💜
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@MichaelHincks
Michael Hincks
2 years
What was that #JoshuaUsyk
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@MichaelHincks
Michael Hincks
3 years
'One of the greatest athletic performances' When the man in 3rd runs just 2/100ths of a second off the previous world record, you know you've witnessed something special Karsten Warholm (and Rai Benjamin and Alison dos Santos) - take a bow #Tokyo2020
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@MichaelHincks
Michael Hincks
7 years
Linking #StarWarsDay with the Premier League? Well, #MayThe4thBeWithYou too... My 🎨 for @Eurosport_UK 😅
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@MichaelHincks
Michael Hincks
1 year
Bowled over all over again after @tobytarrant read out my message on @RadioX this morning (around 11.08) as my dad and I drove down to mine and Emma's flat We've arrived, and like I said, big Killers fan - I've got plenty to choose from (this ain't all of them, either) 💜
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@MichaelHincks
Michael Hincks
7 years
Busking James Arthur @ Waterloo - and people are giving him money haha
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@MichaelHincks
Michael Hincks
3 years
Oh no 🙈 done by the Kloppelganger
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Charles Jones
3 years
Who’s gonna tell him
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Michael Hincks
5 years
Can't blame Courtois for standing that far away at any given opportunity... #AtletiRealMadrid
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@MichaelHincks
Michael Hincks
2 years
🔴 "The Sunderland Way" ⚪️ "But not this, not Stoke" 🔴 "A good swift kick in the knackers" Plus: "Traitor. Gut-wrenching. Selfish. Shambolic. Cruel. Greedy. Confused. Baffled. Loyalty is dead. Betrayed. Stinks. Unforgivable." #SAFC fans on Alex Neil
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Michael Hincks
2 years
Drama? What drama Nick Kyrgios wraps up first set in 26 minutes: - 8 aces - 2 breaks - 100% points won on serve - 81% first serves in - 16 winners - 2 unforced errors Wow. His corner, right in front of the press area, LOVED that. #Wimbledon
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@MichaelHincks
Michael Hincks
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We are ninth in the Premier League
@Arsenal
Arsenal
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We are one of 12 Founding Clubs of the European Super League
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Tackling and passing, find a DM who can do both The stats show Bruno Guimaraes could be the transfer which brings #NUFC closer to the clubs breaking up the Big Six - pending PL survival, of course With (key) input from @MsiDouglas 🔐 #nufctransfer
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Michael Hincks
1 year
No more Twitter Moments (that team were binned), back to seeing crappy trending stuff like Sell VVD, and top of my "for you" bar is a T20 match that was 6 days ago Twitter will soon be Twittered
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@MichaelHincks
Michael Hincks
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Found them again 📍 Aston Villa fans dotted around the various squares in Lille and here a game of hoofball with some locals hasn't yet ended in tears or smashed windows, just dodgy touches and genuinely impressive headers #AVFC
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@MichaelHincks
Michael Hincks
2 years
It just had to be Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal Nadal: "After all the amazing things that we shared together on and off court, to be part of this historic moment is going to be something amazing, unforgettable." #LaverCup #LaverCup2022
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Michael Hincks
2 years
This woman 💖 My partner Emma was diagnosed with lymphoma (NHL) six months ago. A roller coaster ever since, but she wants to reach out to others going through #lymphoma & #cancer + their family/friends Please RT, she'd love to inspire even just 1 person
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@MichaelHincks
Michael Hincks
2 years
Any Sunderland fans up for discussing Alex Neil? Happy to be a hotline for some very frustrated (pissed off) takes - would be a piece for @iPaperSport Reply here and can DM, cheers #SAFC
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Michael Hincks
5 years
Riyad Mahrez free-kick. 95th-minute winner. Algeria into the #AFCON final. Wow. @Eurosport_UK
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@MichaelHincks
Michael Hincks
3 years
Some within the #FootballIndex community are seeking legal action against a platform they adored Now the company is in administration, users are left in limbo after feeling "conned", "ashamed", and even guilty for urging others to join | #FICommunity
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@MichaelHincks
Michael Hincks
1 year
@tobytarrant Thanks Toby, All These Things That I've Done was our joint favourite and will be played at the funeral, so it was perfect First time I saw Killers with her (at Hyde Park) she was on my shoulders for that song so I couldn't see the stage 🥲 Worth it for this reaction 💜
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Michael Hincks
2 years
The decibels got higher then higher... First Andy Murray, then Novak Djokovic, then Rafael Nadal, then the cheering so loud you could barely hear Roger Federer's name Tonight will be something else #LaverCup
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@MichaelHincks
Michael Hincks
7 years
Harry the Hornet bowling up to the FA court case like
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Michael Hincks
3 years
#InaugurationDay player ratings Joe Biden 8.5 Kamala Harris 8 J-Lo 7.5 Lady Gaga 9 Garth Brooks 7 Man cleaning podium between each speech 9.5 Amanda Gorman 10
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Michael Hincks
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In the space of 24 hours @necowilliams01 suffered the toughest loss of his life then played the biggest match of his career "Everything I do on the pitch is for my grandad" 🔺 Exclusive interview with the Wales and Nottingham Forest defender | #NFFC
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Michael Hincks
2 years
Then followed 7 minutes that will live long in the memory, Federer’s on-court interview Once the tears came, they flowed, with a special mention for wife Mirka #LaverCup
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@MichaelHincks
Michael Hincks
1 year
Today was a big step for me 🌄🦌 Going to Richmond Park - the park we adored, visited countless times, and where I wanted to propose - for the first time since Emma's passing Beautiful company, beautiful walk, and now I have the strength to return again and again and again 💜
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Michael Hincks
2 years
The tears from Rafael Nadal, for his greatest ever rival retiring, showed how close these two have become in recent years #Federer #LaverCup
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@MichaelHincks
Michael Hincks
2 years
So. You've taken a set off Djokovic, Nadal or Federer... Now do it again. And again. Without them taking three from you. Daunting, ain't it. These guys are made of different molecules #Wimbledon
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@MichaelHincks
Michael Hincks
3 years
“Sometimes the most boring games are between the biggest clubs – you see #MUFC play #Barca and think ‘Oh my God’ … then 30 minutes down you fall asleep, nobody takes risks, one goal, then what the f*** – it's a mess” Asked Berbatov about his European Super League thoughts…
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Michael Hincks
2 years
And Novak Djokovic then paid a gushing tribute to Roger Federer #LaverCup
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Michael Hincks
2 years
A Big Four first Andy Murray, Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal joined Roger Federer for a practice session to end all practice sessions on Thursday Including a spot of doubles | #LaverCup
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@MichaelHincks
Michael Hincks
1 year
Should be Emma writing. Should be us travelling... But this is the best alternative I've got Please buy @theipaper today Unlike the paper, I'm bias and will say it really is the best newspaper going, and count myself lucky to write for them 💜 #Grief #GriefAwareness
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@MichaelHincks
Michael Hincks
4 years
Scenes after FC Copenhagen reached their first-ever European quarter-final 🎆 A gimme for #MUFC on Monday? Don't count on it, Rasmus Falk and Jonas Wind could prove a handful after dismantling the Turkish champions | @iPaperSport
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@MichaelHincks
Michael Hincks
2 years
And an Australian Open question for Novak Djokovic too “I’m waiting for the news, it’s not in my hands right now. I’m hoping I can get some positive news.” #LaverCup
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@MichaelHincks
Michael Hincks
5 years
Nights like this, it ain't work, it's a pleasure #AtletiRealMadrid
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@MichaelHincks
Michael Hincks
2 years
Fedal tears hit different #RogerFederer | #RafaelNadal
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Michael Hincks
5 years
🚴💨🚴💨🚴💨 Serious speed. Difficult to appreciate on TV! #LaVuelta @Eurosport_UK
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@MichaelHincks
Michael Hincks
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Nothing but love for Tyrone Mings. Lived in a homeless shelter as a child, worked as a mortgage broker, considered quitting football.... Makes his England debut at 26 Will be remembered for the wrong reasons, but a clean sheet & statement performance👊
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Michael Hincks
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Dominant Djokovic: -40/50 points on serve -Five breaks (5/8) vs none (0/1) for Nadal -15th Grand Slam -Leads Nadal H2H 28-25 Oh and a record 7th #AusOpen title Unreal - report for @Eurosport_UK
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@MichaelHincks
Michael Hincks
4 years
Plenty of beachballs outside the Nou Camp too... Let's see how many make it inside #elclasico
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Michael Hincks
3 years
Brilliant moment as NHS staff sitting in royal box of Centre Court are given a standing ovation before play gets under way #Wimbledon
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@MichaelHincks
Michael Hincks
4 years
Cambridge fan here, but this is class 👏👏👊 #respect #oxfordvaccine
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Phase one of trials of the covid-19 vaccine being developed at the University of Oxford show it is safe and induces an immune reaction
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Quick math, but doesn't 439 points for Ukraine mean they picked up 12 points from almost all of the 39 nations? #eurovision
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Michael Hincks
3 years
Michael Essien looks suitably terrified by how overly complicated this all is #UCLdraw
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Michael Hincks
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Before their match there was time for Federer and Nadal to dish out advice to Murray Mics on at the changeovers certainly gives those watching at home a great experience, especially with Fedal talking #LaverCup
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@MichaelHincks
Michael Hincks
2 years
Hats off to Andreas Pereira, a cracking Fulham debut and delighting those still wandering outside, signing dozens of autographs and posing for plenty of photos as he walks away from Craven Cottage himself #FFC #FULLIV
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Michael Hincks
2 years
Eek. There is very little (nothing) out there odds wise for the Ballon d'Or Feminin - I've dared to do a top 5 and about 10 honourable mentions to cover my back 👀 Beth Mead for the podium? Please critique, tell me your women's top 5, and DM any abuse
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Michael Hincks
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Big thanks to superfans @Rfighterer , @eriq_spin & Clara, from Australia/Canada/France, I'm sure they speak for millions of Roger Federer fans worldwide Their energy was infectious, and my main takeaway was how Fed fans have this huge online community to comfort them #LaverCup
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@MichaelHincks
Michael Hincks
5 years
If only Paris Saint-Germain had a three-letter abbreviation they were more commonly known by #PSGLFC
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