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Mohamed Salah recaptures scintillating form as Liverpool see off Brighton

There was rancour and recrimination when Mohamed Salah last faced Brighton, at Anfield in December, along with doubt over whether he would be seen in a Liverpool shirt again. Fast forward two months and the Egyptian great is starting, scoring and shaping games for Arne Slot again. Appeasement between the pair is for the greater good.

Salah produced a sublime assist, his fourth since returning from the Africa Cup of Nations, and scored from the penalty spot as Liverpool moved into round five with a commanding victory over Fabian Hürzeler’s struggling team. There was no evidence of Brighton not performing for their under-pressure manager but their lack of cutting edge was glaring, as was the case when visiting here in the Premier League.

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© Photograph: Charlotte Wilson/Offside/Getty Images

© Photograph: Charlotte Wilson/Offside/Getty Images

© Photograph: Charlotte Wilson/Offside/Getty Images

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I took up paddleboarding in my 60s. In the water I feel calm; on land I feel strong

It was a wobbly start. But each day I haul my paddleboard out on the water, I feel my balance and confidence improving

At 66, I don’t feel old, but according to my grandsons, I’m ancient. While I’m reasonably active and walk most days, recent articles about ageing well hit home. Walking isn’t sufficient. I should be doing something about my strength, balance and core. Five-minutes-a-day routines may work for some, but I know that I’ll start with good intentions and soon give up. I’m not one for going to the gym and yoga has never been my thing.

The answer is in my boat shed. It’s a paddleboard I bought for fun a few years ago. I was a total beginner; a friend gave me a few lessons. Then several flooding events turned the Hawkesbury River, where I live, a foul brown and my board has been sitting in the boat shed, unused. Then winter got in the way.

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© Photograph: Supplied

© Photograph: Supplied

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Two races, two golds: Jordan Stolz smashes another Olympic record in 500m

  • US speed skating star’s four-gold pursuit continues

  • 500m considered toughest of Stolz’s individual events

  • Entire podium finishes below previous Olympic record

The men’s 500m is speed skating distilled to its most unforgiving form: one and a quarter laps of the oval, no pacing, no recovery window, no margin for technical compromise. On Saturday afternoon in Milan’s western suburbs, Jordan Stolz mastered the sport’s fastest and most unpredictable race and pushed his Olympic campaign toward historic territory.

The 21-year-old American won the 500m in an Olympic-record 33.77 seconds, securing his second gold medal of the Milano Cortina Olympics and adding pace behind what is rapidly becoming one of the defining individual campaigns of these Winter Games.

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© Photograph: Daniel Munoz/AFP/Getty Images

© Photograph: Daniel Munoz/AFP/Getty Images

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Ring Ends Deal to Link Neighborhood Cameras After Backlash to Super Bowl Ad

A commercial about a lost dog being reunited with his family ignited concerns that a “Search Party” feature posed privacy risks. Ring parted ways with the tech company Flock Safety.

© Jefferson Siegel for The New York Times

A Ring doorbell security camera on the front of a building in New York. The planned integration of those cameras to activate a search function gave rise to criticism after a Super Bowl ad.
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