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1. Fudge Hair Shaper Mint
   Want your thatch to give off a refreshing minty fragrance? A lot of men do, evidently — this strong-hold, texturising creme is Fudge’s best-selling product.
   £10.95 fudge.com
    
2. Marvis Aquatic Mint Toothpaste
   Yeah, we know — there are plenty of toothpastes that feature a fresh, minty taste. But we have a particular liking for this one from Marvis; it’s nice and subtle, and we like the tube.

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FRIDAY

Rugby Union
Aviva Premiership: Newcastle Falcons v Saracens
Kingston Park Stadium, ESPN 7pm

Rugby League
Super League: Leeds v Catalan Dragons
Headingley Stadium, Sky Sports 1 8pm

SATURDAY

Football
SPL: St Johnstone v Dundee United
McDiarmid Park, ESPN 12pm

Video may have killed the radio star but this could mark a comeback for the old wireless, at least until George Foreman’s Blu-ray grill comes out.

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Tuesday April 24
Switzerland
British Eurosport 3.15pm

There’s a loaded entry list to this year’s Tour of Romandy but dominating the pre-race chatter will be the names of Mark Cavendish and Bradley Wiggins. For the first time since Cavendish joined Team Sky, the two will ride as part of the same team — despite suggestions at the start of the year that they wouldn’t race together until the start of the Tour de France.

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Sunday April 22
Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir
Sky Sports F1 1pm

So it looks, at the time of writing, like Formula 1 will be returning to Bahrain after a year’s absence. Whether it should or not is not something we’ve got the space to fully explore here, although the FIA’s insistence that the race will go ahead begs the question of what level of civil unrest there would have to be before they found it prudent to halt their usual operations.

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Fighting back

After winning canoe sprint gold in Beijing, Dr Brabants returned to the ward but the lure of London was strong enough to get the 35-year-old back on the water for his fourth Olympics…

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Sunday April 22
Old Trafford
Sky Sports 1 12.30pm

Wigan’s shock win over Manchester United two weeks ago may have thrown a spanner in Fergie’s works, but it was order very much restored last week against Villa and United now have one hand on a 20th Premier League title.

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Saturday April 21
Reebok Stadium
3pm

Two games in hand on most of their relegation rivals means things aren’t all doom and gloom yet at the Reebok Stadium, but the lack of goals in recent games — they’ve drawn six blanks in their last 10 games — is a real worry for Owen Coyle’s men. Top scorer Ivan Klasnic has eight for the season but just one since the turn of the year, while old stalwart Kevin Davies has chipped in with just three over the campaign.