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Euro zone For a few days next week, the site of Great Britain‘s greatest sporting hour will become a shrine to the continent, in the kind of inclusive celebration that makes certain UKIP cronies recoil in horror.

The Olympic Park will host the UEFA Champions Festival – free family-friendly activities, including skills ‘clinics’ for kids whose first touch is potentially fatal, the Champions League museum, and an exciting chance to get your photo taken with the Women’s Champions League trophy (and the men’s one too).

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The X Games take place in Barcelona this weekend – reason enough for us to have a chat with excitable 33-year-old freestyle motocross rider Edgar ‘ET’ Torronteras, the ‘face of the games’. We guess that pretty much makes him the Jessica Ennis of extreme sports.

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Don’t worry, it’s not a dreadful reality show – Leslie Ash won’t be going anywhere near a Welcome Break. We are talking, instead, about genuine celebrities parading their collection of outlandish cars on a 5,000-mile, six-day jaunt from Copenhagen to Monte Carlo.

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Three is something of a magic number at McLaren – it’s often the number of wheels Jenson Button has left after a pit stop. This trio of official coffee table books, however, harks back to less calamitous times for the British racing team.

The Drivers is a beautifully illustrated introduction to the talented men behind the wheel who have represented the team across the spectrum of motorsport, from IndyCar racing in America to Formula 1.

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May 2 1953
Blackpool 4-3 Bolton

Described by Jon Henderson, author of The Wizard: The Life of Stanley Matthews

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The Europa League final will be a record 67th game for Chelsea this season, across 8 competitions. If you had gone to every away game and back, you’d have travelled more than 55,000 kilometres – enough to circle the planet – while tickets to each of their 31 home games would have set you back at least £955.

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And so it ends. After a 12 week campaign backed by some of the UK's leading sports stars - Amir Khan, Jenson Button and Courtney Lawes among them - the Maximuscle Protein Project has come to an end and a winner has been crowned. Drumroll please... (although the pic might give it away)... Step forward, Oliver Ward!

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Long considered (by us at least) the Tour de France’s effeminate cousin, the Giro d’Italia is nonetheless a coveted prize among elite cyclists. The second edition of Maglia Rosa, from renowned cyclo-publishing label Rouleur Books, tells the history of the 104-year-old race. Gripping photography from the early years of the race is combined with Herbie Sykes’ brilliant writing.

Maglia Rosa, out now, £24