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1 Knock back poet whose work is

taking off? (8)

5 Lecturer’s visible prompt (6)

8 Do something for Bill, eventually?

(3)

9 Rogue put on uniform in farewell

entertainment (10)

10 Mark off for student who passed

out (8)

11 Individual breaking racket

eliminated (4,2)

12 Ruminants destroying good crop

(4)

14 Miser with a bill condemned

generous practices (10)

17 Spending far too much for ship

that’s changed hands (10)

20 Conclusion of many old kings in

royal house (4)

23 Send down report to the capital

(4,2)

24 Runner who’s taken off? (8)

25 Cards, until redealt, not entirely

clear (10)

26 Turned to display drowned valley

(3)

27 Extra dedicated housing marketed

(6)

28 Comedy turn in Ulster city

disheartened (8)

1 Repertory company’s provision for

toddlers? (9)

2 Pull in specialised troops north of

zone (7)

3 Prayerful, reflective verse editor

dismissed (6)

4 Sinking Smith’s top bitter, litre

drunk (9)

5 Where it’s said Hindu might seek

guidance for trespasser (7)

6 Army office, half lost in cyclone,

rebuilt (9)

7 Small fashion accessories match

nails, perhaps (7)

13 Preserve taken from food

cupboard, with cover (9)

15 Vehicle’s condition in contest

brought up (6,3)

16 Prime forge? (4,5)

18 Cleric getting to grips with a

particularly sensitive subject (7)

19 This writer’s set took liberties (7)

21 Victor abandoning arranged

takeover leaves here before

autumn (3,4)

22 Levy held up by Cornish banker

dealing with outmoded system (6)

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TIMES PHOTOGRAPHER MARC ASPLAND

Rüdiger, right, celebrates with Romelu Lukaku after taking advantage of a mistake by Gollini to head in the only goal. Conte, inset, defended his decision to rest Lloris

Root wants

coach to stay

Mike Atherton

Chief Cricket Correspondent, Hobart

Farce ref had

previous ban

Martyn Ziegler Chief Sports Reporter

Joe Root has thrown his full support

behind Chris Silverwood, indicating

that he would like England’s head

coach to remain in his job beyond the

Ashes.

After a shambolic tour, it is incon-

ceivable that there will be no changes in

the weeks to come and Silverwood is in

the most vulnerable position, with the

next Test tour to the Caribbean begin-

ning in early March.

Silverwood missed the Sydney Test

with Covid, during which his assistant,

Graham Thorpe, took charge, but is

back in good health for the final Test, in

Hobart, starting tomorrow.

The Ashes are gone, a whitewash has

been averted, but Tom Harrison, the

chief executive, and Ashley Giles, the

managing director, are in Hobart and

Continued on page 72

The referee who caused chaos in an

Africa Cup of Nations match by twice

blowing his whistle early for the end of

the game had previously been suspend-

ed as part of a corruption investigation

before being cleared because of insuffi-

cient evidence.

Janny Sikazwe, from Zambia, first

blew for full-time after only 85 minutes

of the group F opener between Tunisia

and Mali, but then restarted the match

— only to end it 17 seconds before the

90 minutes were up and without play-

ing any added time, despite a second

half featuring two penalties (including

one awarded after a VAR check), a red

card and five breaks for substitutions.

The incident has caused huge embar-

rassment for the Confederation of Afri-

can Football (CAF), and at one point, it

Continued on page 69

Slick Chelsea

cruise to

Wembley

Tom Roddy

Antonio Conte defended his

decision to switch goalkeepers for

Tottenham Hotspur’s Carabao

Cup semi-final second leg against

Chelsea after a Pierluigi Gollini

error sealed their fate.

The Tottenham head coach

replaced Hugo Lloris, the club

captain, with his Italian deputy

Gollini who was at fault

when Antonio Rüdiger

headed in Mason Mount’s

18th-minute corner.

Lloris began the first leg

at Stamford Bridge last

week, which Conte’s team

lost 2-0, but watched on

from the substitutes’ bench

and the Italian stood by his

Continued on page 68

Conte defends hapless

back-up keeper as

Rüdiger goal seals

place in final

Tottenham Hotspur 0

Chelsea 1

Chelsea win 3-0 on aggregate

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Djokovic in eye of a storm

6 Star admits errors on visa form

News, page 15

6 Truth is adversary he can’t beat

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