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1 Type of photography US magazine

used by mistake? (4-5)

6 Dark brown fur bishop found in

auction (5)

9 English motor yacht collecting fish

for government building (7)

10 Exchange views on field event with

son (7)

11 Boy king reversed it, employing all

the players (5)

12 Unassuming character sounding

buzzer (9)

14 Despicable person, endlessly

uncivil (3)

15 Like subscribers, not meant to

receive rebates initially (11)

17 Historian entered vaguely at first in

press and TV register (11)

19 Save area covered by old rail

service (3)

20 Language old Turkic rulers picked

up after a day? (9)

22 Study aids provided by

heavyweight backing French art (5)

24 Old company head’s aloof manner

(7)

26 Infelicitously snooze in country,

missing start of auction (7)

27 Moved slowly, like sharpened

blades (5)

28 As many illnesses are, primarily

requiring drug in form of a tablet

(9)

1 Shelter penetrated by river, one

rising on Biddulph Moor (5)

2 Fiend’s name covered up by British

gang member (7)

3 Weariness shown by girl initially

unwavering in new diet (9)

4 Film of card shop Amy

unexpectedly produced (11)

5 Top journalist covering current

Muslim festival (3)

6 Fibre displayed by boy supporting

little sibling (5)

7 Advantage plugged by pope

rejecting an alcoholic drink (7)

8 Cockney’s aim to be admitted to

feast (4,5)

13 Prank I smile about, finding tool for

separating rope (11)

14 Bell tower originally placed

advantageously between two rivers

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administrator (9)

18 Animal protecting Republican

family in Surrey town (7)

19 Club raised objection, installing hot

container to wash in (7)

21 Vocally expressed demand to work

in bakery (5)

23 Way cathedral city set up fashion

(5)

25 Oddly smooth — and lush! (3)

The winners of Prize Crossword No 28,272 are

O Bloor, Lymington, Hampshire

J Bradbury, Long Newton, Co Durham

E Dickson, Herne Bay, Kent

D Lye, London N1

J Pepper, Sheffield

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Ratcliffe bid

was ‘too low’

Ashley Armstrong, Matt Lawton

Djokovic: I’m

sad for Becker

Stuart Fraser Tennis Correspondent

Jim Ratcliffe’s dramatic late £4.25 bil-

lion bid for Chelsea came in lower than

the offers tabled by the three US-led

consortiums, a senior source close to

the process has claimed.

The Times revealed on Friday that

Ratcliffe, one of Britain’s richest men,

had attempted to hijack the process

when only days earlier the three short-

listed bidders had made their final

presentations at Stamford Bridge.

By Friday evening it had emerged

that the group fronted by Todd Boehly,

the American billionaire and co-owner

of the Los Angeles Dodgers, had been

identified by Chelsea and their New

York-based bankers as the preferred

bidders. Ratcliffe, however, has not

given up and is understood to be lobby-

ing the government on the grounds

that his is the only solely British bid.

Full story, The Game, page 3

Novak Djokovic has said he was left

“heartbroken” after his former coach

Boris Becker received a prison sentence

of 2½ years for hiding £2.5 million worth

of assets.

Becker, a six-times grand-slam

champion, was jailed on Friday after

being found guilty at Southwark crown

court of four charges relating to his

bankruptcy. He spent the first

weekend of his term at Wandsworth

prison in southwest London and will

serve at least 15 months before being

eligible for release.

Speaking for the first time since

Becker’s sentence was delivered, Djok-

ovic expressed sadness for the sorry

position his old mentor and friend now

finds himself in. Becker helped Djokovic

to win six grand-slam titles during a

Continued on page 54

Everton reignite survival bid

Paul Joyce

Richarlison faces an FA

investigation after hurling a blue

smoke canister off the Goodison

Park pitch in the aftermath of his

winning goal against Chelsea which

bolstered Everton’s hopes of

Premier League survival.

Everton insisted that the Brazilian

had tossed the pyrotechnic, which

had landed on the playing surface

after his crucial 46th-minute strike,

through a gap in the corner of the

stadium. Club officials said they

would look into the incident, with

the FA launching its own inquiry.

Several flares were thrown from the

crowd and the flashpoint came after

Everton scored to give them a 1-0

victory and keep their battle to beat

the drop in their own hands.

Everton had been welcomed by

thousands of supporters in the

streets outside and a frenzied

atmosphere was maintained as

Frank Lampard’s side continued

their good home form.

Everton remain in 18th place, two

points behind Leeds United and

Burnley, who are on 34 points, but

with a game in hand. They now

face games away to Leicester City

and Watford.

up and seeing the fans as we went

through on the bus is special. It is

special, it is not the norm. If it

doesn’t give you goosebumps, if it

doesn’t get you ready to go out and

give everything, then there is

something wrong with you. You

shouldn’t be playing the game.

“They were the 12th man, they

were the people of the match. When

the club comes together at

Goodison that is amazing and that

is why results have been so good

here. The negative is when we go

away from home our players can’t

replicate what we do here. That is

the next challenge.”

6 Richarlison secures victory against

Chelsea to aid fight against relegation

6 Forward to face FA investigation after

throwing smoke canister back into crowd

Inside T2

Raducanu on the rise

Arundell inspires amazing

comeback as exiles grab draw

Page 52-53

Pluck of the Irish

The Game

16 pages

of pure

football

Lampard admitted he had bluntly

outlined Everton’s perilous situation

before the game. “It is clear what

the table looks like,” he said. “My

feeling was we needed an extra

boost, an extra bit of attention, and

the players delivered that. Driving

US Open champion wins on

uplifting day for British tennis

Pages 54-55