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Brighton's Milner breaks Premier League appearance record

LONDON: James Milner set a new record of 654 Premier League appearances when the 40-year-old started for Brighton in Saturday's (Feb 21) trip to Brentford.

Milner set to break Premier League appearance record with 654th game

LONDON, Feb 21 : James Milner will break the record for most appearances in the Premier League on Saturday after he was named in the starting lineup for Brighton & Hove Albion's game away at Brentford - his 654th game in England's top flight.

Berlin still a 2036 candidate despite concern over Nazi Games anniversary

CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy, Feb 21 : Germany will remain in the running for the 2036 Summer Olympics despite its president expressing concern about the 100th anniversary of the Nazi-era Berlin Games, the nation's Olympic sports head Thomas Weikert said on Saturday.

Host city Milan seeks permanent ice arena post-Games

MILAN, Feb 21 : With the Winter Olympics drawing to an end and its ice rinks due to be removed, joint host city Milan has unveiled plans for a permanent ice arena both to seal the Games' legacy and house a professional local hockey team.

Curling-Swiss harness linguistic chaos on ice to win Olympic bronze

CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy, Feb 21 : Switzerland's multilingual men's curling team proved that sometimes a "word salad" is the perfect recipe for success as they beat Norway to cap their Winter Olympics campaign with a bronze medal.