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Heinis of France is in the air, it feels hein just looking at him, and he jumps 129, giving him 133.8 points; he moves above Karhumaa and into the lead.

I’ve also got the curling on and, if you’ll excuse my parochialism, I’m not watching pool leaders Switzerland monstering defending champions Sweden, rather USA v China, for reasons of relevance to GB. The Americans now lead 2-1 playing the fifth.

The Moroccan midfielder Sofyan Amrabat continues to make progress in his rehabilitation process.

Currently, the footballer is in the Netherlands completing the first phase of his recovery, with the aim of returning to Seville in the coming weeks and rejoining the discipline of Real Betis Balompié.

Through his social media, the international has shared updates on his physical progress. In a video posted on Instagram, he can be seen performing strength and balance exercises focused on the upper body. Although he has not yet started working with the ball or doing continuous running on the pitch, the signs are positive.

The medical staff of the verdiblanco club is supervising this phase of his recovery remotely. If there are no setbacks within the expected timeframes, the midfielder is expected to be available to return to official competition by mid-March, thus strengthening Manuel Pellegrini’s squad for the final stretch of the season.

Amrabat’s return is highly anticipated by Betis fans. His physical presence and ability to break up play are key components for the team’s balance. His commitment is total, as shown by the fact that he is working intensely even while abroad to shorten his recovery time.

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Claudio Braga admits to being "frustrated by Hearts' defeat to Rangers but says his side are still in pole position in the Premiership and need to keep going.

Hearts led twice at Ibrox on Sunday before falling to a 4-2 defeat that saw both Rangers and Celtic narrow the gap at the top of the table.

Braga, who scored his side's second goal, lamented the defending that cost his side at least a point but is targeting a response when Falkirk visit Tynecastle on Sunday.

"It's frustrating, of course. In the first half, I think we were better.

"We let them control the game and we went on the counter-attack. We were doing a good job on that. Then we lost two cheap goals.

"In the second half, we know that we could do better – also the goals against us. If we did things a little bit different, like one less pass, we would do better.

"It's frustrating but we're still in first place and there are still a lot of games to go. We have a home game now, so we just need to go for that."

Though Hearts have been league leaders for a long stretch of the season, Braga denied there was any extra pressure on the team as they go into the title-run-in, pointing out that it has been decades since a side outside of Glasgow lifted the league trophy.

"No, I don't feel we have that pressure just because it's 40 years now, right? So we're doing something amazing.

"We're proud of the work we're doing. Of course, the more (points) we can get, the better. But the pressure, I think, is normally on the teams that win the league.

"So we have, of course, a good pressure. We just need to enjoy it as much as we can, trying to go to games with a good mentality and win games."

Bayern Munich honorary president Uli Hoeness has said the club will act tougher in the future against player agents as a consequence of the difficult Dayot Upamecano renewal talks.

Hoeness told Tuesday's edition of the Bild paper that Bayern bosses will "no longer accept that agents alone determine how things are done. Their contribution is increasingly out of proportion to the fees that are charged and often paid in the end.

"We will say 'no' more often and refuse to go along with this madness," Hoeness insisted.

Centre back Upamecano renewed his contract until 2030 last week after long talks.

Hoeness had said he was shocked about the behaviour of the player's agents and now told Bild that "the advisors either wanted to drive up the price for us or drive him to another club, and as a thank you, we were supposed to pay them a signing bonus.

"That is a contradiction in terms that we should no longer accept," said.

Hoeness said that the players must be held more accountable in the future and said the club will reject excessive demands from agents.

"You can also tell the player: 'If your agent continues to negotiate in such an insolent manner, we will no longer discuss your future with us.' That's how far it has to go," Hoeness said.

"We may also put one or two agents – if they behave unfairly – on a list and tell them that we will no longer sign players they represent. That would be the next step."