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The Guardian // Sport

Can watching sport really improve your wellbeing? The science suggests it can | Sean Ingle

Monday 12th May 2025, 7:00AM

Couch potatoes and die-hard fans rejoice; all that time and money spent on your sports addiction may just be worth itAnd still the feast goes on. Since Rory McIlroy won a Masters for the ages, fans with multiple satellite TV subscriptions – and irregular sleeping habits – have been able to gorge on an extraordinary amount of dramatic sport. Seesawing shifts in momentum? Late twists? Huge shocks? We’ve had them all.It says something when Barcelona’s epic 3-2 victory against Real Madrid in a Copa del Rey final was only their third-most exciting match in the past month; and when my sober-eyed colleague Robert Kitson describes Northampton’s 37-34 Champions Cup win at Leinster as “one of the all‑time great knockout heists”. Continue reading...

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