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HOT OR NOT: Dejan Lovren's support for a conspiracy nutter is bizarre... but there is hope for Dan Evans after the Brit hires no-nonsense coach

It's Hot or Not time again as Sportsmail's Riath Al-Samarrai reveals what's been making him feel warm and what's been leaving him cold this week.

HOT

Magnus Carlsen

In the kingdom of the blind, the one-eyed man is king. And so chess is having its day, picking up the slack of a bored world. Within that boom, Carlsen, ranked No 1 for the past 10 years, has just won an internet championship of the sport’s leading players in front of a record online audience of 10million.

It was more interesting than it sounds.

Magnus Carlsen, ranked No 1 for the past 10 years, has just won an internet championship

Dan Evans

His rise after the fall has been heartening.