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Wales v Scotland Six Nations: Can the Scots win the Calcutta Cup?

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✨ Discover this must-read post from BBC Sport 📖 📂 **Category**: 💡 **What You’ll Learn**: Captain Sione Topoluto spoke before the England match about how Scotland were a “desperate team” with their Six Nations hopes on the line.That desperation for a win certainly applies to Wales this weekend. Steve Tandy, the former Scotland defense coach now in charge of Wales, has watched his side suffer defeat in their opening two matches, to England and France.They are sitting at the bottom of the table, having scored only 19 points in two matches, while conceding 102 points.France ran riot with eight tries…

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Jess Fishlock: Wales legend joins the staff for the first 2027 World Cup qualifiers

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✨ Check out this trending post from BBC Sport 📖 📂 **Category**: 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: “These are women who have given everything for their country, and with our young players coming through now, I think having the support of these players across the environment is huge,” Wilkinson added.“Similarly, Jess needs to see a little behind the curtain so she can make her own decisions about what she might want to do in the future, if she retires.”The match against Czech Republic, which will be played in Uherske Hradisti, is Wales' first competitive match since Euro 2025, which was the…

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Winter Olympics 2026: Team GB’s curling semi-final hopes revived after thrilling win over USA

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🔥 Read this awesome post from BBC Sport 📖 📂 **Category**: ✅ **What You’ll Learn**: The inexperienced rink - with only Jane Dodds surviving the 2022 gold-medal-winning team - finished sixth at last year's world championships and was well below its best again against the Americans, missing chances and making mistakes.A steal in the third end suggested November's European silver medalists could get the win they needed, but the United States regained control to take the lead into the break.A double in the sixth inning put GB in front again, but giving up three in the next over gave the…

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T20 World Cup: ‘Australia’s confused thinking behind early exit’

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💥 Read this insightful post from BBC Sport 📖 📂 **Category**: 💡 **What You’ll Learn**: After Monday's resounding defeat to Sri Lanka took the fate of the World Cup out of his team's hands, Australia captain Mitchell Marsh asked the Irish for their luck.The following day, Ireland were scheduled to face Zimbabwe in Pallekele. Any points for the African team will eliminate Australia from the competition.Clearly no one told Marsh that when it comes to Irish luck in a cricketing context, rain is never far away. The two teams shared the points after wet weather led to the match being…

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Paula Badosa responds to “disrespectful” claims about withdrawal

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💥 Explore this trending post from BBC Sport 📖 📂 **Category**: 💡 **What You’ll Learn**: Badosa considered ending her playing career in 2024 due to a series of injuries, including a chronic back problem.It was ranked second in 2022, but despite returning to the top 10 last year, it is now ranked 70th. She added: "Believe me, I am the first one to suffer from pain, suffer from endless nightmares, and try to find solutions every day." "I'll always try again. If there's even a 1% chance I'll stick around, I'll take it."Badosa, who reached the semi-finals of the Australian…

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T20 World Cup: South Africa beat United Arab Emirates in the final group match

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💥 Explore this must-read post from BBC Sport 📖 📂 **Category**: 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: South Africa fine-tuned their preparations for the T20 Super 8s World Cup by registering a six-wicket win over United Arab Emirates in their final group match in Delhi. Setting a target of 123 for the already eliminated United Arab Emirates, South Africa were bowled out with 40 balls to spare in a match in which the only thing that came close to threatening a Proteas win was the weather.With qualification for the next stage already assured, South Africa made four changes - resting David Miller,…

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Hull KR: World Club challenges goal after local dominance

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✨ Check out this awesome post from BBC Sport 📖 📂 **Category**: 💡 **What You’ll Learn**: Around 24,000 fans will get the chance to cheer on Rovers in Thursday's match, after Hull KR negotiated the use of the larger MKM Stadium, home of their fierce rivals Hull FC.Craven Park's much smaller capacity would have excluded many fans from the event, stifling the club's ability to generate revenue from its major showpiece.So, Minchella and his teammates are in the unique position of heading to their home locker room instead of an away facility, as well as running in front of thousands…

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Jacob Ramsey: Has Bruno Guimarães given the midfielder time to shine?

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✨ Discover this must-read post from BBC Sport 📖 📂 **Category**: 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: That night in Paris certainly had great significance last month.No other Newcastle player won more duels (seven) and fouled (three) than Ramsey, who took the most shots (two) in the 1-1 draw at the Parc des Princes.He was also ranked among the best visiting players in terms of successful passes (32) and touches in the opposition penalty area (three) against the reigning Champions League champions.The bold way in which Ramsey claimed the ball, wriggled into tight spaces and lifted his team up the pitch was…

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England v Ireland: Gibson-Park feels a ‘brotherly rivalry’ has developed between the players after the Lions tour

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🔥 Check out this trending post from BBC Sport 📖 📂 **Category**: 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: Ireland's Jamison Gibson Park says the bonds built during last summer's British and Irish Lions tour to Australia have formed a "brotherly rivalry" between the Irish and English camps.The two sides meet in their final Six Nations encounter at Twickenham on Saturday (14:10 GMT) and both sets of players will know each other well with 18 Irish and 15 English in the same Lions squad last summer.While Test matches between nations have always been dominated by the age-old rivalry, Gibson-Park feels this rivalry has…

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Winter Olympics 2026: France’s Emily Harrop makes her mountaineering debut and roots for Great Britain

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✨ Discover this trending post from BBC Sport 📖 📂 **Category**: ✅ **What You’ll Learn**: Emily Harrop says she was born with bands on her feet and poles in her hands.And on Thursday, she could have a Winter Olympic medal around her neck.As a three-time world champion in ski mountaineering, the 28-year-old is the favorite to be on the Milan-Cortina podium as the sport makes its Olympic debut.However, in a parallel universe, it would have been the red, white and blue French flag flying in her honor, not the French flag.Born in the French Alps to an English mother and…

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