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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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World Cup 2026: Scotland confirm Charlotte as training base

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🔥 Read this insightful post from BBC Sport 📖 📂 **Category**: 💡 **What You’ll Learn**: The Scottish Football Association has announced that Scotland will camp at the home of Charlotte FC for the duration of the World Cup.National team coach Steve Clarke visited the facilities in America following the December draw - which pitted Scotland against Haiti, Morocco and Brazil in the group stage. The Scottish FA have now settled on operating out of Charlotte FC's state-of-the-art training facility, with the squad remaining nearby.Atrium Health Performance Park in East Charlotte will open in 2023 and is home to Charlotte's first…

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Six Nations 2026: Hawkins excited for Scotland Lions’ clash with Wales

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💥 Read this insightful post from BBC Sport 📖 📂 **Category**: ✅ **What You’ll Learn**: The Glasgow outfit could face the Scarlets duo if Hawkins and James can overcome the challenge of Thomas and Ospreys midfielder Owen Watkin.James, 23 and 6ft 3in tall, showed signs of promise with the ball in hand against France.“He picked up an injury during the off-season and since returning to the Scarlets he has been very physical in carrying and defending,” said Hawkins, who also featured with James in the Wales Under-20s."He brought that to the Six Nations and he's a top guy. When you…

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Newcastle vs Man City again! What is the most played cup match?

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✨ Read this trending post from BBC Sport 📖 📂 **Category**: 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: With such frequent cup clashes as well as the usual Premier League encounters - the next being at the Etihad Stadium on Saturday - it begs the question; Are their fans bored of each other? BBC Sport's Manchester City fan writer Freddie Paye doesn't think so.“I feel as though there is a different feeling about games like this compared to a Premier League schedule, which makes it unique in a way,” says Freddie.“There is also an element of surprise in these games, and with Newcastle…

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Arsenal raises season ticket prices by 3.9% and is in a safe position

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✨ Check out this trending post from BBC Sport 📖 📂 **Category**: 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: Arsenal, which will still offer 1,000 free tickets to the local community for the 2026-27 season, says the increases in season ticket prices are partly a reflection of higher matchday operational costs.Arsenal already have one of the most expensive season tickets in the Premier League and have the third highest amount of income from gate receipts in the 2023-24 season (£127m), behind only Real Madrid (£153m) and Paris Saint-Germain (£139m).“We firmly believe that with the football sector benefiting from ever-increasing commercial and broadcast revenues,…

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BBC Women’s Football Weekly – Lionesses lineup, City season without Europe and the super skater Jean Beattie?!

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✨ Discover this insightful post from BBC Sport 📖 📂 **Category**: 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: Available for 29 daysBen Haines, Ellen White and Jane Beattie react to the Lionesses' latest squad announcement with captain Leah Williamson returning for the first time since Euro 2025. Emma Sanders sits down with England manager Sarina Wegman and the team discusses minute management and whether it's time for England to get a recognized left-back with Bobby Pattinson in the squad. With a month-long break from the WSL ahead of us, Ben, Elaine and Jane delve into how Manchester City's domestic dominance has played into…

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Michael O’Neill: Northern Ireland coach ‘delighted’ to have World Cup play-off in Bergamo

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🚀 Explore this awesome post from BBC Sport 📖 📂 **Category**: 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: Northern Ireland manager Michael O'Neill says he is "delighted" that the World Cup play-off with Italy in March will be held in Bergamo.Italy broadcasts its home matches around the country, but traditionally the big matches are held at the San Siro in Milan or the Stadio Olimpico in Rome. However, local media reported that the smaller stadium in Bergamo was chosen to ease pressure on the Italian team who last qualified for the World Cup in 2014. The New Balance Arena, home to Serie A…

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Six Nations: Scotland trio excluded from Wales visit

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🚀 Discover this trending post from BBC Sport 📖 📂 **Category**: ✅ **What You’ll Learn**: “If they could get in touch with us again last week, that would be great, but I can't see it if I'm honest.”Townsend is scheduled to announce the name of his team to face Wales on Thursday, as the team is currently training in Spain.“We're very happy with the group we have,” Horn said. “We have a cover there. "I can't see us adding anyone."Matt Fagerson, who started in the opening loss in Italy, took over from Ritchie against England, with Max Williamson replacing Dempsey.Edinburgh…

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Lindsey Vonn returns to the US after crashing the Winter Olympics

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✨ Explore this awesome post from BBC Sport 📖 📂 **Category**: ✅ **What You’ll Learn**: Vonn was the Olympic downhill champion in 2010 and was hoping for a fairytale ending to her illustrious career.She retired from the sport in 2019 as the most decorated female skier at the time, after sustaining several serious leg injuries.After undergoing a partial right knee replacement, she announced her surprise return to sports in 2024.Since then, she has been on the podium eight times on the World Cup circuit, including two golds, and was a favorite to win a medal at her fifth and final…

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