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2026 Winter Olympics: What you need to know in six charts

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💥 Check out this awesome post from BBC Sport 📖 📂 **Category**: 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: Hosting the Olympics usually results in an increase in medals – but that's not always the case, as Italy found out the last time it hosted the Winter Olympics in 2006.They won 13 medals in 2002 in Salt Lake City but captured only 11 in Turin – although they had won five golds to four in the United States four years earlier.The Italian Olympic Committee has set a minimum target of 19 medals, one short of its highest tally of 20 medals. This was…

Justin Rose maintains the lead as Brooks Koepka cuts down a PGA Tour comeback at the Farmers Insurance Open

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✨ Read this trending post from BBC Sport 📖 📂 **Category**: ✅ **What You’ll Learn**: England's Justin Rose shot a seven-under-par 65 to extend his lead to four shots at the Farmers Insurance Open while a returning Brooks Koepka cruised to victory in San Diego.The 45-year-old, who captains Ireland's Seamus Power, sits at 17 under after parring his own record 36 holes in the tournament.Rose launched the day's round Friday on the more challenging South Course with an eagle, six birdies and just one bogey.“I feel like I've won in my career on tough golf courses in general, so I…

Australian Open 2026: Neil Skupski and Christian Harrison won the men’s doubles title

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🚀 Check out this must-read post from BBC Sport 📖 📂 **Category**: 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: Britain's Neil Skupski and his American partner Christian Harrison won the men's doubles title at the Australian Open in their first major tournament together.Skupski (36 years old) and Harrison (31 years old) defeated Australians Jason Kubler and Mark Polmans 7-6 (7-4) and 6-4.Skupski and Harrison competed together for the first time in Adelaide just before the Australian Open, reaching the semi-finals.Liverpudlian Skupski played with fellow Briton Joe Salisbury throughout 2025, and they reached the final of the French Open and US Open, before Salisbury…

Florian Wirtz: Liverpool’s attacking midfielder in his own words

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✨ Read this awesome post from BBC Sport 📖 📂 **Category**: ✅ **What You’ll Learn**: Kelly: What does the perfect day off look like? How do you like to escape from football?Florian: Since the summer I love playing padel. I've gone a few times with some of the guys here.Kelly: Who plays for Liverpool?Florian: Dominic [Szoboszlai]Milos [Kerkez]...Jeremy [Frimpong] He says it's good but I haven't seen it.Kelly: Are you good?Florian: I'm not feeling well. If you ask others, I'm better than Jeremy. He definitely knows I'm better than him!Kelly: What do you like to do?Florian: I like to have a…

Champions League: How much prize money do Premier League teams receive for reaching the knockout stages?

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🔥 Discover this must-read post from BBC Sport 📖 📂 **Category**: ✅ **What You’ll Learn**: The six Premier League teams participating in the Champions League received a major financial windfall by exiting the league stage of the competition.Arsenal, Liverpool, Tottenham, Chelsea and Manchester City have reserved their places in the round of 16, while Newcastle faces Karabakh in the playoffs after missing the quarter-finals.The total prize money for the Champions League is around £3.8 billion, with each club participating in the league stage receiving £16.1 million for participating.Clubs receive an additional £1.8m per win and £600,000 per draw.There is also…

Scottish Premiership review: Massoanhays, Robinson, Hibs vs Rangers

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🚀 Check out this insightful post from BBC Sport 📖 📂 **Category**: 💡 **What You’ll Learn**: It's been a strange season for Stephen Robinson and St Mirren.A glorious day at Hampden in December to win the Premier Sports Cup makes their league struggles almost irrelevant, but they host Dundee on Saturday in danger of sliding into a relegation battle.They have managed just one win since that glorious triumph over Celtic, a narrow 1-0 win over Livingston on 20 December.They are five points ahead of Kilmarnock, who are in the relegation zone, and fans should be grateful that the two teams…

Brighton tribute: Head of coaching Rado Vidosic was ‘one of the most amazing men’ – Chris Roberts

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🔥 Read this trending post from BBC Sport 📖 📂 **Category**: 💡 **What You’ll Learn**: Brighton interim manager Chris Roberts described Rado Vidosic as “one of the most amazing men I have ever met” following the death of the club’s head of women and girls coaching.Vidosic, 64, has been working since January 2025 at Brighton, where his son Dario is manager of the women's first team.The death was announced on Tuesday, and Dario Vidosic wrote in a post on social media that his father was suffering from cancer.“It's obviously been a really difficult and sad week for everyone at the…

West Ham’s loan offer for Southampton’s Taylor Harwood-Bellis has been rejected

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✨ Discover this insightful post from BBC Sport 📖 📂 **Category**: 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: West Ham A loan offer for Southampton defender Taylor Harwood-Bellis has been rejected.The 24-year-old centre-back is understood to be open to a move, but the Saints are keen to keep hold of him unless terms improve significantly.Harwood-Bellis has started all of Southampton's past 17 league matches, winning his only cap for England in November 2024.He joined Saints in 2023 on loan and helped the team win promotion to the Premier League, resulting in a permanent £20m move from Manchester City, before they were relegated in…

Olympic champion Shakari Richardson arrested on speeding charges

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🚀 Discover this awesome post from BBC Sport 📖 📂 **Category**: 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: Olympic gold medalist Shakari Richardson was arrested on an “excessive dangerous” speeding charge, according to jail booking records.Richardson was booked into the Orange County Jail in Florida at 19:39 local time on Thursday.Jail records show the 25-year-old American was charged with driving dangerously at excessive speed of 100 mph or more.A spokesperson for the Orange County Police Department told BBC Sport that Richardson was traveling at 104 mph and crossing lanes of traffic to pass other drivers.Her bond was set at $500 (£363).The American won…

Women’s T20 World Cup Qualifiers: Scotland lose to Bangladesh

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✨ Discover this insightful post from BBC Sport 📖 📂 **Category**: ✅ **What You’ll Learn**: Scotland missed the chance to book their place in the Women's T20 World Cup this summer with an emphatic loss to Bangladesh in their penultimate Super Six qualifier in Nepal.Bangladesh, who have already qualified, won by 90 runs in Kirtipur, but Scotland's fate is in their hands and they will reach the tournament if they beat the United States on Sunday.The winner of Friday's late game between the United States and Thailand will still have a chance to finish ahead of Scotland on net run…