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Damien Benaud: The star winger was left out of France’s Six Nations squad

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🔥 Explore this awesome post from BBC Sport 📖 📂 **Category**: 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: Damien Benaud is a throwback maverick.His teammates and coaches noticed his ambivalence about coaching. His indifference to defense is often evident on the field. Whatever tactics his team uses too, he is prone to shredding those plans as soon as the whistle blows.When he wasted several clear-cut scoring chances in the win over Northampton 10 days ago, throwing unnecessary passes to his teammates instead, a theory emerged.Having scored 14 tries - a record in a single edition of the tournament - en route to winning…

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Troy Cawley: England hired the 2005 Ashes-winning bowling coach

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🔥 Discover this insightful post from BBC Sport 📖 📂 **Category**: ✅ **What You’ll Learn**: Since leaving his England position 20 years ago, Kohli has worked with the Australian cricket team and the Indian National Academy.He will work above Neil Killeen, who has been appointed England's elite fast bowling coach in 2023.Although Cawley's time will not be entirely dedicated to the England first team, he represents another addition to the backroom staff which McCullum had previously moved to downsize.England went to the Ashes without a specialist fielding coach and wasted 18 chances in the series.Hopkinson leaves the squad at the…

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FIFA World Cup 2026: The French government does not support a boycott of the tournament due to Donald Trump’s threats in Greenland

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✨ Discover this must-read post from BBC Sport 📖 📂 **Category**: 💡 **What You’ll Learn**: Meanwhile, International Olympic Committee President Kirsty Coventry said she hoped next month's Winter Olympics in Italy would demonstrate the "unifying impact" of sport at a time of geopolitical tension.US Vice President J.D. Vance is scheduled to lead the US delegation at the opening ceremony of the Milan-Cortina Olympics on February 6.“We will work very hard to protect the Olympic Games and the platform that the Olympic Games have, because I think it shows how we can live,” Coventry told a news conference on Wednesday."There will…

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Football Rumors: Loftus-Cheek, Somerville, Van de Ven, Fernandes, Tsimikas, Neves

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✨ Read this trending post from BBC Sport 📖 📂 **Category**: ✅ **What You’ll Learn**: Ruben Loftus-Cheek appears as Aston Villa And the goal of Man United, Tottenham is studying the move of Crescencio Somerville, Liverpool Interested in Micky van de Ven and Nottingham Forest appointed Kostas Tsimikas.AC Milan English midfielder Ruben Loftus-Cheek, 29 years old, is a target for Aston Villawho are looking to strengthen their midfield after French international player Boubacar Camara (26 years old) suffered a serious knee injury. (Telegraph - Subscription required, external)Loftus-Check It was also shown on Manchester Unitedwith exploratory conversations being held. (talk sport),…

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Rangers’ Scottish Cup rivals, Stranraer, face sending off for a rules breach

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💥 Explore this trending post from BBC Sport 📖 📂 **Category**: 💡 **What You’ll Learn**: Stranraer faces losing £200,000 which could "keep the club going for three or four years" if he is expelled from the Scottish Cup and misses the visit of Rangers.The League Two club fielded an ineligible player in Tuesday's win over Queen's Park, with a Scottish FA disciplinary hearing scheduled for January 28 to examine the circumstances.Goalkeeper Lyndon Tass was signed on loan from Hearts on match day and saved a penalty in the penalty shootout after a 1-1 draw at Stair Park.The match was scheduled…

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Africa Cup of Nations 2025: What we learned from the Morocco finals

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🚀 Read this awesome post from BBC Sport 📖 📂 **Category**: 💡 **What You’ll Learn**: CAF should certainly consider changing its rules regarding bookings in knockout matches, having cleared all yellow cards after the group stage.A total of 20 players were walking a tightrope in the semi-finals, knowing that a second booking in the space of three matches would rule them out of the final.Senegal captain Kalidou Koulibaly and midfielder Habib Diarra were ultimately absent, while the same fate would have befallen Nigerian defender Calvin Bassey and Egyptian Hossam Abdelmajid had their team qualified.While discipline is important, coaches, players, fans…

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The Welsh Rugby Union has a “massive disconnect” from fans, MPs say

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🔥 Discover this insightful post from BBC Sport 📖 📂 **Category**: ✅ **What You’ll Learn**: The federation has now selected a preferred bidder – understood to be the owner of Ospreys Y11 – significantly adding to the uncertainty surrounding the region.This included Swansea Council saying they would explore legal action, with leader Rob Stewart telling BBC Wales he was due to meet WRU officials.He added: "We sought further talks with them but did not have any." “Interestingly, the threat of legal action by the board has resulted in the WRU CEO and the Ospreys coming to see us, so we…

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Tomas Cvankara: Sparta star outcast from Gladbach – Who is Celtic’s new striker?

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💥 Explore this awesome post from BBC Sport 📖 📂 **Category**: 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: For any club to get £9m for your services, you must have done something right. Cvankara, who has eight caps, did a lot of things right at Sparta.At his best in the Czech First Division, the 6ft 3in striker used his presence, pace and power to devastating effect, while also being decisive.He scored 24 goals in 39 matches, with a goals-per-minute rate of around 131, sparking the interest of Gladbach, who brought Cvankara to the Bundesliga in the summer of 2023.The striker's career stopped in…

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Jamie George: The former England captain will retire at the end of the 2026-2027 season

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🔥 Check out this must-read post from BBC Sport 📖 📂 **Category**: 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: It is difficult to think of a player more universally respected than Jimmy George.It's a reputation partly built on his ability on the pitch.He burst onto the Test scene in 2015 as a relentless hooker on all pitches, with mobility, stamina and down-tempo pace.His line break to help set up Conor Murray's try and second Test victory in Wellington was crucial to the British and Irish Lions' drag-and-drop Test series with New Zealand in 2017.Now 35, some of his open-field style has disappeared, but…

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Aston Villa’s injury problems worsen with captain John McGinn ruled out for ‘weeks’

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💥 Read this must-read post from BBC Sport 📖 📂 **Category**: 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: infection Aston Villa The team has suffered another blow as captain John McGinn will be sidelined for several weeks.The midfielder did not travel to Türkiye for Thursday's Europa League match against Fenerbahce, while goalkeeper Emi Martinez and Boubacar Kamara were also absent.Reports suggest that key midfielder Kamara will miss the season after coming off a knee injury against Tottenham last week, with the club yet to provide any update.Scottish McGinn (31 years old) was forced to leave early in the match that was lost on…

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