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MORE THAN RESULT – How does it feel to follow a family member into professional football?

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✨ Read this must-read post from BBC Sport 📖 📂 **Category**: 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: Available for over a yearHow does it feel to follow a family member into professional football? Ghanaian legend Abedi Pele and his sons Andre Jordan and Ibrahim Ayew played at the highest level. There's also George Weah, the only African player to win the Ballon d'Or. His son Timothy plays for the USA. Zinedine Zidane's son Luca plays for Algeria in the African Cup of Nations, while Giuliano Simeone plays under his father's leadership at Atletico Madrid. She joined BBC correspondent Adi Adedoyin, Norway and…

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The Hundred 2026: MI London signs Sam Curran, Will Jacks and Danny White Hodge

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💥 Explore this awesome post from BBC Sport 📖 📂 **Category**: 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: She reached the final four times with her former club, winning in 2023, and is the competition's second-highest all-time goalscorer.Teams are allowed to sign outright or retain four players before the auction - a new addition for this season - scheduled for March.The men's team, which had won the competition as the Invincibles for the past three years with a stable, faced a tough choice about who to keep.In Curran and Jacks, they have picked two powerful batsmen, while Curran is also a left-arm seam…

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A football fan has died after being targeted by “predatory” gambling sites.

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✨ Read this trending post from BBC Sport 📖 📂 **Category**: ✅ **What You’ll Learn**: Speaking at the hearing, Long's sister Chloe said: “The gambling products he encountered were not harmless entertainment.“They have deprived Ole of enjoying the game he loves so much."They were highly addictive predatory systems designed to exploit. And they did. They stole from Ollie — not just his money, but his peace, his future and, ultimately, his life."Speaking to the BBC, she added: "Ole's gambles were exclusively on football, and football was one of Ollie's biggest interests. He was a huge Liverpool fan, and we know…

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Chelsea and Scotland legend Eddie Macready dies at the age of 85

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💥 Discover this insightful post from BBC Sport 📖 📂 **Category**: ✅ **What You’ll Learn**: Growing up in Cowcaddens in Glasgow, McCreadie was overlooked by scouts at local club Partick Thistle and instead joined Falkirk East Stirlingshire.While there, he was spotted by Chelsea manager Docherty, who took him to Stamford Bridge for just £5,000, a transfer that included provision for two Chelsea friendlies against East Stirlingshire – the second of which never happened.However, McCready moved from the Scottish Second Division to be hailed by Docherty as the best left-back in Europe and made 410 appearances for Chelsea.His combative and attacking…

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Irish Premier League: Larne extends lead with huge win over Glentoran

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🔥 Read this trending post from BBC Sport 📖 📂 **Category**: 💡 **What You’ll Learn**: It was a lively start to the game, with Larne having a shot blocked on the woodwork in the first two minutes when Sean Graham's shot hit the crossbar.The visitors then broke the deadlock in the seventh minute when they were awarded a penalty after MJ Kamara handled the ball inside the box and O'Neill scored the resulting penalty.After conceding, the Glens settled into the game and equalized when the Larne defense failed to clear Cooney's long throw before Daniel Larmour headed the ball home.The…

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Real Madrid: The appointment of Alvaro Arbeloa shocks the fans

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✨ Explore this trending post from BBC Sport 📖 📂 **Category**: ✅ **What You’ll Learn**: Alonso's sacking as Real Madrid coach has left fans divided and unsure. In Madrid on Tuesday, it was difficult to find a supporter who was entirely positive about the changes.Fan Mario Gonzalez admitted that although "the team was not performing as well as expected" and the booing reflected understandable frustration, he questioned whether the decision was hasty: "A hasty decision? Maybe. Is this the best thing for Real Madrid? We'll see in the coming months."Juan Antonio Lillo pointed to Alonso's struggle in implementing his ideas,…

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Liam Rosenior talks to Raheem Sterling and Axel Disasi about exile at Chelsea

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🔥 Discover this awesome post from BBC Sport 📖 📂 **Category**: 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: new Chelsea Manager Liam Rosenior has pledged to speak to Raheem Sterling and Axel Disasi, who were left in limbo as part of the so-called 'Bomb Squad'.The 41-year-old Englishman, who replaced Enzo Maresca last week, is juggling an extensive list of tasks after joining mid-season from Strasbourg, who share ownership with Chelsea.One priority is to speak to Sterling and Disasi, who joined during the 2023-24 season for £47.5m and £38.5m respectively, but are currently training at different times, in a separate stadium and in a…

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VAR: “The game is over” – Bad night for VAR in the semi-final

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💥 Discover this insightful post from BBC Sport 📖 📂 **Category**: ✅ **What You’ll Learn**: Former Chelsea and Blackburn Rovers striker Chris Sutton agreed with Guardiola and Silva and said that Kavanagh's ruling seemed like "pure guesswork."“I think the game is over,” Sutton added. “Will Thiaw really stop it? The distance from Semenyu is a yard, a yard and a half. Thiaw won’t react to that.”Former Liverpool and England midfielder Jamie Redknapp and Newcastle defender Dan Byrne said it was the right decision to rule out Semenyu's attempt, despite their criticism of the process. "If they had scored the goal,…

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Antoine Simenho: The new signing praises the ideal environment in Man City

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💥 Check out this trending post from BBC Sport 📖 📂 **Category**: 💡 **What You’ll Learn**: The burden of goalscoring for City falls mostly on the shoulders of their star striker Erling Haaland This season, the Norwegian international scored 39 goals in 34 matches for his club and country.But the prolific striker has hit a rough patch of late, scoring just once in his past six games and most recently netting from open play against West Ham on December 20.Playing mostly as a wide player from the right flank, Semenho's quality in front of goal for Bournemouth has seen him…

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Ravi Quirk: England scrum-half announces sale departure

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💥 Check out this must-read post from BBC Sport 📖 📂 **Category**: 💡 **What You’ll Learn**: England international Ravi Quirk has announced that he will leave his boyhood club Sale Sharks at the end of the season, after linking up with Newcastle Red Bulls.The 24-year-old, who made two appearances and scored a memorable goal in England's win over South Africa in November 2021, has been plagued by a series of injuries, with Scot Gus Warr often preferred at club level.However, Quirke has enjoyed a good run this season and was part of England's squad for international matches in the autumn,…

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