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**What Youโll Learn**: Jon Rahm has dropped his appeal against penalties imposed by the DP World Tour over his playing in LIV Golf conflict events, but has refused to pay the fines he owes.Eight players last month received exemptions from the DP World Tour - formerly known as the European Tour - to participate in LIV golf events this year.This allowed them to retain memberships and remain eligible for Ryder Cup selection.The waiver included an agreement to pay outstanding fines believed to be in the region of…
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**What Youโll Learn**: Defending champion Jeremiah Azo narrowly missed out on a medal in the men's 60m final at the IAAF World Indoor Championships in Poland.Twelve months after claiming the first world title of his career by winning the World Indoor gold medal in China, Azo missed out on a return to the podium by just 0.01 seconds as he clocked 6.46 seconds in Toruล.The 24-year-old always faced stiff competition as he looked to defend his title but showed his medal credentials by improving his personal best to…
๐ฅ Read this awesome post from BBC Sport ๐ ๐ **Category**: ๐ **What Youโll Learn**: Lerone Murphy and Movsar Evloev shared a cold stare as the duo faced off ahead of their UFC London featherweight bout at the O2 Arena on Saturday.Fans applauded Manchester fighter Murphy warmly as he took to the stage, while Russian Ivlov was booed before they went head-to-head in a tense confrontation.The fight saw both athletes put their unbeaten records on the line, with Murphy, 34, unbeaten in 18 bouts, and Ivlov winning all 19 of his bouts. โReady for war,โ Murphy said. โThat's it โ…
๐ฅ Discover this awesome post from BBC Sport ๐ ๐ **Category**: ๐ก **What Youโll Learn**: England goalkeeper Jazz Brown will miss the rest of the Netball Premier League season and the Commonwealth Games this summer due to a serious Achilles tendon injury that will require surgery.Brown, 24, who joined Leeds Rhinos from Birmingham Panthers at the end of the season, suffered the injury against Nottingham Forest on March 15, when he slipped on the pitch.It was just the third league match with her new team for Doncaster-born Brown, who began her sporting career as a promising tennis player before switching…
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**What Youโll Learn**: While fitness, technique and endurance are essential components of any high-level athlete, the ability to think, adapt and overcome competitors is equally important.Quique Setien, former Barcelona coach, was drawn to chess because of its rules, positions and tactics.He explained: "Chess and football are similar. The pieces are linked to attack and defense. It is necessary to control the middle of the board."His compatriot Alcaraz also said it benefits his game, in a 2018 interview with Vogue, saying: "You have to have a hunch about where…
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**What Youโll Learn**: FIFA implemented a historical policy requiring that teams in its tournaments include female coaches.Under the new decision, there must be at least two female employees on the bench for each team in matches, with one in the position of assistant or head coach.The rules apply to international football competitions and FIFA club competitions.Looking at the top 10 countries in the world, six of them would already be compatible with only four of them having female head coaches.But should action be taken in the English game?In…
๐ฅ Check out this must-read post from BBC Sport ๐ ๐ **Category**: ๐ก **What Youโll Learn**: Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has confirmed that James Trafford will be the goalkeeper in Sunday's Carabao Cup final at Wembley, but Mikel Arteta has refused to say who will be Arsenal's starting goalkeeper.Guardiola said he would continue his policy of playing Trafford in domestic cup matches, although he did not make any assurances about the 23-year-old's long-term situation.Trafford returned to City from Burnley last summer in a ยฃ27m deal and was seen as a replacement for Ederson.However, he was soon dropped from his…
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**What Youโll Learn**: Lahm has repeatedly said that when a player becomes unavailable, they don't hold on to what they lost, they look to who is next in line to progress.Often, that meant calling on academy players to fill in the gaps.Against Northampton in November, four academy players featured in Round 23.Hooker Thomas Gwilliam was making his Prem debut, while full-back Aidan Boshoff and prop Jamie Halliwell had made just four Premier League appearances between them. Bristol went on to crush the Saints 46-12.Likewise, academy fly-half Sam…
๐ฅ Read this insightful post from BBC Sport ๐ ๐ **Category**: ๐ **What Youโll Learn**: Sheffield Wednesday fans feel that every time there is some hope, there is another sledgehammer around the corner.Silverwood says the Trust does not expect the slate to be wiped clean, but there must be some "common sense".โThe 15 deduction, restricting transfer fees, and large caps on wages, both annual and weekly, are excessive and punitive,โ Silverwood said.โEveryone accepts that Sheffield Wednesday will be released in some way.โBut there is room in the rules for there to be some discretion about the impact on the club…
๐ฅ Check out this insightful post from BBC Sport ๐ ๐ **Category**: ๐ **What Youโll Learn**: Kinski's first mistake against Atletico - sliding - led to Marcos Llorente making it 1-0 in the sixth minute, before Antoine Griezmann added the second goal eight minutes later.The Czech international was also at fault for Atletico's third goal, laying the ball straight for Julian Alvarez to score easily in the 15th minute.Kinski had his head in his hands and was taken off after less than two minutes.Theodore did not recognize him before he headed into the tunnel.Phil McNulty, BBC Sport's chief football writer,…
