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Tony Pulis column: “Daniel Farke may feel like he’s up to his neck in mud”

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✨ Explore this trending post from BBC Sport 📖 📂 Category: 📌 Main takeaway: This season, Farke's stated mission has been to collect 38 points, or one point per game, a total that has proven enough to retain a top-flight place in every season since 2011-12.Until the defeat against Aston Villa last weekend, Farke was achieving this percentage, but he suffered from a change in the direction of the wind among his fans. It's a moment that most managers recognize, having lived through it themselves.What's most worrying about this change is that for the first time - even though his…

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Ashes 2025: Australia captain Pat Cummins bows out of the second Test in Brisbane

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🔥 Check out this must-read post from BBC Sport 📖 📂 Category: ✅ Key idea: Without Cummins and Hazlewood, Australia can offer an unchanged attack in the pink-ball Test.In Perth, left-arm spinner Mitchell Starc took 10 wickets and was named man of the match. He was joined by fellow seamers Scott Bolland and debutant Brendan Doggett, along with all-rounder Cameron Green and off-spinner Nathan Lyon.Lyon struggled in Perth after being hit while batting by English fast bowler Mark Wood. If Australia decide to omit their key player for Brisbane, his replacement will be either seamer Michael Neser or all-rounder Beau…

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Wells: Losing is a burden Wells does not want to bear – President Wilkinson

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✨ Explore this awesome post from BBC Sport 📖 📂 Category: ✅ Key idea: After losing to Australia and Poland in October, Wales are without a win in 11 matches since beating the Republic of Ireland 1-0 on December 3 last year, a result that secured them a place in the European Championship.It is the team's longest run without a win in 22 years, and although she is determined to see Wales secure their first win since that memorable night in Dublin almost a year ago, Wilkinson feels 2025 was a year her team can use for better in 2026.“I…

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Wales v South Africa: Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus says the world needs a strong Wales

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🔥 Explore this insightful post from BBC Sport 📖 📂 Category: 💡 Here’s what you’ll learn: Erasmus highlighted the occasions when Wales got the better of him during his international career as a player and coach.“I played in the opening game at the Millennium Stadium in 1999 and they thrashed us,” Erasmus said.“It was the first time we had lost to Wales and Mark Taylor shocked me. “My first game as coach was against Wales in Washington in 2018 and we lost. Then in the next game here in Cardiff, we lost again. “In the 2019 World Cup in the…

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More than the result – how does it really feel to be a VAR?

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🚀 Read this must-read post from BBC Sport 📖 📂 Category: ✅ Main takeaway: Available for over a yearThe use of video technology in football has become one of the biggest talking points in the game. Not a weekend goes by without a controversial VAR decision in the Premier League. So, how hard is it to get behind those screens on match day when you have seconds to make a decision that you know will make headlines around the world? Graham Scott was a referee for 10 years in the Premier League before later stepping away from the field to…

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Premier League: How many points do you need to avoid relegation?

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✨ Check out this awesome post from BBC Sport 📖 📂 Category: ✅ Main takeaway: Premier League teams that finished with 36 points or more in each of the last nine seasons were guaranteed safety from relegation.In the 20-team Premier League era, starting with the 1995-96 season, the average number of points needed for survival, or the number of points finished by the 18th-placed team plus one point, is 35.53 - rounded to 36 points.No team in the past nine seasons has achieved 36 points and been relegated.In the 30 Premier League seasons of 38 games per season for each…

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Premier League predictions: Chris Sutton vs rapper Kofi Stone – and AI

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✨ Discover this awesome post from BBC Sport 📖 📂 Category: ✅ Main takeaway: Stone has been a Villa fan since he moved to Birmingham as a young boy and his uncle bought him a club shirt.“No one told me who to support, but that's how it started,” he told BBC Sport. “I lived in Walthamstow initially and wasn't interested in football at the time, but when I moved it was around the same time my uncle gave me that shirt and I thought being at Birmingham, it all made sense. “I didn't leave the shirt behind. AST were the…

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Daily Football – European Leagues: Ronaldo, Brazilian wonders and European veterans

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🚀 Check out this insightful post from BBC Sport 📖 📂 Category: 📌 Here’s what you’ll learn: Available for 29 daysSteve Crossman is joined by European football experts and European league stars; Guillem Balago, Julian Lorenz, and James Horncastle. The hot topic in the room is Cristiano Ronaldo - after receiving a straight red card in Portugal's World Cup qualifier against the Republic of Ireland a few weeks ago, Ronaldo was set to miss the first two matches of the 2026 World Cup in order to serve his full three-match ban. However, he was suspended for the final two matches…

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NFL: The Dallas Cowboys beat the Kansas City Chiefs on Thanksgiving, while the Packers beat the Lions

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🔥 Read this awesome post from BBC Sport 📖 📂 Category: 💡 Here’s what you’ll learn: The Kansas City Chiefs' playoff hopes are hanging by a thread after their 31-28 loss to the Dallas Cowboys on Thanksgiving.The Cowboys have traditionally hosted games on the American holiday since 1966 and “America’s Team” put up a great performance to beat the Chiefs despite Patrick Mahomes throwing four touchdown passes during his return to his native Texas.Mahomes has led the Chiefs to five of the last six Super Bowls, winning three, but they now have a 6-6 record and are in danger of…

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La Liga: BBC Sport signs contract highlighting La Liga until 2027

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🚀 Check out this insightful post from BBC Sport 📖 📂 Category: 📌 Main takeaway: BBC Sport has acquired the rights to broadcast La Liga highlights in the UK in a deal that runs until 2027.Fans will be able to stream clips featuring the likes of Jude Bellingham, Lamin Yamal and Trent Alexander-Arnold in key moments from each round of matches. The videos will be published across the BBC Sport website and app, and on social media channels. Director of BBC Sport, Alex Kay Gilski, said: “Following the announcement of our recent agreement with the Bundesliga, we are delighted to…

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