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Mike Watkins: Former Wales hooker and captain dies aged 73

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🚀 Check out this must-read post from BBC Sport 📖 📂 Category: ✅ Key idea: A move from Crumlin to Cardiff brought Watkins to the attention of the Wales selectors for the first time and he was selected for the 1978 tour to Australia but he did not play in any of the Test defeats to the Wallabies – and would have to wait another six years to win his caps.This is largely due to the presence of Bobby Windsor, the Pontypool legend who was Wales' first choice from 1973-79 and won five caps for the British and Irish Lions…

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RFU losses fall to £2m after ‘year of progress amid challenges’

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✨ Discover this trending post from BBC Sport 📖 📂 Category: ✅ Key idea: The Rugby Football Union reported its highest revenue in 10 years of £228m in its latest financial accounts, but returned to a small overall loss of around £2m.This represents a significant improvement on the £42m loss in 2023-24, which sparked an uproar that threatened chief executive Bill Sweeney's position.Sweeney's salary is £700,000, which includes a bonus, but not the Long Term Incentive Plan (LTIP), which proved controversial this time last year when he was paid £1.1m in total.“This has been a year of progress amidst challenges,”…

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Chelsea vs Barcelona: Can Estevao reach Lamine Yamal’s levels?

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🚀 Check out this trending post from BBC Sport 📖 📂 Category: ✅ Main takeaway: Digging deeper into this season alone, Estevao has played more games (16 vs. 12), but Yamal has logged more minutes (978 vs. 657). On a per 90 minute basis, Yamal is level with Estevao in terms of goals, but he provided more assists, took more shots, had more touches in the opposition penalty area, completed more dribbles and created more chances.However, Estevao has a better shot conversion rate (13.8% compared to 11.3%) and a higher expected goals number (0.7 to 0.4), while matching Yamal's expected…

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Scotland easily beat Namibia by seven wickets

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🔥 Discover this must-read post from BBC Sport 📖 📂 Category: ✅ Here’s what you’ll learn: Scotland recorded an easy seven-wicket win over Namibia, reaching the 75-run target in just 8.4 overs, in their final match at the Women's Emerging Nations Cup in Bangkok.The Scottish team tops the standings, and is the only team to have won all four of its matches so far, while Namibia is at the bottom of the list of eight participating teams with one win and three defeats.Having decided to bowl after winning the toss, Scotland took the first two wickets from Namibia for just…

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Ashes: England Canberra’s decision backed by former captain Alec Stewart

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🔥 Explore this trending post from BBC Sport 📖 📂 Category: ✅ Main takeaway: England feel they can prepare better in a controlled environment in the nets in Queensland, rather than a match where the batsman may not get much time in the middle.The tourists were due to start the nets again on Monday, but may opt to hold a session on Sunday. Two of their training sessions will be under floodlights before the start of the second test.Stewart, 62, played for England during a turbulent period in the 1990s, when heavy defeats abroad were often followed by extra training…

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Middlesbrough vs Coventry: Boro will aim to rein in the Sky Blues when the top two teams in the Championship meet

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🚀 Explore this must-read post from BBC Sport 📖 📂 Category: 📌 Key idea: It won't take even the most hardened of football observers long to determine why Coventry have risen to the top of the Championship.A free-flowing approach and precise finishing has seen the Sky Blues rack up an astonishing 43 goals in just 16 Championship games – 15 more than the next most prolific scorers, Hull City, and, remarkably, 23 more than second-placed Boro.However, what is more dangerous for rivals hoping to stumble from the runaway leaders is how goals are distributed across the team.Against West Bromwich Albion…

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Formula 1 Q&A: Title battle between Norris, Piastri and Verstappen; Las Vegas and Sainz ruled out Albon at Williams

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💥 Discover this must-read post from BBC Sport 📖 📂 Category: 📌 Here’s what you’ll learn: I find it hard to believe how a driver with 14 podium finishes and seven wins in the first 16 races is now facing a real fight for fifth place. Is it a case of Oscar Piastri feeling the pressure which has led to him making some really costly mistakes, or are the trajectories really very different throughout the season? -AllegraPiastri's decline in form since winning the Dutch Grand Prix to take his seventh win of the season in 15 races is truly remarkable.I…

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World Rally Championship: Evelyn Evans’ title ‘will put rallying back on the map’

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🔥 Discover this trending post from BBC Sport 📖 📂 Category: 💡 Here’s what you’ll learn: Like many rally drivers, Dolgellau-born Evans has a pedigree.“Elfyn is one of those figures in the rally world that he came into because of his father,” James explains.“His father, Gwyndaff, was a British champion, so there are similarities with the MacRae family. Jamie MacRae, the British champion, [son] Colin, British hero [and Colin's brother] Alistair, British Champion.“For Elvin, growing up rallying was part of the family, so he started out driving like many other young rally fans around the house, garden, farm or whatever…

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Arne Slott: What can the Liverpool coach do next to halt the current slide?

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💥 Read this must-read post from BBC Sport 📖 📂 Category: 📌 Here’s what you’ll learn: Werner left Anfield on Saturday after witnessing a display from Alexander Isak that left many wondering what exactly ownership group FSG bought for £125m.The Swede was Liverpool's high-profile summer signing, acquired from Newcastle United after a long and intense pursuit that included the striker dropping the necessary tools to initiate his move.The British record fee came after Liverpool spent 116 million pounds on German Florian Wirtz, who has yet to score a goal or assist in the English Premier League this season.Wirtz, who has…

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George Best: How is the legendary footballer remembered 20 years after his death?

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✨ Explore this insightful post from BBC Sport 📖 📂 Category: 📌 Here’s what you’ll learn: Maradona is good, Pele is better, George Best. It's a famous saying to judge three of the best footballers of the 20th century.On November 25, it will be 20 years since George Best's death, and almost 60 years since he was at the height of his powers.He was a football genius, one of the first football stars, but his life away from the game ensured that he appeared on the front pages of newspapers, as well as the back. In fact, his fame off…

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