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From the ninth grade to the World Cup? The astonishing rise of Richard Cooney

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✨ Check out this awesome post from BBC Sport 📖 📂 Category: ✅ Here’s what you’ll learn: Several Championship clubs have been linked with Kone after an excellent 18 months at Wycombe, and in August, it was Queens Park Rangers who secured his signature.As has been the case throughout Connie's roller-coaster ride over the past two years, another milestone - perhaps the biggest of all - was just around the corner.His first call-up to Ivory Coast and his first appearance.Three months after joining the Hoops, Kone earned the call-up every player dreams of and made his international debut as a…

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NFL scores and best of Week 12: Cowboys comeback analysis, Mahomes saves Chiefs and Shedor Sanders

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✨ Read this awesome post from BBC Sport 📖 📂 Category: 📌 Here’s what you’ll learn: Dallas was down 21-0 to the reigning Super Bowl champions, so how on earth did they pull off their joint-best comeback ever?The emotions of the first home game since Marshawn Neyland's tragic death may have played a role, but technically it was a combination of Dak Prescott's determination and a defense that pounced on rare mistakes by the Eagles. Prescott beat Tony Romo's records for passing yards (now 34,378 yards) and game-winning drives (25) with an all-screen display — his diving touchdown captures his…

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Harvey Mabarnes substitution in Scotland: Analysis of the Newcastle winger

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🚀 Explore this trending post from BBC Sport 📖 📂 Category: 📌 Main takeaway: But what is clear is the potential for Barnes to be included to bolster Scotland's attacking options.He is a Champions League player playing in a domestic league considered by many to be the most challenging in the world.Barnes' double against City on Saturday raised his tally for the season to six in 18 matches. Three of them came in four Champions League matches.Since the start of last season, he has scored 15 goals and made seven assists in all competitions as a winger.There is simply no…

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Pep Guardiola: Manchester City coach feels embarrassed and ashamed of his behavior in Newcastle

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💥 Discover this insightful post from BBC Sport 📖 📂 Category: ✅ Main takeaway: City hosts Bayer Leverkusen in the Champions League on Tuesday, aiming to maintain its unbeaten start. The team occupies fourth place in the group stage table, and a victory over the Bundesliga team will strengthen its place in the top eight as it seeks a direct path to the knockout stages.It will be Guardiola's 100th game as City coach in the competition, with their crowning moment coming in 2023 when they lift the trophy after beating Inter Milan in the final in Istanbul.But they were also…

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PFL Dubai: Dakota Dycheva faces Dennis Kielholtz on February 7

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✨ Explore this insightful post from BBC Sport 📖 📂 Category: 💡 Main takeaway: Britain's Dakota Decheva will return from a hand injury when she faces Dutch Denise Kielholtz in a flyweight fight in Dubai on February 7.Decheva broke her hand during her victory over Sumiko Inaba last July, so the 27-year-old player, who had not suffered any defeat, won her fifteenth match in a row.The fight against Inaba was Ditcheva's first since winning the 2024 PFL flyweight championship as she became the first British woman to become an MMA world champion.She stopped 13 of her 15 opponents, winning 12…

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Why aren’t VAR offside images always what they seem?

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💥 Read this must-read post from BBC Sport 📖 📂 Category: 📌 Key idea: When the Premier League introduced semi-automated offside technology, we thought we would lose the offside debate.We have largely done that, but there is still a big problem with how decisions are presented to the masses. Take Newcastle United's goal against Manchester City on Saturday. To the naked eye, Bruno Guimarães appeared to be directly ahead of Ruben Dias in the lead-up to Harvey Barnes' goal. But after applying the technique, the goal stopped.Then on Sunday, Gabriel Gudmundsson's toe appeared to be inside the VAR offside line…

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What’s going on with stealth, and can it be fixed?

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🔥 Discover this insightful post from BBC Sport 📖 📂 Category: 📌 Key idea: At what point is the threshold for a player clearly influencing the goalkeeper exceeded? The only way to end these discussions is to make an objective decision, but we must be careful of unintended consequences. Will we get more consistent decisions? No doubt, but as we saw with the rule of handball, if you add more shooters it simply leads to more disallowed goals.How about saying that a player who is offside in the six-yard box should always influence the goalkeeper? You will still have shades…

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Rangers fire CEO Patrick Stewart and sporting director Kevin Thelwell

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🔥 Explore this trending post from BBC Sport 📖 📂 Category: 📌 Main takeaway: Rangers were ranked eighth in the Scottish Premier League, 11 points behind leaders Heart of Midlothian, and failed to qualify for the Champions League when former Southampton coach Martin was sacked.They have closed the gap to nine domestically under new boss Danny Rühl and are up to fourth place - but have now lost all four Europa League matches - the last two under the German - amid criticism of their summer transfer business."Responsible change is measured and consistent," Kavanagh said. He added: “Our first priority…

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Premier League: Why is Crystal Palace vs Manchester United at 12pm on Sunday?

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✨ Explore this trending post from BBC Sport 📖 📂 Category: 💡 Key idea: Crystal Palace's match with Manchester United on Sunday at Selhurst Park will be played at 12pm (GMT) on Sunday due to TV broadcast selections.The game was originally scheduled to take place at 12:30 PM on Saturday, according to TNT Sports' selection of this weekend's matches.However, with Crystal Palace facing a trip to Strasbourg in France on Thursday evening, the match was postponed by 24 hours.It also means that Premier League matches that were due to start at 2pm on Sunday will now start at 2:05pm, in…

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Ashes 2025-26: Jonathan Agnew on England’s preparation ahead of second Test

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🚀 Read this trending post from BBC Sport 📖 📂 Category: ✅ Here’s what you’ll learn: Throughout the 150-year history of Test cricket, there is a reason why successful batting has been built on strong defence, not cruising the pitch and passing fast on the bowling.I've spoken to a number of former Australia players since the first Test ended. One problem they identified is the lack of accountability in the English system.“This is how we play,” this is the slogan of this English team and it is one of its failures.There needs to be some reflection on what happened in…

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