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Dyslexia helped me process choices faster

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🔥 Explore this trending post from BBC Sport 📖 📂 Category: 📌 Key idea: Sarah Julian,BBC WM RadioandAndrew Dawkins,West MidlandsAlex Livesey - Dinehouse/Getty ImagesJolyon Lescott said dyslexia also helped him with "the way I approach things."“I was considered one of the slow students, so obviously I learned over my career and my adult life.... There's a diagnosis for that and it was dyslexia.”Former England footballer Joleon Lescott spoke about his time at the school, at an event organized by the Made By Dyslexia (MBD) charity.Lescott, 43, who played more than 200 games for Wolves, stressed that while he struggled, dyslexia…

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Why are Wales playing South Africa on Saturday?

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🔥 Check out this must-read post from BBC Sport 📖 📂 Category: 💡 Key idea: The 13 Welsh players based in England and France initially named in Tandy's autumn squad are unavailable for Wales this weekend.Lock Adam Beard is based in France, while there are 12 players plying their trade in England with Rhys Carey, Ollie Cracknell, Archie Griffin, Nicky Smith, David Jenkins, Freddie Thomas, Tomos Williams, Jarrod Evans, Louie Hennessy, Max Llewellyn, Nick Tompkins and Louis Rhys-Zammit.In contrast, Wales has a long-term agreement with its teams to allow players to participate in the national team, so the names of…

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Hibernian: Are they building on another good season a year after the big turn?

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✨ Read this must-read post from BBC Sport 📖 📂 Category: 📌 Here’s what you’ll learn: The data also looks good for Hibs as a team overall, especially attackingly, where they rank highly in several key metrics.Only Celtic have created more big chances and have a higher Expected Goals (xG) rating, while they are third in terms of touches in the opposition penalty area.If the league table was based on a team's xG for and against, Leith would still be in third place, suggesting they are not in the wrong position.It has been a similar story for Hibs recently, even…

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Daily Football – Monday Night Club with Mark Chapman

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🔥 Discover this insightful post from BBC Sport 📖 📂 Category: 💡 Key idea: Available for 29 daysIdrissa Gueye sees red for Everton in Manchester United. Did Tottenham make a mistake in the game plan? Mark Chapman is joined by Joe Hart, Chris Sutton and The Observer's football correspondent Rory Smith. Former assistant referee Darren had his say on Guy's red card. Chris reveals his career path is similar to Ebere Eze. Rangers sacked CEO Patrick Stewart and sporting director Kevin Thelwell, while Celtic is close to appointing Wilfried Nancy as team president. 02:45 The strange red card for Idrissa…

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Matt Dawson column: Grand Slams should be seen as a ‘stepping stone’

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💥 Check out this awesome post from BBC Sport 📖 📂 Category: 📌 Key idea: The danger comes when teams reach their absolute splendor in the middle of a World Cup cycle.We've seen that before. But New Zealand and South Africa won the World Cup twice in a row and were the best team in the world for long periods.It's not a negative to be the best team in the world before 2027.If England can climb the world rankings by winning the Six Nations or Championship and finishing first or second, they will be in a strong position to reach…

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Troy Deeney’s Team of the Week: Areola, Munoz, Kadioglu, Anderson, Eze, Wilson.

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✨ Check out this trending post from BBC Sport 📖 📂 Category: 💡 Key idea: Eberechi Eze (Arsenal): Man of the moment. Many Arsenal fans, including my son, were wondering if he was the man to take them to the top. Three goals in the north London derby and now they want to make a statue of him. Goals, composure, he ran the show. The best player on the field.Morgan Rogers (Aston Villa): This is probably the only thing I agree with Thomas Tuchel, he has now reached a point where it will be very difficult to rule out Morgan…

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Manchester United 0-1 Everton: Ruben Amorim says his team is nowhere near the level it should be

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🔥 Explore this insightful post from BBC Sport 📖 📂 Category: 📌 Main takeaway: Everton's recent visit to Old Trafford has angered Ruben Amorim "Statement the storm is coming" Although his team, Manchester United, won 4-0.Twelve months later, their visit brought more words of caution from Amorim about his team's development, which proved equally perceptive.From United's perspective, the stunning encounter between Idrissa Gueye and Michael Keane can be forgotten beyond the knowledge that it left them facing 10 men for 77 minutes.What followed supported Amorim's pre-match view that his team was "far from perfect".For 77 minutes the United manager watched…

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The Ashes 2025: Mark Wood will lead England to the second Test in Brisbane

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🔥 Check out this awesome post from BBC Sport 📖 📂 Category: 💡 Main takeaway: Fast bowler Mark Wood said he would drive to England's next Ashes Test in Brisbane if he could, "just to keep me sane" after his side's two-day opening defeat in Perth.Speaking on the For Love of Cricket podcast, the 35-year-old seamer said he will embark on the 2,832-mile journey as the England team seeks to mentally recover from their eight-wicket thrashing in Western Australia."It's going to be painful and he's going to have to be sore for a few days," Wood told former teammate Stuart…

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Idrissa Gueye: The Everton midfielder sent off his teammate Michael Keane

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✨ Discover this must-read post from BBC Sport 📖 📂 Category: 💡 Main takeaway: Former assistant referee Darren Kane, who officiated more than 1,000 professional matches, described the confrontation between Jay and Kane as "extraordinary".Speaking to BBC Radio 5 Live, he added: "Tony Harrington was looking straight at the confrontation. He had an unobstructed view and clearly saw Guy slap Kane in the face, so in the laws of football that would constitute violent conduct and a red card is the correct decision."“For a push to Michael Caine to be violent behaviour, it must have been to the face, not…

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India vs South Africa: The hosts face defeat at home in Guwahati

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✨ Check out this insightful post from BBC Sport 📖 📂 Category: ✅ Main takeaway: India received a huge first innings lead of 288 runs and faced a series defeat after being bowled out for 201 by South Africa on the third day of the second Test in Guwahati.Seamer Marco Jansen took 6-48 before the tourists closed with a 26-0 run, leading by 314 runs and now a strong favorite to seal a 2-0 series win.Resuming 9-0, opener Yashasvi Jaiswal top-scored with 58 before being caught by Jansen off the bowling of spinner Simon Harmer.Jansen, who scored a career-best 93…

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