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Benavidez vs. Yarde: Sam Knox’s rise from rail to world title fighter

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✨ Check out this insightful post from BBC Sport 📖 📂 Category: 📌 Main takeaway: Sharon - who will be ringside in Riyadh alongside father John Noakes - has encouraged her sons to take up boxing. Noakes quickly became a talented amateur at Westree Boxing Club in Maidstone and went on to win the ABAs title in April 2019.A month later he was invited to Billy Joe Saunders' WBO super middleweight title fight with Chefat Isufi in Stevenage and was told by Francis Warren, the son of Hall of Fame promoter Frank, that he wanted to manage his career.Noakes turned…

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Long throw-ins: Which Premier League teams are the kings of long throw-ins?

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💥 Read this trending post from BBC Sport 📖 📂 Category: 💡 Key idea: How can you influence a team's long shot? Do we give them less room to run perhaps? And that's exactly what Sunderland did when Arsenal visited the Stadium of Light.Many teams also used it as a tactic against Police Stoke.Sunderland have the ability to do just that, having got the team closer to the pitch in the second leg of their Championship qualifier semi-final against Coventry in May, in which they drew to win on aggregate.But although Arsenal have a good reputation for free kicks, they…

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Ashes 2025-26: Controversy with England’s Jimmy Smith on review in Perth

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💥 Check out this must-read post from BBC Sport 📖 📂 Category: 💡 Main takeaway: Perth Stadium was filled with English boos as Smith left the field. The relevant section of the International Cricket Council's Conditions of Play, which implements the structures of the Test cricket review system, is as follows: "If, despite available technology, the third official is unable to decide with a high degree of confidence whether the original on-field decision should be changed, he or she must report that the replay is 'inconclusive', and that the on-field decision should stand. The third official may not give answers…

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Las Vegas Grand Prix: Lando Norris in first place with Oscar Piastri in fifth place

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🚀 Explore this insightful post from BBC Sport 📖 📂 Category: ✅ Main takeaway: "It's really slippery in the dry, but in the wet it's not fun. It felt like I was driving on ice," Verstappen said.“I felt like we were more competitive on the extreme tyres. We weren't competitive enough to fight for first place but second place was still good.“Excited for tomorrow, hopeful inside [of the grid] "It's good in terms of grip but we'll see."Sainz's rise to third was a strong performance in a car that was not expected to be quick in the wet, but he…

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Bukayo Saka talks about being a part-time barista, stepping away from football and why he was always Arsenal

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💥 Check out this awesome post from BBC Sport 📖 📂 Category: ✅ Main takeaway: Kelly: Who is the first person you talk to after the match?Bukayo: Depends on how I feel. I'm not really a big phone call person. I usually text my brother. I get a lot of text messages, especially if you win or score a goal... a lot of people congratulate you, which is nice.Kelly: What does an ideal day off look like for you?Bukayo: Perfect day off - wake up in the morning and go for a walk alone.Kelly: Do you like time for yourself?Bukayo:…

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Premier League: How to follow and listen to the BBC this weekend

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💥 Read this trending post from BBC Sport 📖 📂 Category: 💡 Key idea: Match of the Day will bring you the best action and talking points from the Premier League matches on Saturday and Sunday.You can listen from 23:35 GMT on Saturday and 07:35 on Sunday for all the goals from the first seven matches.All goals from Sunday's matches will also be available in Match of the Day on Sunday night (22:40) and Monday morning (08:10).BBC Sport will show highlights of every Premier League match during the 2025-26 season.These will be available on the BBC Sport app, website and…

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Premier League 2026-27: start and end dates, Boxing Day matches

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🔥 Explore this must-read post from BBC Sport 📖 📂 Category: ✅ Main takeaway: The Premier League has announced the start and end dates for the 2026-2027 season.The first round of matches will take place on the weekend of August 22, 2026, a week later than previous seasons.The delayed start allows players time off - a clear 89 days from the end of this season, and 33 days from the 2026 World Cup final.The Premier League said the postponement was a "priority" for the welfare of players in an "increasingly busy global football calendar".The final matches of the season will…

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Rangers: The faces of John Soutar, Derek Cornelius and Mickey Moore appear, and Youssef El Chermiti is concerned about fitness

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🔥 Discover this insightful post from BBC Sport 📖 📂 Category: 💡 Here’s what you’ll learn: Ruhl, who is "hopeful" that centre-back Souttar and on-loan Leeds United winger Moore will feature again before the end of 2025, said he was delighted for the former player and Conor Barron after they helped Scotland reach the World Cup finals, a first since 1998 for the men's team.“Billy suffered an injury last week during training, a muscle injury, and he will be out for a long time,” he said of Rice, the Scotland Under-21 player, who underwent surgery.Defender Dogon Sterling, midfielder Kieran Doyle…

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The Royal Army wins the Women’s African Champions League title for the second time

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💥 Explore this insightful post from BBC Sport 📖 📂 Category: 💡 Here’s what you’ll learn: FAR held on to beat newcomer ASEC Mimosas 2-1 in the Women's CAF Champions League final and become champions of the continent for the second time.Hanan Ait El Haj put the Moroccan team ahead with a penalty kick in the 13th minute after Safaa Bannouk was blocked by Abou Yabou.ASEC Mimosas took the lead in the second half, and Ami Priskal Diallo scored with a wonderful header after a cross from Subi Bro, to equalize for the Ivory Coast team 10 minutes after the…

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Five things to look for in the Premier League: Steel City’s struggles and Norwich City’s new era

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🚀 Explore this awesome post from BBC Sport 📖 📂 Category: 💡 Here’s what you’ll learn: Hillsborough will host the first Steel City derby of the season on Sunday but given that both participants currently reside in the bottom three, it is difficult to know which way the result will fall.No other club in the Championship has scored more goals than Sheffield Wednesday (29). On the other hand, Sheffield United scored the least number of times (11).To win, either club must overcome its shortcomings and they appear to have looked in the same direction for solutions - the north.Wednesday brought…

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