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Ireland vs South Africa: Ringrose and Van der Flier are available again but McCloskey has been ruled out

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🔥 Read this trending post from BBC Sport 📖 📂 Category: 📌 Main takeaway: Irish pair Gary Ringrose and Josh van der Flier are both available for Saturday's test against world champions South Africa, but Stuart McCluskey has been ruled out of the match through injury.Ringrose center and back row Van der Vlier have both recovered from a hamstring strain in time to be available for selection for the Aviva Stadium encounter with the Springboks after missing the 46-19 win over Australia.McCloskey is out with a recurrence of a groin injury which saw him retire hurt after 27 minutes of…

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Curacao: the small Caribbean island that is about to make World Cup history

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🚀 Read this must-read post from BBC Sport 📖 📂 Category: 📌 Main takeaway: The players from the small, beautiful Caribbean island of Curacao are 90 minutes away from making World Cup history.If Curacao avoids defeat away to Jamaica on Tuesday evening (Wednesday, 01:00 GMT), Curacao, led by former Netherlands and Rangers coach Dick Advocaat, will qualify for the finals for the first time.They will become the youngest country ever to play in a World Cup. That record is held by Iceland, a 2018 finalist, but their country is much larger than Curacao, with a population of just over 150,000…

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How difficult is it for Channel Island footballers to become professionals?

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✨ Discover this trending post from BBC Sport 📖 📂 Category: ✅ Main takeaway: The academy stage is the most difficult for the players and their families.Children traveling to England every week from the Channel Islands with a parent is expensive, time-consuming and, when the winter weather sets in, unpredictable – not to mention difficult for families who spend little time together. But that's what Le Tissier and Scott did every week as they tried to find success in English football.“When I was growing up, we would fly together every weekend,” Scott says. “Every weekend, we and one of our…

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Troy Parrott: From fringe at Tottenham to Dutch delight and Irish hero

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✨ Discover this insightful post from BBC Sport 📖 📂 Category: 📌 Key idea: The Dublin native has found a home in the Netherlands and more specifically in Alkmaar.He scored 20 goals in 47 games last season, including four goals in a 9-1 win over Heerenveen as AZ Alkmaar finished fifth in the Eredivisie.Parrott then started the 2025–26 season in impressive form with 10 goals in his first seven matches before a knee ligament injury halted his momentum for club and country as he missed the September window.He came back and hit the ground running again, scoring three more league…

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What have we learned from the tournament so far?

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🔥 Check out this awesome post from BBC Sport 📖 📂 Category: 📌 Key idea: Coventry are five points clear and are effectively six points clear in the promotion race after 15 games, such is their superior goal difference.Teams have started fast and faded many times, but the Sky Blues look different, with a combination of defensive stability, incredible attacking threat and tenacity that has seen them score the most goals, and boast the best goal difference, at this stage of the season ever.It was on 28 November 2024, when Frank Lampard was appointed to succeed Mark Robins as City…

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Anthony Joshua vs Jake Paul is scheduled to take place on December 19

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🚀 Read this insightful post from BBC Sport 📖 📂 Category: 📌 Main takeaway: "I've taken some time off and I'll be back with a huge show. It's a big opportunity for me," the 2012 Olympic gold medalist said.“Like it or not, I'm here to achieve huge numbers, fight big fights and break all the records while remaining calm and collected. "Mark my words, you'll see more fighters taking these opportunities in the future. I'm about to break the internet because of Jake Paul's face."Paul became famous through a YouTube account that now has nearly 21 million subscribers.However, in recent…

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The truth behind Scotland’s 27-year wait for the World Cup

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🚀 Read this must-read post from BBC Sport 📖 📂 Category: ✅ Key idea: Steve Clarke took over as Scotland coach in 2019 and has vowed to take the country back to the grand finals. He's done it twice, both in European Championship finals.That's no easy feat, though, as both were a damp squib as Scotland worked their way to an early exit on each occasion without dealing a real blow to anyone.The team has continued to develop under Clarke, although last year it began to look towards the future with the arrival of younger players. But where was the…

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Women’s World Cup qualifiers: England host Spain at Wembley in April

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🔥 Read this insightful post from BBC Sport 📖 📂 Category: 💡 Key idea: England, the Euro 2025 winners, will host world champions Spain at Wembley next April in 2027 Women's World Cup qualifiers.Spain defeated the Lionesses in the 2023 World Cup final, but England took revenge when they beat them on penalties in the Euro 2025 final in July to retain their European title.The two teams will meet again in Group A3 on Tuesday 14 April, with the evening kick-off date to be announced in due course.“Spain is of course one of the best teams in the world, and…

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Gennady Golovkin: “I can fight again and save Olympic boxing”

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🔥 Read this must-read post from BBC Sport 📖 📂 Category: ✅ Main takeaway: Fighters' rights have come under scrutiny in the professional ranks recently due to a bill being introduced in the US Congress backed by TKO promoter and UFC president Dana White.The bill, dubbed the “Muhammad Ali Revival Act,” would allow the creation of new boxing organizations that could serve as alternatives to existing sanctioning bodies, a proposal that has drawn significant criticism.The original Ali Law, passed in 2000, was intended to protect fighters' rights, well-being and livelihood, which some believed would be jeopardized if the new law…

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Glenn McGrath column: Former Australian Ashes, Australia and Baseball player

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💥 Check out this must-read post from BBC Sport 📖 📂 Category: ✅ Main takeaway: We are only a few days away from the first Ashes Test, and I'm hearing a lot of talk about the Australian team being supposedly in a bit of a tailspin over selection decisions.Obviously losing two fast bowlers in Pat Cummins and Josh Hazlewood to injuries is a major spanner in the works, doubly so when Cummins is the captain.But what team wouldn't suffer if they lost key players? England did not have Ben Stokes and Jofra Archer in the squad in their last Test,…

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