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The Ashes 2025: TMS pundits’ players to watch, including Root, Stokes, Smith and Labuschagne

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🚀 Discover this awesome post from BBC Sport 📖 📂 Category: ✅ Here’s what you’ll learn: Former England footballer and BBC chief cricket commentator Jonathan Agnew: “Honestly, I can't see England winning the Ashes without Ben Stokes. "He is a talismanic figure, a resourceful leader, but more than anything else, his bowling is important. He is crucial in this department. All bowlers, including him, have fitness concerns." “Stokes must play four of the five Tests for England to win."For Australia, Travis Head will be an interesting character. I think England will bombard him and attack him with extreme hostility. He…

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The Ashes: Ollie Pope respects England and gives vice-captain’s position to Harry Brook

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🔥 Explore this must-read post from BBC Sport 📖 📂 Category: ✅ Key idea: Ollie Pope says he respects England's decision to replace him with Harry Brook as vice-captain for the Ashes series.Pope was deputy for most of Ben Stokes' three years as Test captain, stepping up to captain on five occasions - including England's final Test against India in July.But the Surrey batsman was demoted when the squad was named to tour Australia in September.Director of cricket Rob Key explained the move by saying Brook, who became England captain in the summer, is a "better captain".“If they think it's…

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Ireland 46-19 Australia: Conor Murray on McHansen’s ‘world-class ability’

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✨ Read this trending post from BBC Sport 📖 📂 Category: 📌 Here’s what you’ll learn: Former halfback Conor Murray said McHansen has "world class ability" after a first-half hat-trick in Ireland's 46-19 win over Australia on Saturday.Hansen, who was starting for Ireland at full-back for the first time, impressed on his return from a foot injury with three tries in the first 30 minutes as Ireland recorded a record win over Australia.Speaking on the Irish Rugby Social podcast, Murray praised Canberra-born Hansen for his impact on and off the field for Andy Farrell's side."The team has missed him because…

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Wales’ victory sparked wild celebrations but reality hit Steve Tandy’s side

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🔥 Discover this insightful post from BBC Sport 📖 📂 Category: 📌 Main takeaway: Japan doubled the number of passes and forced Wales to make almost 100 more tackles than the visitors.The Brave Blossoms were the most impressive team on the show, although head coach Eddie Jones avoided two attempts to say so afterwards.“The only thing anyone remembers is the scoreboard,” Jones said. “That tells the story and is all that matters.”Jones has suffered previous defeats in Cardiff at the hands of superior Welsh sides, and has intimate knowledge of the current squad, having played with them three times this…

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ICC World Test Championship points table (updated) as of November 16 after 1st IND vs SA 2025 Test

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🚀 Discover this awesome post from Sportskeeda 📖 📂 Category: Cricket 💡 Key idea: South Africa registered a historic red-ball victory on Indian soil after 15 years after registering a 30-run victory in the first Test at Eden Gardens in Kolkata on day three, Sunday 16 November. The Proteas grabbed a 1-0 lead in the two-match series after defending a 124-run target on a slick pitch. Left-arm pacer Marko Janssen dismissed both openers in the final innings before the spinners took over to dismantle the entire Indian batting unit. Without injured skipper Shubman Gill, the Men in Blue struggled to…

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“Like Cummins, Dhoni can manage it.”

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🔥 Discover this insightful post from Sportskeeda 📖 📂 Category: Cricket ✅ Here’s what you’ll learn: Former Indian captain Kris Srikanth has advised Chennai Super Kings (CSK) to go after Australian Glenn Maxwell in the upcoming IPL 2026 auction. Punjab Kings (PBKS) released the Australian veteran on deadline day for IPL 2026. Maxwell is coming off a disappointing IPL 2025 campaign, in which he averaged a dismal eight at a strike rate of less than 98 in seven matches. He fared even worse in his final season for Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) in 2024, averaging less than a six in…

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Wrexham: Timeline from National League to Championship under Hollywood stars

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🔥 Read this must-read post from BBC Sport 📖 📂 Category: 📌 Key idea: July 2024: Wrexham returns to the USA for a third successive US tour.August 11, 2024: Desperate Housewives star Eva Longoria watches as Wrexham kick off their League One campaign with a 3-2 win at home to Wycombe.September 16, 2024: Wrexham's encouraging start to the season hit a stumbling block with defeat to Birmingham. The game has been billed as a "Hollywood derby" as Birmingham is partly owned by NFL legend Tom Brady.October 19, 2024: Paul Mullen's goal 16 seconds after his return to the starting line-up…

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World Cup 2026: Italy struggles to avoid another ‘horrific’ qualifying failure

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🚀 Explore this must-read post from BBC Sport 📖 📂 Category: 💡 Key idea: Italy won the European Championship in 2021, but has not played in the World Cup finals since 2014, when it beat England but lost to Costa Rica and Uruguay and failed to advance beyond the group stage.Their 2026 World Cup qualifying campaign could not have gotten off to a worse start.A narrow 3-0 loss in the opener to Norway, in which Manchester City's Erling Haaland scored one of the goals, led to coach Luciano Spalletti publicly announcing his dismissal two days later, although he still took…

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Wales 24-23 Japan: Steve Tandy describes Adams’ red card as “cruel”

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🔥 Read this trending post from BBC Sport 📖 📂 Category: ✅ Key idea: Japan coach Eddie Jones agreed with Tandy on Adams' ruling.He was also angry that Epineri Uluiviti, Faulua Makisi and Harry Hockings received yellow cards for dangerous tackles.“It's almost comical now,” Jones said. “We are absolutely ruining the game of rugby.“I don't think any of the actions we committed today were intentional and deserve to be vilified, either us or Wales.“We have to have a more rational approach to the game. There will be connections with the head. "Unless it's reckless, which I haven't seen in any…

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FIFA records 30,000 offensive posts on social media in 2025

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💥 Read this insightful post from BBC Sport 📖 📂 Category: 📌 Main takeaway: “Through the FIFA Social Media Protection Service (SMPS) and by deploying advanced technology and human expertise, FIFA is taking decisive action to protect players, coaches, teams and match officials from the serious harm caused by online abuse.”FIFA established SMPS in 2022 with players' union Fifpro to monitor, report and block offensive content.FIFA was criticized after it appeared to drop anti-racism messages at the Club World Cup, held in the United States this summer, but SMPS was used.“During the tournament, SMPS monitored 2,401 active accounts across five…

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