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More than the score – How to develop a football prodigy

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✨ Read this must-read post from BBC Sport 📖 📂 Category: 💡 Here’s what you’ll learn: Available for over a yearSome of the most exciting footballers in the world right now are still teenagers. Lamin Yamal has previously won the Spanish League twice with Barcelona and the European Championship with Spain. 17-year-old Lennart Karl has scored in the Champions League and Bundesliga for Bayern Munich; Max Doman has already made his Premier League debut for Arsenal, despite being just 15 years old. But how do the top clubs ensure that their young talents fulfill their potential, both on and off…

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Tanya Oxtoby: Northern Ireland coach delighted with ‘exciting’ World Cup qualifiers.

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🚀 Read this must-read post from BBC Sport 📖 📂 Category: ✅ Here’s what you’ll learn: Northern Ireland coach Tanya Oxtoby says she is looking forward to a "huge challenge" in her 2027 World Cup qualifying group.Switzerland, Turkey and Malta will form the opponents in Group B of the qualifiers starting on March 3, with the teams playing each other home and away.Euro 2025 hosts Switzerland reached the second stage of the competition before being relegated to Spain, but have since suffered relegation from National League A.Northern Ireland failed to qualify for the summer continental tournament, but faced Malta in…

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Dan Byrne: Newcastle needs to be more “ugly” like Arsenal

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🔥 Check out this trending post from BBC Sport 📖 📂 Category: 💡 Here’s what you’ll learn: Newcastle United defender Dan Burn said his side needed to be "uglier" in their game and take inspiration from league leaders Arsenal.Eddie Howe's side suffered a 3-1 Premier League defeat to West Ham at the London Stadium on Sunday, as the struggling Hammers recorded their first home win in nearly nine months.Newcastle have not won a league match away from home since last April, and Byrne says his side's problems on the road have been a huge "frustration"."It's about mentality," he said. “The…

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Manchester United: Ruben Amorim will not work miracles – Cristiano Ronaldo

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💥 Explore this awesome post from BBC Sport 📖 📂 Category: ✅ Here’s what you’ll learn: Sir Jim Ratcliffe's Ineos Group took over the football operations after he bought a 27.7% stake in United in February 2024.Since Amorim's arrival, United have spent around £250m on new signings, and while Ronaldo says they have "good players", he feels some of them "don't think about what Manchester United is".The five-time Ballon d'Or winner, who won seven major trophies with the club between 2003 and 2009, added: "Manchester United is still in my heart.""I love this club. But we all have to be…

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Joy Barton X’s posts made me feel scared, Lucy Ward told the jury

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💥 Explore this must-read post from BBC Sport 📖 📂 Category: 📌 Main takeaway: TV football commentator Lucy Ward told a jury that Joey Barton's social media posts had left her "terrified" and "physically frightened".Former Manchester City player Mr Barton allegedly "crossed the line between free speech and crime" with messages on X about Ms Ward, fellow football critic Ene Aluko and broadcaster Jeremy Vine.Barton, 43, who has 2.7 million followers on the platform, is on trial at Liverpool Crown Court on charges of sending grossly offensive electronic communications with intent to cause distress or anxiety, which he denies.In January…

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Golden Boy and Golden Girl: Desire Doue and Michelle Agyemang won the Best Young Person awards

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✨ Read this must-read post from BBC Sport 📖 📂 Category: 💡 Main takeaway: Desire Doue won the 2025 Golden Boy Award with Michelle Agyemang taking home the Golden Girl Trophy – awards honoring the best young players in Europe.20-year-old French striker Du played a key role last season as PSG won the French treble, including their first ever Champions League title.The 20-year-old scored 16 goals and provided 16 assists in 61 appearances, including a brace in PSG's Champions League final win over Inter Milan.England and Brighton striker Agyemang, on loan from Arsenal, scored two crucial goals to help the…

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Fiorentina: Stefano Pioli sacked after the club’s worst ever start to the season

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✨ Discover this awesome post from BBC Sport 📖 📂 Category: 💡 Here’s what you’ll learn: Italian club Fiorentina fired its coach, Stefano Pioli, after the team's worst start ever in a single season.The Tuscan team has not achieved a win this season and is at the bottom of the Italian League after collecting only four points from its first 10 matches.Pioli returned to Fiorentina last July to spend his second term in office, but the club's poor performance under his leadership led to protests from fans.“ACF Fiorentina confirms that Stefano Pioli has been relieved of his duties as coach…

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Karabakh: Why do minnows attract attention in Europe this season?

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✨ Discover this trending post from BBC Sport 📖 📂 Category: 📌 Key idea: After being ridiculed in their first Champions League group stage appearance eight years ago, Azerbaijan's Karabakh side have proven to be something of a surprise in this season's competition.They lost 6-0 to Chelsea and 4-0 at home in a difficult 2017-18 season, picking up just two points from a group that included Atletico Madrid and Roma, earning the derisive nickname "The Carrier Bag".Since then, Qarabag have found their feet in Europe, and having equaled Chelsea's six points from a possible nine in the first three league…

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Trent Alexander-Arnold’s Liverpool mural was defaced ahead of Anfield return

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🔥 Explore this trending post from BBC Sport 📖 📂 Category: 💡 Here’s what you’ll learn: A Trent Alexander-Arnold mural has been vandalized as the Real Madrid right-back prepares to face former club Liverpool on Tuesday.The Liverpool academy product was booed by some fans in May after he announced he would leave his hometown club when his contract expired in June.The 27-year-old joined Real Madrid, who then earned an away tie with Liverpool in the league stage of this season's Champions League.The England defender's mural was unveiled near Anfield after Liverpool became European champions in 2019, and was also vandalized…

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Erling Haaland: The Manchester City striker downplays comparisons to Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo

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🔥 Read this must-read post from BBC Sport 📖 📂 Category: 💡 Key idea: The City striker has scored 56 goals in the 2022-23 season, his first at the club after joining from Borussia Dortmund, which has been his highest-scoring season to date.But as Haaland prepares to face his former club in a Champions League match on Wednesday (20:00 GMT), he is on track to surpass that huge sum if he maintains his current scoring rate.With 98 goals so far in 107 Premier League appearances, he is close to becoming the fastest player to reach a century of goals in…

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