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England at New Zealand: Batting woes hamper Brendon McCullum’s Ashes preparations as the top order fails again

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💥 Read this awesome post from BBC Sport 📖 📂 Category: ✅ Main takeaway: England's figure of 175 was well below their average first innings total of 244 in ODIs in Hamilton.In fact, that number was more than a hundred points behind the average winning score – 287 – when batting first on the ground.With so few runs to play with, England's bowlers needed to combine accuracy and control.Archer brought them through 10 overs of top-class fast bowling across two overs as he marked in his first outing of the winter.The 30-year-old set the tone early with a full delivery…

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Ireland vs New Zealand: Can the All Blacks rediscover their spark this autumn?

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💥 Explore this must-read post from BBC Sport 📖 📂 Category: ✅ Main takeaway: Before they departed for the Northern Hemisphere, it was confirmed that next year, in the absence of the Rugby Championship, New Zealand would face South Africa in a summer series dubbed "a tour like no other". Historically the game's two strongest teams, there's no doubt as to who has recently got the better of what marketers have dubbed "Rugby's Greatest Rivalry".Over the past seven years, the Springboks have won two World Cups, three Rugby Championships and a series against the British and Irish Lions to be…

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Tony Pulis column: “I used to be seen as a dinosaur but I don’t see too many managers complaining about set pieces now”

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✨ Read this must-read post from BBC Sport 📖 📂 Category: 📌 Here’s what you’ll learn: Hello and welcome to the new BBC sports column, Going Direct.From tactics to man management, I'll be covering a different aspect of the modern game each week, comparing old-school ideas with new trends.There's only one place to start, and that's with the advent of set-pieces, which may be the story of the season so far.I was seen as a dinosaur for my focus on set-pieces and long throws with Stoke City when we were promoted to the Premier League in 2008, but I can't…

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BBC Women’s Football Weekly – Weir comes home, Wales and winless Bronze get birthday goal

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🔥 Read this awesome post from BBC Sport 📖 📂 Category: 📌 Main takeaway: Available for 29 daysOrder has been restored with Ben Haynes back in the presenter's seat alongside Ellen White and Jane Beattie to review the October international break! The trio review the first two friendlies in England's homecoming series against Brazil and Australia after we saw Maya Le Tissier start at full-back and centre-back and talk about how to get the best out of Alessia Russo and Aggie Beaver-Jones up front. Plus, it wouldn't be a weekly Women's Football podcast without a mention of Lucy Bronze, as…

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Celtic fans on Ange Postecoglou, Martin O’Neill and Brendan Rodgers

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🔥 Read this awesome post from BBC Sport 📖 📂 Category: 💡 Here’s what you’ll learn: Michael: Over the past few months, Brendan has seemed unable to change his style of play. The team's approach was predictable and slow, and they seemed to have no plan B. He also seemed to have well-rehearsed answers when asked about the results, answers that did not criticize anyone, not even himself. Quite political.Marianne: Rodgers has done it again. He had to stay and prove that he could turn things around. It caused a lot of bad feelings.Jimmy: I think Rodgers has been working…

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Swansea City vs Manchester City: When Swansea knocked out the champions-in-waiting

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💥 Read this awesome post from BBC Sport 📖 📂 Category: 📌 Main takeaway: Swansea were in their first Premier League season in almost three decades after winning the Championship play-off final in 2011, just eight years after beating Hull City on the final day of the season to avoid exit from the Football League.By contrast, Manchester City was establishing itself as one of football's superpowers following the club's takeover by Abu Dhabi United Group in 2008.There was a gap between the clubs.So it came as no surprise when Swansea lost 4-0 at the Etihad Stadium in their first Premier…

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Baller League UK: Why can a Premier League player appear so convincing?

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🔥 Check out this trending post from BBC Sport 📖 📂 Category: 📌 Here’s what you’ll learn: The Premier League has no official rules on whether any of its players can participate in Baller League UK.The second series of the six-a-side competition kicked off on Monday and featured a masked footballer who is claimed to be an active Premier League player.The mystery man, who was wearing number 14 and was fully disguised from head to toe, entered NDL FC - the team managed by social media star Niko Omilana."I can't tell you who it is, they're going to be in…

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MLB World Series Game 4: The Toronto Blue Jays beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 6-2 to tie the game 2-2

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💥 Explore this must-read post from BBC Sport 📖 📂 Category: 📌 Main takeaway: The Toronto Blue Jays tied the best-of-seven World Series at 2-2 with a 6-2 rout of the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 4.Vladimir Guerrero Jr.'s early two-run homer and a run galore in the seventh inning helped the only Canadian team in Major League Baseball come from behind at Dodger Stadium.It also ensures the series returns to Toronto for a sixth, and possibly seventh, decisive game.After Monday's 18-inning epic sapped the bullpen energy for both teams, the Dodgers and Blue Jays were counting on long outings…

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Football Daily – Celtic’s explosive statement and Liverpool’s defeat once again

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✨ Discover this trending post from BBC Sport 📖 📂 Category: 📌 Main takeaway: Available for 29 daysJoin James Gregg, BBC football correspondent Sami Mokbel, and Premier League and Rangers midfielder Charlie Adam in Football Daily's latest podcast. They were joined by Tom English, BBC Scotland's chief sportswriter, to respond to Celtic's dramatic exit for Brendan Rodgers, and an even more dramatic statement from Celtic's majority shareholder Dermot Desmond. Tom explains how we got to this point, what the response has been and what's next for the Hoops following the appointment of Martin O'Neill as their interim boss. Sami and…

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EFL Cup Round: Rotherham battle to beat Manchester City U21s

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🔥 Explore this awesome post from BBC Sport 📖 📂 Category: ✅ Here’s what you’ll learn: Arsenal The under-21 team also suffered, losing 4-3 Exeter City.Charles Sago converted early as the Gunners went flying.This goal separated the two sides in the second half, but Josh Magennis scored six goals in the second half.Harrison Dudziak restored the visitors' lead before Jack Aitchison restored them again.Ousmane Kamara gave Arsenal new hope, but Magennis scored his second within 60 seconds, and Luca Woodhouse crossed the ball for Jayden Wareham to score the winner three minutes from time.barrow They managed to get their first…

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