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Belfast’s IBF welterweight champion Lewis Crocker says a win over Liam Paro in his next fight should open up a further window of opportunity.

FIFA also decided Thursday to take no action on formal complaints by the Palestinian soccer federation in 2024 against its Israeli counterpart, including to suspend membership.

Theories range from obvious mismatches to Premier League clubs not being able to defend from open play There were 68 goals in the last 16 of the Champions League, which is not only a lot but goes against the trend of the previous four seasons. What’s going on? Has football suddenly become more attacking again?

⚽ Updates from the tie at Villa Park; kick-off 8pm GMT⚽ Live scores | Sign up for Football Daily | Mail Scott 2 min: … but that was a fast start by Villa, and they’ve clearly been told to get right into Lille during the early exchanges. They’re first to everything at the moment. Small

Bournemouth midfielder Tyler Adams will miss Friday’s Premier League game against Manchester United after the U.S. player sustained a quadriceps injury.

Caf executive committee member Augustin Senghor says the decision to strip Senegal of the 2025 Afcon title is “unacceptable, abject and we have to denounce it”.

BBC Sport takes a closer look at former England Under-19 captain Harvey Vale following his Republic of Ireland call-up.

Centre Meg Jones will take over the England captaincy after Zoe Stratford announced that she is expecting her first child.

Jones was vice-captain in Red Roses’ World Cup triumph Centre to lead team in Six Nations opener against Ireland Meg Jones has been chosen to lead England’s world champions in 2026 after the regular Red Roses captain, Zoe Stratford, announced her pregnancy on Wednesday. Jones, who was vice-captain when England beat Canada to lift the

Chris Sutton takes on Crookhaven stars Amari Bacchus and Genesis Lynea plus the BBC readers and AI with his predictions for this weekend’s Premier League fixtures and the Carabao Cup final.