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Lauren McCannBBC Sport NI journalist1 hour agoNorthern Ireland’s interim boss Kris Lindsay said he is relishing a return to Mourneview Park for his side’s World Cup qualifier against Turkey on Saturday.Lindsay spent six seasons as a player at Mourneview with Glenavon and also served as a first-team coach at the club after he retired.The 42-year-old hopes to savour the occasion and refused to be drawn into questions about his future after Saturday’s game when his interim reign is set to end.”I’m relatively local to here and spent a lot of my career here, so I’m well at home and looking…
SNS2 hours agoThe possibility of Celtic ending the season without a trophy “should be a wake-up call for the football club”, according to interim manager Martin O’Neill.Last season’s beaten finalists face a difficult trip across Glasgow to play city rivals Rangers in a Scottish Cup quarter-final on Sunday.They have already lost to St Mirren in this season’s League Cup final, while the reigning champions sit five points behind long-time leaders Heart of Midlothian in a four-team race for the Premiership title along with Rangers and Motherwell.”We are miles away from winning anything,” O’Neill admitted. “The overall picture is that it…
Gareth VincentBBC Sport Wales2 hours agoCommentsRhian Wilkinson says the impact of her “finishers” is evidence of the increased options at Wales’ disposal as they plot a path to the 2027 Women’s World Cup.Wales’ bid to reach Brazil began with a creditable 2-2 draw in the Czech Republic on Tuesday thanks to a stoppage-time equaliser from Elise Hughes.Crystal Palace forward Hughes came off the bench along with the likes of Carrie Jones, Mared Griffiths and Mia Ross to help Wales salvage what may prove to be a vital point.Wilkinson, whose side play their second Group B1 game against Montenegro in Llanelli…
To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.This video can not be played2 hours agoWest Ham manager Nuno Espirito Santo has called for clarity on what constitutes a foul at set-pieces, warning current levels of grappling and blocking are “almost crazy”.The Hammers boss became the latest Premier League chief to weigh-in on the issue as he called for refereeing officials to visit clubs and explain to players “what is a foul, what is a contact, how far can you go… because we are seeing things that are not normal”.Speaking before his side’s FA Cup match against…
For residents like Monira, the current situation feels all too familiar. Many people had to evacuate during the previous war between Israel and Hezbollah, which saw Hezbollah’s leadership assassinated, many of its fighters killed, and many of its weapons destroyed.
But just days into this latest conflict, the mood in Israel – basking in the military partnership with Donald Trump – is already breathlessly looking to a new future, and a new Middle East, prompting one Israeli commentator, Avi Issacharof, to urge his country to “come down to earth for a moment”.
Available for over a yearSaturday marks one week of the US-Israel war on Iran. In that time, we’ve heard shifting stories and opposing justifications from the Trump administration on why military action was taken. In this episode, Sarah and Anthony discuss the changing narratives, and look at the many questions that remain unanswered. This includes, examining what does success look like for America and whether Trump needs Congress to carry on funding the war in the longer term? Sarah and Anthony speak to Robert Malley, one of the architects of the Iran nuclear deal during Barack Obama’s presidency in 2015.…
Getty ImagesMike HensonBBC Sport rugby union news reporter2 hours ago161 CommentsLast weekend, France launched a new shirt.Antoine Dupont, Louis Bielle Biarrey and Matthieu Jalibert, along with footballers Djibril Cisse and Hugo Ekitike, featured in a glossy advert for the powder-blue retro number France will wear against England on the final day of the Six Nations.By contrast, England, for this weekend against Italy, have opted for the bibs.Their new-look backline’s only experience together is in training singlets in practice.Look instead for smaller combinations within the whole and you find only thin threads of understanding.Fly-half Fin Smith and inside centre Seb Atkinson…