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BBC Sports Editor www.bbc.co.uk/sport/topics/cd61kend…

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Dan Roan @danroan.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Disparity, debt, disloyalty. Is PL’s record £3bn transfer window spending spree a cause for concern? BBC Sport www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
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Premier League: Is £3bn transfer window spending a cause for concern?
Sports editor Dan Roan assesses a summer during which Premier League clubs spent more than ever.
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Dan Roan @danroan.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
Fifa, the Club World Cup and Saudi Arabia www.bbc.com/sport/footba...
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Fifa Club World Cup: How Saudi Arabia is underpinning the tournament
A detailed look at the figures behind the Fifa Club World Cup, and how investment from Saudi Arabia appears to be underpinning the tournament.
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Dan Roan @danroan.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Trump’s travel ban: How will it affect the 2026 World Cup and 2028 LA Games? - BBC Sport www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympi...
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Trump travel ban: How will it affect World Cup and Olympic Games?
After President Donald Trump banned travel to the US from 12 countries, BBC Sport assesses what the impact on sporting events could be.
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Dan Roan @danroan.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Trump’s travel ban: How will it affect the 2026 World Cup and 2028 LA Games? - BBC Sport www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympi...
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Trump travel ban: How will it affect World Cup and Olympic Games?
After President Donald Trump banned travel to the US from 12 countries, BBC Sport assesses what the impact on sporting events could be.
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Dan Roan @danroan.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
Exclusive: Liverpool boss Arne Slot tells me about winning the Premier League title in debut season, taking over from Klopp, Trent, & transfers www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
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Dan Roan @danroan.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
A world record-breaking swimmer has told BBC Panorama she was left "broken" by the harsh regime run by one of the UK's most successful swimming coaches. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Olympic gold swimmer left ‘broken’ by coach's harsh regime and weight comments
Gold medallist Ruta Meilutytė describes toxic training environment under esteemed trainer Jon Rudd at top swim club.
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Dan Roan @danroan.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
'Every position affected' says rugby union concussion claim data www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-...
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Rugby concussions lawsuit: 'Every position affected' says claim data
Rugby concussions lawsuit: 'Every position affected' says claim data
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Dan Roan @danroan.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Culture secretary Lisa Nandy to meet ex footballers & families later today to hear more about "the devastating impacts" of brain diseases. Comes amid Football Families for Justice campaign calling for more help from the sport’s authorities for cost of care www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
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Lisa Nandy: Culture secretary to meet former footballers and families to hear about brain diseases from playing the sportout brain d
Culture secretary Lisa Nandy will meet with former footballers and their families to hear more about
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Dan Roan @danroan.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Sports media rights executive David Kogan has been named as the government's preferred choice as chair of the English football's new independent regulator. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
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David Kogan named government's preferred choice to chair new English football regulator
Sports media rights executive David Kogan is named as the government's preferred choice as chair of the English football's new independent regulator.
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Dan Roan @danroan.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
A ‘prominent’ Commonwealth Games Federation official has been found to have breached its ethics code after a claim that they "spent an inordinate amount of time with a volunteer of the opposite sex" at a social event related to CGF business www.bbc.com/sport/articl...
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Prominent Commonwealth Games official found to have breached ethics code
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Dan Roan @danroan.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Donald Trump’s tariffs: How could a trade war impact the world of sport? www.bbc.co.uk/sport/articl...
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Donald Trump tariffs: How might they affect sport?
After US president Donald Trump unveiled his new trade tariffs, BBC sports editor Dan Roan looks at what impact the move could have on the world of sport.
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Dan Roan @danroan.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Donald Trump’s tariffs: How could a trade war impact the world of sport? www.bbc.co.uk/sport/articl...
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Donald Trump tariffs: How might they affect sport?
After US president Donald Trump unveiled his new trade tariffs, BBC sports editor Dan Roan looks at what impact the move could have on the world of sport.
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Dan Roan @danroan.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
"High degree of uncertainty" over how much of the hundreds of millions of pounds lent to sports bodies during Covid will ever be repaid, says influential group of MPs. The Public Accounts Cttee criticised "severe weaknesses" in DCMS handling of the loans www.bbc.co.uk/sport/articl...
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Covid loans: Uncertainty over £400m yet to be paid back
There is a
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Dan Roan @danroan.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
"High degree of uncertainty" over how much of the hundreds of millions of pounds lent to sports bodies during Covid will ever be repaid, says influential group of MPs. The Public Accounts Cttee criticised "severe weaknesses" in DCMS handling of the loans www.bbc.co.uk/sport/articl...
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Covid loans: Uncertainty over £400m yet to be paid back
There is a
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Dan Roan @danroan.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Excl: Britain ‘risking global reputation’ by not hosting more major sports events, outgoing UK Sport supremo Katherine Grainger tells me. ⬇️ www.bbc.com/sport/articl...
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Dame Katherine Grainger: UK Sport chair 'frustrated' Britain not hosting more events
Outgoing UK Sport chair Dame Katherine Grainger says it is
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Dan Roan @danroan.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Exclusive: Rugby league concussion lawsuit: Nearly two-thirds of claimants 'showed CTE symptoms' | BBC Sport www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-...
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Rugby league concussion lawsuit: Nearly two-thirds of claimants 'showed CTE symptoms'
Almost two-thirds of the claimants in a concussion lawsuit against rugby league authorities showed symptoms of chronic traumatic encephalopathy, according to documents seen by the BBC.
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Dan Roan @danroan.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Exclusive: Rugby league concussion lawsuit: Nearly two-thirds of claimants 'showed CTE symptoms' | BBC Sport www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-...
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Rugby league concussion lawsuit: Nearly two-thirds of claimants 'showed CTE symptoms'
Almost two-thirds of the claimants in a concussion lawsuit against rugby league authorities showed symptoms of chronic traumatic encephalopathy, according to documents seen by the BBC.
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Dan Roan @danroan.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
Groundbreaking but controversial. Kirsty Coventry became world sport’s most powerful figure this week & the IOC’s first female President. So what questions are raised by the Zimbabwean’s triumph? www.bbc.com/sport/olympi...
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Kirsty Coventry - the groundbreaking but controversial new IOC president
Kirsty Coventry will become the 10th International Olympic Committee president - but why is she both a groundbreaking and controversial choice?
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Dan Roan @danroan.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
Special Olympics The World in Turin A must-watch film by Joe Wilson on how sport can transform the lives of athletes with intellectual disabilities ⬇️ www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
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Dan Roan @danroan.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
“The issue really isn’t the debt…the issue is that we’re spending more than we’re earning” Asked Man Utd co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe if recent ticket price increases are down to the debt the club has been saddled with since the Glazer ‘05 takeover ⬇️ www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
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Dan Roan @danroan.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Extended interview with Sir Jim Ratcliffe via BBC iplayer www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
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Premier League - Sir Jim Ratcliffe: The Interview
Manchester United co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe talks to the BBC's Sports Editor Dan Roan.
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Dan Roan @danroan.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
FA chief Mark Bullingham tells me he’s “receptive” to temporarily removing relegation from the WSL “if the overall package is good for the women's game”, but he “would never accept a closed league in the long term” www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
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Dan Roan @danroan.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
FA chief exec Mark Bullingham defends allowing England boss Thomas Tuchel “to go home occasionally” after it emerged last month he had not attended 3 PL weekends due to trips back to Germany, & says he’s made a “brilliant impact” www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
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Dan Roan @danroan.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
FA chief exec Mark Bullingham defends allowing England boss Thomas Tuchel “to go home occasionally” after it emerged last month he had not attended 3 PL weekends due to trips back to Germany, & says he’s made a “brilliant impact” www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
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Dan Roan @danroan.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
“It’s time” This month, Africa’s most decorated Olympian Kirsty Coventry could make history by becoming the 1st female IOC president. She told me why she wants to hold the most powerful position in world sport & her role in a controversial Zimbabwe government ⬇️ www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympi...
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Kirsty Coventry: Time the International Olympic Committee was led by a woman
International Olympic Committee presidential candidate Kirsty Coventry says it's time the organisation was led by a woman.
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Dan Roan @danroan.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Exclusive: Britain set to host opening stages of men's Tour de France in 2027 with sports chiefs increasingly confident of bringing Grand Depart back to the UK for first time since 2014 www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cyclin...
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Tour de France: Great Britain set to host Grand Depart of men's race in 2027
The UK is set to host the men's Tour de France Grand Depart in 2027, BBC Sport has learned.
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Dan Roan @danroan.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Paralympics president opposed to transgender participation 'blanket solutions' across sports www.bbc.co.uk/sport/articl...
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International Paralympic Committee president Andrew Parsons opposed to 'blanket' transgender bans
The president of the International Paralympic Committee says he is opposed to
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Dan Roan @danroan.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Should England be playing Afghanistan? TMS special looking at the ongoing off-field controversy surrounding Afghanistan cricket. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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Test Match Special - Should England be playing against Afghanistan? - BBC Sounds
A special TMS episode looking at the controversy around Afghanistan cricket.
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Dan Roan @danroan.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
IOC provisionally recognises breakaway World Boxing as the international federation within the Olympic movement governing the sport of boxing at world level. Was formed after International Boxing Assoc was stripped of its status as governing body in 2023 www.olympics.com/ioc/news/ioc...
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Dan Roan @danroan.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Afghanistan players know "full well" things are "not correct" in their home country says coach Jonathan Trott, as Amnesty urges England players “to speak out against the assault on women’s rights under the Taliban regime” on eve of Champions Trophy match www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricke...
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Champions Trophy 2025 England v Afghanistan: Coach Jonathan Trott on bravery of his players
Afghanistan's players know
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Dan Roan @danroan.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
The Football Supporters' Association has written to the Premier League urging the organisation to support a division-wide ticket price freeze next season, as part of its 'Stop Exploiting Loyalty' campaign. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
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Premier League ticket prices: FSA urges league to back price freeze for 2025-26
The Premier League is urged to back the Football Supporters' Association's call for a division-wide ticket price freeze next season.
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John Simpson @johnsimpsonnews.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
My article for BBC Online about Pres Trump, NATO, and Ukraine: John Simpson: 2025 could be year for the history books as Trump shreds global norms www.bbc.com/news/article...
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John Simpson: 2025 could be year for the history books
Like 1968 or 1989, this could be a year when the world changes in a fundamental way.
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Dan Roan @danroan.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Calls for Arsenal, PSG and Bayern Munich to end Visit Rwanda deals www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
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Calls for Arsenal, PSG and Bayern Munich to end Visit Rwanda deals
DR Congo calls on Arsenal, PSG and Bayern Munich to end their “blood stained” sponsorship deals with Visit Rwanda amid a worsening humanitarian crisis in the country.
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Dan Roan @danroan.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Spain's former football boss on trial over World Cup kiss www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Ex-Spain football boss Luis Rubiales on trial over World Cup kiss
Luis Rubiales is standing trial for kissing football player Jenni Hermoso without her consent after her team won the World Cup.
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Dan Roan @danroan.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
The Hundred: Mumbai Indians billionaires buy stake in Oval Invincibles, while Birmingham City FC owners Knighthead invest in Birmingham Phoenix, as £100m is raised from landmark sale of shares in 1st two cricket franchises www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricke...
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The Hundred: Mumbai Indians buy stake in Oval Invincibles, Knighthead in Birmingham Phoenix
India's wealthiest family and the Tom Brady-backed owners of Birmingham City have agreed deals for the first two stakes of teams in The Hundred.
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Dan Roan @danroan.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
“I hope I was able to get across the purpose & energy the role requires.” Lord Coe says his pitch to be IOC president “seems to have landed well”, but "there's a long road ahead” of March vote. Asked him how his presentation to members went & about opaque process ⬇️ www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympi...
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Dan Roan @danroan.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Threat of abuse for disabled fans grows to record high - survey - BBC Sport www.bbc.co.uk/sport/articl...
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Threat of abuse for disabled fans grows to record high - survey
The threat of abuse is a barrier to attending sports events for more disabled fans than ever, according to a report by the Level Playing Field charity.
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Dan Roan @danroan.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Erling Haaland: Man City’s 115 charges had no bearing on signing new deal - BBC Sport www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
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Erling Haaland: Man City charges had no bearing on signing new deal
Erling Haaland says he is
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Dan Roan @danroan.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
A teenager has been arrested on suspicion of "malicious communications" following the online abuse of Arsenal striker Kai Havertz and his wife. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
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Kai Havertz: Teenage boy arrested on suspicion of sending online abuse to Arsenal striker and wife
A 17-year-old boy from St Albans is arrested on suspicion of sending online abuse to Arsenal striker Kai Havertz and his wife.
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Dan Roan @danroan.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Nandy turns on opposition Lords for trying to “wreck” football regulator bill & “killing off the hopes and dreams of supporters”, as legislation reaches “critical juncture” www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
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Football Governance Bill at critical juncture - Lisa Nandy
Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy has warned that attempts to pass a Football Governance Bill are at a
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Dan Roan @danroan.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Nandy turns on opposition Lords for trying to “wreck” football regulator bill & “killing off the hopes and dreams of supporters”, as legislation reaches “critical juncture” www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
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Football Governance Bill at critical juncture - Lisa Nandy
Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy has warned that attempts to pass a Football Governance Bill are at a
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Dan Roan @danroan.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Man Utd and Scotland legend Law dies aged 84 www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
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Denis Law: Manchester United and Scotland legend dies aged 84
Former Scotland, Manchester City and Manchester United striker Denis Law - the only Scottish player to have won the Ballon d'Or award - has died at the age of 84.
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Dan Roan @danroan.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Kick It Out asks FIFA & Conmebol if action has been taken over video posted by Chelsea’s Enzo Fernandez showing alleged racist chanting by Argentina players last year, comparing case to 7 match ban handed to Spurs’ Rodrigo Bentancur by FA ⬇️ www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
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Enzo Fernandez: Kick It Out ask questions of Fifa and Conmebol over alleged racist video
Kick It Out (KIO) asks Fifa if it has taken any action over a video posted on social media by Chelsea's Enzo Fernandez last year featuring an alleged
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Dan Roan @danroan.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
With L2 Salford City co-owner Ryan Giggs set to be in the dugout for their FA Cup tie v Man City tmrw, how likely are his hopes of a return to management, 4 years after he took charge of Wales for the final time? www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
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Ryan Giggs: What happened to coaching career of Man Utd icon?
BBC sports editor Dan Roan asks what happened to the coaching career of former Manchester United player and Wales manager Ryan Giggs.
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Dan Roan @danroan.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
US Anti-Doping Agency “fully supports” US government withholding World Anti-Doping Agency payment amid dispute over handling of scandal over Chinese swimmers www.bbc.co.uk/sport/articl...
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US Anti-Doping Agency 'fully support's US government withholding World Anti-Doping Agency payment
The US Anti-Doping Agency (Usada) says it
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Dan Roan @danroan.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Investment company Sportsbank confirms it has entered into an exclusivity agreement with Crystal Palace owner John Textor’s Eagle Football Holdings over a potential “significant financial investment” #cpfc ⬇️
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Dan Roan @danroan.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
UK Athletics charged with manslaughter after Paralympian's death www.bbc.co.uk/sport/articl...
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Abdullah Hayayei: UK Athletics and former head of sport Keith Davies charged with manslaughter after Paralympian's death
UK Athletics and its former head of sport Keith Davies are charged with manslaughter over the death of Paralympian Abdullah Hayayei.
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Dan Roan @danroan.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Gloucester to remove Russian flag from rugby player's shirt www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-...
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Kirill Gotovtsev: Gloucester to remove Russian flag from player's shirt
Gloucester apologises for the use of a Russian flag on prop Kirill Gotovtsev's club shirt and says it will no longer be featured.
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Dan Roan @danroan.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
England have 'power' to boycott Afghanistan match - MP www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricke...
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England-Afghanistan boycott calls: MP says players have 'power' to refuse to play Champions Trophy match
England's men's players have the
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Dan Roan @danroan.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
How Anfield's Alexander-Arnold toxicity came to a head www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
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Trent Alexander Arnold fan abuse: Could Real Madrid transfer speculation harm Liverpool?
BBC Sport explores why some Liverpool fans were hostile towards Trent Alexander-Arnold during Sunday's 2-2 draw with Manchester United at Anfield.
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