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Barcelona and Spain’s Lamine Yamal wins 2024 Golden Boy award

Lamine Yamal while playing for Barcelona.

Barcelona and Spain’s Lamine Yamal has won the 2024 Golden Boy award. The award, founded by Italian newspaper Tuttosport, is given to the best European men’s player under the age of 21, with journalists voting using a points system. Yamal, 17, established himself as a first-team regular for Barcelona last season before helping Spain to win Euro 2024. The winger …

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England in New Zealand: Judgement day for Bazball is upon us

Ben Stokes

In Christchurch, the city of his birth, Stokes is born again. Physically fit and back to his ebullient self. As usual, he politely fends off suggestions that this is a homecoming – “I’m English” – though concedes it is special to be surrounded by so many members of his family. Merivale Papanui, the club where a young Stokes played his …

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Sean Lynn: Gloucester-Hartpury boss not in contact over Wales women role

Sean Lynn standing on the field with a ball under his arm

Gloucester-Hartpury return to league action this Saturday after three weeks off, with a local derby against Bristol Bears at Kingsholm – the first of four consecutive weeks of fixtures before Christmas. They are currently third in the table, 11 points behind leaders Saracens with a game in hand, but only a point and place in front of the Bears who …

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Nathan Rooney: Larne job ‘ the perfect opportunity’ for new manager

Larne manager Nathan Rooney

Asked about his approach to management, Rooney explained that he is “tough in terms of managing the seniors” and “quite demanding in terms of what the training regime looks like”. “For me that’s important that we get that perfectly bang on so that we can roll into the games with no questions asked – full clarity, confidence. “Demands are going …

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Ireland v Australia: Stockdale, Furlong, Baird & Osborne injured

Jacob Stockdale

Jacob Stockdale, Tadhg Furlong, Ryan Baird and Jamie Osborne have been ruled out of Ireland’s final autumn international against Australia on Saturday. Ulster wing Stockdale (hamstring) and Leinster full-back Osborne (abductor) were forced off during Saturday’s win over Fiji. Speaking about Osborne’s injury, Ireland forwards coach Paul O’Connell said: “He’s a big loss. He’s very versatile on the bench obviously, …

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