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Manchester City face "substantial hurdles" to overcome if they are to have any chance of winning their appeal after being found guilty of breaking the Premier League's financial rules, a leading lawyer has told BBC Sport. BBC Sport's Dale Johnson, Dan Roan, Laura Scott and Sami Mokbel assess Manchester City's position Manchester City face "substantial hurdles" if they are to have any chance of winning their appeal after being found.

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Alex Scott's sudden departure from her Disney+ presenter role reveals a pressing challenge for broadcasters of women's football. The streaming giant is in the second season of a five-year deal to cover European football's flagship competition and this year introduced new formats, including a watchalong show with Scott alternating presenting duties with Shebahn Aherne. However, it has had some technical issues and been criticised for a difficult opening night that.

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Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta says he was told the club's decision to cut 60 jobs had been made to "achieve the success we want to create". Gunners chief executive Richard Garlick informed staff this week that Arsenal's workforce would be reduced across a number of departments. The cuts are set to affect up to seven per cent of Arsenal's 871 permanent staff, but will affect neither coaching nor performance staff.

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After losing his WBO heavyweight title in a brutal first bout in May, the Briton insists he can ‘right those wrongs’ on Saturday night Five months ago, watching a likely Fight of the Year between Daniel Dubois and Fabio Wardley in Manchester, a ringside seat offered an initially thrilling insight into the raw brutality of heavyweight boxing. It was easy to be swept up in the drama as Wardley, defending.

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Former Sale second row Hyron Andrews has died at his Johannesburg Lions' team hotel before their Champions Cup match at La Rochelle on Saturday. A statement from SA Rugby stated that his death had been an "accident" and that the 31-year-old had "died after a fall". "We are heartbroken by the passing of Hyron," said Lions chief executive Rudolf Straeuli. "He was not only a gifted rugby player, but also.

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England begin their tournament on Saturday with a must-win fixture in Perth that can inject some optimism into the European game Two games into the men’s World Cup and the tournament is already overflowing with colour. As if the biggest Test crowd in Sydney for more than 50 years was not enough cause for celebration, Australia and New Zealand served up one of the great international games of modern times,.