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McBurnie coughed up blood mid-match

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Caroline Weir's day: global top-25, home shortlist — Manchester United's Eva Olid, Chelsea's Erin Cuthbert and Lyon's Caroline Weir
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Caroline Weir's day: global top-25, home shortlist

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Barcelona's breakout kid now faces a long spell out

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Freeman's breakout night in three positions

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Three USMNT stars score the same weekend

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McBurnie coughed up blood mid-match

Oli McBurnie coughed up blood during Hull City's draw with Brentford, according to BBC Sport's gossip column, a detail that will worry both Hull and Heart of Midlothian, the Scotland striker's parent club.

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Celtic's defence gets two big names back

Celtic have named Johnston and Carter-Vickers back in the matchday squad for the trip to face Hibernian, according to Sky Sports, giving Brendan Rodgers two familiar faces to call on in defence.

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Hearts defender facing season-ending injury

Hearts could be facing a long winter without one of their defenders, with BBC Sport's gossip column reporting that Milne has suffered an ACL tear that would rule him out for the rest of the season.

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FIFA finally matches the money

FIFA has confirmed that every team at the 2027 Women's World Cup in Brazil will receive $2.5m in preparation funding, exactly matching what the 32 nations get ahead of the 2026 Men's World Cup, and more than doubling…

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USA's 17-0 win rewrites the World Cup record books

Seventeen goals, no reply, and a World Cup record that's stood for decades across every age group and every gender torn up inside ninety minutes.

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The keeper who could face his own dad at the World Cup

Most footballers spend a World Cup trying not to think about the size of the stage. Chris Gordon might have to think about something stranger: the possibility of walking out at the 2026 World Cup and finding his own…

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Ireland's World Cup route: one match left

Republic of Ireland's women have done the straightforward part. Now comes the one that actually matters: a winner-takes-all play-off against Poland for a place at the 2026 World Cup.

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Stanway's goal chalked off against Greece

Georgia Stanway wheeled away thinking she'd put England ahead against Greece, only for the goal to be chalked off.

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