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Celtic intend to appeal against Yang Hyun-jun's red card. At 0-0, Yang was initially shown a yellow card for a high boot on Alex Cochrane. Celtic played the remaining 74 minutes with 10 players.
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Sunderland and Leicester host Leicester City in mid-week Championship action. The Black Cats have lost their last four games and are without star man Jack Clarke. Leicester are also struggling for form losing their last three Championship fixtures.
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The Fox Corp., Disney and Warner Bros. Discovery sports streaming joint venture is anticipating signing up 5 million customers in the first five years. The 5 million mark will be where the JV “settles after five years,” Murdoch said. Murdoch reiterated that the new sports-streaming JV could have an addressable market of 60 million U.S. households.
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Rico Lewis is an outstanding young talent, Simon Stone says. I suspect the issue is consistency. It is natural a 19-year-old’s form will fluctuate. At the level, City operate at, you can’t afford to lose games, so if Pep Guardiola sees that, he will take him out for a period.
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Galopin Des Champs will seek a second straight Gold Cup as the race marks its 100th year at the Cheltenham Festival. BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra will bring you commentaries of all 28 races at the meeting from 12-15 March. There will also be live text commentaries, racecards and results every day on Radio 5 Live including Friday's big race at 15:30 GMT.
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Fox CEO Lachlan Murdoch cited the forecast in responding to questions about whether the new venture would threaten the company’s existing pay-TV business. More from Deadline Fox has “built our plans around” the 5 million subscriber benchmark, Murdoch said. The JV “is a very good business for us” given the tens of millions of “cord-nevers” who want a cheaper way to access sports.
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Tomorrow’s Legends, a Sydney-based non-profit group, will use $2.1 million from the federal government to convert the former Centennial Arena in Sydney, N.S. The arena will be retrofitted with rooftop solar panels and a new exterior. The facility will have basketball, volleyball, and pickleball playing spaces, along with hall of fame exhibits.
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Aston Villa striker Ollie Watkins scored his team's second goal during the Premier League match between Luton Town and Aston villa at Kenilworth Road. The former Newcastle and England striker is ranked top for direct goal involvements and joint-top for assists this season.
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Jamie Koe defeats defending champion Brad Gushue 7-5 at the Canadian men's curling championship. Koe has skipped a territories team to the playoffs once in 16 previous Brier appearances. Prince Edward Island's Tyler Smith was 2-1 after a 10-3 victory over Nunavut's Shane Latimer (0-3).
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Survey finds 25% of Canadians think discrimination is a problem in sports. Eighteen per cent of respondents said they have experienced or witnessed racism or discrimination in sport over the last five years. Race or skin colour the most cited reason at 64 per cent.
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