Garth Crooks picks his team of the year for 2021, with five players from Premier League champions Manchester City making the cut.
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Remembering some of the figures from music, film, TV, radio and literature who died in 2021.
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Australia batter Travis Head will miss the fourth Ashes Test in Sydney after testing positive for Covid-19.
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From the metaverse to NFTs and everything in-between, what's made the news in tech this year?
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Manchester City full-back Joao Cancelo posts a picture of his injuries and says he was robbed of jewellery by a four-strong gang.
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Manchester United climb into the top six of the Premier League after an entertaining victory over Burnley at Old Trafford.
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As Manchester United move back into the Premier League top six, BBC Sport's Simon Stone looks at the work ahead for manager Ralf Rangnick.
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Veteran Mervyn King has tears in his eyes as he reaches the PDC World Darts Championship quarter-finals for the first time since 2009.
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With the gong-giving season picking up steam, we look at the possible nominees for the big awards.
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Striker Romelu Lukaku, who returned to Chelsea for a club record £97.5m in August, says he was "not happy" with his role under Blues boss Th
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Heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou's manager says he has not heard back from the UFC since June over a new contract.
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Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola says the Premier League title race is far from over despite his side ending 2021 eight points clear after
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Reigning champion Gerwyn Price and Michael Smith will meet in the quarter-finals of the PDC World Darts Championship at Alexandra Palace.
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Jeffrey Epstein died in prison waiting for his sex trafficking trial - but who was he?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-48913377?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA

Many "forgotten foods" are returning to the farms and fields - and on our plates too.
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England men's head coach Chris Silverwood will miss the fourth Ashes Test in Sydney after being forced to isolate for 10 days.
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Thomas Tuchel says his side cannot challenge for the Premier League crown while he has so many players out injured and ill.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/59823928?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA

Ghislaine Maxwell has been convicted of grooming teenagers. What does this mean for her former friend?
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This was a victory for the women who fought to bring Jeffrey Epstein's co-conspirator to justice.
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Match of the Day pundit Danny Murphy talks through the impact Leicester substitute Ademola Lookman made to turn the game around and secure a
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"Tonight it's 'wow' but in completely the other way," says Jurgen Klopp after Liverpool's defeat by Leicester dents their hopes in the title..
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Thursday's Premier League game is postponed because of coronavirus cases and injuries in the visiting side's camp.
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Watch highlights as Miami Dolphins win their seventh game in a row after a 20-3 victory over the New Orleans Saints.
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The long-forgotten objects were among hundreds uncovered in a clear-out of historic laboratories.
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Antonio Conte is frustrated as his Tottenham side are held by Southampton despite having a one-man advantage for over 50 minutes.
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The beaches of the Indian Ocean island seem bereft of the beautiful shells popular with tourists.
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Women who have come to Wales say they're learning the language for their children and job prospects.
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Former world champions Rob Cross and Peter Wright make it through to the last 16 in the PDC World Darts Championship.
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England's latest Ashes defeat has caused the nation's fans to go through the all-too-familiar stages of cricketing grief, writes BBC Sport's
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Cameron Green bowls James Anderson to win the third Test by an innings and 14 runs and retain the Ashes for Australia.
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Gerwyn Price beats Kim Huybrechts in a sudden-death leg to reach the last 16 in PDC World Darts Championship at Alexandra Palace.
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Watch highlights as Australia win the third Test by an innings and 14 runs by bowling England out for 68 on the third morning to retain the
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Joe Root describes England's Ashes defeat as "gut-wrenching" as Australia retain the urn with a crushing innings-and-14-run victory.
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Minutes had barely passed before the fall-out from England's dismal Ashes defeat had begun, from Joe Root's future to the state of county cr
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Mark Lawrenson takes on singer-songwriter James Arthur to make predictions for the latest round of Premier League fixtures.
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A Bollywood ode to India's 1983 cricket world cup win recreates one of the greatest upsets in sports history.
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Harlequins, the 2021 Premiership champions, end a memorable year by edging to victory over gutsy Northampton at Twickenham.
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Manchester United manager Ralf Rangnick admits he "did not like the performance at all" after seeing his error-strewn side salvage a point a
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Namibia wants to use its abundance of sunshine and wind power to make and export hydrogen.
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A production of Antigone seeks to overturn prejudices about Africans arriving in Sicily.
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He uses quintessential Australian larrikinism to skewer politicians, climate sceptics and others.
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Foreigners in South Africa tell photographer Shiraaz Mohamed how they cope with xenophobia and crime.
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Mitchell Starc traps Dawid Malan leg-before first ball as England slump to 7-2 on the second day of the third Test in Melbourne.
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The pandemic briefly renewed efforts to curb an infamous Indian habit - spitting in public.
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Nightwatchman Jack Leach is out without playing a shot as Scott Boland takes the fourth England wicket with just 22 runs scored on the secon
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Scott Boland removes Haseeb Hameed for seven as a third English wicket falls on the second day of the third Test in Melbourne.
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The story behind a face mask clip that restored a young man's dream of being a pilot.
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French striker Anthony Martial tells Manchester United that he wants to leave the club.
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England's players arrive at the Melbourne Cricket Ground for day two of the third Ashes Test after a Covid-19 scare.
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Caprice Roberts, now 25, was a trainee accountant at a top firm, when she made a huge career change.
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