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St Johnstone v Motherwell: Stephen O'Donnell gunning for Saints in cup rematch
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Foyle Pride kicks off with annual football tournament
A football tournament that encourages LGBT people to get involved with the sport has kicked off Londonderry's annual Foyle Pride in its 32nd year, Foyle Pride officially opens on Thursday and runs until its closing city centre parade on 23 ahead of the official opening, 18 teams from across the north west ran out at the Ryan McBride Brandywell stadium on Wednesday night for Football v organiser Meabh O'Neill said it was a "special and unique" event which provided "a safe space for LGBT people to try sport and enjoy sport". Football v Homophobia is now in its 10th year. Boxing coach Daran McCann has played - along with a team from his boxing club - in the last three tournaments."I am one of the few out male athletes in the city and in the sport of boxing," he told BBC News NI."It's been tough trying to challenge the stigma so this is a powerful tournament where a lot of people will engage with other people."The tournament helps raise awareness around inclusion in sport at a local level, he said."We are really challenging people to get out and take part, and we have spectators who are really showing that they're supportive," he added. Eimear Willis is a member of the LGBT advocacy group, the Rainbow have played in the tournament every year since it began."These kind of opportunities, we either exclude ourselves from or we are excluded from," she said."So it is really nice to see the stadium full of people of all ages and from all backgrounds."The tournament, she added, shows LGBT people of all ages that they do not have to give up sports."We are really hoping to reignite people and give them an opportunity to connect with sports" she added. Other events over the festival's 10-day run include theatre performances, workshops and a family fun afternoon. Speaking to BBC Radio Foyle's Mark Patterson Show, Foyle Pride's chairperson Jason Dunne said this year's festival had Existence is Resistance as its theme."That's just like a statement to say, look, we're here. We've always existed. We will continue to exist," he said."We need our allies and everyone else to stand up with us and kind of stop this thing that seems to be snowballing in terms of the rhetoric around the community."
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Decision due on Oxford United new stadium plans
Council planners are due to make a decision on Oxford United's proposed new District Council's planning committee is set to meet at 16:00 BST to discuss plans for a new purpose-built 16,000-seater ground on land known as the Triangle, near football club has warned that if the proposals are not approved by the local authority then it would have no home stadium after June five-hectare (12-acre) site is located south of Kidlington roundabout, west of Banbury Road, east of Frieze Way and near Oxford Parkway Station. The club currently play at the Kassam Stadium and its owner, Firoka Group, has agreed the U's can play there for two more seasons. There will be an option to extend the deal for another year, which will be conditional on planning permission for the club's proposed new stadium being parties have said that no further extensions or new lease agreements for the Kassam will be possible. The council received about 4,900 responses from the public about the application and its planning report contained details of objections from local U's new complex could include a 180-bed hotel, restaurant, conference centre and community were concerns that the proposed stadium would be built near ancient woodland but Natural England concluded that would not be the the council backs the application then it will be referred to the Secretary of State, which is a standard procedure for such large-scale applications. You can follow BBC Oxfordshire on Facebook, X, or Instagram.
