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Northern Ireland’s largest squad heading to the Games comes in swimming with 15 athletes going to Glasgow.The headline name is Olympic 800m gold medallist Daniel Wiffen. The 24-year-old will compete in his second Commonwealth Games and will look to go one better than Birmingham four years ago when he won silver in the 1500m.Wiffen, who also won bronze in the 1500m in Paris, will compete in 400m, 800m and 1500m Freestyle in Glasgow.He will come up against good friend Jack McMillan in the 400m. The 26-year-old was part of Team GB’s relay team that claimed Olympic gold in Paris. McMillan…

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Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood will set out on Monday the legal steps she will take to deport the freed ringleader of a Rochdale grooming gang. Shabir Ahmed, jailed for 22 years in 2012 for multiple counts of child sexual offences including rape, was released from prison on licence earlier this month.Calls have mounted across the political spectrum for the deportation of Ahmed, who was stripped of his British citizenship following his conviction, leaving him with only Pakistani nationality. But he cannot be deported due to a 1971 law that forbids the removal of a small group of Commonwealth citizens who…

Welcome to our Who am I? game.The rules are simple. Each day there’s a new footballer and the challenge is to guess who they are in as few attempts as possible.After each wrong guess you unlock a new clue. Guess the answer after as few clues as possible to score more points.Three is a good score, four or five points is exceptional.So take part and return for more tomorrow.Today’s player and clues set by BBC Sport’s Adam Millington.After more quizzes? Go to our dedicated Football Quizzes and Sports Quizzes pages and sign up for notifications to get the latest quizzes…

Chester Zoo is hosting a summit to try and tackle misleading weather apps costing it up to £137,000 per day in lost visitor income. It launched a campaign to tackle the problem in March, when chief operating officer Dom Strange said the sight of a single rain icon – which could mean a brief shower was forecast – was deterring some visitors.”Since then, we’ve had constructive conversations with the Met Office and this summit is the next step,” he said. The zoo, which is holding the summit with the Met Office, government officials and 16 major UK attractions, wants a…

Tens of thousands of people are set to march in Northern Ireland today for the Orange Order’s annual Twelfth parades.The celebrations mark 336 years since the Battle of the Boyne, when the Protestant King William of Orange defeated Catholic King James II.Events are set to take place in 18 main locations throughout the region – though because July 12 landed on a Sunday this year, the traditional parades have been moved to Monday.Forecasters are predicting warm and sunny conditions for the day’s festivities, while the Orange Order’s Grand Master Harold Henning has praised today as a celebration of 230 years…

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On Saturday and Sunday night, hundreds of bonfires were lit to mark Eleventh night – a tradition observed by many unionist communities on the eve of the Twelfth.The bonfires commemorate the actions of King William III’s supporters in 1690, who lit fires across the countryside to welcome him and guide him to the battle site.Most Eleventh night bonfires pass without incident, but some are controversial due to their height or location, or because they contain symbols considered offensive.This year the bonfire in Moygashel in County Tyrone caused controversy again when an effigy of a mosque was burnt on Thursday night.A…

Wales showed spirit to stay in the contest against Argentina and were hunting a pair of bonus points with the clock in the red.But the Pumas were convincing winners when responding to an opening round defeat by Scotland.”We were just slightly off it around our physicality, first time tackles, speed around the ruck – the basics where you need to be at it at this level,” said Adams.”We still managed to find ourselves in the Test match and it was going back and forth until they pulled away with a couple of scores before half-time.”Argentina are a good team when…