Ayo Akinwolere
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Today’s match deserves a
@TroopzAFC
call out! This by far is one of the funnest shoots I’ve ever done! 😂 we need to keep Aubamayang at any cost!!!!
#arsenal
#ARSMCI
#FACUP
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This guy is one of the best actors of our time Daniel Kaluuya congrats on your supporting actor award
#EEBAFTAs
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I said .. it’s too far out ! Until I looked up an saw that absolute brilliance of a goal! Wow !
#Messi
is not human!
#BARLIV
#ChampionsLeague
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GOT SOME NEWS 🚨 Extremely excited to join the team at the
@TheAthleticFC
this season as i begins as the new host of the Football Podcast, dream come true with a team known to be disrupters across the football landscape. This is INSANE! See below for deets!!!
We have some news... 🥁
We are delighted to announce that
@AyoAkinwo
is the new host of The Athletic Football Podcast 🎙️
Telling the stories that matter, four times a week.
🎧 Listen on
@ApplePodcasts
,
@Spotify
and all the usual places:
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@Arsenal
Arsenal moved swiftly, broke the youth driven strategy and gave the fans a player ready to hit the ground running. Shrewd and exciting signing for sure. Great business.
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🚨 BIG NEWS 🚨
Honoured to say I’ll be joining the
@bbcsport
team for this years Winter Olympics. With some of the best in the Game - these photos ain’t so bad either! See you from Feb 4th for 300hrs of winter sports madness 🥶
#Beijing2022
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If you missed the
@AFTVMedia
episode on the PREMIER LEAGUE SHOW on BBC Two, here’s a little taster... full show on the
@BBCiPlayer
@TroopzAFC
@MrDtAFC
@ItsDonRobbie
#premierleague
#AFTV
#arsenal
@premierleague
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Sad to say after 6 years my journey on
@bbciowm
has come to an end. Walked away with an
@RTS_media
award for the doc on ‘Extremism’ directed by the talented Joel Mapp. It’ll be missed by so many people who looked to it to hold those in power to account! Will miss everyone!
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Thank you for everything. I’ve been crying for your loss and celebrating your triumphs this morning. In Yoruba we say “Omo Wa” which translates to “Our Child” - Your legacy shines on Chadwick Boseman. Rest In Peace Oh Child of the Motherland
#ripchadwickboseman
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Check out my interview with
@htafcdotcom
chairman Dean Hoyle this Saturday on Football focus on
@BBCOne
@BBCSport
12pm, top guy!
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Respect to Kirsty Young for holding it together honestly top class broadcasting right there
#queensfuneral
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Really looking forward to joining
@BearGrylls
and these incredible individuals for the
@Gonewildfest
next year! Come join us 👌🏿👌🏿
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I decided to change my professional name! This is why!
@HuffingtonPost
@blackvoices
@afropunk
#indentity
#AFROPUNK
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Come on Malala - I’m overwhelmed with emotion to see the city I grew up in represented so wonderfully … 🔥🔥🔥
#Birmingham
#BirminghamCommonwealthGames
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10th replay of this delicious goal
@btsportfootball
Vintage Arsenal! 🔥
An excellent team move completed by Bukayo Saka ✨
That was superb! 👏
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This week Blue Peter its 60 yrs old. Proud to have been the first black man to host the show. From seeing over 118 cities worldwide, meeting hosting her Majesty the queen and my world record swim I will forever be grateful. So many fiends made and so many kids inspired! 🎂
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We Back Baby!!! 🏊🏽♀️🏊🏿♂️🏊🏾♂️🏊🏻♀️
LIDO’s back open - there’s only so many home work outs you can do ... weather is looking might fine too over the next few day. Might have to take another dip! God that felt GOOD!!!! All Love to the
@GLL_UK
staff making this happen for us all!
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This guy gets me sooo hyped on match days 😂
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Kasper Schmeichel seeing the Matrix with that save! Wow! He’s been so gangsta this final!
#FACupFinal
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Apparently print is back, more and more football Fanzines and Magazines are being sold! Tune into the
@premierleague
SHOW TONIGHT @ 7pm on
@BBCTwo
... shame about the acting 😂
#PremierLeague
#football
@FourFourTwo
@MundialMag
@gaffermag
@WhenSaturday
@UWSmag
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Paved the way for these young
@Lionesses
- COME ON ENGLAND
Good luck to
@leahcwilliamson
and the
@Lionesses
tonight. Boy how you have grown and done so well. I am super proud of you for the person, player, leader and role model you have become. You are an inspiration to us all. Go enjoy it tonight. We are super proud of you
@Arsenal
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YORKSHIRE COP: POLICE RACISM AND ME Tonight 10pm on
@Channel4
our production company
@MilkFirstProdu1
documentary on the First Black Male Policeman to join the South Yorkshire Police. So excited for you all to see it!!
#PoliceReform
#BlackLivesMatter
#Yorkshire
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🚨ATHLETIC FOOTBALL POD🚨
🔺Should Man Utd have beaten Arsenal
🔺What’s THE PLAN for Erik Ten Haag
🔺Is Jadon Sancho leaving the club?
LISTEN to todays Man Utd Monday chat with ME
@mjcritchley
@OliverKay
and
@lauriewhitwell
⬇️⬇️
#ARSMNU
#MANUTD
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FROM PRISON TO FOOTBALL MANAGER - The Story of
@HackneyWickFC
is now available on the
@BBCSport
website. WATCH HERE: Bobby is one inspiring man. Dir by
@BenMccarthy_
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🚨 ATHLETIC FOOTBALL POD🚨
Is the King of Chaos Darwin Nunez finally ready to take his seat as an Anfield Legend?
Have Liverpool learnt from their recent mistakes?
Join me
@JamesPearceLFC
&
@NickMiller79
⬇️ ⬇️
#LiverpoolFC
#NewcastleUnited
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Great morning
@LaticsOfficial
ahead of their
@FA
Cup match against
@WestHamUtd
, check out the interview tomorrow on Football Focus 12pm on
@BBCOne
@BBCSport
@sammorsy08
@mrdanwalker
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3 more days till the Winter Olympics drops on the
@BBCSport
I’ll be hosting the daily coverage 12am - 5am from the 4th February - 20th February live on BBC ONE.
Excited to join this incredible bunch of humans for over 300hrs worth of Winter Sports action!
#Beijing2022
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I love being black ... this guy is a hero ✊🏿 yes
@HughWoozencroft
“It’s fantastic to work for talkSPORT.”
✅ “It’s fantastic to sit in this seat. I love this job and I love talking to you.”
🗣 “And I love being black.”
@HughWoozencroft
brilliantly responds to an abusive message from a listener.
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I wrote about why black children don't swim last yr so apt as
@simone_manuel
wins gold and makes history yesterday
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Why doesn’t Ben White want to play for England?
@gunnerblog
and
@timspears
join me to discuss why a player would ever turn down his country...
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7:30AM early morning dip with this absolute stunner ... Just call me Daniel Craig. Dog and photography by
@benjamineaglephoto
🏊🏿♂️ 🐕
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An absolute joy to be given an Honorary Doctorate by the University that gave me so much
@sheffhallamuni
me and my family are so proud and a beautiful reward for so much of what I’m trying to achieve as a broadcaster and change maker 🤝🏿 just call me
#doctor
AYO 👨🏿⚕️
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Do INEOS believe Ten Hag is the manager to bring glory back to Manchester United next season?
Joined by
@mjcritchley
and
@AdamCrafton_
as we analyse why they might stick with him...
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I swear there’s a Michael Jackson song about staring at a man in the mirror and making a change ....
Big love to the talented
@rebeccafpainter
for this delight
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What a way to kick of the new season with the
@premierleague
- Blessed to have uncle
@IanWright0
joined us in the studio - only another 300+ matches to go - Let’s Go 💪🏿
@AdamHuntSport
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BY ORDER OF THE PEAKY BLINDERS! As a brummie hosting the new series preview at the
@BFI
was a dream! You guys are in for a treat series 5 is going to be the best one yet! Trust me I don’t get these short shirts and shiny lollipops out for just any body!
#PeakyBlinders
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Are Chelsea still all in on Project Pochettino?
@liam_twomey
and
@domfifield
joined me on
@TheAthleticFC
pod to discuss whether the club can accept being a mid table team…
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Inter Milan: 19-time Serie A champions with a trophy haul of five titles in the last three years.
So why are they still struggling to make ends meet?
Me,
@mjshrimper
and
@jameshorncastle
get into this one today 👇🏿🎧
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So weird getting up to go to work at 9pm … we’re on air with the daily coverage today of
#Beijing2022
from 00:55 on BBC ONE. So hyped to actually be hosting the Winter Olympics for the BBC. Who’s gonna be up?
#WinterOlympics2022
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Thank you to the
@The_RHS
for the invite to the show. Blooming marvellous!
#ChelseaFlowerShow2017
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🚨 ITS S BRUM TING!!🚨 So many ways to watch
@birminghamcg22
across the BBC … can’t believe we’re finally here and I’m part of these games in my home town!! Let’s Go!
#Birmingham2022
#CommonwealthGames
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Can Hojlund and Jackson handle their goalscoring burdens? What does it take to be a top modern number 9?
Joined the strikers' union today with
@GM_83
and
@NeilMellor33
+ the Athletic's
@OliverKay
🎙️👇
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Have Manchester United really prized Newcastle sporting director Dan Ashworth away from St James’s Park for £20million?
On the pod today
@David_Ornstein
@lauriewhitwell
and with the Newcastle angle
@ChrisDHWaugh
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ITS MY BIRTHDAY 🎂
We grown now - Grateful for another year around the sun ☀️
Best of Africa and dat 😉🫡 🦅
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@GaryLineker
@Mahrez22
@LCFC
@ManCity
He’s deadly from that range! Similar free kick for Algeria when they won the Cup of nations this summer! Mahrez is quality
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Have Dortmund moved on from Bellingham? Did Bayern realise how good Kane was?
Loved today's Bundesliga bonanza with
@honigstein
,
@SebSB
and
@JanAageFjortoft
🎙️👇
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Kai Harvetz’s last minute goal sent Arsenal top of the league.
Yet with only two goals this season, are we missing something when it comes to understanding the true King Kai?
Me
@amylawrence71
@david_ornstein
and
@honigstein
break into this one. 👇🏿
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Arsenal just two points off the top of the Premier League after that vital win against Liverpool - let’s see what city bring tonight against Brentford
On the pod with me
@OliverKay
and
@gunnerblog
with their thoughts on Arsenals title challenge. 🎧👇🏿
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Who Remembers this album
Cover? 😂 Asian TV Royalty right here
@adilray
@TherealNihal
and Anita Rani from
Back in the day! Such a blast from the past
#DesiDNA
Do you guys even age!! 🤦🏿♂️
@BBCBhamPR
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Napoli ended their 33 year wait for a Serie A title in May.
Six months later, new boss Rudi Garcia is gone.
@JamesHorncastle
joined me today to make sense of how they went from champions to chaos so quickly 🎧👇
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COVER STAR ⭐️ Heading back to my neck of the woods to celebrate the city I grew up in as I host the opening night for the
@BhamFestival23
- As we celebrate the city and its diversity. The last few years has seen gigantic movements in the second capital of the country,.
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Yes yes yes ... please watch
If you want to be a true ally to
#BlackLivesMatter
please watch this.
Thank you to
@HamiltonMusical
's wonderful
@ObiomaUgoala
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Andy Murray and Serena Williams look like they’re having the best time! Never seen a doubles pairing laugh so much in between points! 💪🏿💪🏻🎾🎾🎾
#Wimbledon
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HACKNEY WICK FC is more than just a footy club, it’s an ideology based on empowering young people to be leaders and to push themselves beyond their limits. CHECK OUT THE PREMIER LEAGUE SHOW
@7pm
on
@BBCTwo
had a lot of fun making this! dir by
@BenMccarthy_
music
@Santandave1
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🚨Transfer Deadline Alert🚨 😂 Just been signed up by the
@premierleague
for a entertaining news show going to be broadcast worldwide. Great to launch the new format today with
@alexaljoe
. Big season ahead great excited to join a solid team of presenters and reporters! 🙏🏿
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RIP champ. Brazil 🇧🇷 already misses you, the world will miss you for an eternity. One of my hero’s and a true gent, one of true custodians of Joga Bonito . Adeus Pele … 🕊️ Muito Obrigado
#Pele
#RIPPele
#brasil
#jogabonito
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10 years ... less hair more Colour and Higher Resolution ☺️🖤
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Yesterday I gave a keynote speech to the swimming world on how we diversify swim teaching and get more people of colour swimming! Might have mentioned my swimming word record 🤷🏿♂️ Can’t believe this is my life right now! Thanks to those that listened 🏊🏿♂️🏊🏿♂️
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Marcus Rashford that is all! This lad is truly special! Just watching the doc on him on BBC One... we can all learn a thing or two from this very special human!
#MarcusRashford
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Only 13 months in the job and Xabi Alonso has taken Leverkusen to the top of the Bundesliga 🇩🇪
How has he done it? And which clubs are inevitably sniffing around him?
Me, the German general
@honigstein
and data guru
@ThomHarris_
on today's show 👇
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🚨 ANNOUNCEMENT 🚨 Honoured to be joining the very talented Imelda Staunton and
@crisis_uk
as one of their UK Ambassadors
A charity I’ve enjoyed partnering with in the past and believe strongly in its ethos. Hopeful we can work together to end homelessness on our streets!!
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Could De Zerbi or Frank manage at the very top?
@jaydmharris
and
@LiamTharmeCoach
join me as we look ahead to tonight’s 'data derby' between Brentford and Brighton
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Birmingham in true colour today … a pleasure reporting from Victoria for the opening ceremony of
#Birmingham2022
#CommonwealthGames
for
@BBCSport
- join us through the games on
@bbcthree
everyday from 7pm for all the sporting goodness!
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PRIME TIME BABY!! New adventure with
@primevideouk
hosting the
#AutumnationsCup
highlights show with legend of women’s rugby
@nolli15
.
@primevideouk
8pm GMT
@channel4
11pm
Over the next four weeks.
Enjoyed filming our first show today at Twickenham - great crew to work with.
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Manchester United are back to winning ways… but is it here to stay or another false dawn?
How optimistic should fans be?
On the pod with me today
@AdamCrafton_
and
@lauriewhitwell
🎧👇🏿
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Richard Arnold is leaving Manchester United, so what does it mean for Sir Jim Ratcliffe's new era? And who is even making the decisions?
@dansheldonsport
&
@adamcrafton_
break it all down to me on today's pod 🎧👇
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Congrats
@MoTheComedian
on a hectic and mad first show - just how live tele should be. Enjoyed that madness
#AllStarHappyHour
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Newcastle’s trophy drought will go on but the club are keeping the faith.
@georgecaulkin
and
@jwhitey98
joined me to discuss Howe, Ashworth’s exit and a sense of perspective…
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Will Diego Simeone ever leave Atleti? And why isn't his name in the conversations for the big vacancies this summer?
@tomas_hill
and
@dermotmcorrigan
join me today on the pod 🎧 🇪🇸
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Do much respect and love for
@Nigelrefowens
on yesterday’s show! Thank you sir for being so open with us about your battles with mental health. 👌🏿
#C4rugby
#C4sport
"You don't want to let him down!"
@jamieheaslip
and
@davidflatman
are both fully paid-up members of the
@Nigelrefowens
Appreciation Society
#C4rugby
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Is Arteta building a dynasty at Arsenal?
In the studio today with
@ArtdeRoche
and
@JordanC1107
as we talk about the Gunners competing for the big prizes again...
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Congrats
@rebeccafpainter
you should be very proud of your collection of portraits. Kinda eerie seeing mine close up, you are one talented woman. Thank you.
#art
#artist
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Back in the studio with
@CBSSports
with
@Nicocantor1
Gus Poyet and
@honigstein
for the Europa League Edition of Golazo.... dream team! USA baby!! 🇺🇸
#EuropaLeague
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Margate beach looking good today. Nothing like a bit of Fresh air!
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What a day to watch
@EnglandRugby
at Twickenham for this Independence Day clash against the 🇺🇸 - joined by
@ugomonye
@Alex_goode0
and
@topsy_ojo
for
@Channel4
#IndependenceDay2021
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It’s been a mad couple of weeks, learning more and more to disconnect and recharge. The world for so many is heavy right now, but we keep going. As mama Akinwolere always says “One Day At A Time” ... she’s usually right 😊.
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Luther Blissett and retro kits from the world of football, what’s not to like! Tune into
@BBCSport
Premier League Show tomorrow on
@BBCTwo
10pm GMT. This was a lot of fun to make ⚽️
#premierleagueshow
#watford
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Excited for this tonight!! Join us on
@BBCSport
@BBCiPlayer
tonight!!!!
Good luck to Ayo Akinwolere (
@AyoAkinwo
) - his debut presenting
#BritishBasketball
coverage on
@BBCSport
tonight. 🙌🎤
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Trip to the Emirates yesterday to talk sustainability and preview the huge Arsenal vs Man Utd match today.
@HarrySymeou
with all the measured gooner chat and that! Good to see you again brother!
#WorldEarthDay
#ARSMUN
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AYO x BUKAYO ⭐️ ⚪️🔴
Pleasure to break bread with this young gunner - currently making moves beyond his years and part of an exciting team spearheading the Arteta era at the Emirates.
Catch the interview on
@premierleague
social channels and broadcast rights holders from Friday.
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Always a pleasure... so many of us have missed the pools thanks to all the staff for their hard work in opening up this morning!! 🏊🏼♂️🏊🏿♂️🏊🏽♀️🏊🏻♀️🏊🏾♂️
@GLL_UK
@Better_UK
@_ukactive
@Swim_England
@LondonSwimming
Fantastic to be at
@charltonlido
to welcome back swimming and fitness classes. Enjoyment all around. Great to see
@AyoAkinwo
there on the first day .. welcome back to good friend of
@GLL_UK
@Better_UK
@_ukactive
@CommLeisureUK
@gllsf
@Swim_England
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Watch me meet some vampires in
@worldofweirdtv
with
@VickyPattison
@joeldommett
in about 10 mins on
@Channel4
can't wait!!!
#wow
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Cats out the bag, here I am announcing the new format for the UEFA competitions. Thanks
@UEFAcom
and the good people
@WeAreWhisperTV
An exciting new era for European club football awaits 🤩
Here’s how the
#UCL
will look from 2024/25 👇
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