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Swansea City: US owners invest further £2m into club

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Swansea City currently sits 15th in the Championship

Swansea City’s US owners have invested a further £2m into the Championship club.

It means the club has now received around £18m worth of funding via share issues since last summer.

The deal will see the club’s majority shareholders increase their stake in the club as a result.

Swansea’s Supporters’ Trust – whose shareholding now stands at 9.9%, of which 5% is protected – welcomed the move.

The Trust, minority shareholder with a seat on the club’s board, says: “It is very likely that the club will continue to require investment beyond

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Romania v Northern Ireland: O’Neill positive but expects ‘a couple of difficult nights’

Conor Bradley, Shea Charles, Aaron Donnelly and Shayne Lavery in Northern Ireland training
The average number of caps in Michael O’Neill’s squad is just 17.5, with an average age of 24.4
Venues: Bucharest & Glasgow Dates: Friday, 22 March & Tuesday, 26 March Kick-offs: 19:45 GMT
Romania coverage: Listen live on BBC Sounds and Radio Ulster with live text commentary on the BBC Sport website; Highlights on BBC One NI from 22:40 GMT and on BBC iPlayer
Scotland coverage: Watch live on BBC Two NI & BBC iPlayer with live radio & text commentary on BBC Sounds, Radio Ulster & the BBC Sport website

“There will maybe be a couple of difficult

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Whiti Ora Tairāwhiti reflects focus on sport, active recreation, play and wider wellbeing of communities

Sport Gisborne Tairāwhiti yesterday officially launched its new name and brand, Whiti Ora Tairāwhiti – healthy, active, connected.

The new identity reflects the organisation’s focus on not only sport, but active recreation, play and the wider wellbeing of the communities in Te Tairāwhiti, Whiti Ora Tairāwhiti chief executive Stefan Pishief said.

“We love sport and it will always be a critical part of what we do.

“However, it is only one part of what we do. Our previous name of Sport Gisborne Tairāwhiti created confusion and could act as a barrier with people believing we were only focused on sport

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West Ham’s Paqueta ‘happy to help’ with betting probe

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West Ham midfielder Lucas Paqueta says he is “happy to be helping as much as I can” with an investigation for potential betting rules breaches.

Last August, sources told BBC Sport, Paqueta, 26, was being investigated by the Football Association.

Paqueta has continued to play for West Ham and is in the Brazil squad for a friendly with England on Saturday.

“It’s been seven months since it happened and I’m cooperating as much as I can,” the player said

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