As it happens, ours includes some soccer (6)

I believe the answer is:

occurs

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'as it happens' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'ours includes some soccer' is the wordplay.
'includes' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'some' says to take the centre.
The central letters of 'soccer' are 'cc'.
'ours' placed around 'cc' is 'OCCURS'.

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(Other definitions for occurs that I've seen before include "Crocus (anag)" , "Comes to pass" , "Happens, takes place" , "Happens or comes to mind" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

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