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Roy Keane has cleared the air with Manchester United captain Bruno Fernandes, with the pair having a “lovely chat” after he misquoted the Portuguese – which led to Fernandes accusing him of lying.Former Republic of Ireland midfielder Keane also implied Fernandes was prioritising individual accolades over the team’s success.Fernandes broke the record for the most assists in a single Premier League season on the final day of the 2025-26 campaign, setting up his 21st goal against Brighton. Speaking on The Overlap podcast after the penultimate round of fixtures in May, Keane questioned Fernandes’ mindset and described him as being at…
Two summers ago, Scotland’s Euros opener proved to be one of their biggest letdowns under Clarke – a 5-1 loss to hosts Germany.”We have to remember how bad that felt,” the head coach says.Clarke believes that crushing defeat put Scotland “on the back foot” for the remainder of their tournament, which again ended at the group stage.”This time, we have to make sure we start on the front foot,” he insists.On the evidence of the Scots’ warm-up displays, there are signs they can achieve that against a similarly-ranked nation this weekend.The recent adoption of an aggressive 4-4-2 shape with two…
Steve Bower: Switzerland have a record of getting to finals and giving young players the stage to make a name for themselves – at past tournaments it was Breel Embolo and Dan Ndoye. Now it could be Manzambi’s turn.Some people will have seen him play a big part in the Freiburg side that went all the way to the Europa League final.Manzambi can play in various positions in midfield and is pretty good in the final third too. He carries the ball really well and I know the Swiss fans have got big hopes for him – Switzerland captain Granit…
“As you can see, we’ve got some fabulous players who any country would be proud to have on the field.”It’s just how we figure out how they play together, how they gel together and also how we use our finishers, our players who come on and either go get us the game or hold out. That is important, that we have a squad and not just 11 players.”Wales recovered from the shock of falling behind after just five minutes against the Czechs to produce their best performance in the group.After Lily Woodham’s rapid equaliser, Gemma Evans headed Wales in front…
Nick Kyrgios has kickstarted his latest comeback with a straight-sets win over world No 36 Corentin Moutet in the first round of the ATP event in Stuttgart.The Australian, once ranked No 13 in the world, had not played a singles match since appearing at the Brisbane International in January, when he lost in 66 minutes to world No 58 Aleksandar Kovacevic.Having missed the entire 2024 season, he has won just one singles match since October 2022.At the Wimbledon warm-up event in Germany on Tuesday, 31-year-old Kyrgios wound back the clock with powerful serves and a smattering of showmanship, with drop…
Ethan Miller/Getty Images WWE Women’s Tag Team Champion Brie Bella has joined PETA in a new campaign against SeaWorld. PETA announced that the WWE star, from San Diego, would be present for SeaWorld’s virtual annual meeting asking executives when they plan to stop breeding dolphins and release them to seaside sanctuaries. As part of the campaign, Bella did a photoshoot illustrating the constrictive habitat that a tank is to orcas and dolphins like the ones seen at SeaWorld. For proportion, she did the shoot from within a bathtub. “When you…
Although the logistics and level of opposition make this a daunting tour for Scotland, it is a challenge they are relishing.While England, Ireland, Wales and others have been tourists to the southern hemisphere fairly regularly, Scotland have not.Summers have mostly been filled with development tours to North and South America, which has allowed some players to break on to the Test stage.However, they have not given them the chance to develop the battle-hardened edge that can be gained on away trips to storied venues like Eden Park or Loftus.Scotland have not played the Springboks on their own patch since 2014.…
England did almost everything right in their qualifying group, winning five of their six matches, including the victory over Spain at Wembley in April.They also scored 13 goals, conceded just five – four of which came against Spain – and kept four clean sheets.But it is not easy to qualify automatically and England were given a rough draw with world champions Spain in their group. The quest for top spot was always likely to come down to their head-to-head record.That is what happened as England ultimately missed out because they were thumped in Majorca.That humbling defeat – which showed the…
New ratings data has been released for the June 1, 2026 episode of WWE Raw, showing minimal movement compared to the prior episode. According to Tudum, WWE Raw ranked #9 globally and #8 in the United States for the week of June 1, 2026 with 2,500,000 global views, down ↓ from #7 last week. For comparison, the previous week’s episode on May 25, 2026 brought in 2,500,000 global views, meaning this week was unchanged — 0.0%. Globally, it moved from #7 to #9. In the U.S., it shifted from #5 to #8. Compared to the same week in 2025, WWE…
Liverpool’s teenage forward Rio Ngumoha will leave the England camp this week after making a major impression on Thomas Tuchel and his international team-mates.The 17-year-old, who is not in England’s 26-man squad, was named man-of-the-match for his debut performance as a second-half substitute in Saturday’s 1-0 World Cup warm-up win over New Zealand.England play their final pre-tournament friendly on Wednesday against Costa Rica and it will be interesting to see if Tuchel again selects Ngumoha.The England manager will have a full squad to choose from following the arrivals of Arsenal quartet Declan Rice, Bukayo Saka, Eberechi Eze and Noni Madueke.But…