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Wales manager Craig Bellamy is in advanced talks with Burnley over becoming their new head coach ahead of next season.The Clarets have approached the Football Association of Wales with a view to appointing Bellamy as Scott Parker’s successor, with the 46-year-old now understood to be in contract talks with the Championship side.While a final agreement is yet to be reached, talks have accelerated in the last 48 hours with significant progress made.BBC Sport revealed on 30 April that Bellamy was a leading contender to replace Parker after his sacking.Initial indications were that Bellamy preferred to stay on with Wales to…
WWE The Culling herd has been thinned after the forceful removal of Shawn Spears on Tuesday’s “WWE NXT.” With a future WWE Women’s Speed Championship match on the line, Izzi Dame faced Birthright’s Arianna Grace and appeared moments away from victory. Before she could capitalize with her finisher, though, an insistent high five from her Culling stablemate Shawn Spears distracted her just enough that Grace rolled her up for a three count. Grace’s win means she’ll move to challenge Wren Sinclair for the Women’s Speed Title at the “NXT” Great…
Leaving captain Maro Itoje out of next month’s titanic meeting with world champions South Africa is the correct decision, says England senior assistant coach Richard Wigglesworth.Itoje has been rested for the 4 July match against the Springboks as well as Tests against Fiji and Argentina on subsequent weekends in order to give him extended time away from rugby.The 31-year-old has exceeded World Rugby’s recommended limit of 30 matches a season in the 2023-24 and 2024-25 campaigns.He captained the British and Irish Lions in Australia last summer and will lead England into the Rugby World Cup in Australia next year.”I’m incredibly…
The fixtures for the 2026-27 English Football League season will be released at 12:00 BST on Thursday, 25 June.West Ham United, Wolverhampton Wanderers and Burnley, who were all relegated from the Premier League, will be joined in the Championship by Bolton Wanderers, Cardiff City and Lincoln City, with the Imps returning to the second tier for the first time in 65 years.Leicester City will play in the third tier for just the second time in their 142-year history after back-to-back relegations, and will be in League One alongside Oxford United and Sheffield Wednesday.The Foxes will face games against Bromley, who…
Jey Uso is already getting cooked online for reaching the King of the Ring finals, and now Jonathan Coachman is questioning whether WWE is making this whole thing more about The Bloodline than Oba Femi. While speaking on Two Count Tuesday, Coachman said he thought WWE might let Oba steamroll through the tournament and use the King of the Ring run to fully launch him. Instead, Jey is now in the finals, and Coachman does not understand why WWE would suddenly position him as a major world title threat again after his previous World Heavyweight Title run was cut short.…
If Scotland lose and finish with three points, there are a number of results they will need to look out for – they will want as many groups as possible with two teams finishing on fewer than three points.In Group A, if Mexico beat the Czech Republic and South Korea beat South Africa, that would leave the team in third on one point.The next best scenario would be a big South Africa win to leave South Korea in third with three points and a poor goal difference.Wins for South Africa and the Czech Republic would spell bad news for Scotland,…
Teenage forward Felicia Schroeder has joined Real Madrid in a deal that makes her “the most expensive transfer ever in women’s football”, her former club says.The Sweden international, 19, has signed a four-year deal at Real after scoring 91 goals in 128 games for Swedish club BK Hacken.Last summer, Orlando Pride made Mexico winger Lizbeth Ovalle the most expensive signing in women’s football history, with the 26-year-old moving from Tigres UANL in a deal worth $1.5m (£1.1m).Schroeder’s agent and Gothenburg-based Hacken have declined to say what the exact value of her move to Spain is.However a Hacken spokesperson told Reuters:…
ICC Women’s T20 World Cup, Group One, HeadingleyAustralia 199-7 (20 overs): Perry 71 (48); Sadia 2-31Pakistan 86 (13.4 overs): Muneeba 32 (25); Molineux 2-6Australia won by 113 runsScorecard, TableAustralia continued their dominant unbeaten run at the Women’s T20 World Cup as they thrashed Pakistan by 113 runs to all-but confirm a semi-final spot. Ellyse Perry’s all-round class led the way for Australia as she struck 71 from 48 balls in their 199-7 and then took 2-9 as a woeful Pakistan were skittled for 86. Pakistan were already eliminated but have now lost all four of their games as they were…
When asked about his “I’m back” statement after the match, the five-time Ballon d’Or winner said it was “only so they [his critics] don’t forget – 23 years [doing so] like this”.”I’m very happy but the most important thing is the work the team did and the confidence it gives us,” added Ronaldo.”Obviously personal records are always nice but my goal is always to help the team achieve its objectives.”We had to get through many obstacles during the week but the team worked very well, we improved a lot.”It’s been a difficult week, a dark week without kicking a ball,…
Footage circulating on social media appears to show England full-back Djed Spence not shaking hands with Ghana midfielder Thomas Partey before their World Cup match in Boston.Partey was booed by England fans as he made his first appearance at this year’s World Cup, having missed his nation’s first game at the tournament.The 33-year-old was denied entry into Canada after telling officials he had never been arrested nor charged with a crime, and missed Ghana’s 1-0 win against Panama in Toronto as a result.Partey pleaded not guilty to seven charges of rape and one count of sexual assault relating to allegations…