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Fulham’s Craven Cottage and Brentford’s Gtech Community Stadium were also considered as Shakhtar explored options for bringing elite-level European football to west London.However, both have smaller capacities than Stamford Bridge and the proposition of playing Europe’s biggest clubs or even English rivals in London has officials believing they can sell out a larger arena. The move is intended to connect with some of the 32,000 Ukraine-born residents in the capital, according to the latest Office for National Statistics figures, with about 100,000 people of Ukrainian heritage living in the UK.The availability of Chelsea’s stadium follows the club’s 10th-place Premier League…

WWE Hall of Famer Shawn Michaels recently revisited his infamous photo. The moment dates back nearly three decades. In 1996, Michaels reached another career milestone. He defeated Bret Hart at WrestleMania 12’s main event. Michaels captured the WWF Championship for the first time. His popularity continued to grow during that period. Michaels also appeared in a Playgirl pictorial. The shoot became one of his most memorable moments. He famously posed in a semi-nude look with the Winged Eagle Championship. Now decades later, Michaels revisited that famous pose. This time, things took an unexpected and funny turn. Shawn Michaels recreates his…

Eagle-eyed fans were already joining the dots on Thursday after Sky Sports’ promo for Sunday’s match showed Kyle Walker in a Burnley shirt without a sponsor.Why would that be? After all, Burnley had played throughout pre-season wearing kits with Finotive One across the front.Even last Saturday, as Burnley hosted Notts County in the first round of the Carabao Cup, the logo was emblazoned across the jersey.Then it was noticed that all news stories relating to the Finotive One deal had been removed from Burnley’s official website. And on Friday morning, Burnley confirmed the deal had been scrapped “to protect the…

AEW/Speedy Ruiz After a trip to Arena Mexico in midweek, the stars of All Elite Wrestling returned to the United States for the August 8 episode of “AEW Collision” in Colorado Springs, Colorado. It was the first time “Collision” aired in its regular Saturday night timeslot since July 25, and the first time the show aired live on a Saturday night since July 11, and to celebrate that, the AEW Continental Challenge Cup commenced with Eddie Kingston, Claudio Castagnoli, and Orange Cassidy advancing to the quarter finals. With “Collision” being…

Arsenal lead race for Jack Hinshelwood, Barcelona set to make third Rodri bid, and Manchester United and Tottenham join Arsenal in discussing Victor Osimhen.Arsenal are leading the race to sign English midfielder Jack Hinshelwood, 21, from Brighton. (Sun), externalBarcelona are set to make a third bid of about £60m for Spain midfielder Rodri, 30, but are still set to fall £10m short of Manchester City’s valuation. (Independent), externalManchester United, Tottenham and Arsenal have held internal talks about the possibility of signing Nigeria striker Victor Osimhen, 27, from Galatasaray. (Teamtalk), externalLiverpool’s Netherlands forward Cody Gakpo, 27, has reached an agreement in…

Colombian Emilia Arango handed Venus Williams a 14th straight loss dating to July of last year, defeating the fading seven-time grand slam champion who is currently ranked 615th in 66 minutes by 6-2, 6-2 at the ATP-WTA Cincinnati Masters.The 46-year-old Williams was given a wild card entry at an event where she reached a semi-final a dozen years ago. She has played and lost 11 times this season while competing on organizer free entries.Czech Sara Bejlek allowed compatriot and 2016 titleholder Karolina Pliskova only two games in a first-round 6-0, 6-2 rout.With 64 seeds in the men’s and women’s draw…

Werro’s triumph was all the more impressive given she suffered a nasty fall in her semi-final on Thursday, before later being reinstated into the final.Replays showed the left hand of France’s Anais Bourgoin had clipped Werro’s right foot. But, clutching her chest in pain as she jogged across the line, she still faced a race against time to recover.That drama led to a congested 10-athlete final – but, despite Briton Jemma Reekie’s best efforts, there only ever appeared three contenders for gold.Hodgkinson, who twice beat Werro during the indoor season – including to win her first world title – was…

Raquel Rodriguez may be back inside a WWE ring, but the skin condition that once had her thinking about retirement never actually went away. She still gets the rashes. She still gets the flare-ups. She’s just learned how to live with them. While speaking on Busted Open Radio, Rodriguez revealed that her skin problems remain part of her everyday life, especially when WWE’s schedule starts taking a toll on her body. Stress can trigger it. So can not sleeping enough, eating poorly or simply spending too much time away from her normal environment. And right now, she can still see…

Cristian Romero has said he “wasn’t perfect” during his five years with Tottenham Hotspur.The Argentina centre-back is set to complete a move to Atletico Madrid after they agreed to pay Spurs £34.2m for the 28-year-old.Romero’s last game for Tottenham was against Sunderland in April, when he left the field in tears with a knee injury that would rule him out of Spurs’ last six Premier League games.The team were in a relegation battle and Romero upset fans by planning to be in Argentina for their final game, to watch his first club Belgrano play in the Primera Division Apertura final.He…

It came as no surprise that almost a year of pent-up emotion exploded from Iga Swiatek the moment she slotted her final backhand winner to clinch the Canadian Open title by defeating Elena Rybakina in two clean sets on Thursday night.As she screamed towards her team members on her corner of the court, pointed to her head and furiously pumped her fist, though, it was the tenor of Swiatek’s emotion that made her reaction noteworthy: she was angry. Her anger, she explained later, stemmed from the doubtful, disapproving voices she has heard throughout these difficult periods, most of it coming…