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Chelsea are interested in signing England defender John Stones on a free transfer following his departure from Manchester City.The west London side have joined Inter Milan in considering a move for the 32-year-old, who became a free agent when his City contract expired at the end of June.Chelsea are also in talks to sign Crystal Palace defender Maxence Lacroix while assessing other options in the market, including Como’s Jacobo Ramon.They are also looking to sell central defenders to make space in their squad for potential new arrivals.Fellow England international Trevoh Chalobah is in talks to join Como, while Axel Disasi…
Cindy Ord/Getty Images It’s been a comeback year for Brie Bella, who returned to WWE at the Royal Rumble back in February before going on to have a several month reign as one half of the WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions alongside Paige. And a big reason that’s happened has been because of her husband, AEW’s Bryan Danielson. In an interview with “The Sal Licata Show,” Bella gave a ton of credit to her husband for not only helping her train for her comeback, but for taking up the workload…
LIV Golf has suffered another blow with the announcement of a global alliance between the leading men’s professional tours.Masters champion Rory McIlroy has welcomed the partnership that the PGA Tour and DP World Tour have struck with the Asian Tour, which had been linked with the LIV circuit.LIV, whose next event starts at the JCB Club in Staffordshire on Thursday, is already reeling from the withdrawal of Saudi Arabian financial backing after the Kingdom ploughed in more than £3.75bn to bankroll its first three years.The PGA Tour and DP World Tour’s new partnership with the Asian Tour was confirmed in…
Jake Hager enjoyed the people inside the AEW locker room, but he wasn’t nearly as impressed with the politics surrounding them. During a conversation on the Off the Rails podcast with Jasmine St. Claire, Hager was asked about the difference between the backstage cultures in WWE and AEW. The question specifically focused on AEW’s younger roster and the company’s more modern environment. Hager acknowledged that AEW had a younger locker room where more things were accepted. He didn’t criticize the wrestlers themselves and made it clear that he generally enjoyed being around them. However, Hager also suggested that certain situations…
Wrexham, preparing for a second successive season in the Championship, meet Leeds in Tampa on Sunday, 26 July before facing Liverpool in New York four days later.Their final pre-season game is against Parkinson’s former club Sunderland on Sunday, 2 August in Philadelphia, where Wrexham co-owner Rob Mac is from.Wrexham toured the US in 2023 and 2024 with opponents including Manchester United and Chelsea and they return this year after spending the 2025 pre-season in Australia and New Zealand.”The three tours we’ve had have been absolutely incredible,” Parkinson added.”The memories which have been created on those trips and the games and…
Back on the pitch, the actions of the Argentina players were heavily criticised, with former England captain Alan Shearer saying: “Paredes threw two or three haymakers into someone’s face. He went for them. There is no place or space for that.”We know how much it means to them and we know how much it hurts to lose, but there is a way to lose. Too many times we have seen that from Argentina. The reaction after the final whistle is terrible.”Former England goalkeeper Joe Hart added: “The game’s done, they can have absolutely no complaints about what happened. Disgusting behaviour.”Argentina…
Walker said: “Sussex is a club I have always admired and one with a proud history. The opportunity to work with this group of players and staff, alongside Paul [Farbrace], was one that really excited me.”There is already a strong foundation in place and I’m looking forward to building on that as we strive to help Sussex compete for trophies. I can’t wait to get started.”Farbrace said Walker possessed the “experience, energy and enthusiasm” that the club had been looking for. “I’m really looking forward to working alongside him as we tackle the challenges in front of us and build…
Top run-scorer, twice a finalist: Salt certainly has pedigree in The Hundred.The Welshman reached the final with Manchester Originals in 2022 and 2023 but believes he can go one step further by sparking a dormant Welsh Fire into life.The Cardiff-based team are the worst-performing franchise in the tournament’s short history, with both the men’s and women’s teams finishing rock bottom last year.Neither side has won the tournament and the men are yet to reach the play-offs, but with tech billionaire Sanjay Govil buying a 50% share of the team for £40m there is hope that this year could be different.”Historically,…
In some ways, MLS is already up there with the big leagues across the world.There were 45 MLS players represented at the 2026 World Cup – including two in the final for Argentina, Messi and Rodrigo de Paul.MLS has a reputation for being almost a retirement home for superstars – a lucrative place to play for legends like Beckham and Messi after peak careers in Europe.But that reputation is outdated, Courtemanche says, with the average age of new international players in the league now 23.8 years. Though many of them have dreams of playing in Europe after experiencing MLS.MLS is…
WWE continued teasing Big Cass’ return on the July 20, 2026, episode of RAW by airing another vignette. This time, the video revisited his 2018 release and looked back at the tough times, including injuries and personal struggles. The vignette showed how Cass went from being one of WWE’s rising stars to someone whose career fell apart. It also made it clear that his return is being presented as a comeback story built on redemption, not just nostalgia. WWE looks back at Big Cass’ toughest years The new vignette followed the same style as last week’s video but shared more…