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Rory McIlroy admitted “too many stupid mistakes” prevented him from making a strong start to the Open Championship as a rollercoaster opening round of 72 left him seven shots behind surprise leader Jackson Suber.Hoping to add a second Claret Jug to the second Masters title he claimed in April, McIlroy endured a frustrating day on Royal Birkdale’s greens during a round that featured four birdies and six bogeys. The six-time major winner missed three four-foot putts in the space of four holes from the seventh before mixing three birdies with two bogey sixes over his final six holes.”The two bogeys…
Undefeated light welterweight contender Ernesto “Tito” Mercado has secured a long-term promotional deal with Salita Promotions and Wynn Records as he prepares for what he hopes will be the next stage of his career. The announcement comes less than a month before Mercado returns to the ring against former world title challenger Emmanuel Tagoe on August 15 at State Farm Arena in Atlanta, live on DAZN. The 24-year-old Mercado (19-0, 18 KOs) enters the fight riding an eight-bout knockout streak and has rapidly climbed the rankings to No. 4 with the WBO and No. 5 with the IBF. With those…
Joe Root says some England players are having to “learn on the job” in 50-over cricket because of a lack of exposure to the format. Root was a class apart in the second one-day international at Cardiff with a chanceless 99 that led England to a four-wicket win in tricky conditions. In domestic cricket, the One-Day Cup is played in the same window as The Hundred and has therefore become more of a developmental tournament.Collectively, England’s top six batters on Thursday had played more than 400 matches fewer than their India counterparts in List A cricket (which combines one-day internationals…
Trevoh Chalobah’s future is a major issue on the agenda for Chelsea this summer, and there are conflicting reports about it. If you enjoy Talk Chelsea coverage and want to see more of it, add us as a preferred source on Google to make us a favourite and see more of our content. The transfer tug of war over Trevoh Chalobah continues. Ben Jacobs is the latest to weigh in on the situation, claiming that Chelsea have rejected two bids from Como, who now seem to be in the hot-seat after fellow Italian side Inter Milan dropped back. Jacobs insists…
Leading into the second ODI between India and England here, history – both recent and distant – at the Sophia Gardens had favoured the chasing team. Eight of the previous 12 ODIs, including four of the last four, were won by sides batting second.For a brief while on Thursday, India threatened to upend it as Jasprit Bumrah and Prasidh Krishna dismissed openers Ben Duckett and Jacob Bethell with just eight runs on the board in a 234-run pursuit.But things soon regressed to the mean as Joe Root scored an unbeaten 99 (133b, 9×4) to carry England to four-wicket, series-levelling success.Root…
Several reported firsts in women’s boxing history will happen simultaneously when unified WBA and WBO featherweight champion Amanda “The Real Deal” Serrano defends her belts against No. 2 WBO contender Lucrecia Manzur on Friday, August 21, at Pechanga Resort Casino in Temecula, California.Most Valuable Promotions announced today that Serrano, 49-4-1 (32 KOs), of Puerto Rico and Manzur, 14-4 (7 KOs) of Argentina will headline a night of boxing broadcast live, purportedly for the first time ever, on TikTok LIVE.Against Manzur, Serrano will also be going for the all-time record for career knockouts by a female fighter. 37-year-old Serrano tied the…
Arsenal will assess William Saliba’s back injury when he reports back to the club after World Cup duty.The France centre-back has been dogged by a back issue for several weeks and carried the problem into the World Cup.The issue appeared to be exacerbated during France’s semi-final loss to Spain when She was forced off after just 30 minutes.Surgery is among the options that will be considered by the Gunners when he returns to London, though an operation would probably require a long-term lay-off to recover.The 25-year-old made 50 appearances in all competitions for Arsenal last season, as they ended a…
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer urges FIFA to investigate Argentina after players held a Falklands banner following a win against England. Argentina’s celebrations got underway as soon as the final whistle blew, but a group of their players controversially displayed a banner. It read “Las Malvinas son Argentinas”, which translates as “The Falklands are Argentine”. The Falkland Islands, which is a British overseas territory, remain the subject of a long running sovereignty dispute between Britain and Argentina. Your da’s taking the football result well… pic.twitter.com/zqJ7TggSrv — Jono Read (@jonoread) July 16, 2026 Argentina risk disciplinary action after Falklands banner displayed…
Argentina fans responded with gestures of their own, with one punching the bus windows.”Henry’s full of character,” Borthwick said. “We want character in our game and we want character in our squad.”This squad really embraces what he brings. It takes all kinds of different personalities and we’ve got some players who wouldn’t do that and then you’ve got Henry who would go and do that.”We embrace it. I think it was done in good nature and it came from a very good place.”England have won nine of their past 10 meetings with the Pumas, including both Tests while on tour…
Amanda Serrano will look to defend her unified title and break the record for the most knockouts in women’s boxing history when she meets Lucrecia Manzur next month.Serrano, 37, will face 27-year-old Manzur on 21 August at Pechanga Resort Casino in Temecula, California, with the unified WBA and WBO world featherweight titles on the line.In May the Puerto Rican equalled the record for the most knockouts (32) in women’s boxing history with a second-round stoppage of Cheyenne Hanson in Texas.Her bout with Argentina’s Manzur will be the first unified women’s world title fight contested over 12 two-minute rounds, and the…