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Errol Spence Jr. has officially arrived in Australia ahead of his July 25 showdown with Tim Tszyu, receiving a traditional Indigenous Welcome to Country ceremony after touching down in Sydney on Thursday morning. The former unified welterweight champion landed alongside longtime trainer Ronnie Shields and the rest of his team following a 15-hour flight from Los Angeles. No Limit Boxing arranged the welcome ceremony through the Rose Brothers, proud Indigenous Australians who promote Tszyu, giving Spence his first taste of Australian culture before fight week begins. Spence said the reception made an immediate impression after the long journey. “It was…
Birmingham City have signed French defender Jade Rastocle from Montpellier for an undisclosed fee.The 22-year-old centre-back joined Premiere Ligue side Montpellier in 2024 and made 42 appearances, scoring once.Birmingham won the WSL 2 title last season to end a five-year absence from the top flight.”I’m very happy to be here. I can see the ambitions of the club, the city and I know it’s a historic club,” Rastocle said.”For me it’s an unbelievable and very big opportunity to play here.”On Wednesday, Birmingham signed defender Millie Turner and midfielder Lisa Naalsund from Manchester United.Rastocle represented France at youth level and previously…
Everton are now in pole position to sign Genoa star Brooke Norton-Cuffy, and they are set to hold formal talks. The former Millwall man is a 14-cap England U21 international, and made 40 appearances for the Lions during the 2023-24 Championship season, which earned him a move to Genoa, where he has become a first-team regular. In the 2025-26 campaign, the London-born defender made 27 Serie A appearances, displaying his ability going forward by creating 22 chances and averaging 1.3 successful dribbles per 90, the third-highest number in the Genoa squad. That aligns with scout Ben Mattinson’s assessment of the…
Floyd Mayweather dominated the sport for a number of years, named as the BWAA’s Fighter of the Decade for the 2010’s and breaking a number of pay-per-view records. Now, ‘The Best Ever’ has named the active fighter who should be receiving more pound-for-pound recognition. Following Oleksandr Usyk’s decision to vacate his three heavyweight world titles, after a below par showing against Rico Verhoeven, the Ukrainian has dropped down many fight fans’ pound-for-pound rankings. Instead, Japanese phenomenon Naoya Inoue now seems to be the standout candidate as pound-for-pound king, with a trifecta of American stars; Shakur Stevenson, David Benavidez and Jesse…
Since England beat West Germany 4-2 after extra time in the 1966 final, 454 players have made their England debut.The first was John Hollins, who became England’s 847th men’s international in a 2-0 friendly win over Spain at Wembley in May 1967. The most recent is Liverpool teenager Rio Ngumoha, the 1,300th player to represent England, making his debut in June’s 1-0 friendly victory over New Zealand in Tampa.At World Cups, 161 different players have represented England since 1970, from members of Alf Ramsey’s victorious squad to the latest generation to fall agonisingly short.No fewer than 15 permanent England managers…
Aston Villa have loaned defender Andres Garcia to Getafe for the 2026-27 season. The 23-year-old full-back joined Villa from Levante in January 2025, but has made just 18 appearances for Unai Emery’s side so far. Garcia’s only start last term came on the final day of the season against Manchester City, though he was replaced at half-time during their win at the Etihad Stadium. He made just one substitute appearance during Villa’s successful Europa League campaign, though could play a bigger role for Getafe, who have qualified for the Conference League. Aston Villa can confirm that Andrés García has joined Getafe…
Jeff Fenech has watched Tim Tszyu grow up since infancy, and the Australian boxing legend says he has long believed the former world champion has the potential to eclipse both him and his Hall of Fame father, Kostya Tszyu. Working alongside Tszyu for the past eight weeks has only strengthened that belief ahead of his July 26 showdown against former unified welterweight champion Errol Spence Jr. “I’ve spoken to Tim all his life, since he’s a baby,” Fenech said on FOX Footy and 2 More. “I’ll just give you a little story. When he was three months old, he had…
Lando Norris will have to take a 10-place grid penalty at this weekend’s Belgian Grand Prix. McLaren announced on Thursday that the car of the reigning world champion will be fitted with a fourth power electronics unit of the season, one more than allowed under Formula One regulations.Norris’s first two units suffered “terminal” issues in China in March, where he did not start the race, then in free practice in Monaco last month.McLaren said: “While the power electronics unit we installed in Japan, and have used in every session since Miami, has worked reliably, Mercedes-AMG High Performance Powertrains has since…
A peak audience of 24 million people tuned in to watch England’s defeat by Argentina in the World Cup semi-final, making it the most watched live television event in the past five years.The BBC One and iPlayer audience was the biggest for a broadcaster since the Euro 2020 final between England and Italy, which was held in 2021.England’s 2-1 loss in Atlanta averaged 22.1m viewers on BBC One and iPlayer.There were an additional 12.6m streams on BBC iPlayer and the BBC Sport website and app.Anthony Gordon opened the scoring for England early in the second half before Enzo Fernadez equalised…
McLaren have fallen to the back of the top four teams in recent races as rivals have introduced upgrades, but the hope is that the aerodynamic package to be brought in across the Hungarian and Dutch Grands Prix on either side of Formula 1’s summer break will return them to competitiveness.They decided that it was better to take the grid penalty in Belgium, where they expect to be no more competitive than at the last race in Britain but where passing is relatively straightforward, than compromise Hungary, where the car should perform better and overtaking is notoriously difficult.Norris’ grid penalty…