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Ecuador’s World Cup qualification campaign began with a three-point deduction slapped on them back in 2022 for fielding Colombia-born Byron Castillo, who Chile claimed was ineligible to play the qualifiers for the World Cup in Qatar. They began the 2026 qualifiers under Felix Sanchez, who guided them to three wins from six matches before the former Qatar boss was dismissed in July 2024, straight after a Copa America quarter-final defeat by Argentina. “They lost the shootout, and Sanchez was sacked in the dressing room after the game,” South American football expert Tim Vickery told BBC Sport.”They treat their coaches with…
Two-division world champion Jermall Charlo is set to return to action in Australia next month. Should he be victorious, there is one reigning champion that the Texan is hoping to take on. Charlo claimed world honours at both super-welterweight and middleweight but after almost three years without defending his WBC 160lb crown, the undefeated Charlo was stripped of his belt in May 2024. Since then, ‘Hit Man’ has fought only once, knocking out Thomas ‘Cornflake’ LaManna on the Caleb Plant vs. Armabdo Resendiz card last May, where victory for him and Plant was supposed to tee up a grudge match…
India batting coach Sitanshu Kotak has said 15-year-old Vaibhav Sooryavanshi has the “natural abilities” to make his mark in international cricket if selected for Friday’s T20I against Ireland in Belfast (13:30 BST).Should Sooryavanshi make his debut on Friday or in Sunday’s second T20, he will break the world record as the youngest international, currently held by Sachin Tendulkar, who played a one-day international against Pakistan in 1989, aged 16.Kotak has “no doubt” about the talent possessed by Sooryavanshi who top-scored in the Indian Premier League this season, hitting 776 runs in 16 innings for the Rajasthan Royals, while setting a…
Unified light heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol will undergo surgery on his injured left elbow on July 4 before beginning preparations for a mandatory title defense against WBO No. 1 contender Callum Smith. Lance Pugmire of BoxingScene reported that the WBO is expected to officially order Bivol and Smith to begin negotiations on Friday after being informed of the champion’s plans by promoter Matchroom Boxing. Bivol (25-1, 12 KOs) returned from more than a year out following back surgery to defeat Michael Eifert by a one-sided unanimous decision on May 30, retaining his unified titles despite entering the fight with the…
Manchester United goalkeeper Andre Onana is close to securing a return to Turkish side Trabzonspor on loan.The deal is not yet agreed yet but sources say it is 90% done. There will be no option to buy within the agreement.Onana made 29 appearances for Trabzonspor last season after being loaned out by United in the wake of their shock EFL Cup defeat at League Two Grimsby last August. The loss on penalties at Blundell Park was his only United match of the campaign.He ended the season by helping Trabzonspor lift the Turkish Cup for the first time since 2020.Onana, a…
Patrik Schick has announced his retirement from international football, following Czechia’s 2026 World Cup exit. Miroslav Koubek’s side crashed out of the tournament following their 3-0 defeat to co-hosts Mexico, which saw them finish bottom of Group A with just one point from three matches. Schick was the joint-top scorer at Euro 2020 with five goals – level with Cristiano Ronaldo – including a stunning attempt from the halfway line against Scotland, as Czechia reached the quarter-finals. However, the Bayer Leverkusen forward was unable to repeat those exploits in North America, registering just a single shot on target in three appearances, the…
Lance Pugmire has been a full-time boxing writer for nearly 20 years, serving now as BoxingScene’s U.S. Senior Writer and assistant producer for ProBoxTV’s “BoxingScene Today.” Pugmire capped a near 20-year career at the Los Angeles Times (sports investigations, NHL/MLB beat work, law enforcement/courts and boxing/UFC) to join The Athletic, and then USA Today. Pugmire’s stint at The Times started with the first Israel Vazquez-Rafael Marquez fight and the Oscar De La Hoya-Floyd Mayweather Jnr then-record pay-per-view, leading through a slew of ringside assignments at major bouts, including Mayweather-Pacquiao, Mayweather-Canelo and the Canelo-Golovkin trilogy. Lance’s appreciation for boxing is rooted…
Cliftonville members have voted in favour of a special resolution to authorise the club’s management committee to enter formal negotiations with the Toronto Investment Group [TIG].The vote at Thursday’s EGM means the proposed takeover by TIG is back on, after the door appeared to have been shut in January with the Canadian consortium taking their offer off the table.It appeared a deal was close to being completed 12 months ago when then Cliftonville chairman Kieran Harding was given permission by members to enter negotiations, but would later put a pause on those talks which led to TIG taking a step…
It’s that time again, the 2025/26 Carabao Cup Preliminary and First Round draw, live and in full as each tie gets drawn out. As per their website, they wrote: “The Carabao Cup Round One Draw will take place live on Sky Sports News at 4:30pm on Thursday, 25 June, as part of the EFL’s Fixture Release Day. “Presented by Sky Sports’ Dharmesh Sheth, former Bolton Wanderers and West Ham United midfielder Kevin Nolan will join former Ipswich Town and Nottingham Forest defender, Luke Chambers in picking out the balls. “Round One will feature 70 Clubs – the two winners from…
South Africa will hope to break the chain of misfortune it has been facing in ICC tournaments when it plays the 2026 edition of the Women’s T20 World Cup in England.The Proteas have reached the final of the T20 showpiece for the past two editions but have failed to lift the title. The Laura Wolvaardt-led team would like to wish it’d be third time lucky for it, but it will need to break out of a group which has Australia and India.Here’s a look at the 15-member South Africa squad playing in the Women’s T20 World Cup 2026:Laura Wolvaardt (c)The…