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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…

Another man, Jamie O’Brien, 32, from Pentwyn, has also been charged with assault in connection with the same incident and is scheduled to appear in court on July 28. The charges were announced one day after Cordina confirmed he had been denied a visa to enter the United States, forcing him out of his planned July 4 challenge against WBO lightweight champion Abdullah Mason in Cleveland. “It’s not injuries. I’ve seen a lot of reports saying injuries, but there’s no injuries,” Cordina said on Instagram. “I’ve had a great camp and I was meant to fly over this week. A…

Two-time Ballon d’Or winner Alexia Putellas has opted to join Women’s Super League club London City Lionesses.The 32-year-old left Barcelona after 14 years in May and is widely regarded as one of women’s football’s greatest players.Sources close to Putellas have told BBC Sport she has chosen the South London club over Boston Legacy in the United States – the final two among many vying for her signature.Although the Lionesses are confident of completing the deal, club sources say there is no final agreement yet.It is a remarkable scoop as London City Lionesses – an independent women’s football club – continue…

Welcome to another episode of the Arsecast – the original Arsenal podcast. In this episode I’m joined by Tim Stillman to chat about Arsenal’s Brazilians in World Cup action, England’s draw with Ghana that featured four of our players, but which raised more questions about Declan Rice’s fitness and how we cope with that ahead of next season. We also talk about what Mikel Arteta might have learned from last season, backroom changes – especially in the medical department, the rumoured swap deal involving Julian Alvarez and Viktor Gyokeres, players pushing through the pain, Aaron Ramsey moving into management, and…

Floyd Mayweather’s planned exhibition against Greek kickboxing icon Mike Zambidis this weekend has now been cancelled following a dramatic legal battle that has engulfed the Hall of Famer’s 2026 comeback schedule. The exhibition, scheduled for Saturday, June 27 in Athens, Greece, became the subject of a recent lawsuit after CSI claimed Mayweather is contractually obligated to fulfil previously signed agreements to face Mike Tyson in an exhibition before a professional rematch with Manny Pacquiao. The company argued that staging the Zambidis exhibition with another promoter would breach those agreements. A federal court hearing was held this week, with a judge…