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“Listen, this saga, we’ll see how this whole thing plays out,” White said. “I mean, they either want to fight or they don’t. I don’t know.” That isn’t the language of someone convinced everything is settled. The UFC CEO previously discussed helping put the fight together, but he clarified Saturday that his involvement didn’t include Joshua’s individual contract. When questioned about Joshua’s agreement for the UK, White replied, “Well, I didn’t do his contract.” So what did his side negotiate? “We did the television deal and the venue deal,” White said. His answer helps explain why White and Eddie Hearn…
Rangers’ reward for knocking out Premier Sports Cup holders St Mirren is a mouth-watering quarter-final against Old Firm rivals Celtic.Derek McInnes earned his first win as boss with a thumping 5-1 victory on Sunday and will now host Celtic.Stenhousemuir, who stunned Motherwell in extra time, will host last season’s Scottish Premiership runners up Hearts.Aberdeen will go to Kilmarnock in an all top-flight tie, while Ross County welcome Hibernian to the Highlands.The games will be played across the weekend of 12-13 September.McInnes’ first taste of an Old Firm game as Rangers manager was due to be at Celtic Park on Sunday…
Arsenal comfortably beat Man City 3-0 in the 2026 FA Community Shield at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff. It took just 24 seconds for the current Premier League holders to go in front, thanks to Riccardo Calafiori after receiving a through-ball from Myles Lewis-Skelly. Kai Havertz then doubled Arsenal’s lead with a well-worked move on the 28th minute, before Martin Odegaard then made it three, producing a beautiful finish. And when Man City did try and spark a comeback, Arsenal players were there to keep their chances out, Gabriel giving a passionate response after stopping Jeremy Doku and Ben White…
Mark Selby claimed his fourth China Open title with a 10-6 victory over Noppon Saengkham in Taiyuan.Four-time world champion Selby, 43, has now won 26 ranking events and this success lifts him up from ninth to fifth in the world rankings. “I’m happy to be standing here as champion, I played some good stuff all week, somewhere near close to my best,” said Selby.The Englishman, who was appearing in first ranking final in China for eight years, had trailed 4-2 early in the contest despite compiling a wonderful 138 break in the third frame.However, he took the final two frames…
Deepti Sharma has appeared in three women’s editions of The Hundred since 2021, playing for London Spirit in 2021 and 2024 and in 2026 with Sunrisers Leeds.In 2021, she played eight matches for London Spirit, scoring 77 runs at a strike-rate of 113.23 and average of 19.25. She also took 10 wickets at an economy rate of 5.26, finishing as the team’s leading wicket-taker.In 2022, Deepti was signed by Birmingham Phoenix as a wildcard but did not feature for the franchise in a match that season. She didn’t feature in the competition’s 2023 edition and returned in 2024, finding her…
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2026-08-15, we are going to comment and rate the mma bout Islam Makhachev vs Ian Garry as soon as we watch the full fight (take a look at our ranking of the Best Mma Fights of 2026). Machado Garry vs Makhachev is scheduled to take place Saturday, August 15th, at the Xfinity Mobile Arena in Philadelphia (Pennsylvania, United States), in a 5-round welterweight (170 lbs, 77 kg) bout; it is the main event of the UFC 330 and it is valid for the UFC welterweight championship. Watch the video and rate this fight! Islam Makhachev…
O’Connor will take a couple of weeks now to “chill” and “not speak about athletics” before reflecting and evaluating 2026 with dad and coach Michael, as they plan ahead for what will hopefully be an exciting couple of years.However, in amongst all the excitement of her big wins this summer was the family sadness of the passing of her grandmother Madeleine to who she dedicated the European gold medal.”My granny was one of my biggest supporters and, like, every medal that I would win, she was completely over the moon every single time,” explained O’Connor.”She would always make jokes that…
Arsenal entered this summer in a position every rival wanted. Mikel Arteta had finally delivered the Premier League title, ending a 22-year wait, but the response has not been to admire the trophy cabinet. The champions have continued strengthening. Illan Meslier arrived to add competition and depth in goal, while Christos Tzolis gave Arteta another quick, direct option across the front line. Piero Hincapie’s move was also made permanent following his loan spell. The Ecuador international already understands Arsenal’s demands and can cover central defence or the left side. The headline signing, however, was Bruno Guimarães. Reuters/Matthew Childs Arsenal paid…
Aston Villa are closing in on the signing of Parma goalkeeper Zion Suzuki, with Emi Martinez’s future in increasing doubt.Japan international Suzuki has been one of Villa’s top targets should Martinez leave this summer and the deal, reportedly for around £30m, is progressing. Suzuki was born in America but qualifies for Japan through his mother and played all four of their matches at the World Cup this summer. The 23-year-old has made 59 appearances for Parma since joining from J-League side Urawa Red Diamonds in 2024.His impending arrival means Martinez could now move to Juventus with the Old Lady having…
Djed Spence says the opportunity to write new chapters in Inter’s illustrious history was the main factor in persuading him to leave Tottenham for the Serie A giants. On Saturday, Spence completed his €35m (£30m) transfer to the Scudetto holders, who sold fellow full-back Denzel Dumfries to Real Madrid earlier in the transfer window. The England international returns to Italy two years after he had a loan stint with Genoa, playing 16 games for the Rossoblu in the second half of the 2023-24 campaign. Spence also spent time on loan at Rennes and Leeds United during his four years as…