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Keely Hodgkinson begins an outdoor season in which she will seek to break the long-standing women’s 800m world record by testing her speed over 400m at the Rome Diamond League on Thursday, which is live on the BBC.Britain’s Olympic 800m champion has made clear her intention to topple Czech athlete Jarmila Kratochvilova’s 43-year mark this summer, ideally on home soil at the London Diamond League event in July, after smashing the world indoor record in March.Before then, the 24-year-old starts her racing preparations in Rome, where she will line up with a 400m personal best almost one second slower than…
Scotland goalkeeper Craig Gordon will be the oldest player at the World Cup this summer, but the 43-year-old has not been handed the No 1 shirt.Following the submission of each of the 48 nations’ official squad lists, Gordon will wear No 21, with fellow goalkeepers Angus Gunn and Liam Kelly assigned numbers 1 and 12 respectively.Manchester United’s Tyler Fletcher has taken No 8 after the teenage midfielder became a surprise replacement for the injured Billy Gilmour on Sunday.Striker Lyndon Dykes will wear Scotland’s No 9, fellow forward Che Adams No 10, and Lawrence Shankland No 20.It remains to be seen…
(Mark Robinson/Matchroom Boxing) Eddie Hearn, promoter of Anthony Joshua, doesn’t believe that Tyson Fury needs a warm up bout before taking on his charge in November. Fury came back to outpoint Arslanbek Makhmudov over 12 rounds in April. It was Fury’s first fight since twice losing to Oleksandr Usyk in 2024. Joshua, meanwhile, knocked out Jake Paul in six rounds in December. That marked his first action since being stopped by Daniel Dubois in September 2024. After Fury’s victory, he called out Joshua, who was sitting ringside. Joshua, though, insisted he needed more time. Following the victory over Paul, Joshua was…
France defender Ibrahima Konate is in advanced talks with Real Madrid about joining the La Liga club on a free transfer.As reported by the Daily Telegraph, external, Konate is close to agreeing terms over a move to the Bernabeu when his contract at Liverpool expires at the end of June.Liverpool announced on Sunday that Konate would leave the club at the end of his current deal. The 27-year-old had previously been in discussions to extend his stay on Merseyside but those talks came to an end amid a gap between the centre-half and the club over his value and wages.Konate…
A tearful Marta Kostyuk dedicated her French Open quarter-final against compatriot Elina Svitolina to Ukraine after she made history to reach the last four in Paris.The 23-year-old outlasted seventh seed Svitolina – who she earlier described as “a legend of Ukrainian tennis” – in a deciding set in the first major quarter-final between two Ukrainian women in history.Kostyuk is the first Ukrainian woman in the Open era to reach the singles semi-finals at Roland Garros – and she achieved the feat with the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine never far from her mind.Kostyuk and Svitolina took to court the day…
GAA President Jarlath Burns says comparing Dublin manager Ger Brennan’s 12-week suspension to the Central Competitions Control Committee [CCCC]’s decision not to punish Donegal boss Jim McGuinness is like “comparing apples to oranges”.Brennan was shown a red card by referee Fergal Kelly in his side’s final league game against Galway after an altercation with Tribesmen’s strength and conditioning coach Cian Breathnach McGinn and has been forced to watch championship games from the stands, including Sunday’s defeat by Louth in Croke Park.McGuinness avoided any punishment from official Sean Hurson in his side’s opening All-Ireland Senior Football Championship victory over Kerry on…
For those associated with the club, the desire to watch a successful team next season is blended with a need to shake off the damage Eckert’s actions have caused.One of the more egregious conclusions drawn by the EFL investigation into Southampton’s practices was that the young analyst intern who was caught spying outside Middlesbrough’s training ground had raised concerns about the task he was given, but was put “under extreme pressure” to carry it out by more senior personnel, including Eckert.In many workplaces, a senior staff member pressuring a junior colleague into performing a task which violates industry rules would…
Scotland, Liverpool and Celtic great Sir Kenny Dalglish is undergoing treatment for cancer.The legendary forward and former manager wanted to keep the news private but confirmed the diagnosis after accidentally sharing the news initially in an “inadvertent social media post”.”I am currently undergoing treatment for cancer,” Dalglish, 75, wrote on social media. “Unlike my mobile phone use, the treatment is going well.”Ideally, this would have remained private because that’s the way it should be, but my useless technology skills have forced my hand.”Obviously I did not mean to make this matter public so I would appreciate it if the privacy…
“The situation with Lawrence a year ago was actually quite simple,” he said. “We as a club had to make a calculation on whether we wanted to keep Lawrence or not. “And the only way in which we could keep him was with the deal that was agreed in the end. “The calculation was made up of the fact that, if we were very successful as a team and Lawrence was very successful in the park, the risk would be that we would lose him at the end of the first season.”Jones accepts that some fans might be disappointed by…
Ulster champions Armagh will take on Louth in Round 2A of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship.Donegal, who defeated Kerry in a feisty previous round in a repeat of last year’s final, will take on Cork in Ballybofey.Tyrone will host Mayo in a rerun of the 2021 final and Westmeath will travel to Galway in the other fixtures in Round 2A.It will be the first time that Armagh and Louth, who battled past Dublin in the first round, have met in Championship football.In round 2B, there will be a reunion for former Kildare boss Jack O’Connor as reigning All-Ireland champions Kerry…