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Former England goalkeeper Mary Earps has agreed personal terms to join London City Lionesses this summer.It is understood the Women’s Super League club also have a verbal agreement in place to sign Spain defender Mapi Leon, who left Barcelona last month after nine years there.Both players are expected to sign contracts this month, according to sources, as London City Lionesses set about demonstrating their summer ambition in the WSL transfer window.Earps’ expected return to England would be a high-profile move, having earned numerous individual accolades during a successful international career.The 33-year-old is set to join from Paris St-Germain at the…
Wales international Hannah Cain is leaving Leicester City following the club’s relegation from the Women’s Super League (WSL).The 27-year-old forward is one of three players, external who will leave the Midlands club when their contracts expire at the end of the month, but Leicester have confirmed Wales goalkeeper Olivia Clark will remain with the Foxes for 2026-27.Cain joined Leicester from Everton in 2020 and helped the club gain promotion to the WSL in her first season. “After six unforgettable years, I feel that now is the right time for me to say goodbye, ” Cain said on social media.”This club…
The League Arbitration Panel was damning about Southampton’s conduct not only through the spying, but also because the club initially provided misleading information.On 8 May, the club admitted that a member of staff was in Middlesbrough, but they claimed it was “a very junior member of the analysis department” and he “was not instructed by any members of senior club staff”.Southampton added that “no footage was captured, transmitted, shared or analysed” and that “senior executives and first team manager have not endorsed this”.This proved to be untrue when the English Football League requested all relevant emails, messages and telephone calls…
Contrary to spurious online rumours, Jodar is not named in homage to Nadal.He shares the name with the 22-time major winner through family tradition, with his father and grandfather also called Rafael.But there does seem to be a sense of nominative determination for the youngest Jodar, who – like every aspiring Spanish player – idolises Nadal.Jodar’s path was carved at his local club in the upmarket Madrid suburb of Chamartin before he demonstrated his global potential by winning the 2024 US Open boys’ title.Days later, he was called up to be a hitting partner with the Spanish Davis Cup team…
Anthony Joshua says he is standing strong “as a soldier” for the parents of two close friends killed in a car crash as the British heavyweight prepares for his return to boxing.The two-time world champion was a passenger in the car when Sina Ghami and Latif ‘Latz’ Ayodele died in Nigeria in December.In his first fight since the accident, in which Joshua sustained minor injuries, he will face the relatively unknown Albanian Kristian Prenga in Riyadh on 25 July.”You never overcome it but you gain perspective in life,” Joshua, 36, told the 5 Live Boxing podcast.”Life is humbling at times.…
Xander Zayas speaks ahead of his huge showdown with Jaron “Boots” Ennis at Barclays Center 🔥 The unified champion talks legacy, why he fears no fighter, becoming Fighter of the Year, and why he believes he has the tools to beat Boots. ⏱️ Timestamps: 0:22 — Zayas explains why he’s never afraid to call out top fighters 1:30 — “I’m getting stronger, sharper, smarter” 2:17 — “I feel like nobody can beat me” 2:54 — Biggest improvement in his game revealed 3:53 — What makes Boots Ennis dangerous 4:24 — Zayas reacts to headlining massive Barclays event 4:52 — “Just…
Chelsea defender Marc Cucurella is linked with a return to Spain, Liverpool are keen on teenage RB Leipzig forward Yan Diomande, while Newcastle face competition for Atalanta right-back Marco Palestra.Marc Cucurella’s future at Chelsea is in doubt after several clubs contacted the left-back’s representatives over a move away from Stamford Bridge. Atletico Madrid, Barcelona and Real Madrid are said to be among those interested in the 27-year-old Spain international. (The Athletic – subscription required), externalLiverpool are keen on RB Leipzig forward Yan Diomande but have yet to reach a verbal agreement over a deal for the 19-year-old Ivory Coast striker.…
Felix Auger-Aliassime, a two-time US Open semi-finalist, used his experience to come through a potentially tricky tie against Alejandro Tabilo 6-3 7-5 6-1.In theory, Chile’s Tablio should have been the fresher of the competitors, having spent about six hours less on court last week after being handed a walkover in round two.Canada’s Auger-Aliassime started strongly, though, breaking at 3-1 before the remainder of the opening set stayed on serve.Tabilo had never previously gone beyond the third round at a Slam but raised his level in the second.The 28-year-old, who celebrates his birthday on Tuesday, played aggressively from the baseline and…
When the two players met in Madrid in April, it was Osaka who won the opening set, and she started quickly once again, breaking Sabalenka in her opening service game.However, it proved to be the only moment of uncertainty on serve for the top seed, who only conceded four points on her own delivery across the remainder of the first set and finished the match with 12 aces to Osaka’s two – and an 83% win rate behind her first serve.Osaka, by contrast, invited pressure on herself, being taken to deuce after leading 40-15 in three first-set service games and…
(Daniel Otter, Three Lions Promotions) Ryan Rozicki embodies so much of what Zuffa Boxing executives have railed against in their dismissal of the sport’s four sanctioning bodies. After multiple delays and repeated frustrations in attempting to land a world-title shot, Rozicki walked away from being the WBC’s No. 1-ranked cruiserweight contender to join Zuffa. The new promotion headed by TKO Group executives Nick Khan and Dana White makes its U.K. debut Saturday night on Paramount+ and Sky by staging Canada’s Rozicki, 21-1-1 (20 KOs), versus former WBO champion Chris Billam-Smith, 21-2 (13 KOs), in the main event. “Chris was the…