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Chelsea beat Real Sociedad in the last friendly before the season starts, with a much improved second period and some good debuts. If you enjoy Talk Chelsea coverage and want to see more of it, add us as a preferred source on Google to make us a favourite and see more of our content. Chelsea beat Real Sociedad 3-1 in their final friendly before the season starts. The Blues, with new players in the mix, looked a little slow and sluggish early on despite a strong team on the pitch. They did get a goal for one of the new…
The history between Isley and Hicks gives the fight some intrigue. What it doesn’t provide is the kind of test Isley needs five years into his professional career. Isley spent more than four years with Top Rank without progressing to high-caliber contender opposition. He signed with Salita Promotions earlier this year, yet the matchmaking remains cautious. It’s unclear what Salita is waiting for. Isley came into the professional ranks with Olympic experience. At 16-0, he should already be facing opponents capable of showing whether he can compete near the top of the middleweight division. His lack of power may explain…
St Jude Championship – round three leaderboard-13 S Scheffler (US); -11 S Burns (US), Im (Kor); -8 J Knapp (US), T Fleetwood (Eng)Selected others: -7 B Harman (US); -6 V Hovland (Nor); -5 W Clark (US); -4 M Fitzpatrick (Eng), J Spieth (US); -3 L Aberg (Swe); -2 H Hall (Eng); -1 A Rai (Eng); +6 J Rose (Eng), R McIlroy (NI)Full leaderboardWorld number one Scottie Scheffler will take a two-stroke lead into the final round of the St Jude Championship as he chases his first victory since January. Scheffler, 30, carded a two-under 68 on Saturday to sit at…
Norwich City fume after West Brom take the lead with Aune Heggebo’s handball not being spotted by officials, sparking a VAR debate. Controversy at Carrow Road with questions raised over whether Heggebo diverted the ball into the net with his hand on the 75th minute. Now footage has emerged showing what happened. Jimmy-Jay Morgan then sealed the Baggies’ first win of the new Championship season, surviving a latefight back from Norwich onslaught with Mathias Kvistgaarden getting a consolation for the Canaries. Norwich had started the game the better, with West Brom having Max O’Leary, Nat Phillips and George Campbell to…
Those three bouts also provided the type of money Roach isn’t likely to receive by rebuilding against lesser-known lightweights. If he wants to continue earning major purses, he’ll need opponents with names, titles or enough ability to make the fights commercially valuable. Floyd Schofield, Andy Cruz, Abdullah Mason, Gervonta Davis, Jadier Herrera, Rayo Valenzuela, Sam Noakes, Lucas Bahdi and Zepeda offer Roach few comfortable options if his goal is another lightweight title. Those are also the type of opponents capable of producing the paydays that make remaining at 135 worthwhile. The Zepeda loss exposed an offensive limitation that won’t necessarily…
There was a sense that Asher-Smith’s seamless baton changeover to Hunt was a symbolic moment, in its wider context.As one British sprint star achieved a piece of history a decade in the making, the other continued to demonstrate that she is only just getting started.Asher-Smith, a world champion over 200m and British record holder over both sprint distances, has amassed 22 senior international medals since making her debut in the women’s 4x100m squad at the 2013 World Championships.She was the last athlete to achieve a sprint treble at the European Championships in 2018, 12 months before completing her rise to…
World Cup-winner Pratika Rawal will not be joining the Warwickshire squad for the Metro Bank One Day Cup after she was called up to India’s Women’s Asia Cup squad.Pratika, on Friday, was named as an injury replacement for Jemimah Rodrigues, who was ruled out of the upcoming Asia Cup and the Asian Games.ALSO READ | Jemimah Rodrigues ruled out of Asia Cup, Asian GamesJemimah suffered a tear to her right hamstring while playing for Southern Brave in The Hundred on August 3, and subsequent assessment by the BCCI Medical Team at its Centre of Excellence in Bengaluru confirmed the severity…
Johnson-Thompson achieved her sixth global podium with bronze at last year’s World Championships – and her third in as many years as she returned to the pinnacle of the sport following a career-threatening Achilles rupture.But, prior to these championships, she had competed just once since – in the shot put at an event in Loughborough in May – and withdrew from last month’s Commonwealth Games to ensure she could compete here.Having competed at Alexander Stadium as a junior, Johnson-Thompson was determined to make the start line and soak in the adoration of the home crowd.While she has never won a…
Does Roberto De Zerbi have the quality in attack to enjoy a successful season at Tottenham Hotspur? The answer, as things stand, might well be no. The Lilywhites have seen so many world-class talents delight in north London in modern times, be it Harry Kane, Heung-min Son, Gareth Bale or Rafael van der Vaart, yet there is somewhat of a vacuum in that sense right now. Xavi Simons and Wilson Odobert remained sidelined. Mohammed Kudus and Dejan Kulusevski haven’t featured in pre-season as yet. Dominic Solanke has been peripheral this summer too. There’s been so much to like about Tottenham’s…
The Great Britain women’s team have missed out on their first chance to qualify for flag football’s Olympic debut but will have another opportunity on Sunday.The non-contact version of American football will make its Olympic bow at Los Angeles 2028 and two spots are available for both men and women at this weekend’s World Championships in Germany.After reaching the quarter-finals as group winners, GB faced Panama on Saturday and came from behind to win 26-20 and set up a semi-final clash with the USA.Victory would have secured a spot at LA28 and GB led 21-7 in the first half after…