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Owner and chairman Doug King talks Coventry’s Premier League hopes and explains why VAR should be the Championship. Ahead of his side getting the 2026/27 top flight season underway on Friday, he spoke with talkSPORT’s Jim White and Simon Jordan and variety of topics. The Sky Blues back in the Premier League for the first time since 2001, after winning the 2025/26 Championship title with 95 points from 46 games played, winning 28, drawing 11, losing 7, 97 goals for and 45 goals against. 😬 “You’re officiating it with 100 year old technology!” ⏩ “They need to move forward!” Coventry…
It is Monday morning and the five-fold that needed only Brighton to hold on at the death is in the bin. Anyone who builds accumulators knows the feeling: four legs land, the fifth breaks your heart in stoppage time, and the whole slip returns nothing. Accas are brilliant fun and brutal maths, because stacking selections multiplies the odds and multiplies the ways to lose in equal measure. By Monday a lot of punters fancy something with a calmer pulse. That is the honest appeal of a low-edge table game, and it now runs online in cryptocurrency. Shuffle keeps its live…
The situation has been complicated by the arrival of the Dana White-fronted Zuffa Boxing, which is jointly owned by Sela and TKO Group Holdings. TKO is the managing partner, while White is among the promotion’s executive leaders.Hearn has criticised the push to stage the fight in America.”The reason that this is happening, to be completely honest with you, is because TKO and Zuffa have basically convinced or tried to convince Turki that this fight is massive in America,” he said.Fury also addressed White’s involvement.”White wants to be involved, he can come on my side. He can be a part of…
Like many of their Premier League rivals, Arsenal have had something of a frustrating summer transfer window. Mikel Arteta’s side have still pulled off some first-class signings. Christos Tzolis passed his first audition with flying colours in a creative display in the Community Shield, and Bruno Guimaraes is a world-class centre-midfielder. Ezri Konsa should soon arrive from Aston Villa. But the Gunners still lack something in attack. We’re not asking for prime Alexis Sanchez, but Arteta needs more across the frontline. Okay, perhaps we are. Arsenal are Premier League champions, and why not aim for world-class forwards who can consolidate…
“All respect to Shakur. I’ve known him from the amateurs, and we’ve said our back and forth,” Smith told talkSPORT. “He’s one hell of a fighter. But if we can get a fight made, of course I’m grabbing it with both hands, and I’ve got the big belief I’m going to beat him. That’s a fight for me that rolls back the Ricky Hatton-Mayweather days.” Shakur has morphed from a fighter seeking the best available challenge into a prizefighter chasing mega-paydays exclusively. Devin Haney, Ryan Garcia, Conor Benn and Gervonta Davis fit that pursuit. Dalton does not. Once fighters begin…
Aston Villa’s rebuild has continued with the season-long loan of Aaron Wan-Bissaka from West Ham. The right-back will play for Villa during the 2026-27 season, with the club having a conditional obligation to buy for a reported £18m next year. Wan-Bissaka made 65 appearances for West Ham after joining from Manchester United and was named Hammer of the Year in his first season. However, he could not help them avoid relegation from the top-flight last term as they finished 18th. Welcome to Aston Villa, Aaron pic.twitter.com/EbOqowkf6K — Aston Villa (@AstonVilla) August 21, 2026 He made just 25 Premier League appearances…
Sri Lanka added batters Kamil Mishara and Sahan Arachchige to its squad ahead of the second Test against India at the SSC Ground in Colombo, starting Sunday.With Kusal Mendis and Pathum Nissanka missing due to injury and former captain Dinesh Chandimal giving the Test a skip after suffering from concussion in Galle, the batting contingent has been bolstered.Arachchige, who has already made his debut for the Island nation in the limited-over formats, has replaced Ramesh Mendis who was not selected in the playing eleven last time out.The youngster will most likely be the backup to Pasindu Sooriyabandara, who was drafted…
Their meeting formed part of a benefit show for the Italian Hospital Fund. Harry Wills also fought Charley Weinert on a card that attracted tens of thousands of spectators and produced a gate estimated between $339,000 and $375,000. An injured toe had forced Walker to delay the contest from June 19, bringing ridicule from reporters who doubted that such a minor ailment required a postponement. Once he entered the ring, there was nothing timid about his performance. The challenger attacked Greb’s body with heavy hooks and tried to turn the contest into a physical fight at close range. Greb answered…
Ben Jacobs says that Man City are still keen on Chelsea midfielder Enzo Fernandez – but signing him is going to be difficult. 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. Rodri’s move from Man City to Barcelona is done, and that’s kept the dying embers of the Enzo Fernandez transfer rumours alive. City have been linked to him all summer, but Chelsea’s asking price of £120m has put them off. The Blues made it known…
THE inaugural weekend of EFL Championship action provided our usual blend of high octane football, and William Hill News look at Saturday’s fixtures in the second tier. Eight teams got off to a flying start masterminding winning results to impact their football betting odds. Curiously though, those three clubs relegated from the Premier League – West Ham United, Burnley and Wolverhampton Wanderers – were unable to record victories. Now heading into a second round of fixtures, here is my analysis of the games I am looking forward to most alongside considered score predictions to assist your Championship betting… Millwall v…