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For Sunderland, this is a time of excitement and opportunity. The Black Cats are a whisker away from their second season back in the Premier League, and it will be interesting to see if Regis Le Bris can make it quite as emphatic as last time. The French tactician is aiming to maintain a sense of continuity after finishing seventh last term and thus booking a flight into European competition. He has also acknowledged that the transfer window is proving tricky. Sunderland “have to be really precise” in bringing over the right players to strengthen their squad. But they’ve done…
Contains some strong language.Available for over a yearAde Oladipo, Emily Eubank, and Liam Gough return to give their unfiltered takes on the fight game in another punchy episode of The Punch Perfect Podcast on BBC Sounds! The gang steps straight into ‘The Clinch’ to take on a heated debate rocking modern combat sports. Producer Jay hands over the envelope, starting a strict three-minute timer for the hosts to dissect a contentious statement: “Crossover events do more harm than good for boxing.” Is gimmick matchmaking pulling eyes away from true fighters, or does it bring a much-needed new audience to the…
“Believe you me, that time of 1:53.28 is astonishing,” Jenny Meadows, former British runner and coach to Hodgkinson, told BBC Sport.”I won medals on a global level and I could not even comprehend that a female could run that sort of time.”But athletes have never been closer to breaking it.Werro has twice gone under 1:54 this year, but still more than half a second from Kratochvilova’s record.Olympic champion Hodgkinson broke the 800m indoor record in February, which had stood since 2002, crossing the line in 1:54.87.Then there’s the Netherlands’ Femke Broeders-Bol, still largely an unknown in the 800m after deciding…
Unai Emery insisted Aston Villa have not yet fulfilled their potential as he promised fans “we are not stopping here” ahead of the Super Cup clash with Paris Saint-Germain. Villa, following their Europa League triumph, will take on the two-time reigning European champions PSG in Salzburg on Wednesday. The Villans not only secured their place in the Champions League for this season via their Europa League success, but also with a top-four finish in the Premier League. Villa have had a busy transfer window, with key players Youri Tielemans, Morgan Rogers and Lucas Digne all leaving, with the latter potentially set…
Dan Rafael reported Wednesday that a source confirmed Osleys Iglesias will defend his IBF super middleweight title against Oliver Zaren on October 8 in Canada. A venue was not disclosed. Iglesias (15-0, 14 KOs) captured the vacant belt on April 9 in Montreal, stopping Pavel Silyagin in round eight. The Cuban power puncher has knocked out 14 of his 15 professional opponents and has quickly become a dangerous presence at 168 pounds. Oliver Zaren (19-0-1, 8 KOs) lacks major name recognition, though he owns the IBF Intercontinental title and is ranked No. 5 by the organization. The 26-year-old Dane fought…
Wales are winless in four matches in 2026 and missed out on qualification for the World Cup after losing to Bosnia-Herzegovina on penalties in the play-off semi-finals in March.Speaking before his side’s friendly fixtures against Ghana and Romania in June, Bellamy confirmed he had rejected club offers to commit his future to Wales.But just weeks after the Red Dragons drew 1-1 with Ghana in Cardiff and lost 2-1 to Romania in Bucharest, it emerged that Bellamy was closing in on a return to Burnley, where he worked as an assistant to Vincent Kompany between 2022 and 2024.Since it was confirmed…
Teofimo Lopez claims Ryan Garcia wanted to fight him before his September 12 bout against Conor Benn was made, with Turki Alalshikh pushing Garcia toward the Benn fight instead. Garcia meets Benn at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, but Lopez insists that wasn’t the fight Ryan originally wanted. “Conor and Ryan are fighting because it’s a Turki thing. Turki pushed that fight,” Teofimo said to Fighthype. “It wasn’t something that Ryan wanted. Ryan wanted to fight me, but, you know, it’s a business at the same time.” Ryan has since named Lopez among the opponents he wants to face after…
Crystal Palace co-owner and chairman Steve Parish contacted Dwight McNeil’s partner before the midfielder’s move to the club on Tuesday.McNeil has completed a move to Palace and signed a four-year contract in a swap deal that involved Brennan Johnson moving to Everton.McNeil, 26, nearly moved to Selhurst Park in the January transfer window when Palace agreed a loan-to-buy deal.That deal would have turned into a £20m permanent move, only for the transfer to fall through when the required paperwork could not be completed in time, even though McNeil had already passed a medical.After the deal fell through, McNeil’s partner Megan…
Benoit Badiashile is being pushed towards the door at Chelsea, and there are a few teams interested in taking him on by the sounds of things. 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 are getting some good work done in the transfer market this summer, but they still need to get into gear in selling off some of the multitude of central defenders on their books. Trevoh Chalobah is now gone – next up…
With the surprise revelation that future hall-of-famer Terence Crawford is in training camp, and even sparring, with WBC Interim super middleweight champ Lester Martinez, speculation is growing that the currently retired Crawford may be planning a comeback. Martinez, 20-0-1 (16 KOs), is with Nebraska-based trainer Brian “BoMac” McIntyre making final preparations to defend his interim title against Croatia’s Luka Plantic, 13-0 (10 KOs), on Saturday, August 29, live for ProBoxTV members only (8:30 PM ET/5:30 PM PT), from the Galen Center in Los Angeles (Join now for $5 a month). Crawford, who also worked with McIntyre during his career, has…