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Luciano Spalletti said his Juventus team must “perfect ourselves” during pre-season if they are to stand any chance of challenging at the top of Serie A in 2026-27. Spalletti is preparing for his first full season in charge of Juventus, and has seen his team win three of their five pre-season outings so far this summer. The Bianconeri’s only defeat came last time out against Scudetto holders Inter, with Spalletti acknowledging the gulf in quality between the two teams at full-time. Juventus finished sixth in Serie A last season, enough to qualify for a spot in the Europa League, though…
Noel Mikaelian views his September 12 fight against Jai Opetaia as a meeting between cruiserweights’ two genuine champions. One half of that statement is easy to accept. The other still needs to be proven. Opetaia has proven himself as the division’s leading fighter through two victories over Mairis Briedis and his subsequent run at the top. Mikaelian owns the WBC title, but possessing a belt doesn’t necessarily prove he is the second-best cruiserweight. “Jai is the legitimate IBF champion, and I’m the legitimate WBC champion. So it’s the two real cruiserweight champions colliding,” Mikaelian said to The Ring. Opetaia no…
Ingebrigtsen’s last competitive race was at the World Championships in Tokyo last September.He finished 10th in the 5,000m final, having lined up as the two-time defending champion despite his Achilles issue preventing him from competing during the outdoor season.Announcing his return at the European Championships in Birmingham, Ingebrigtsen wrote: “If you’re waiting for the perfect preparation, perfect conditions, perfect timing, you’ll be waiting your whole life.”He said, following discussions with his team, that there was “no reason not to race”, suggesting that while he was back to full health, he was not necessarily in shape to compete for his latest…
Amy Hunt claimed her first senior international title by storming to 100m glory and delivering Great Britain’s first gold medal at the European Athletics Championships in Birmingham.Hunt announced herself on the sport’s global stage last year by claiming world 200m silver in Tokyo, where she secured the first individual international medal of her senior career.Having backed that up with Commonwealth 100m silver two weeks ago, the 24-year-old would not be denied gold this time on home soil at Alexander Stadium.”It feel so sweet. I have had such a string of silvers and I was starting to get a bit fed…
Xabi Alonso’s preseason has had lots of journalists very impressed – but some have pointed out it wasn’t universally popular. 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. After a preseason tour which has seen an insane number of miles travelled, Chelsea are back in the UK and preparing for their final friendly of the summer. The Athletic have just put out a long piece from Simon Johnson (who was in Australia and Asia with them)…
Stubbs and Marcus Stoinis were instrumental in pulling off the chase as they shared a 70-run stand for the fourth wicket.Aussie all-rounder Stoinis whacked four fours and three sixes to make 46 off 25 balls before he miscued a full toss from Ben Sanderson in the penultimate set and was caught.However, with eight needed off the final five balls, bowled by Lewis Gregory, Stubbs and Nikhil Chaudhary got Brave over the line.Stubbs sealed the win by whacking Gregory over square leg for six as he finished unbeaten on 52 from 28 balls, having also struck four fours and three sixes…
It’s that time again, the 2026/27 Carabao Cup Second Round draw, live and in full as each tie gets drawn out. As per their website, it’ll be done before Plymouth Argyle v Exeter City on Sky Sports Football on Monday the 10th of August. Sky Sports presenter David Prutton is the host for the draw, which begins around 7.20pm, and doing the draw are pundits Jobi McAnuff and Jamie Mackie. We will see 11 Premier League clubs, who aren’t participating in European competitions, enter this stage of the competition. The Carabao Cup is regionalised until the Third Round, with the…
Jaron Ennis believes Terence Crawford would have been easy work for him. Brian McIntyre sees a fight that would have ended very differently. Crawford’s trainer backed his fighter when discussing the matchup, pointing to Bud’s history of delivering when presented with major challenges. “You know what, man? Yeah, I’m going to stick with my guy, man,” McIntyre said on Brian Custer’s YouTube channel. “One thing about our team, man, we love challenges, and if we put our mind to it and we set to it and that’s what we want to do, we going to go out and get the…
Siddharth Mahadevan’s 60 (42b, 5×4, 3×6), R. Ram Kumar’s 19-ball 36, Atheeq Ur Rahman’s assured 27-ball 39, and a disciplined effort from the spinners fashioned Madurai Panthers’ 36-run win over SKM Salem Spartans in the Tamil Nadu Premier League (TNPL) at the NPR College Ground here on Monday.It was a third win in as many games for the Panthers, while the Spartans suffered a third straight defeat.Openers Siddharth and Ram Kumar gave Panthers’ innings early impetus, adding 50 off just 28 balls. Siddharth cleared fine leg off leg-spinner V.S. Karthick Manikandan and went on the back foot to whip Ajith Ram…
Four-time winners Nottingham Forest will face Leeds in the Carabao Cup in the only all-Premier League tie in the second round of the competition. Chelsea, who have won the competition five times, will welcome League One Luton to Stamford Bridge, while Tottenham will host Championship side Charlton. David Moyes will return to Deepdale as Everton visit Preston North End, where he began his managerial career.Meanwhile, Newcastle will take on second-tier West Brom and Fulham will play AFC Wimbledon at Craven Cottage. Brentford have a potentially tricky away trip to Birmingham City while Ipswich will play League One Leicester.Also in the…