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Top of the classMercedes came into the season as favourites and have lived up to the billing. Their car has been dominant with eight wins from 11 meetings, a strike rate greater perhaps even than the team had expected. Despite the rather skewed conclusions of the Aduo engine assessment, which declared the Red Bull the cream of the crop (on the basis of internal combustion output rather than overall capacity) the Mercedes power unit as a whole, including the hybrid electrical element which is now so vital, is without doubt the class of the field.They have been challenged, not least…
Do you think Aston Martin’s upgrade could persuade Fernando Alonso to continue as a driver? – RobertFernando Alonso is out of contract at the end of the year and has a decision to make as to whether to stay in F1 next year.He is 45 on Wednesday and has been doing this for 25 years. He wants to be sure he makes the right decision because, unlike the last time he stepped away from F1 in 2018, there will be no coming back this time when he leaves.Alonso has been discussing his mindset on his future all season. In a…
A club of Chelsea’s stature is always going to supply a wide range of countries with players when a major international tournament comes around. With this summer’s World Cup being the largest ever, with an unprecedented 48 teams competing to lift the famous trophy, it is no surprise that there were Blues featuring across almost every group. Many of those Chelsea players will have been predicted to do well by all the best World Cup betting sites before the tournament kicked off, and will now be taking a well-earned rest before resuming training before what promises to be a tough…
Owner Behdad Eghbali said Chelsea would “tweak” their model and add experience to what he still believes is a strong core of young players, including Cole Palmer, Moises Caicedo and Levi Colwill.Welbeck joining Chelsea would be another sign of a shift in strategy.Their move for him follows attempts to sign 33-year-old midfielder Granit Xhaka from Sunderland, with the Black Cats refusing to sell the Switzerland captain.Although the arrival of Rogers, 23, fits the club’s preferred policy of signing younger players, he brings significant Premier League experience.The Blues are also expected to complete a £52m move for Lacroix, 26 – further…
6th tier club Braintree Town hugely benefit from a FIFA payment and a sell-on clause from a player’s transfer. Prior to the 2026 World Cup getting underway, Braintree, who were relegated to the National League South, made the headlines, with a huge payment from FIFA helping out a financially troubled side with their player Tommy Smith involved in the tournament. Tommy Smith received a call up to New Zealand’s 2026 World Cup squad, a call up is massive for Braintree, with boss Steve Pitt saying to BBC Essex at the time that the club would benefit financially from the defender,…
Jones became the youngest British boxer to fight at the Olympics in 1976 when he competed in Montreal at 17 years old and four months.He says Eccles’ mentality helped her to negotiate her challenges, not least the latest “nasty” knee injury and subsequent surgery.”We weren’t sure whether she was going to box again, but Rosie is the type of person who will never lay down to anything that gets in her way,” he said.”Nothing is too much, no run is too long and no mountain is too steep.”She knows how to push through and has come away with gold in…
Terence Crawford believes the conversation surrounding Jaron “Boots” Ennis resembles the buildup he saw before facing Errol Spence Jr., with media coverage creating expectations that eventually become difficult for a fighter to manage. The retired four-division world champion said Ennis has become the latest fighter to receive overwhelming acclaim from followers, something Crawford believes can alter how a boxer views his own standing relative to his opposition. He insisted he wants Ennis to succeed but feels the spotlight has changed the tone surrounding the unified junior middleweight champion. “I want to see him win. I want to see him go…
Team Wales captain Olivia Breen earned the first Welsh medal of the Glasgow Commonwealth Games in athletics with a silver in the T38 100m final with a season’s best of 12.86 seconds.Breen, the defending champion, was beaten by England’s Sophie Hahn to the gold.Breen, who turned 30 on the eve of the final, edged England’s Maddie Down in a photo-finish.It is the fourth Commonwealth medal of her career. Wales have now won seven Games medals in Glasgow, with two silvers and five bronze.Breen says the medal means more after battling concussions and injuries this year.”I’m really happy with the performance…
Tottenham Hotspur have not been swashbuckling just yet under Roberto De Zerbi but it surely will not be too much longer before we see Spurs really hit their groove. After all, this has been one of the most exciting summers in the club’s history. From the threat of relegation, they have secured their Premier League status and gone on to break their transfer record twice. Still, despite Mateus Fernandes’ screamer on debut against MK Dons last week, the youth academy has been one of the biggest talking points across their opening two pre-season fixtures. The effervescent Luca Williams-Barnett is shining…
Errol Spence Jr suffered the second loss of his career when he was beaten by Tim Tszyu on Saturday, with that defeat causing him to retire from the sport. Now, two-division world champion Tim Bradley has offered his thoughts on the American’s performance. Spence lost for the first time when he came up short against Terence Crawford when bidding for the undisputed welterweight world title in 2023, then a three-year stretch of inactivity left fans questioning whether the Texas-based operator would ever fight again. Yet, on Saturday night, the former unified WBC, WBA and IBF welterweight world champion made his…