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Xabi Alonso believes building a connection with the Stamford Bridge faithful will be huge for Chelsea this season, though some supporters booed Enzo Fernandez during Saturday’s 3-1 friendly win over Real Sociedad. Morgan Rogers scored his first goal for the Blues just 11 minutes into his home debut, tapping in from close range after Alex Remiro could only parry Joao Pedro’s header. La Real levelled through Jon Aramburu on the stroke of half-time, though two Joao Pedro goals – a far-post header and an excellent breakaway strike assisted by Malo Gusto’s searching through-ball – secured the victory for Chelsea. Alonso’s…
Mercado is now off the Claressa Shields vs. Kaye Scott card at State Farm Arena. DAZN coverage begins at 8:30 p.m. ET. Hilley was brought in after original opponent Emmanuel Tagoe came in at 150 pounds Friday for a fight contracted at 140. Mercado then agreed to face Hilley at 146, already giving away six pounds from the weight he had trained to make. Arriving at 155 made Hilley a questionable rescue option. He needed to lose more than eight pounds Saturday morning just to get within the commission’s allowable range. Once the cut began going badly, his trainer had…
Germany’s Johannes Liebmann and American Kate Douglass set swimming world records on Saturday, dazzling at events held in Paris and California.Liebmann, 19, knocked nearly four seconds off the men’s 1500m freestyle record as he claimed his first international gold medal at the European Aquatics Championships in Paris.He completed the distance in 14 minutes 26.79 seconds – 3.88secs faster than the previous record which was set by American Bobby Finke at the 2024 Olympics, also held in the French capital.Liebmann became the first swimmer to go under 14:30 for the distance as he slashed the most time off the record since…
He couldn’t make that weight either. Dan Rafael reported Saturday that Hilley failed to hit the revised limit, prompting organizers to scrap the bout entirely. His exact weight was not immediately known. The two weight misses created the immediate mess, but Mercado’s matchmaking deserves closer examination. Why was a 24-year-old talent of Mercado’s caliber being put in with the 37-year-old Tagoe in the first place? Ryan Garcia thoroughly outboxed Tagoe in a lopsided 12-round unanimous decision in April 2022. Tagoe has fought only twice since and had been inactive for a year, with his previous bout coming in August 2025.…
Chelsea are lining up for their final friendly of preseason, and they’ve left some big players out of the squad for the game. 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. We’ve been really looking forward to this afternoon’s Chelsea – Real Sociedad friendly. While the other warmup games in preseason have been more exercises in using who is available and getting players up to speed, today sees new manager Xabi Alonso with the chance to…
A double withdrawal thanks to missed-weight cuts occurred in Atlanta Friday when Ghana’s Emmanuel Tagoe was more than nine pounds heavy for his co-main event versus unbeaten 140lbs contender Ernesto “Tito” Mercado and former title challenger Danielle Perkins also was scratched.Perkins, 6-1 (3 KOs), missed weight for her planned light-heavyweight bout against Olivia Curry, 7-3-2 (2 KOs). Perkins lost to Claressa Shields by unanimous decision for the undisputed heavyweight title last year.Shields, 18-0 (3 KOs), headlines Saturday’s DAZN card at State Farm Arena in Atlanta, meeting Kaye Scott for the WBC middleweight title.Mercado, 19-0 (18 KOs), of Pomona, California, was…
The Ospreys have criticised the WRU plans – stating that they believe a four-team model remains the way forward – and have had a summer of change.After spending last season in Bridgend, they will play at a revamped St Helen’s in the 2026-27 campaign thanks to a joint redevelopment venture with Swansea Council.A first fixture at home is scheduled to be against Dragons in the United Rugby Championship (URC) on 24 October, swiftly followed by another derby against Cardiff.Ospreys have lost Wales captains Dewi Lake and Jac Morgan to Gloucester but head coach Mark Jones has had a busy recruitment…
Luton come from 3-1 down to win 4-3 in what was an entertaining League One opener against Reading on Saturday afternoon. It took just five minutes for Luton to take the lead through Jake Richards, before Jack Marriott got Reading level on the 8th minute, poking the ball home. He then scored two more, his second from the edge of the box and then tapped in to complete a hat-trick, Reading 3-1 up on by the 38th minute. Luton fought back however in the second half, Kasey Palmer scored twice in two minutes, 3-3 on 52 minutes, then right at…
Wales’ Jonny Clayton won his first New Zealand Darts Masters title with a commanding 8-4 victory over compatriot Gerwyn Price.In pursuit of a second World Series title, ruthless Clayton swept past top seed Gian van Veen and England’s James Wade to reach the final in Auckland.The 51-year-old then hit 72, 158, 80 and 62 checkouts as he raced to a 5-1 lead against his World Cup partner.Mistakes from Price put Clayton on the brink of winning at 7-1 up.Price, who beat Clayton in the 2022 final, briefly threatened to come back into the match as he won three successive legs,…
TOSS UPDATETrichy Grand Cholas won the toss and chose to field.PLAYING XIsKovai Kings: S Radhakrishnan, Suresh Lokeshwar(w), Balasubramaniam Sachin, Andre Siddarth C, Shahrukh Khan(c), RS Ambrish, Manimaran Siddharth, K Deeban Lingesh, Jhathavedh Subramanyan, G Kishoor, Madhava PrasadTrichy Grand Cholas: Jayaraman Suresh Kumar(w/c), K Rajkumar, S Shyam Sundar, Bhavan Suriya S, Jagatheesan Kousik, R Rajkumar, Antony Dhas, V Athisayaraj Davidson, M Ganesh Moorthi, Sai Shriram G, K EaswaranSQUADSKovai Kings: S Radhakrishnan, Suresh Lokeshwar(w), Balasubramaniam Sachin, Andre Siddarth C, Shahrukh Khan(c), Maan Bafna, RS Ambrish, P Vidyuth, K Deeban Lingesh, G Kishoor, Jhathavedh Subramanyan, Manimaran Siddharth, Trilok Nag, Manav Parakh, Sai Sudharsan,…