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England international Hannah Hampton has signed a new two-year deal with Chelsea.The goalkeeper’s contract was set to expire this summer and it was key that Chelsea kept her as part of an effort to bounce back from a disappointing 2025-26 campaign.After joining from Aston Villa in 2023, Hampton has become one of the world’s best goalkeepers and cemented her position as first choice for the Lionesses.The 25-year-old has won five trophies during her time in west London and was a standout performer as England won Euro 2025.She won the Yashin Trophy for best goalkeeper at the Ballon d’Or awards last…
Matchroom Boxing has turned to comedy to reignite interest in an Anthony Joshua versus Tyson Fury clash, releasing a short skit on X that casts the former champion as “The Landlord” trying to recover a debt from his heavyweight rival. Standing outside the house, he compared the failed talks to a tenant refusing to pay rent. “So, I’m here today to try and collect from Mr. Tyson Fury. I’ve been trying to collect for the last 10 years, but there’s always an excuse. I’m used to this. You get it from time to time. Someone moves in and tries to…
Manchester City midfielder Rodri will be sidelined for a “short period of rehabilitation” following back surgery.New manager Enzo Maresca said on Friday that Rodri would have an operation on Monday, and that he “needs a holiday, he needs to rest and recover and then he will be back with us”.No timeline has been set for his return.City face Arsenal in the Community Shield on 16 August before their Premier League opener against Bournemouth on 23 August.City said Rodri had been “feeling discomfort for some time but has now undergone a procedure to address the issue”.Rodri, who has a year left…
Source: magnific.com English Football Fandom Has No Postcode Club football is rooted in place. It’s the ground on a Saturday, the same faces in the same seats, the collective groan when the referee waves play on. The rituals are physical and the community is local. Yet millions of the most committed English football supporters now live thousands of miles from the towns their clubs call home, watching matches at strange hours in foreign cities, carrying an allegiance that geography simply can’t extinguish. The tension between that deep local identity and a genuinely global supporter base is what shapes diaspora fandom.…
Looking at the League 2 outright winner betting markets, Salford are the 6/1 favourites, but the market is tight enough that Bristol Rovers, Barnet, York, and the rest are all in the hunt. That makes the League Two winner picture feel more like a scrap than a procession, with every angle in the League Two predictions pointing to a lively summer market. Who are the favourites to win League Two in 2026/27? Salford sit at the head of the 2026/27 League Two winner odds, with Bristol Rovers next in line and Barnet, York, Chesterfield, and Port Vale all close enough…
The Women’s League Cup will be renamed the Players Cup and operate in a league system with regionalised matches for the 2026-27 season.Last November, clubs in the Women’s Super League (WSL) and WSL 2 voted in favour of proposals to revamp the competition to help combat scheduling issues and to protect player welfare. They agreed the new format would exclude sides who have qualified for the Women’s Champions League, meaning League Cup holders Chelsea, WSL champions Manchester City and runners-up Arsenal will miss this year’s edition.The remaining 23 teams from the top two divisions have been split into Northern and…
Morning all. Many years ago there was a long-running summer saga involving Arsenal trying to sign a Brazilian player from a Spanish club. We were interested in Julio Baptista, then at Sevilla, and after what seemed like a million stories every day, he ended up going to Real Madrid. ‘The Beast’, as he was known, was not ours. A year later he joined on loan, with Jose Antonio Reyes going the other way, and suffice to say it was all a bit disappointing. Sure, he scored four goals at Anfield in one game, blazing a trail for Andrei Arshavin to…
British number two Cameron Norrie ended a six-match losing streak with a 6-4-6-1 win over Aleksandar Kovacevic in the first round of the Mifel Open in Mexico.Norrie had not won since the Madrid Open in April, a run which included a first-round exit to qualifier Michael Zheng at Wimbledon.Playing at the tournament in Los Cabos where he won his first ATP title in 2021, Norrie recovered from having his serve broken twice in the first set, including in the opening game.The fifth seed dropped only five points on serve in the second set and broke American Kovacevic twice to set…
TALLAGHT-BORN football journalist Tony Incenzo previews a big match taking place in his home town. My first family home was on Bancroft Avenue in Tallaght. Therefore I hold fond memories of watching local team Shamrock Rovers play at their much-loved and sadly demolished Milltown headquarters when I was a young lad. Score prediction: Rovers recovery 3-0. Keep on Hoopin’! But now they are firmly established at Tallaght Stadium which will be packed to the rafters on Tuesday night. With everything to play for against FC Ararat-Armenia, here’s a considered preview and score prediction to assist your football betting… Shamrock Rovers…
Roach says a showdown with Stevenson would decide the best lightweight, but his focus must first turn to William Zepeda on August 1. Lamont Roach Jr. has already identified Shakur Stevenson as his preferred next opponent if he defeats William Zepeda on August 1. Roach believes a meeting between the pair would determine the division’s leading lightweight, but he first faces one of boxing’s toughest pressure fighters. “I don’t think it’s hard to make me and Shakur, and I don’t think it’s hard to make any unification,” Roach said to Sean Zittel. “Me and Muratalla are fighting the same night.…