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There are many questions around Slot’s transfer dealings, although owners Fenway Sports Group’s CEO of football Michael Edwards and sporting director Richard Hughes must also take responsibility.Liverpool’s key pair of power brokers were showered with bouquets in the summer. Now they must take the brickbats.Liverpool appeared so committed to the Isak deal, the player so exiled at Newcastle after his one-man strike to get a move, that it felt like they could not turn away, even after signing Ekitike.Did they really need Isak? The more you watched Liverpool before he broke a leg while scoring a goal in a victory…
After weeks of wondering whether Liverpool FC would in fact conduct a review of head coach Arne Slot following an incredibly difficult 2025-26 season season or not, it seems that, yes, a review has indeed been conducted.Following a series of rumours to that effect, Liverpool have now officially confirmed that the club and Arne Slot have parted ways with immediate effect. Slot ends his tenure with one Premier League title in his two season with the club.More details will come out in the coming hours, I’m sure, but Andoni Iraola is freshly unemployed, having left Bournemouth and used to work…
The Philadelphia 76ers are heading into the 2026 NBA draft armed with a first-round pick they acquired from the Oklahoma City Thunder in the Jared McCain deal. The pick, via the Houston Rockets, landed at No. 22 and the Sixers have a number of options they can look at in order to really improve and add another young piece to the roster and move forward.The Sixers have some holes to fill. While they were able to make the playoffs and pull off a shocking upset over the Boston Celtics in Round 1 despite trailing the series 3-1, they were brought…
Last season, Dillon Gabriel took over the Cleveland Browns’ starting job in Week 5, a difficult matchup against the Minnesota Vikings in London. Yet he threw for 190 yards and two touchdowns. Gabriel made six consecutive starts before he ceded the position to fellow 2025 draftee Shedeur Sanders. The former third-rounder finished the previous campaign with 937 passing yards, seven touchdown passes and two interceptions with a 59.5 percent completion rate. The Browns have an open quarterback competition. However, according to The Athletic’s , Gabriel has fallen behind Deshaun Watson and Sanders in the pecking order. “Gabriel’s only three competitive…
Cricket Shropshire has issued an update warning clubs after the incident at Oswestry Cricket Club on Thursday (May 28). The club said a thief stole phones, cash and car keys from the changing rooms during the club’s game against Frankton. The post then claims the thief escaped in one of the Frankton players’ cars – a silver/grey BMW. It claims the thief snuck into both changing rooms during the game to take the items, which included a number of other sets of car keys. Police were called and CCTV footage has been recovered which Cricket Shopshire says highlights a man…
Shamrock Rovers teenager Josh O’Dwyer has been added to the Republic of Ireland squad for their friendly against Canada in Montreal.The 16-year-old joins club team-mate Matt Healy and St Patrick’s Athletic’s Kian Leavy in receiving first call-ups to the senior side.O’Dwyer, who has represented Republic of Ireland at under-15 and under-17 level and will join Austrian side Red Bull Salzburg in July for an undisclosed fee, has been invited to join Heimir Hallgrimsson’s squad as a “training player”.The Football Association of Ireland (FAI) said “O’Dwyer will gain valuable experience with the senior squad in Montreal before linking up with the…
There was excitement when the Virginia Tech Hokies scheduled the Maryland Terrapins for a four-game series on the gridiron, beginning in the 2026 season. After all, it only seemed natural that the former ACC rivals face one another again.Maryland and Virginia Tech will play in 2026, Sept. 19 in College Park, to be exact. The Hokies and Terrapins were supposed to meet a total of four times over the next four seasons. However, that will not happen, as the two schools agreed to cancel the 2027 and 2028 games. The teams will meet again in 2029, with that game in…
Aaron Rodgers confirms this will be his last NFL seasonSteelers QB Aaron Rodgers confirms with reporters that this season with the Steelers will be the last one of his career.Sports PulseLast season, the Philadelphia Eagles became the first team to repeat as NFC East champions since they did so across the 2001-04 NFL seasons. Can they achieve that goal once again?It may depend on exactly how strong the NFC East is. The Dallas Cowboys, New York Giants and Washington Commanders all look improved over the squads that struggled last season. The Cowboys should field a better defense than last season,…
Rajasthan Royals came into the season on the back of a forgettable 2025: ninth place, a single win across nine games at one point, and Sanju Samson injured for the bulk of it. This year looked different from the start. They won their first four matches, qualified for the playoffs on the final matchday with a 30-run win over the Mumbai Indians, beat Sunrisers Hyderabad in the Eliminator, and then pushed the Gujarat Titans to a 214-run total in Qualifier 2 before Shubman Gill’s 104 ended their campaign. RR finished third, their best result in years.Vaibhav Sooryavanshi had a record-breaking…
Derry City boss Tiernan Lynch said he “firmly believes I can turn this around” despite mounting pressure on his position.The Candystripes slumped to a 2-1 defeat against Dundalk at Oriel Park to stretch their winless run in the Premier Division to seven games.Lynch’s side are sixth in the table, 18 points off pacesetters Shamrock Rovers despite being tipped to challenge for the title this season, but the manager is confident he is the man to get them back on track.”I reflect every day. I don’t need a break to reflect. As I said and continue to say, I look at…