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Aston Villa have completed the signing of midfielder Johan Manzambi from Freiburg for a club record fee of just over £50m.The Switzerland international moves to Villa Park in a deal eclipsing the £50m Villa paid Everton for Amadou Onana two years ago. Villa are also close to completing the £38m signing of Wolves midfielder Joao Gomes, who left the Championship club’s training camp in Portugal on Thursday to complete a medical. Manzambi was on the verge of joining Newcastle last week after the Magpies agreed a deal with Freiburg, but Villa moved quickly and was his preferred destination. The 20-year-old…
Oscar De La Hoya praised the outcome and expressed confidence that the partnership will continue. “Our relationship with Vergil has spanned more than a decade, and we are proud to have played a role in his development into one of the sport’s premier fighters.” Ortiz Jr. also welcomed the resolution, saying his attention has shifted back to the ring after months of legal proceedings. “I’m very grateful that Golden Boy and I were able to come to an understanding and resolve everything. I’m excited to move forward and make the biggest fights happen, including the Ennis fight. My only focus…
Antonelli, who was only sixth fastest and Russell eighth in the first session, said: “Was a massive turnaround with the car, because P1 we struggled a lot. “It was a good change but of course a lot of work to do because Red Bull is quick, McLaren was up there. Long run felt very strong as well.”Mercedes trackside engineering director Andrew Shovlin added: “It was a messy first session where we didn’t have the car in the right place. We thought there’d be more grip than there was, but the drivers were a lot happier with the car in the…
In cricket’s deep memory, some players seem eternal and always relevant. The late Sir Donald Bradman was one, and Sir Garfield Sobers (89), who passed away in Barbados on Friday, was another. If batting’s aura always vested with Bradman, Sobers held sway as the supreme all-rounder.Having last played for the West Indies in 1974, Sobers remained linked to cricket, an umbilical cord he retained with fervour. Touring squads in the Caribbean would often find Sobers walking in, curious to meet fresh talent, unaware of the awe he naturally generated, and eager to learn about how a sport he splendidly adorned,…
Devin Haney is yet to step into the ring this year but is looking to prove that he is one of boxing’s pound-for-pound stars with a fight date looming, and now he has revealed the four men whom he believes warrant a place on boxing’s ‘Mount Rushmore’. Haney dominated Brian Norman Jr to capture the WBO welterweight title back in November, but ‘The Dream’ is still waiting to defend the belt, despite links to a rematch with Ryan Garcia and bouts against both Conor Benn and Shakur Stevenson. Despite those rumours, Haney could instead take on WBO mandatory challenger Keyshawn…
Will the 2026 World Cup end with glory for Spain or Argentina?We also have the game no-one wanted to be part of, the bronze final, where France and England will compete for third place on the podium.”I’ve seen Argentina numerous times at this tournament and, compared to their teams of the past, this is not an outstanding Argentina side,” said BBC Sport football expert Chris Sutton.”Still, you have to admire their fight and their aggression. They fight like no other team to stay in games and win any way they can.”They will throw everything they can at Spain – and…
Jarrod Bowen speaks for the first time on committing his immediate future to West Ham by signing a revised contract. Huge news in the Hammers’ hopes of winning promotion back to the Premier League at the first attempt as the 29 year old confirms he’s staying. This comes after talks with the club’s director and major shareholder Daniel Kretínsky while out in Prague. His contract is to still run until 2030. As per @JacobsBen, @RoshaneSport and @talkSPORT, Bowen used his summer break to consider his future, prioritising talks with West Ham to understand their vision. Bowen said in a video…
William Hill News tipster @Footy_Tipster previews Sunday’s 2026 World Cup Final between Spain and Argentina. After 37 days of non‑stop football, this is the one. The 2026 World Cup final takes place on Sunday at the New York New Jersey Stadium, where Spain face reigning champions Argentina The European champions take on the world champions on Sunday, but much of the pre‑match conversation has centred around two players at completely different stages of their careers. Nineteen‑year‑old Lamine Yamal and thirty‑nine‑year‑old Lionel Messi will share the pitch for the first time and in a World Cup final — a storyline almost too…
Zuffa Boxing 09: Berlanga v. ButlerSun • Jul 26, 2026 • 5:00 PMInfosys Theater at Madison Square Garden,New York, NYSince July 6thPrimary Tickets : 2462 (📉251)Primary Value : $354,951 (📉$30,997) pic.twitter.com/hjnHoCtQoE — BoxingTickets (@BoxingTixs) July 16, 2026 The figures point to Zuffa’s matchmaking as the bigger issue rather than the popularity of Berlanga and Hitchins. Berlanga (23-2, 18 KOs) is returning for the first time since his fifth-round knockout loss to Hamzah Sheeraz last year in July 2025. Instead of matching the Brooklyn native against another top super middleweight such as Jaime Munguia or Osleys Iglesias, Zuffa paired him with…
Squaring off at this weekend’s Belgian Grand Prix, Formula One’s leading title protagonists Kimi Antonelli and George Russell are embroiled in an increasingly tense head to head.The teenage Antonelli appeared to have an iron grip on the lead having secured five straight victories, the last at Monaco after which he enjoyed a 68-point lead over Russell. Over the last three rounds however, with Antonelli enduring some bad luck and Russell taking a strong win in Austria, that gap has reduced to 25 points. A seemingly insurmountable chasm has suddenly become all too bridgeable and with it the title race is…