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Happy Friday everyone. Later on, Mikel Arteta will meet the press ahead of Sunday’s Community Shield encounter against Man City. He referred to the game as ‘a final’ after our 1-1 draw with Como on Wednesday, so we know how seriously he’s going to take it, and it’ll be interesting to see what kind of team he’s going to put out. We might get some updates on the readiness of certain players, even if I think it’s too early for some – like Declan Rice and Bukayo Saka. Let’s see what the boss says. Via Sami Mokbel for the BBC,…
An all-Midlands clash kicks off the 2026/27 League One season, so William Hill have previewed the intriguing encounter at Meadow Lane. Leicester City hog the League One odds spotlight as former Premier League winners but they are now facing action in the third tier. Even so, plenty of other teams fancy their chances of gaining promotion up to the Championship. Here is my analysis of the matchup in Nottingham, featuring my considered score prediction to assist your football betting. Notts County v Leicester City Kick-off: 12.30pm Meadow Lane Notts County preview Final position 2025/26: 5th in League Two An appetising…
To strip away all personal bias and put an end to the endless arguments, a comprehensive feature-length documentary has arrived that introduces Rummy’s Cross-Era Index—a rigid, objective mathematical tracking system that evaluated exactly 379 boxers across 13 distinct eras from January 1, 1890 to December 31, 2019. Rather than relying on hypothetical time-machine matchups or modern sports science, the index isolates boxing history era-by-era. By tracking a fighter’s contemporary peer perception tally (Era Points %) against a cushioned square-root curve (Era Peak Multiplier), the system sifts through hundreds of historical resumes to isolate raw dominance and crown a definitive King…
For large spells of Mackenzie Dern’s see-saw UFC career, she lacked a key characteristic that defines many champions.After making her debut in the promotion in 2018, the American-Brazilian had a magnificent start where she won six of her first seven fights to get to the cusp of a title shot.Dern was tipped to be the strawweight division’s next big star, following in the footsteps of greats such as Joanna Jedrzejczyk, Rose Namajunas and Zhang Weili, but four defeats in her next six fights saw her crowning moment put on ice.Looking back, the 33-year-old puts her defeats down to a lack…
Leeds have not spent a club record fee on a new goalkeeper just to stand still. James Trafford’s arrival from Man City was a statement after Daniel Farke guided the Whites to a 14th place finish last season. Harry Wilson has added Premier League craft, while Tarik Muharemovic has brought youth and promise to the heart of the defence. Yet, Leeds still look one experienced centre back short. Pascal Struijk’s move to Brighton removed a senior star who had been at Elland Road since 2018. Muharemovic may become an important player, but he is only 23 and has never played…
Jessica Bang, a promising Australian golfer, has died at the age of 18 after suffering a brain haemorrhage. Bang, who won her first professional event in just her fifth start earlier this year, was preparing for a tournament in Thailand on 1 August when she collapsed.She was rushed to a hospital in Bangkok and had emergency brain surgery. After being in intensive care for nearly two weeks, she died on Thursday. The WPGA Tour of Australasia said Bang, who turned professional at the end of 2025, was an “outstanding young talent”. “The thoughts and prayers of everyone at the WPGA…
Rangers boss Derek McInnes admitted his team’s aggregate defeat to Poland’s Jagiellonia Bialystok proved they were not ready to compete in the Europa League proper. If Rangers are to have any European football to look forward to beyond the end of August, they must beat Czech side Jablonec in the Conference League play-offs after dropping out of UEFA’s second-tier competition. Having lost the first leg of their third-round qualifying tie 2-1 on the road last week, Rangers could only manage a 1-1 draw at Ibrox Stadium on Thursday, going out 3-2 on aggregate. Lawrence Shankland’s first-half penalty – his first goal…
It was a move that has left the NBA world in shock. And the deal was done astonishing quickly. The Los Angeles Lakers’ record $12.5bn (£9.3bn) sale was agreed in the space of a weekend.News broke on Wednesday that Josh Kushner, the brother of US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared, and former Disney chief executive Bob Iger were buying the controlling interest in one of the world’s most iconic sports teams.Kushner moved fast to get the deal done.Only last Friday, he approached Mark Walter over the majority stake he purchased only last year. They got to work instantly to hammer…
Stevenson has a different problem. His attempts to secure a fight with Devin Haney haven’t produced anything, and another fighter he mentioned, Lamont Roach, lost to William Zepeda earlier this month. Obvious choices at 140 pounds are hard to find. Mercado brings genuine danger. At 24, he is younger than Stevenson, punches hard and has the hand speed to create difficulties for an elite defensive fighter. Mercado is also a natural light welterweight who wouldn’t be moving up just to chase the opportunity. That may be exactly why Zuffa would think twice about the matchup. If the promotion wants to…
Jan Choinski and Jack Draper were knocked out of the first round of the Cincinnati Open on Thursday as fellow Briton Cameron Norrie progressed.Choinski bowed out after a hard-fought contest with Argentina’s Thiago Agustin Tirante, with all three sets going to a tie-break.The match lasted nearly three hours before Tirante won 7-6 (11-9) 6-7 (7-9) 7-6 (7-4) against Choinski, the world number 77.Draper led 5-2 in the second set against Martin Landaluce but the Spaniard won the next five games to clinch a 6-3 7-5 victory.British number two Norrie was broken once as he lost a tight first set before…