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Tony Incenzo previews the Scottish teams in action across Europe on Thursday evening, with two William Hill Premiership clubs in Europa Conference League action. MOST of the national media attention in Scotland focuses on Glasgow giants Celtic and Rangers but other clubs like Hibernian and Motherwell have fiercely loyal supporters who crave success. Both face big European encounters this week. Is it their time to shine? Here are my thoughts looking forward to the two games alongside considered score predictions to assist your sports betting… Thursday 23rd July 2026 – Europa Conference League Second Qualifying Round First Leg: KF Malisheva…
Contains some strong language.Available for over a yearWelcome to the very first episode of The Punch Perfect Podcast, your new favourite boxing show! Join hosts Emily Eubank, Ade Oladipo, and Liam Gough as they kick off their ultimate mission: attempting to engineer the ultimate fighter. A “Frankenstein GOAT” of boxing. But before serious punches are thrown, we step right into ‘The Clinch’ for a no-punches-pulled look at the sport. The producers have handed them an envelope containing a massive debate topic: “Fighters would rather retire a millionaire than be a Zuffa belt holder.” With the clock ticking down a single…
Former Manchester United midfielder Casemiro has signed for Inter Miami.The 34-year-old – who left Old Trafford at the end of last season following a mutual decision not to renew his contract – has joined the Major League Soccer side on a deal running to the end of the 2027 season, with an option to extend it until June 2029.Casemiro, who won five Champions League titles with Real Madrid before moving to United in 2022, who played for Brazil as they reached the last 16 at this summer’s World Cup.”What motivates me the most, and I think this is true for…
An unnamed Middle Eastern firm are interested in buying Leicester City with the owners King Power open to selling, according to reports. According to Sky Sports News, the club’s owners are ‘engaging with financial advisors for the possible sale of the club and are working with investment bankers at Citibank’. The report goes on to say: “King Power who brought Leicester City in 2010 are open to selling the club and there is interest from the Middle East. “We understand the Leicester portfolio has been shown to a number of potential investors by their advisors.” Leicester City owners explore sale…
The veteran trainer says the WBO’s mandatory ruling puts pressure on Keyshawn Davis to accept the welterweight title fight under the champion’s terms. Stephen Edwards believes the WBO’s July 27 purse bid gave Devin Haney control of negotiations for a welterweight title fight with Keyshawn Davis. He says the mandatory ruling now places the pressure on Davis to decide whether he wants the championship opportunity. “I think it’s a brilliant move on Devin’s team,” Edwards said to MillCity Boxing. “The WBO is going to mandate the fight, and if you turn the fight down, then the world got to know…
Rangers manager Derek McInnes has been given a four-game touchline ban, with one suspended, for describing as “disgusting” the decision to award Celtic a late penalty at Motherwell in May.The comments, made at the end of last season when McInnes was in charge of Hearts, related to a stoppage-time spot-kick for handball that was converted by Kelechi Iheanacho.Celtic’s 3-2 victory at Fir Park on 13 May kept them one point behind Hearts, who they beat to the title a few days later in a final-day decider.Speaking to Sky Sports after a win against Falkirk at Tynecastle the same night, McInnes…
My story with Emirates Stadium begins in earnest in August 2005. Existing season ticket holders were invited to an office near Caledonian Road underground station to select their seats in the new stadium. In the vast majority of cases, most fans were performing ‘level transfers’ to an equivalent seat at the Emirates. That wasn’t the case for me so a feat of engineering was required. I wanted to move to sit with two friends I had been travelling to away games with. I also wanted to make a reasonably drastic move in terms of where I sat. At Highbury, having…
Chelsea have handed out seven, eight, and eight-and-a-half-year contracts since their current ownership group took charge in 2022. Most of the first-team squad is tied down until at least 2029. Here, William Hill News look at the reasons why clubs like Chelsea give lengthy contracts to players and how amortisation was utilised by the majority of big clubs across European football before intervention from Europe’s governing body. What is Amortisation in Football? Amortisation in football is spreading the cost of a transfer fee across the length of a contract. For example, a £100 million fee for a player on a…
Shawn Porter has assessed whether his former opponent, Errol Spence Jr, is entering a stylistically-favourable showdown against Tim Tszyu. The two former world champions will collide at Sydney’s Afterpay Arena this Saturday, headlining arguably the biggest event in Australian boxing history. Originally, it was decided that they would lock horns at a catchweight of 158lbs, only for Spence to request an additional 2lbs following his three years of inactivity. Now gearing up to face Tszyu at middleweight, the American has not fought since getting stopped by Terence Crawford in round nine of their undisputed welterweight encounter. Back then, many felt…
At a hearing on Wednesday, they said that failure to comply with the order should lead to dismissal of 132 of the claims against the rugby league bodies and 378 of the claims against the rugby union bodies.Michael Kent KC, for World Rugby, Welsh Rugby and the Rugby Football Union, said in written submissions that having the claims thrown out was “clearly a measure of last resort”, but that “compliance has still not been achieved”.William Audland KC, for the rugby league bodies, said in written submissions that non-compliance with court orders was “systemic and without good reason”, and that the…