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Like Wales, Romania missed out on World Cup qualification after losing their play-off semi-final in March.The match in Bucharest will be the first meeting between the teams since 1993, when Wales lost at home to Romania to agonisingly miss out on the 1994 World Cup.This will also be a first home match in charge for the great Gheorghe Hagi, the former Barcelona and Real Madrid playmaker who scored in Cardiff 33 years ago.Hagi was appointed Romania’s manager for the second time in April, taking over from Mircea Lucescu, who died at the age of 80 following a heart attack.Ghana, meanwhile,…
There are six different colours of bib strewn across the indoor pitches of St George’s Park. There’s an equally vibrant kaleidoscope of disc cones marking out small pitches, and there are collapsible goals at each end. Amid it all are a load of youngsters, largely unattended, trying skills, dribbling past opponents, shifting from pitch to pitch and forming new teams. It’s 3v3 football: a bit messy, a little unstructured and, the Football Association hopes, a key development in ensuring the future of the game.From next season, as part of a new strategy for youth football, the youngest cohort in the…
If the Charlotte Hornets want to make a play for a star forward or center to complement the high-scoring trio of LaMelo Ball, Brandon Miller and Kon Knueppel, they’ve got the resources. We’re not weighing the value of expiring salaries here, but just as an illustration of Charlotte’s position, consider this idea: Conservatively, it could attach Nos. 14 and 18 in the 2026 draft to $50 million in expiring salary (Miles Bridges, Josh Green and Grant Williams all come off the books after 2026-27) and draw the attention of any rebuilder looking to move a big name. If those picks…
The one thing everybody knew about quarterback Ty Simpson this spring was that they didn’t know enough about him. Simpson started only 15 games at Alabama before declaring for the NFL draft. He wasn’t prepared to start in the NFL. Then the Rams drafted Simpson with the 13th pick, giving him a chance to learn from Sean McVay and Matthew Stafford for a year or two before becoming L.A.’s starter, and immediately, analysts and fans wondered why the Rams drafted a quarterback who won’t play this year.Our absurdly impatient culture has created an absurdly impatient league: When millions of people…
The left-handed St Cross Symondians opener struck a mighty 182 as the defending Premier champions posted a thumping 377 before bowling Hampshire’s shell-shocked Academy youngsters out for 131 to win by 246 runs. Just for good measure, McKenzie – who works as a cricket coach at the prestigious Whitgift School in Surrey – hit 13 fours as the Hampshire hopefuls spent close to four hours toiling in the sapping 30°C heat. Gregor McKenzie set a record for the highest number of six-hits in an ECB Southern Premier Division innings. (Image: Mike Vimpany) He added 196 with Felix Organ (87) after…
Hannah Brier underlined her status as the fastest Welsh woman of all time, breaking her country’s long-standing 200m record with a time of 22.79 seconds at the Stratford Speed Grand Prix in London.The Welsh record had been held for 44 years by Michelle Scutt, who ran 22.80 in Antrim in June 1982.Swansea Harrier Brier also holds the Welsh 100m record of 11.26 seconds, which she set at the Stratford meeting in 2025.The 28-year-old from Neath had already achieved a new Welsh indoor 200m best earlier this year, running a time of 23.25 at the UK Athletics Indoor Championships in Birmingham…
With under 100 days to go until the 2026 college football season, On3 took a look at the top 100 players in the nation.In what shouldn’t come as a surprise after a pair of down seasons, the Wisconsin Badgers don’t have a single player included.For what it’s worth, not even top outgoing transfers such as quarterback Billy Edwards Jr. or running back Dilin Jones could crack the top 100.Clark Brooks’ list is headlined by Ohio State wide receiver Jeremiah Smith and Oregon quarterback Dante Moore.Not only that, but Wisconsin’s week one opponent, Notre Dame, has cornerback Leonard Moore listed as…
Win two of three games, and you’ll make the NBA Finals.That’s the directive for the San Antonio Spurs and Oklahoma City Thunder, as they’re tied up at two games apiece in the Western Conference Finals after San Antonio won Game 4 at home on Sunday night. Now, the Spurs are road underdogs in Game 5, even though the Thunder were held to just 82 points without Jalen Williams and Ajay Mitchell in Game 4. Williams (hamstring) is questionable for Game 5 while Mitchell (calf) is listed as out. The Spurs’ defense was the story of Game 4, and Victor Wembanyama (33 points)…
OTAs have arrived for the Jacksonville Jaguars, providing several rookies an opportunity to begin their push for playing time this season.In this third phase of offseason programs, no contact can take place, but teams can do team periods as the competition ramps up.Not included on this list are Nate Boerkircher and Albert Regis, both of whom are expected to have roles right away. The other three players mentioned, however, will have to carve out playing time through OTAs and training camp.OL Emmanuel PregnonPregnon adds more size to the Jaguars’ offensive line. He could push either Ezra Cleveland or Patrick Mekari for…
Charlie Tymon, founder of Invisible Media Gary Lineker’s UK podcast studio Goalhanger has launched an investment and partnerships arm called Goalhanger Ventures and revealed its first two investments. Goalhanger Ventures has been set up to back creator-led media businesses with potential to grow across video, social, audio, live events and commercial partnerships. The new arm has taken an equity stake in Invisible Media, the company that was founded by Charlie Tymon and is behind digital media platform The Invisible Hand. The investment will support Invisible Media’s next phase of development in accessible video storytelling focused on economics, business, geopolitics and…