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Ask Arsenal supporters who their favourite cult hero is and it is likely many will mention the name of Leandro Trossard. There’s something of a Freddie Ljungberg to the Belgian. He wasn’t the best player in the team, nor did he get the most praise. He just quietly got on with the job in hand. As the Gunners won the Premier League in 2025/26, Trossard was one of the most underappreciated and underrated players in the title-winning squad. After signing from Brighton in 2023 for just £27m, he was phenomenal for Mikel Arteta. No goal was more vital, however, than…

Romero (17-2) defends his WBA welterweight title against Lopez (22-2) on August 22 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Teofimo moves directly from losing his WBO light welterweight title to Shakur into a championship fight at 147. That’s an enormous opportunity for a fighter coming off the kind of defeat Teofimo suffered against Shakur. Stevenson didn’t squeak past him. He won 119-109 on all three scorecards and landed 165 punches to Teofimo’s 72. Teofimo left Madison Square Garden without his title and with far less leverage to secure the money fights he wants. He may be one of the softer…

Thursday’s defeat – which drops Rangers into a Conference League play-off against Czechs Jablonec – comes on the back of the nightmare news Youssef Chermiti was ruled out with a long-term knee injury just after Rangers rejected a big-money bid for the 22-year-old.It means Rangers have had to set their sights on recruiting a new striker in addition to the wingers and defenders McInnes had already targeted. He says the club are “working so hard to get the necessary type of players”, with PSV Eindhoven winger Couhaib Driouech set to be the latest arrival.Halliday thinks the squad “shouldn’t be that…

Two camps who will get the 2026/27 La Liga campaign underway on Saturday evening, Alaves will welcome Getafe to the Basque Country. With the rest of Europe’s elite domestic leagues set to follow suit over the next week and make their respective returns, there are plenty of attractive betting promotions available. Verdict: Goal to be scored in both halves – No Best Odds: 2/3 Bookmaker: BetUS Alaves Starting with the hosts, once again clinging to their La Liga status last season after signing off the 2025/26 campaign holding just a one-point buffer over the drop zone, Alaves are simply hoping for…

“I mean, why not? We broke the records of Ali and Frazier one in Madison Square Garden when I fought earlier this year against Shakur Stevenson,” Teofimo said to Clipfury. “We broke the records by a thousand seats more. So, I can’t go back to taking a tuneup. No, we go right into another big fight. That’s what we’re going to do. We’re going to make big fights happen.” Teofimo doesn’t explain why a tuneup is out of the question. Money may be part of the calculation, particularly after signing a deal with DAZN through Takeover Promotions. But there is…

In a way, Johansson had one of the most unenviable jobs upon his appointment. Filling the very large boots left by Askou.Despite only spending one season in the Scottish Premiership, the Dane attracted so many admirers – far beyond Lanarkshire – through his approach, attitude and style of football.It’s remarkable how seamlessly Johansson has picked up where he left off. Even more so considering key performers Elijah Just, Elliot Watt, Callum Slattery and Calum Ward also moved on.Few people had a better view of the now-Toulouse boss’ brilliance than Halliday – who spent his last playing year under Askou’s eye…

(Andrew Potter / Salita Promotions) As a two-time Olympic gold medalist and the current undisputed female heavyweight champion, Flint, Michigan’s five-weight, 18-time beltholder Claressa Shields has little left to prove in boxing. So, why is 31-year-old Shields, 18-0 (3 KOs), dropping down three weight classes to challenge Australia’s unified WBC and WBA world middleweight champion Kaye Scott, 5-1-1, live on DAZN (8:30 pm ET) this Saturday, August 15, at the nearly sold-out State Farm Arena in Atlanta, Georgia? “What motivates me is to just keep making history,” revealed Shields. Speaking at the final press conference for the fight this weekend,…

Nigeria have appeared at all nine Women’s World Cups since the first was held in China in 1991.Missing out is unlikely to go down well in a country where football fans are used to their team dominating, with the Super Falcons having won Wafcon a record 10 times.But seeing off Desiree Ellis’ well-drilled Banyana team was never likely to be easy.While the first half in Casablanca was a non-event, the second period was anything but, with chances aplenty.Asisat Oshoala should have done better when she bundled her way through several challenges and poked goalwards from inside the six-yard box, failing…

Enzo Fernandez’s transfer saga is reaching a climax today, with news that Chelsea have set a deadline for bids for him. If you enjoy Talk Chelsea coverage and want to see more of it, add us as a preferred source on Google to make us a favourite and see more of our content. It’s been the saga of the summer at Chelsea – in fact, it began way back in March, when Enzo Fernandez made his flirtatious comments with a Real Madrid move in mind. But this long story may soon be at an end (at least in the short…

Barcelona’s latest Rodri bid rejected, Tottenham’s Djed Spence on verge of Inter Milan move, Arsenal rebuffed in bid for Marc Pubill, plus more.Manchester City have rejected a £55m bid from Barcelona for Spain midfielder Rodri, with the Premier League club wanting more than £60m for the 30-year-old as talks between the two clubs continue. (Sky Sports), externalTottenham’s England defender Djed Spence, 26, will have a medical in Italy on Friday prior to completing a move to Inter Milan worth 30m euros (£25.6m), plus 5m euros in add-ons. (Gazzetta dello Sport – in Italian), externalArsenal made a move for Spain defender…