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Belfast’s Caoimhin Agyarko’s world title bid against IBF light-middleweight champion Josh Kelly is confirmed to take place on Saturday, 25 July in Saudi Arabia.The fight will take place on the undercard of Anthony Joshua’s return to the ring against Kristian Prenga at the Jeddah Superdome.As revealed by BBC Sport NI in May, Sunderland’s Kelly will make his first defence against Agyarko, having won the belt in January against Bakhram Murtazaliev.Initially, Agyarko was scheduled to face Brandon Adams in a final eliminator in April, but the American collapsed prior to the weigh-in and was unable to fight, with the IBF then…
The latter stages of McCullum’s tenure have been blighted by off-field issues. During the winter, Harry Brook, Jacob Bethell, Josh Tongue and Ben Duckett were all involved in late-night incidents.After England won the first Test of the summer against New Zealand, the series was derailed by Stokes and Gus Atkinson breaking the team’s midnight curfew and being present when a member of security staff was struck by a Saracens rugby player.And McCullum accepted responsibility for what happened on and off the field.”I was the leader of that group. I was in charge of the team culturally, in charge of the…
Charlotte FC have announced the signing of Allan Saint-Maximin after leaving Ligue 1 side Lens at the end of last season. Saint-Maximin has put pen to paper on a three-year deal with the MLS side, and is signed to a designated player contract, taking the roster spot previously held by Wilfried Zaha. The 29-year-old joins Dean Smith’s side fresh from helping Lens finish second behind Paris Saint-Germain in Ligue 1, while also leading them to Coupe de France glory. During his time with Lens, Saint-Maximin made 13 appearances across all competitions, scoring four goals as well as providing three assists. Saint-Maximin also…
It’s 7/1 for an England player to be sent off in Wednesday night’s World Cup semi-final against Argentina. Meanwhile it is 12/1 for an Argentina goal to be disallowed for handball in redemption for the ‘Hand of God’, as part of William Hill’s ‘England v Argentina Historical Specials.’ There is a 12.5% chance that there’s a repeat of David Beckham‘s infamous red card the last time these two sides met in the knockout stages back in 1998, while a red card for either side is priced at 4/1. We have also priced an Argentina goal to be disallowed for handball…
The 27-year-old from Romford will headline the London card in what will be his third appearance at the Copper Box Arena. Fisher heads into the event after stopping previously unbeaten Ivan Balaz in four rounds last December, bouncing back from the first defeat of his professional career. “The most exciting chapter of my professional career begins,” Fisher said. “Thank you to Dana White, Nick Khan, and the Zuffa Boxing team for this opportunity. Everything has led to this point. Bull Army, get ready to assemble. Bosh!” Known as “The Romford Bull,” Fisher has built a large following in British boxing…
Keating, who made her England debut at Etihad Stadium in October 2025, becomes Liverpool’s fourth signing of the summer.She had to compete with Japan’s Ayaka Yamashita for City’s number one shirt last season and only started four WSL games as they also won the Women’s FA Cup.Keating is still regarded as one of the country’s best young goalkeepers and was called up by England manager Sarina Wiegman for June’s crucial Women’s World Cup qualifying matches against Spain and Ukraine, but missed out with concussion.She was part of the triumphant Euro 2025 squad and will want to regain a regular spot…
England and Argentina meet in the World Cup 2026 semi-final at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta on July 15, with kickoff at 3:00 PM ET. The two nations renew one of international football’s most charged rivalries, with England priced at +165 and the defending world champions Argentina available at +214 at best available prices. This is the central match of the World Cup 2026 bracket at the final-four stage, and the winner advances to the final. England enter this contest as slight favorites across most operators, driven by a run of four wins from five World Cup 2026 matches. Thomas Tuchel’s…
Canelo Alvarez is preparing for his return to the ring but he has already dismissed ever taking on one rival in particular. Canelo hasn’t fought since losing his undisputed super-middleweight crown to Terence Crawford at the Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas last September. Crawford subsequently retired, resulting in those belts becoming fragmented, and Canelo will now seek to regain one of them when he challenges Christian Mbilli for the WBC super-middleweight title in Riyadh in October. While his attention is fully on that bout for now, another major clash that is often touted is a battle against three-weight world champion…
Dutch football referee Rob Dieperink has died weeks after he was dropped from officiating at the World Cup following a police investigation in the UK.Dieperink had been selected to be a video assistant referee (VAR) official at this summer’s tournament, but was removed from Fifa’s list of World Cup officials in May.The 38-year-old was arrested by the Metropolitan Police in April following a report of a sexual assault against a teenage boy, but the case was dropped because of a lack of evidence.The Netherlands’ football association, the KNVB, said they were “shocked and deeply saddened” by Dieperink’s death.His cause of…
Xabi Alonso has kept quiet over whether he plans to use a back three or a back four as his preferred setup at Chelsea. 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. Xabi Alonso took his first Chelsea press conference today, and there was a lot to discuss. One of the big questions everyone has been pondering ever since the Basque was announced as the new Chelsea manager was whether he would bring the back three…