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Anton Segner will become the first German-born All Black if the uncapped back row comes off the bench in New Zealand’s Nations Championship match against Italy on Saturday.The 24-year-old was born in Frankfurt and developed an obsession with rugby and the All Blacks after being introduced to the sport by two English school friends.He joined a local club that had New Zealanders as coaches and adopted Kiwi habits, asking his parents to make him pies and performing a haka, learned from YouTube, at a school Christmas concert.”Talk like a Kiwi, eat like a Kiwi, dress like a Kiwi,” said Segner’s…
Celtic have been in talks to sign a “special” 11-cap international, as Martin O’Neill looks to build a side capable of retaining the Scottish Premiership title. O’Neill has already confirmed he is looking to make several new additions to his squad this summer, despite just about getting over the line in last season’s title race, saying: “We have a number of players that we’re looking at. “We’ve had a number of offers in for players as well too at the same time. “And I’m hoping in the not-too-distant future, and I mean maybe in the next couple of weeks, that…
The full card is in place for the ProBoxTV “The Contender Series” broadcast (4:00 pm ET/1:00 pm PT) on Saturday, July 18, from the NOS Events Center in San Bernardino, California, featuring Bryan “Nino Maravilla” Flores taking on Jonathan “Thunder” Navarro. WBC No. 12-ranked Flores, 28-1 (16 KOs), of Las Vegas via Juarez, Mexico, and Navarro, 18-2 (9 KOs), of East Los Angeles will meet for the WBC FECARBOX super lightweight title in the night’s 10-round main event. Citing a desire to stay sharp for high-profile showdowns on the horizon, WBO No. 1- and WBC 11-ranked super featherweight Charly “King’s Warrior” Suarez,…
The next step for Morocco is to bring through more senior internationals through the domestic production line.The federation also needs to strengthen club and academy infrastructure.Chris van Puyvelde, who was technical director at the RMFF between 2022 and 2025, said the target by the next World Cup was to have an equal split between Moroccan-born players and those raised elsewhere.But he warned the “total organisation inside the country needs to be better”.There is a delicate balance to strike, given the increasing demand for results, which brings with it the danger of focusing too much on early developers rather than technical…
With all eyes falling on Florida on Saturday night, Norway and England will meet in the 2026 World Cup quarter-finals. With all eyes completely fixed on North America this summer, we have a string of eye-catching betting promotions available this summer. Verdict: England win Best Odds: 19/20 Bookmaker: BetUS Norway Starting with Norway, embarking on their first World Cup appearance since way back in 1998, Stale Solbakken’s camp have shattered a string of records in North America this summer. While the Vikings might have signed off their Group I campaign with a 4-1 drumming at the hands of France on June…
As Bellamy prepares to begin Wales’ Nations League A campaign with Portugal, Denmark and Norway starting in September, he can be expected to be a frequent visitor to Elland Road.Having opted to move to Yorkshire following the expiry of his contract with Fulham, sought-after Wilson adds to a significant group of Welsh talent at Leeds.He will join Wales team-mates Ethan Ampadu, Dan James, Joe Rodon, Karl Darlow and Charlie Crew, plus Wales Under-19 defender Jayden Lienou who is expected to make his senior international debut soon after receiving his first senior squad call for June’s friendly with Ghana.Wilson, who had…
Every sport has its own language that allows fans to visualise what transpired during a particular moment. Some words are technical, some are poetic, some are born from geometry, and some are born from genius. Over time, these words become part of sporting folklore. Sometimes those words simply describe a stroke. Occasionally, they deserve another look.In pickleball, tennis, badminton, and table tennis, the language sounds familiar. Forehand, backhand, serve, smash, and drop shot all describe action with clean simplicity. When the descriptive term is heard by an audience not watching the sport on television, there is still a fairly clear…
“Teo coming off a loss getting a title shot. Yeah, it’s boxing,” Bradley said on his channel. Bradley also pointed to Rolly’s inactivity, noting that the WBA champion will have been out of the ring for roughly 15 months by the time they meet. “Haven’t fought since, what, May 2025? We in 2026, ain’t we? Damn, that’s a long time,” Bradley said. The former two-division champion raised questions about how Lopez’s power will translate after moving up from 140 pounds and whether he’ll be able to keep the naturally bigger Romero from walking him down. “Teofimo Lopez ain’t got no…
There were understandable concerns at what the matches would be like. Ticket prices at eye-watering levels, with supporters having to travel hundreds or thousands of miles to watch their next tie left many fearing poor atmospheres at games, played in front of thousands of empty seats.That has not been the case.Fifa, heavily criticised for the high ticket prices, say 99.7% of available seats have been filled. That is more than 4.4m people attending the group games, with that figure currently at 6.2m after the opening two knockout phases.That puts the average attendance at just over 65,000 per match, trailing only…
It’s been a slow start to the summer for transfers at Chelsea, but there is some movement among some of the youth players. 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. The Daily Telegraph’s Mike McGrath doesn’t break many transfer stories, but he’s got an interesting exclusive today about a Chelsea youngster. Harrison Murray-Campbell had a great season for the Under-21s and ended up on the PL2 Player of the Year shortlist as the Blues won…