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Unai Emery insisted Aston Villa have not yet fulfilled their potential as he promised fans “we are not stopping here” ahead of the Super Cup clash with Paris Saint-Germain. Villa, following their Europa League triumph, will take on the two-time reigning European champions PSG in Salzburg on Wednesday. The Villans not only secured their place in the Champions League for this season via their Europa League success, but also with a top-four finish in the Premier League. Villa have had a busy transfer window, with key players Youri Tielemans, Morgan Rogers and Lucas Digne all leaving, with the latter potentially set…

Dan Rafael reported Wednesday that a source confirmed Osleys Iglesias will defend his IBF super middleweight title against Oliver Zaren on October 8 in Canada. A venue was not disclosed. Iglesias (15-0, 14 KOs) captured the vacant belt on April 9 in Montreal, stopping Pavel Silyagin in round eight. The Cuban power puncher has knocked out 14 of his 15 professional opponents and has quickly become a dangerous presence at 168 pounds. Oliver Zaren (19-0-1, 8 KOs) lacks major name recognition, though he owns the IBF Intercontinental title and is ranked No. 5 by the organization. The 26-year-old Dane fought…

Wales are winless in four matches in 2026 and missed out on qualification for the World Cup after losing to Bosnia-Herzegovina on penalties in the play-off semi-finals in March.Speaking before his side’s friendly fixtures against Ghana and Romania in June, Bellamy confirmed he had rejected club offers to commit his future to Wales.But just weeks after the Red Dragons drew 1-1 with Ghana in Cardiff and lost 2-1 to Romania in Bucharest, it emerged that Bellamy was closing in on a return to Burnley, where he worked as an assistant to Vincent Kompany between 2022 and 2024.Since it was confirmed…

Teofimo Lopez claims Ryan Garcia wanted to fight him before his September 12 bout against Conor Benn was made, with Turki Alalshikh pushing Garcia toward the Benn fight instead. Garcia meets Benn at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, but Lopez insists that wasn’t the fight Ryan originally wanted. “Conor and Ryan are fighting because it’s a Turki thing. Turki pushed that fight,” Teofimo said to Fighthype. “It wasn’t something that Ryan wanted. Ryan wanted to fight me, but, you know, it’s a business at the same time.” Ryan has since named Lopez among the opponents he wants to face after…

Crystal Palace co-owner and chairman Steve Parish contacted Dwight McNeil’s partner before the midfielder’s move to the club on Tuesday.McNeil has completed a move to Palace and signed a four-year contract in a swap deal that involved Brennan Johnson moving to Everton.McNeil, 26, nearly moved to Selhurst Park in the January transfer window when Palace agreed a loan-to-buy deal.That deal would have turned into a £20m permanent move, only for the transfer to fall through when the required paperwork could not be completed in time, even though McNeil had already passed a medical.After the deal fell through, McNeil’s partner Megan…

Benoit Badiashile is being pushed towards the door at Chelsea, and there are a few teams interested in taking him on by the sounds of things. 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. Chelsea are getting some good work done in the transfer market this summer, but they still need to get into gear in selling off some of the multitude of central defenders on their books. Trevoh Chalobah is now gone – next up…

With the surprise revelation that future hall-of-famer Terence Crawford is in training camp, and even sparring, with WBC Interim super middleweight champ Lester Martinez, speculation is growing that the currently retired Crawford may be planning a comeback. Martinez, 20-0-1 (16 KOs), is with Nebraska-based trainer Brian “BoMac” McIntyre making final preparations to defend his interim title against Croatia’s Luka Plantic, 13-0 (10 KOs), on Saturday, August 29, live for ProBoxTV members only (8:30 PM ET/5:30 PM PT), from the Galen Center in Los Angeles (Join now for $5 a month). Crawford, who also worked with McIntyre during his career, has…

Ulster captain Iain Henderson will miss several months of the new season following hip surgery.The 34-year-old, who won the last of his 86 Ireland caps against New Zealand in November, missed the end of the northern province’s season through suspension.A red card against the Stormers in the United Rugby Championship (URC) resulted in a three-game ban that included the Challenge Cup final defeat by Montpellier in Bilbao.The second row made his Ulster debut in April 2012 and first appeared for Ireland against South Africa in November of the same year.A two-time tourist with the British and Irish Lions, he was…

Brennan Johnson and Dwight McNeil give their first interviews after Everton and Crystal Palace complete a swap deal. It was confirmed on Tuesday morning (11 August) that Brennan is going to Everton and McNeil has headed to Crystal Palace, both signing four year deals. McNeil had agreed to sign for Palace in February, but the loan-to-buy deal which would turn into a £20m permanent move this summer fell through. it was said that he left devastated and in tears on transfer deadline day, after Palace failed to complete the necessary paperwork in time, despite McNeil having a medical with agreements…

SQUASHSuraj Chand quells Menshawy challenge in HCL Challenger Tour KolkataFresh from winning the world university singles title, fourth seed Suraj Kumar Chand overcame Egypt’s Hassan Menshawy in a 73-minute-long five-game thriller 11-4, 8-11, 11-2, 9-11, 11-8 in the men’s pre-quarterfinals of the HCL Squash PSA Challenger Tour in Kolkata on Tuesday.In another engrossing five-game contest, Sandhesh Palanivel Ravikumar rallied from 2-0 down to beat sixth seed Ayaan Vaziralli 6-11, 10-12, 11-5, 11-6, 11-7 and advance to the men’s quarters.In women’s, top seed Tanvi Khanna moved to the quarters with a straight-games win over Vasundhara Nangare.Results (pre-quarterfinals, Indians unless specified):Men: 8-Om…