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Former Atletico Madrid striker Luis Suarez believes the club can convince Julian Alvarez to stay for one more year. Alvarez has already made plenty of headlines this summer regarding his future, with the Argentina international seeking a move away from the Riyadh Air Metropolitano. The 26-year-old is reportedly keen to join Barcelona, while Real Madrid have already seen a €150m bid rejected by Atleti. Paris Saint-Germain and Arsenal are also rumoured to be interested in the forward’s services, though Atleti insist they intend to keep Alvarez, who has a €500m release clause. Alvarez has scored 49 goals in 106 games…
An unbeaten heavyweight says he is awaiting the “final contract” to face Tyson Fury, whose second warm-up fight appears close to materialising. The 37-year-old has already signed to face Anthony Joshua later this year, yet the finer details of their long-awaited showdown – including a date and location – remain largely unclear. In the meantime, ‘AJ’ will face Kristian Prenga in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on July 25, while Fury seems to be on the cusp of announcing his interim fight in August. ‘The Gypsy King’ comes off a unanimous decision victory over Arslanbek Makhmudov in April, which followed his second…
Expanding the World Cup to 48 teams always presented one obvious problem – it was an imperfect number for a tournament.With 32 teams, the maths was simple – eight groups of four teams, with the top two going through to a last 16, then quarter-finals, semi-finals and a final. By adding another 16 nations, Fifa had to find a way to get to a symmetrical knockout stage. There was no ideal solution – one which preserved the intensity of the previous format. The original plan was to create 16 groups of three teams. The two top in each would go…
Xander Zayas’ stay at junior middleweight could be coming to an end regardless of what happens Saturday night against Jaron “Boots” Ennis. Veteran boxing insider Rick Glaser reported Friday that the unbeaten Puerto Rican has already decided to move up to the middleweight division after making the first defense of his unified WBO and WBA 154-pound titles at Barclays Center in Brooklyn. “From a very reliable source, this will be Xander Zayas last fight at 154, no matter the result Saturday night vs Boots Ennis,” Glaser posted on X. “Xander is on his way to 160 & the Middleweight division.…
Tom Aspinall says he is back in full training for the first time after surgery on both eyes as he prepares for a rematch with Ciryl Gane.Aspinall has not fought since October last year, where the first defence of his UFC heavyweight title ended in a no contest after repeated eyes pokes from Gane left the Briton unable to continue.The bout left 33-year-old Aspinall suffering from a rare eye condition and persistent double vision before he had surgery earlier this year.Earlier this month, France’s Gane beat Brazil’s Alex Pereira at the UFC’s White House event to win the interim heavyweight…
Christophe Lollichon has given his opinion on incoming Chelsea goalkeeper Mike Penders, who will arrive this summer. 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. There aren’t many goalkeeping coaches who make a big name for themselves, but Cristophe Lollichon was certainly one of them in his long spell at Chelsea. He worked with Petr Cech and Thibaut Courtois, and also helped the club scouting goalkeepers after that. A long interview with the Athletic this week…
India and Ireland begin their two-match T20I series at the Civil Service Cricket Club in Belfast on Friday, with teenage batting sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi in line for a much-anticipated international debut.While India starts as the favourite on paper with its wealth of talent, Ireland will look to capitalise on familiar home conditions and test the visitor in what promises to be a competitive series opener.LIVE STREAMING INFOWhen will the first T20I between Ireland and India take place?The first T20I between Ireland and India will be held on Friday, June 26.Where will the first T20I between Ireland and India be played?The…
Richardson Hitchins’ manager Keith Connolly has confirmed the welterweight is targeting traditional sanctioning body titles despite a move to Zuffa Boxing.Hitchins inked a multi-fight deal with Zuffa back in April and also announced that he had vacated his IBF junior welterweight strap. Though it has softened since, Zuffa initially made their stance clear: They would not be working with or recognizing the traditional sanctioning bodies (WBC, WBA, WBO and IBF) and would only recognize The Ring title or their own Zuffa belt. With Hitchins choosing to let go of his IBF strap it seemed as though he too would only…
This World Cup has shown that neither player is daunted by the pressure of a major tournament too.For all the focus on Messi, it feels only a matter of time before Mbappe reels him in at the top of the World Cup scoring charts.The Frenchman trails the 39-year-old by just two goals after scoring 16 times in 16 World Cup appearances. Crucially, Mbappe is 12 years younger than Messi and, while you would not completely rule out the Argentina legend returning in four years’ time, this is likely to be his final World Cup.Haaland is playing in his first World…
A hilarious video emerges on social media of Alan Curbishley as he returns to Charlton Athletic in a new role, the Head of AI. Yep, you read that right, hours leading up to the fixtures being release at 12pm, the Addicks announced the appointment of the 68 year old as the club’s new Head of Artificial Intelligence. A now they have posted a video, a witty sketch if you like, which has got fans laughing, while others found it all a bit bizarre. Ahead of this afternoon’s fixture release, we are delighted to announce the appointment of legendary former manager…