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Carlos Queiroz believes “wins in this World Cup are very expensive”, but insisted his Ghana players “are ready to pay high prices”. Ghana opened their Group L campaign with a dramatic 1-0 victory over Panama, which was clinched by Caleb Yirenkyi’s 95th-minute winner. Yirenkyi’s goal, which came after 94 minutes and four seconds, is the latest-ever scored by Ghana in a World Cup match, excluding extra time. At 20 years and 153 days old, he also became the second-youngest player to score for the Black Stars in the tournament, behind only Draman Haminu, who netted against the United States in…
Having handed Thompson his first defeat a few months ago, Pauls now faces a fighter in Goldsmith who is six years younger and has had just one loss in his 16-fight career.”I think it’s a difficult one,” Pauls said of his opponent.”He’s a well-rounded fighter, he’s a dangerous fighter and when I signed up with Queensbury they said ‘no easy fights’ and they’ve got me a hard fight straight away.”Full respect to him but I’m here to defend my belt on Saturday night.”Known as the ‘Newquay Bomb’, the fight represents a great chance for Pauls to compete as close to…
The key measure for success is usually the ball-in-play time. Previously, the target was to get to 60 minutes, but that has proved very difficult to achieve.Even in Qatar, with all that added time, Fifa could only get up to 58:03 of actual football.So how does the 2026 World Cup compare? First off, the automatic six minutes applied for hydration breaks has been removed. This is effectively not part of a regular match time.The average length of matches at this World Cup is 96:08 – just over six minutes additional across both halves. In Qatar, it was 102 minutes 43…
Answer five football questions and we’ll match you with the ideal horse Top hat and tails ready? Now it’s just a question of where to stuff that vuvuzela – and no, I don’t appreciate that comment down the back about where to shove it!In an act of sporting schedule madness, the powers that be have planted the group stage of the biggest World Cup ever right on top of the jewel in the flat racing calendar’s crown – that is, if a calendar can wear a crown, not sure tbh.Yes, Royal Ascot takes place this week amid the hubbub of…
Hagler, who held the undisputed middleweight championship from 1980 to 1987, faced all three members of the famed Four Kings era and was involved in some of boxing’s most memorable fights of the 1980s. When asked by The Ring which of his legendary rivals stood above the others, Hagler pointed to Duran’s experience. “Duran; I would say Roberto Duran was very experienced.” Hagler and Duran met in November 1983, with Hagler retaining his undisputed middleweight title by unanimous decision after 15 competitive rounds. While Hagler won clearly on the scorecards, Duran earned respect for remaining competitive against a naturally bigger…
Welcome to Sportstar’s live coverage of Day 2 of the second Test between England and New Zealand, being held at the Oval in London.TOSS NEWSEngland won the toss and chose to bowl against New Zealand.PLAYING XIEngland: Ben Duckett, Emilio Gay, Jacob Bethell, Joe Root(c), Harry Brook, James Rew (w), Jordan Cox, Jofra Archer, Josh Tongue, Matthew Fisher, Sonny BakerNew Zealand: Tom Latham (c), Devon Conway, Henry Nicholls, Rachin Ravindra, Daryl Mitchell, Tom Blundell (wk), Glenn Phillips, Nathan Smith, Kyle Jamieson, Will O’Rourke, Matt HenryPREVIEWThe second test between England and New Zealand commences in the backdrop of controversy and a watershed…
England have been drawn to play Greece in round one of the 2027 Women’s World Cup play-offs.The Lionesses must get through two rounds of home and away ties to qualify for the tournament in Brazil. Should England beat Greece, they will face the winners of Slovakia v Ukraine with the away fixture played first. Fixture dates are to be confirmed, but matches will take place in October, November and December. Despite England securing five wins from their six qualifying matches, Spain finished top of the group and secured the one automatic spot. Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales and the Republic of…
A coaching reshuffle at Sheffield United sees Phil Jones join the team, Micky Collins promoted to assistant, and Alan Knill depart. First team coach Guilherme Ramos also leaves the club, with Wilder saying it was a collective decision as preparations continue ahead of the 2026/27 season. Alan Biggs and Danny Hall report that long-time assistant manager Knill had ‘definitely not wanted to leave’, with and that he is “shocked” by the decision. On the changes to his backroom team, Wilder said, as per the club website: “After stabilising last season, we are now looking to inject some fresh ideas into…
Harry Kane is now 10/3 co-favourite with Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappe to win the World Cup Golden Boot with William Hill News, having been trimmed from 9/1 after scoring twice in England’s opening group game against Croatia. William Hill have cut the England captain to join Messi and Mbappe at the head of their Top Goalscorer betting following his brace. Kane had started the tournament at a bigger price but now forms part of a three-way tie at the top of the market at 10/3. The Golden Boot book has already seen several notable shifts. Messi shortened dramatically from…
The details surrounding Moses Itauma‘s highly-anticipated return to the ring have finally been revealed. While Oleksandr Usyk may be the current king of the heavyweights, Itauma is viewed as the future of the division, having won all 14 of his professional fights to date, 12 of them coming by knockout. After gaining prominence with stoppage wins over the likes of Dillian Whyte, Demsey McKean and Mariusz Wach, he picked up the biggest win of his career so far back in March when he knocked out Jermaine Franklin inside five rounds at the Co-Op Live in Manchester. Following that victory, attention…