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With more than 100 goals combined across club and country last season, France unleashed four of the game’s best attackers in their final World Cup warm-up on Monday.But while Kylian Mbappe’s bid to match Olivier Giroud’s France goalscoring record fell short and, after winning the Champions League with PSG, Ousmane Demebele and Desire Doue were kept relatively quiet, it was Michael Olise who stole the show against Northern Ireland.The Bayern Munich winger scored his first international hat-trick to give France a winning send off to Boston, Massachusetts.His first goal had a touch of fortune as he latched onto Dembele’s deflected…
Two camps who will get their respective World Cup adventures underway in the early hours of Friday, South Korea and the Czech Republic will meet in Guadalajara. Ahead of what looks set to be a blockbuster summer from North America, there are plenty of intriguing betting promotions and bonuses available. Verdict: Draw Best Odds: 11/4 Bookmaker: BetUS South Korea Starting with South Korea, while the Tigers of Asia might have opened 2026 with consecutive defeats, Hong Myung-bo’s side have certainly claimed some crucial momentum over the past fortnight. Getting the final stint of their pre-tournament preparations underway with an empathic 5-0…
“That dude did not stop me, bro. I wanted more smoke, bro. I’ll take more punches, homie,” Thurman said to MillCity Boxing. “Go watch the film, bro. Tell me which punch he landed in the last 20 seconds. He threw 25 punches, bro. He did not land one.” Thurman maintained that Fundora’s activity was being mistaken for effective punching. “Nothing got through. Nothing got through y’all,” Thurman said. “Y’all don’t even understand boxing. Boxing means you have to score a blow. You don’t just throw a blow, and that’s a blow. You have to land the blow.” The former unified…
George Russell’s admission after qualifying that he has been struggling to maximise the Mercedes car all season felt like a seminal moment in the championship fight.Russell pointed to driving style, saying Antonelli had struggled in last year’s car and now he was struggling in this one. Until then, Russell had looked for external reasons to explain his difficult start to the season.There have, indeed, been many.He suffered a gearbox problem and then a front-wing issue in qualifying in China, which may well have denied him pole.The safety-car timing in Japan handed the victory to Antonelli, and vaulted him ahead of…
Heavyweight Joe Joyce will make a return to the ring on July 11 in Moscow, Russia, against the unbeaten Artem Suslenkov. The 40-year-old Joyce, 16-4 (15 KOs), has not fought since his unanimous decision loss to Filip Hrgovic in April 2025. It marked his fourth loss in five bouts, a downward spiral in from that began when he was stopped twice by Zhilei Zhang in 2023.He would lose to Derek Chisora, too, before he came up against Hrgovic. It’s all a far cry from the stoppage victories he achieved over Daniel Dubois in 2020 and Joseph Parker two years later.Now under…
Northern Ireland debutant Emily Cassap said her strike just 66 seconds after her introduction was “probably the best goal I have ever scored”.Michael McArdle’s side were 2-0 down with five minutes to go after strikes from Geraldine Reuteler and Smilla Vallotto before Cassap made an instant impact off the bench and halved their lead through a stunning shot.This international window has been the teenager’s first camp after making the switch from England, where she played at underage level, to Northern Ireland, earlier in the year.”I mean I was so surprised when the ball came to me, I just thought ‘let’s…
Chelsea are working hard to secure players for new manager Xabi Alonso, who has made his desires very clear. 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. We still have to wait a few weeks for Xabi Alonso to take over officially, but we’re already getting excited about what he could bring to Chelsea. Alonso told Bayer scouts to target one quality in particular Photo by Alvaro Medranda/Quality Sport Images/Getty Images “The sporting director made the…
Under the baking Dubai sun two years ago, the captains of all 10 participating nations in the Women’s T20 World Cup came together for an iconic photograph at the centre of the Dubai International Stadium. There were peregrine falcons, camels, and ambitions that could potentially fill every seat in that venue.Contracts, equal pay, franchise opportunities, administrative support, and more game time between Associate nations and Full Members were all discussed. An event designed to capitalise on the commercial advantages of the shortest format also had captains vouching for Test cricket somewhere in the middle.Two years on, as a similar exercise…
Thomas Tuchel says Bukayo Saka needs to be carefully steered back to full fitness as England head into a World Cup where they must “dare to dream”.History is against 1966 winners England, head coach Tuchel pointed out.But his view is that “a bit of luck”, plus sharp focus and self-belief, could make his team serious trophy challengers if they come through the early rounds.Having his most important players available may be key, and Saka ranks highly among that contingent.The Arsenal winger missed part of the climax to the domestic season because of an Achilles injury, though he did return in…
Kieran Trippier speaks in his first sit down interview on making the decision to join recently relegated Wolves. Rob Edwards’ side lost their place in the Premier League back in April, but have wasted no time in making their side promotion contenders for the 2026/27 Championship season. Not only have they brought in Kieran Trippier, who left Newcastle at the end of the season with his contract expired, signing a two year deal with Wolves, but their former striker Raul Jimenez is also coming in on a free transfer having been released by Fulham. Sitting down with our newest signing,…