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Portugal paid a touching tribute to Diogo Jota at the end of their remarkable World Cup victory against Croatia.It is a year since Jota, while a Liverpool player, died in a car accident in Spain, 11 days after marrying his long-term partner Rute Cardoso.His brother Andre Silva was also killed in the accident on 3 July 2025.At the end of Portugal’s drama-filled 2-1 win to set up a last-16 tie against Spain, Cristiano Ronaldo put on a special ’21’ shirt in Jota’s memory before the squad came together with the shirt held aloft.Before the game, towards the end of Portugal’s…
Lionel Scaloni insists Argentina are not over-reliant on Lionel Messi ahead of his side’s last-32 clash against Cape Verde at the World Cup. Argentina’s title defence has got off to a brilliant start as they finished the group stage with a perfect record (W3), while scoring eight goals and conceding one. Messi scored six of those goals, despite not starting their last win over Jordan, and leads the Golden Boot race alongside Kylian Mbappe, who has played a game more. The Argentina captain has been involved in nine goals in his last five knockout-stage appearances at the tournament (five goals, four…
Oscar De La Hoya says reports linking Ryan Garcia to a September 12 fight against Conor Benn are premature, insisting Golden Boy Promotions has not been contacted despite Garcia’s contractual obligations. The promoter also accused Turki Alalshikh of pushing the fight to benefit Zuffa and questioned the promotion’s ability to attract U.S. viewers. “I have yet to be approached about making this fight,” De La Hoya said in a video posted to social media. “We signed a two-fight deal for Ryan with the Saudis last year. The first fight was with Barrios, and apparently the Saudis have chosen Conor Benn…
The Republic of Ireland boycotting this autumn’s games against Israel would cause “significant and lasting harm” to Irish football as well as leading to a potential loss of 10.3m euros (£9m), says the Football Association of Ireland.Following the Nations League draw in February, the FAI confirmed it would fulfil the fixtures, with chief executive David Courell saying the governing body had “no choice” and could face “serious consequences” if it pulled out of the games.However, an Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) of the FAI’s General Assembly was triggered when more than 10% of its members opposed playing the Nations League games.…
Roy Jones Jr has offered a new viewpoint on a potential Jaron Ennis vs. Vergil Ortiz fight after ‘Boots’ defeated Xander Zayas last weekend. Ennis became WBA and WBO super-welterweight champion on Saturday with a seventh round stoppage win over Zayas at the Barclays Center in New York. It is the second division that ‘Boots’ has been able to unify after his previous success at 147lbs, whilst he was also successful in extending his unbeaten record to 36-0 with 32 knockouts. Despite the win, Ennis had to come through some sticky moments in the clash against Zayas, particularly in round…
There is, of course, more to England’s improvement than a coach dressing like an ABBA tribute act.Fitness and fielding were two of coach Charlotte Edwards’ priorities when she took over after the Ashes defeat. She has calmly quietened talk of the issue.In one of her previous roles at Southern Vipers, Edwards used an electric scooter to follow and observe her players during their fitness sessions and one of her first moves after becoming England coach was introducing minimum fitness standards.The new standards include a two-kilometre time trial, 30m two-way sprints (effectively shuttle runs), a test to assess explosiveness through a…
Former Chelsea defender Marcel Desailly has told his old club to go all our and sign whoever Xabi Alonso wants. 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. Transfer chatter about Granit Xhaka joining Chelsea has fans confused. Some fans new manager Xabi Alonso backed in every way possible. Others think it’s mad to overpay for a 34 year old. One person has come down firmly on the former side of the argument – ex-Chelsea defender…
“I feel like it was definitely a much-needed experience,” Mason said. “That’s not the type of fight you have all the time in your career. It was something I felt like I had to do that night. Every fight is different, and it definitely gave me some insight into how I’ll approach the rest of my career. So, it was a much-needed experience and a great fight.” Those comments stand out because the Noakes fight was unlike anything Mason had experienced as a professional. After blasting through much of his opposition with his power, he found himself in a grueling…
For much of an international career that began a decade ago at the age of 19, Oyarzabal has not enjoyed much of the limelight.He missed out on the 2022 World Cup in Qatar with a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in his left knee.But four years later – and before a World Cup debut – he was in the form of his life with 12 goals in 12 international appearances.The double against Austria extended that run to 17 in his last 16 starts, with four goals at this tournament.”His last two seasons, since he recovered, are the best of his…
CRICKETTG20: Diamonds outbat Risers in 58-run thrashingFor Karimnagar Diamonds, the formula has been simple: bat first, post a 200-plus score powered by a century partnership, and victory follows. It worked for the third straight match as Diamonds cruised to a 58-run win over Ranga Reddy Risers in a TG20 clash at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium on Thursday.Tanmay Agarwal and Aryan Cariappa gave Diamonds a flying start, adding 42 runs in four overs before Tanay Jaddu dismissed the former. Tanay Thyagarajann then removed Satwik in the following over to briefly swing the momentum towards Risers.Rahul Radesh and Hrishikesh Simha steadied…