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Image Credit – Gemini The 2026 World Cup has been absolute chaos. North America shattered every pre-conceived notion about global football this summer; honestly, Premier League recruitment rooms are still spinning from the fallout. You can forget the old days of scouting established veterans (you know the type—guys clearly just looking for one last massive payday). The modern English game operates under a crushing weight of profitability rules. PSR forces clubs to pivot toward younger, high-ceiling assets who won’t destroy the balance sheet. Desperation practically drips off the walls of every transfer committee room in England. Club directors are frantic…
“I just can’t grasp myself going into a fight unprepared… especially against this guy that people been putting me against for five years.” Crawford made the comments during an appearance on Ring Champs / All The Smoke Fight, where he also revealed he had already decided to retire before facing Canelo Alvarez, with only a handful of people aware of the decision. The four-weight undisputed champion said the emotion of beating Canelo hit him before the official verdict was even announced. “Before they even said that, I already knew I won… I just was thinking about the journey. The whole…
One of the louder cheers came for the Falklands Islands – in the news recently following Argentina’s victory over England in the football World Cup semi-finals – and another followed when the Samoa team emerged and performed a haka in front of the dignitaries in the Royal Box.But nothing compared to the noise which greeted the arrival of the Scotland team, who entered the arena last in their white shirts and kilts and lifted many in the capacity crowd from their seats.A large Loch Ness Monster representation then emerged, before, backed by bagpipers and drummers, a rousing rendition of Flower…
Paulie Malignaggi believes the upcoming battle between Ryan Garcia and Conor Benn will not be a competitive one. After months of rumours, it was finally confirmed last week that Garcia will defend his WBC welterweight title against Benn at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on September 12. It sees ‘King Ry’ make the maiden defence of his belt after winning it against Mario Barrios back in February, while Benn gets his inaugural world title shot as he prepares to return to 147lbs for the first time since April 2022. While the fight has peaked the interest of many boxing…
Betfred Super LeagueHull FC (12) 20Tries: Batchelor, Litten, Arthur Goals: Hardaker 4Hull KR (12) 28Tries: Amone, Mourgue, Broadbent, Burgess, Dezaria Goals: Mourgue 7Out-of-form Super League champions Hull KR put a stop to their losing run as they battled back to beat city rivals Hull FC in a feisty derby.The struggling home side, who have now won just one of their past 11 games, raced into a 12-0 lead in the opening 10 minutes thanks to tries from Joe Batchelor and Davy Litten, but scores from Tom Amone and Arthur Mourgue levelled the game at the break.Jack Broadbent’s try put the…
Anthony Joshua is focused on staying busy, chasing massive goals, and ignoring future distractions until Saturday night is sorted out. His latest comments take things to a new level, using a cosmic comparison to explain where his career stands as he steps back into the ring. Click here to watch live boxing this weekend Joshua laid out his mindset regarding the path ahead. “The goal is to conquer the universe, right? But first, we must conquer Earth. “Ultimately, the reality of the matter is there is no universe; there is no future unless I get past this checkpoint on Saturday…
A relaxed Anthony Joshua laughed with reporters, thanked fans for making the trip and even encouraged a sizeable Albanian contingent to bring their “energy” for the British heavyweight’s comeback fight in Saudi Arabia on Saturday.Joshua, 36, faces Albanian puncher Kristian Prenga in his first fight since the car crash in Nigeria last December which claimed the lives of two of his closest friends and members of his team, Sina Ghami and Latif ‘Latz’ Ayodele.Victory would move Joshua to the brink of an all-British heavyweight showdown with Tyson Fury, as long as ‘The Gypsy King’ also wins his warm-up fight against…
Lance Pugmire has been a full-time boxing writer for nearly 20 years, serving now as BoxingScene’s U.S. Senior Writer and assistant producer for ProBoxTV’s “BoxingScene Today.” Pugmire capped a near 20-year career at the Los Angeles Times (sports investigations, NHL/MLB beat work, law enforcement/courts and boxing/UFC) to join The Athletic, and then USA Today. Pugmire’s stint at The Times started with the first Israel Vazquez-Rafael Marquez fight and the Oscar De La Hoya-Floyd Mayweather Jnr then-record pay-per-view, leading through a slew of ringside assignments at major bouts, including Mayweather-Pacquiao, Mayweather-Canelo and the Canelo-Golovkin trilogy. Lance’s appreciation for boxing is rooted…
Italy approached Carlo Ancelotti to become their national team manager before holding talks with Pep Guardiola. The Azzurri have been without a head coach since Gennaro Gattuso resigned in April following the country’s failure to qualify for a third successive World Cup. Earlier this week, Italian Football Federation (FIGC) president Giovanni Malago said talks had been held with Guardiola, who left Manchester City this summer after 10 years, and “exceptions” could be made for his salary.But on Thursday, FIGC technical director Paolo Maldini said Italy first approached their former player Ancelotti, who is currently in charge of Brazil.”We cannot hide…
Chelsea made it two wins from two in pre-season under Xabi Alonso with a 3-0 victory over League One side Bromley in a behind-closed-doors friendly at Cobham. 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. Journalist Nizaar Kinsella reported that Joao Pedro, Jamie Gittens and Emmanuel Emegha scored for the Blues. Emegha, who joined Chelsea from sister club Strasbourg this summer, has scored in both of the club’s pre-season matches after also finding the net in…