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Outside SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles, where Iran will face New Zealand on 15 June, those tensions are on full display.Opponents of the government in Tehran have gathered waving the Lion and Sun flag. It was Iran’s flag from before the 1979 Islamic revolution, and for many here, a symbol of resistance to the current regime.From a distance, they look like Iranian flags.But a closer look reveals the symbol at the heart of the dispute.For protesters here, the Lion and Sun represents Iran.”It is a stance against the Islamic Republic. This is the real flag of Iran,” says Arezo Rashidian,…
Geovany Quenda is coming to Chelsea – but fans aren’t quite sure what to expect from the teenage winger. 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. It’s hard to know how excited to be about the prospect of Geovany Quenda’s arrival at Chelsea. It’s been a year since the deal to sign him was agreed, but he had a heavily injury hit final season at Sporting since then. Is the 19 year old ready to…
Eddie Hearn has revealed a domestic heavyweight clash that has been discussed for the next Matchroom Boxing vs Queensberry Promotions event, which he suspects will be “even bigger” than the first show. It was in June 2024 when the inaugural 5v5 card took place, resulting in Queensberry boss Frank Warren winning by a landslide of 10-0. The points system involved bonuses for stoppage victories and the respective captains of each promotional team, who happened to be Hamzah Sheeraz and Deontay Wilder. Queensberry’s triumph was therefore enhanced by Sheeraz claiming an 11th-round finish over Austin Williams, while Wilder’s fifth-round stoppage defeat…
“Already what I did last year was amazing and to be a champion here, I thought I deserved a wildcard and to get a little bit of respect.”In further comments to reporters, Maria added: “I did it last year. It was not five years ago.”I was surprised when I got the message of [tournament director] Laura Robson saying all the wildcards would go to the British players, which I understand. But as a champion, it’s tough for me.”It is something that should be normal. If you are champion of an event and you don’t get in the year after, I…
Part of FIFA’s ‘Letters That Unite’, Andy Robertson reads a poignant letter from Rute Cardoso, Diogo Jota’s wife, ahead of the 2026 World Cup. Rute Cardoso wrote to Robertson, speaking of his former teammate’s dream of glory at the World Cup, with Rute urging him to carry it forward. Jota will be remembered throughout the tournament, after he died in a car crash in July 2025 at the age of 28, leaving behind his wife and three young children. Diogo Jota’s wife, Rute Cardoso, has written a letter to Scotland captain Andy Robertson ahead of the World Cup. She thanks…
“Rolly, I’d love to get it on next. Let’s do it. If not, vacate the title, do whatever you got to do, but we just want to carry on fighting, stay busy and fight all the top guys and be in some good fights,” said Catterall to Ring Magazine. The comments come amid uncertainty surrounding Romero’s next move. Reports recently indicated that the WBA champion is expected to return this summer, although a difficult assignment is not anticipated for his first appearance since defeating Ryan Garcia in May 2025. Catterall’s frustration may stem from what happened to Giyasov before the…
Star all-rounder Hardik Pandya is fully fit and has been cleared by the Sports Science team of the Board of Control for Cricket in India’s Centre of Excellence to participate in the upcoming three-match ODI series against Afghanistan starting on Sunday in Dharamsala.The 32-year-old Pandya, who missed quite a few IPL matches for Mumbai Indians due to back spasms, has been at the CoE in Bengaluru since June 2.“Hardik was on a holiday abroad before he checked in at the CoE on June 2. Over the next five days, he did several match simulations and even bowled (the full quota…
Diogo Jota’s widow has urged Scotland captain Andrew Robertson to carry his former Liverpool team-mate in his heart when he lives their dream of playing at the World Cup.Jota died aged 28 in a car crash last July, after helping Portugal secure World Cup qualification.Jota, won 49 caps but never played at a World Cup after missing the 2022 tournament through a calf injury.”I couldn’t get my mate Diogo Jota out of my head today,” defender Robertson said after Scotland secured World Cup qualification in November.”We spoke so much about going to the World Cup because he missed the last…
Morning from Dublin, and a big thanks to Andrew A for filling in at short notice yesterday with some very entertaining pre-tournament memories. I never died my hair blonde around a World Cup, but in my 20s – during my clubbing era – I certainly did. We lived in an apartment along the canal, and one evening Mrs Blogs (but not then my wife), got out the L’Oreal home dye kit and gave me the full peroxide. As part of it, you had to use a small plastic bag in the kit to keep the hair in place. For reasons…
It is no secret that Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom Boxing have approached Chris Eubank Jnr over a potential promotional deal.Hearn and Eubank Jnr previously worked together between 2015 and 2016, with that relationship coming to an end following Hearn’s frustration with Team Eubank’s failure to agree terms for a showdown with then-middleweight king, Gennadiy Golovkin. The pair would then work together again in 2022 when Eubank Jnr first signed to face Conor Benn only for the bout to be axed during fight week due to Benn testing positive for the banned substance clomiphene.Eubank Jnr had agreed to come down to 157lbs…