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Sam Prendergast’s strong end to the season with Leinster has earned him a recall to the Ireland starting line-up for Saturday’s Nations Championship opener against Australia in Sydney. The 23-year-old lost the fly-half spot to Jack Crowley during the Six Nations, but with the Munster playmaker ruled out through injury, Ireland head coach Andy Farrell has rewarded Prendergast for steering Leinster to the United Rugby Championship (URC) title. With Tommy O’Brien sidelined and James Lowe leaving Irish rugby, Farrell has opted to pick Jamie Osborne on the left wing for the match at Allianz Stadium (11:10 BST). Tom O’Toole starts…
William Hill News tipster @Footy_Tipster previews Friday’s 2026 World Cup game between Portugal and Croatia. Our Prediction: Both Teams To Score (19/20), Portugal 2-1 Croatia (13/2) The Toronto Stadium is primed for a heavyweight clash as Portugal and Croatia go head‑to‑head in the round of 32 at the 2026 World Cup, with two tournament regulars battling for a place in the last 16. Now, let’s take a closer look at some World Cup odds and betting angles for Friday’s fixture: Portugal v Croatia – Friday, 12am View all available markets at William Hill Portugal ended their group stage unbeaten, though that…
Age: 23Rank: 114Who does he play? Finland’s Otto Virtanen, ranked 140thI think the grass could perhaps be Arthur’s best surface. To be good on grass, you traditionally have needed to be super tall and a ‘servebot’, or you need a lower centre of gravity to be able to move around and get under the ball when it comes through low.Arthur, who is well under 6ft, falls into the latter category.His movement is second to none and his hand skills are great. I love how fast he gets forward inside the baseline on a grass court.He quickly gets up to the…
Chelsea’s move for Pep Chavarria is surprising, but makes a lot of sense when explained by Simon Phillips. 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. When news first broke about Chelsea interest in Pep Chavarria, we didn’t know what to make of it. The deal is so different to the sort we’ve got used to in the last few years that it was hard to believe it was real. But bigger and bigger sources have…
“I was able to grasp how well I can move and perform by fighting Inoue,” Nakatani told Yahoo Japan. “That’s why I want to show everyone that I can become a world champion at junior featherweight.” Nakatani also described the fight as one of the defining moments of his career. “It was really enjoyable, and it was an irreplaceable experience in my boxing career and my life,” he said. “It would be a waste if I didn’t use it as fuel.” The 28-year-old challenged Inoue for the undisputed super bantamweight championship at the Tokyo Dome but lost a unanimous decision…
The last time Grieve was in the SEC, which hosted Wednesday’s event, was to see Walking with Dinosaurs. “This is waaaay cooler,” she insisted, and there was certainly a greater element of show to this team camp than at previous iterations.The joyous bedlam of the new kit free-for-all and discarded polythene from Celtic Park four years ago was replaced by a slick operation. The majority of the 177 athletes who will make up the team were gathered in an auditorium for a presentation that began with a rousing video declaring “the world is our podium, let’s bring it hame”.Plenty of…
Vitor Pereira says the decision by Nottingham Forest to sack him came as a ‘complete surprise, without any warning’. As per @JacobsBen, Forest have decided to terminate Vítor Pereira’s contract, with their a clause allowing them to do so by the 30th June, an email sent to Pereira notifying him of the decision to part ways at 11.58pm. Frustrating for Pereira who had already planned for pre-season in Portugal, the club aligning with Pereira on a pre-season fixtures against Udinese and Barcelona. Pereira also had a meeting in London regarding plans for the summer. Forest are yet to release a…
England and India were left frustrated as the opening game of their three-match T20 series was abandoned because of rain at the halfway stage.India, which came into the match on the back of a surprise series defeat in Ireland, had posted a competitive target of 189-7 in 20 overs after contrasting half-centuries from Abhishek Sharma and Shreyas Iyer.England’s chase, though, did not get underway with the drizzle that had fallen for the majority of India’s innings intensifying and the game was called off at 2017 local time.India, which again chose to delay a debut for its 15-year-old batter Vaibhav Sooryavanshi,…
Roy Jones Jr believes a world champion ‘quit’ during a recent title defence which saw him lose his gold. Jones had 25 world title fights during his illustrious career, so knows what it takes to dig down deep and keep pushing during those tough moments. That was evident on Saturday when Xander Zayas defended his WBO and WBA super-welterweight titles against Jaron Ennis, getting up from multiple knockdowns before eventually being stopped in the seventh round. While many fans have praised the bravery of Zayas, Jones has told All The Smoke Fight that he thinks the Puerto Rican ‘waved the…
Wednesday’s win over Bosnia-Herzegovina in San Francisco Bay Area Stadium was thoroughly deserved and earned Pochettino’s side a date with Belgium in Seattle on Monday evening (01:00 BST on Tuesday).It did not, however, come without a price.Folarin Balogun, the 24-year-old former Arsenal youngster, who inspired the US to a thumping win over Paraguay with two goals to begin their campaign, added his third of the tournament to break the deadlock shortly before half-time.He might have had a hat-trick, firing one effort wide of the near post, seeing an effort ruled out for offside and slicing a shot onto the bar…