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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…
Holyfield entered the ring unbeaten at 28-0 as the WBA, WBC, and IBF heavyweight champion. Across the ring stood the undefeated 31-0 Bowe, who outweighed the champion by 30 pounds and intended to use every bit of that advantage. Although he had defeated George Foreman and Larry Holmes, critics questioned whether those victories had come against aging opponents. His struggle against Bert Cooper also raised doubts about whether the champion was beginning to slip. Bowe’s size and reach began paying dividends early. He used his 30-pound weight advantage and eight-inch reach edge to control many of the exchanges, forcing Holyfield…
For England white-ball captain Harry Brook, this series against the strongest limited-overs team in the world is another chance to prove himself as Stokes’ successor.On Tuesday, Brook said he would accept the Test captaincy if offered and believes it is possible to captain all three of England’s teams simultaneously.On the field, in a repeat of a World Cup semi-final from earlier this year that India won, the visitors once again overlooked 15-year-old Vaibhav Sooryavanshi despite a shock 2-0 series defeat in Ireland last week.After winning the toss, India lost Sanju Samson and Ishan Kishan in the second over. Samson was…
Arsenal will be watching Michael Olise at the World Cup thinking what if. If you were not aware, the winger spent a very short period of time with the Gunners academy before heading to Chelsea. He was a young boy at the time and no one could have predicted what he would go on to achieve. Like current Arsenal man Eberechi Eze, Olise required an education in the EFL before he got his chance in the Premier League with Crystal Palace. Now, he’s in contention to win the Ballon d’Or after a remarkable season with Bayern Munich. He’s dazzling ever…
One minute, Senegal were cruising into the last 16 of the World Cup.The next, they were left wondering how another dream had slipped through their grasp.Manager Pape Thiaw’s side led 2018 semi-finalists Belgium 2-0 with only four minutes left of normal time, after goals from Habib Diarra and Ismaila Sarr. But after outplaying their opponents, they somehow “found a way to lose the game”, as ex-Republic of Ireland skipper Roy Keane put it on ITV. Romelu Lukaku’s 86th-minute goal sparked hope for Belgium and three minutes later, captain Youri Tielemans headed in an equaliser from Leandro Trossard’s cross – the…
Roberto Martinez is determined to make sure Portugal’s round-of-32 clash with Croatia is not Cristiano Ronaldo’s “last dance” at the World Cup. Portugal finished second in Group K, sandwiching a 5-0 thrashing of Uzbekistan between draws with DR Congo and Colombia. Ronaldo is now set to play his ninth World Cup knockout match, though he has failed to score in any of his previous eight. Overall, this would be his 25th appearance at the tournament. But he is not the only player who could be appearing in their final World Cup match, with Luka Modric also potentially set to bow…