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Former Australia batter Matthew Hayden is set to be named head coach of the European T20 Premier League’s Glasgow franchise.BBC Sport understands Hayden has signed up to coach Glasgow Cosmic for the inaugural tournament between 26 August and 20 September.Hayden has split his time between commentary work and coaching since retiring from playing in 2012.The 54-year-old’s most recent coaching job was as the Gujarat Titans’ batting coach for the 2026 season of the Indian Premier League (IPL).Hayden previously held batting and mentoring roles as part of Pakistan’s coaching staff from 2021 until after the 2022 T20 World Cup.He played 103…
John McGinn believes Scotland have the capability to not only deal with the heat, but add to it when they begin their World Cup campaign against Haiti this Sunday. Scotland’s Group C campaign kicks off at Boston Stadium in what is their first match at the World Cup since 1998, and the first against Haiti at intenational level. Steve Clarke’s side were in Fort Lauderdale last week acclimatising to the sweltering conditions, before heading north to New York for Saturday’s 4-0 thrashing of Bolivia. In that match, Scotland netted four first-half goals in an international match for the first time since…
“Due to growing logistical concerns, it is with regret that the event schedule has been canceled,” IVB Boxing stated on social media. “The previously announced card will still be taking place with a new date and venue to be confirmed in the coming days. Full refunds will be made to all that purchased tickets.” The event was expected to be headlined by WBO flyweight champion Anthony Olascuaga defending his title against Andy Dominguez. Charly Suarez and heavyweight contender Gurgen Hovhannisyan were also slated to appear on the card. IVB Boxing founder Ed Pereira launched the event with support from San…
Jose Mourinho is set to be confirmed as Real Madrid’s new head coach after Florentino Perez was re-elected as the club’s president until 2030.Mourinho, 63, signed a three-year deal last month to become head coach of Real, but his contract would only be valid if Perez retained his role.The 79-year-old, who obtained 65% of the vote, has been in office since 2009 and announced the election during an extraordinary news conference last month.”We have won the elections and will continue working to keep winning titles,” Perez said. “I am still here and I am here to defend Real Madrid.”We will…
The father and head coach of David Benavidez has revealed his contingency plan if an undisputed light-heavyweight clash with Dmitry Bivol fails to materialise. Benavidez moved up to 200lbs and dethroned Gilberto Ramirez last month, scoring a sixth-round stoppage to become a three-division world champion. His plan, however, was always to move back down to 175lbs, where he still holds the WBC title and is eager to face unified world champion Bivol. Unfortunately for ‘The Mexican Monster’, it has been reported that Bivol is edging more towards a rubber match with Artur Beterbiev. He also has a mandatory challenger in…
Jannik Sinner’s early exit may have been bad news for him, but it proved to be extremely good for the men’s singles competition.Generational rivals Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz had won the previous nine Grand Slams between them. With Alcaraz missing with a wrist injury, top seed Sinner was the heaviest favourite since 14-time champion Rafael Nadal to lift the title. Ironically, Sinner found himself on the receiving end of the biggest Paris shock since Nadal lost to Robin Soderling in 2009. The Italian struggled physically in the second round and Argentina’s Juan Manuel Cerundolo took advantage to blow the draw…
Liverpool are having big summer changes much like Chelsea, and the two clubs could both be competing for Real Madrid’s cash. 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. With the World Cup about to kick off, things could go pretty quite on the transfer front for those players involved. French insider Santi Aouna has popped up today to remind us that Real Madrid remain interested by Enzo Fernandez. The midfielder has “always been attracted by…
“The corruption is just crazy with Zuffa and TKO. I tried to tell you this when I went to Washington last month, but it runs deeper than I ever imagined, man,” said De La Hoya. “Look, Uncle Fester [Dana White] has been running his mouth about this stupid UFC event at the White House. Yeah. He’s a [expletive] Neanderthal. We all know that. But Americans are [expletive] tired of his [expletive], and they’re finally speaking up.” De La Hoya then referenced a recently filed lawsuit seeking to prevent UFC Freedom 250 from taking place on White House grounds. “A retired…
Sarina Wiegman says her “hurt” England side need setbacks like their humbling defeat by Spain in order to improve.The Lionesses missed a chance to automatically qualify for the 2027 Women’s World Cup with a poor 4-0 defeat in Majorca on Friday.They must hope world champions Spain drop points against Iceland on Tuesday to avoid going into the play-offs, which will be played this autumn.England, who take on Ukraine at the same time (20:00 BST) at Hill Dickinson Stadium, will need to better Spain’s result to finish top of their group.”You don’t want these moments, but at some point you need…
Matt Ritchie retires from his playing career to take up new the role of role Technical Director at AFC Bournemouth. His youth career began at Portsmouth in 2002, before a senior career with the likes of Portsmouth, Dagenham & Redbridge, Notts County, Swindon Town, AFC Bournemouth, Newcastle and Reading, as well as appearances for Scotland. But now, the decision has come to hang up his boots, explaining the reason behind it, and looking forward to the next chapter. We’re delighted to announce that Matt Ritchie returns to #afcb ❤️🖤 He is now technical director at the club and takes up…