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Rangers manager Derek McInnes has been given a four-game touchline ban, with one suspended, for describing as “disgusting” the decision to award Celtic a late penalty at Motherwell in May.The comments, made at the end of last season when McInnes was in charge of Hearts, related to a stoppage-time spot-kick for handball that was converted by Kelechi Iheanacho.Celtic’s 3-2 victory at Fir Park on 13 May kept them one point behind Hearts, who they beat to the title a few days later in a final-day decider.Speaking to Sky Sports after a win against Falkirk at Tynecastle the same night, McInnes…
My story with Emirates Stadium begins in earnest in August 2005. Existing season ticket holders were invited to an office near Caledonian Road underground station to select their seats in the new stadium. In the vast majority of cases, most fans were performing ‘level transfers’ to an equivalent seat at the Emirates. That wasn’t the case for me so a feat of engineering was required. I wanted to move to sit with two friends I had been travelling to away games with. I also wanted to make a reasonably drastic move in terms of where I sat. At Highbury, having…
Chelsea have handed out seven, eight, and eight-and-a-half-year contracts since their current ownership group took charge in 2022. Most of the first-team squad is tied down until at least 2029. Here, William Hill News look at the reasons why clubs like Chelsea give lengthy contracts to players and how amortisation was utilised by the majority of big clubs across European football before intervention from Europe’s governing body. What is Amortisation in Football? Amortisation in football is spreading the cost of a transfer fee across the length of a contract. For example, a £100 million fee for a player on a…
Shawn Porter has assessed whether his former opponent, Errol Spence Jr, is entering a stylistically-favourable showdown against Tim Tszyu. The two former world champions will collide at Sydney’s Afterpay Arena this Saturday, headlining arguably the biggest event in Australian boxing history. Originally, it was decided that they would lock horns at a catchweight of 158lbs, only for Spence to request an additional 2lbs following his three years of inactivity. Now gearing up to face Tszyu at middleweight, the American has not fought since getting stopped by Terence Crawford in round nine of their undisputed welterweight encounter. Back then, many felt…
At a hearing on Wednesday, they said that failure to comply with the order should lead to dismissal of 132 of the claims against the rugby league bodies and 378 of the claims against the rugby union bodies.Michael Kent KC, for World Rugby, Welsh Rugby and the Rugby Football Union, said in written submissions that having the claims thrown out was “clearly a measure of last resort”, but that “compliance has still not been achieved”.William Audland KC, for the rugby league bodies, said in written submissions that non-compliance with court orders was “systemic and without good reason”, and that the…
The former unified heavyweight champion says Joshua must pressure Fury from the opening bell instead of letting him control the fight’s rhythm. Andy Ruiz Jr. believes Anthony Joshua should attack Tyson Fury rather than box cautiously if the British heavyweights finally meet later this year. Ruiz says allowing Fury to dictate the distance and tempo would play directly into the former WBC champion’s strengths. “It’s going to be a good fight. I’m going to tell you the truth. If Tyson Fury gets in Joshua’s head, he boxes around, moves around, throw his combinations, maybe it could affect Anthony Joshua,” said…
Oxford recently returned from a pre-season training camp in Spain and beat Aldershot Town 3-1 in a friendly on Tuesday. They will play friendlies against Barnet, Crawley Town and Ipswich Town before starting their League Cup campaign against Leyton Orient on 8 August, with their opening League One game of the season at home to MK Dons a week later.The U’s have said that they will be hoping to retain their current squad over the summer, and Ramsey believes that stance is something to be encouraged by.”That’s a real sign of intent from from the owners,” Ramsey said. “I’m really…
Ipswich Town have bolstered their defence ahead of their return to the Premier League with the addition of Issa Diop from Fulham. Diop, fresh from helping Morocco reach the quarter-finals of the World Cup, has signed a four-year deal and arrives at Portman Road for a reported £8.5m transfer fee. The 29-year-old arrives with plenty of Premier League experience, having played 173 matches in the competition for West Ham and Fulham. He made 18 appearances for Fulham in 2025-26 but fell out of favour under Marco Silva, resulting in him agreeing to join Ipswich upon their return to the top flight. Diop…
José Mourinho is getting the full Netflix treatment, with a three-part documentary series landing globally on 11 August 2026 and William Hill News bring you everything you need to know ahead of its release. The project is called MOURINHO and has been filmed over two years, which gives it the kind of long lens that usually catches more than the glossy highlights reel. That matters with Mourinho, because his story has never really been just about trophies. It has always been about the noise around them too. When is the Jose Mourinho documentary out? Netflix has set the launch date…
(Mark Robinson/Matchroom Boxing) One of the sparring partners of Kristian Prenga is picking the upset over Anthony Joshua on Saturday in Saudi Arabia. Lakeland, Florida’s Brandon Moore, whose lone loss in 20 professional bouts came to Richard Torrez in 2024, has been putting the Albanian underdog through his paces ahead of the potentially life-changing affair with the heavily favored Joshua. Joshua, 29-4 (26 KOs), has fought and won at a level so beyond Prenga’s that the notion of the Englishman losing is almost preposterous. But he’s lost before, of course. The first time came in June 2019 against Andy Ruiz…