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Spain midfielder Gavi does not believe Argentina’s Leandro Paredes should be suspended for his part in the confrontation following the World Cup final.Argentina players Paredes, Nahuel Molina, Thiago Almada and assistant coach Roberto Ayala all appeared to be involved in the fracas on the pitch as Spain celebrated their 1-0 win.Paredes seemed to push Spain’s Eric Garcia by the throat and unused substitute Gavi tried to intervene but was forced to the ground by Almada. Paredes pushed the Barcelona midfielder to the turf by putting his hand in the Spaniard’s face.Fifa has appointed a disciplinary and ethics prosecutor to assess…
The Afghanistan Cricket Board on Wednesday appointed middle-order batter Rahmat Shah as the national team’s new Test and ODI captain, following Hashmatullah Shahidi’s resignation from the role.Rahmat has served consistently as Afghanistan’s vice-captain in both the Test and ODI formats since 2021.“The ACB is confident that his experience, leadership, and understanding of the team will help Afghanistan achieve further significant success,” said the ACB in a statement.Alongside Rahmat, Rahmanullah Gurbaz will serve as vice-captain in both formats.The two will assume their new responsibilities during Afghanistan’s upcoming series against Ireland.Shahidi was appointed captain in May 2021 and began his tenure with…
Foden, City’s most decorated player alongside John Stones and Bernardo Silva, has played his entire City career under Guardiola, who ended his decorated 10-year stint at the club in May.Foden set a high bar with his performances the year after City’s Treble-winning season, registering a career-high 27 goals and 12 assists. The subsequent two seasons have been less productive, with Foden’s function in the City side changing.Last season, the pacier options of Jeremy Doku and Antoine Semenyo fed striker Erling Haaland from out wide, with Rayan Cherki often preferred as the playmaker in an attacking midfield role.That meant Foden occasionally…
Friday’s contest will not be broadcast live and will instead feature as part of the third series of the Netflix documentary ‘At Home with the Furys’.The proposed Fury-Joshua fight has been more than a decade in the making, with contracts already signed for a contest expected later this year, although a venue has yet to be confirmed.Wach has lost seven of his past 10 fights and is a significant underdog on paper, but Fury insisted the veteran presents a sterner test than Joshua’s opponent, Albanian Prenga.”Let me tell you, Mariusz Wach would put his fist through Joshua’s opponent, whoever he…
Southampton issue a statement with their boss Tonda Eckert being charged by FA over the spygate scandal with a breach of Rule E3.1. Towards the end of the 2025/26 season, the 33 year old admitted to spying on their 2025/26 Championship opponents Oxford United, Ipswich Town and Middlesbrough. The Saints were then removed from the Championship playoff final and handed a four point deduction for the 2026/27 season. But now the Football Association have given an update, charging the head coach with misconduct and potentially bringing the game into disrepute in relation to misconduct between December 2025 and May 2026.…
The fight itself did nothing to silence those critics. Liston retained the undisputed heavyweight championship with another first-round knockout at the Las Vegas Convention Center, stopping Patterson at 2:10 of the opening round. The bout lasted only four seconds longer than their first meeting, giving Liston consecutive first-round knockouts in heavyweight title defenses, a feat no champion had accomplished before. The championship had been delayed several times before the opening bell. An injured knee forced Liston to postpone the original April date, while Patterson later required surgery to remove a benign tumor from his right hand. By the time the…
Southampton head coach Tonda Eckert has been charged with misconduct by the Football Association for his role in the Spygate scandal.Saints were kicked out of the Championship play-offs in May after admitting they spied on three clubs during the campaign.An independent disciplinary commission ruled at the time that the espionage was authorised by Eckert and was a “contrived and determined plan from the top down”.Since then the club has been the subject of an investigation by the FA, looking into who participated in the spying and assessing the culpability of those who knew it was happening.The FA said Eckert “has…
Morning everyone. There’s a long section on transfers in the new Arsecast Extra, recorded last night. We spoke a bit about Morgan Rogers, and his move to Chelsea (more on that anon), and Bruno Guimaraes. Yesterday, there was some reporting from the Arsenal press pack that Arsenal had opened talks with Newcastle about the Brazilian. That was countered from the other side, with one journalist in particular taking umbrage at the idea of our interest, and the timing of it. That’s an all-timer. Kevin Keegan was a brilliant player and a much loved figure in the game. The news of…
Oleksandr Usyk has compared the styles of Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua, having respectively defeated both British heavyweights on two occasions. First, the Ukrainian unanimously outpointed ‘AJ’ in 2021, becoming the unified world champion in just his third heavyweight outing. At the time, Usyk was considered by many to be a slight underdog, as while he had become the undisputed cruiserweight king, it was difficult to ignore Joshua’s considerable 20lb size advantage. Usyk ended up befuddling his opponent through large spells of their contest, though, and ultimately employed a similar strategy to win their immediate rematch by split decision. The…
Arsenal have brought in Spain goalkeeper Misa Rodriguez on a free transfer – their sixth signing of the summer.The 27-year-old joins the Women’s Super League side after leaving Real Madrid at the end of last season.Rodriguez will wear the number 16 shirt and will compete for minutes with Daphne van Domselaar and Anneke Borbe, both of whom struggled with injuries last season.”I’m so proud to join this great club. Arsenal is one of the top clubs in the world and I’m really excited to be part of the team and take on this new challenge,” said Rodriguez.”I want to help…