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The Scottish Football Association is to hold a “critically important” summit around the future of the national game.An email has been sent to all Scottish Professional Football League clubs to attend the forum, which will take place in St Andrews on 4 September.The email, which has been seen by BBC Scotland, says the SFA will “discuss opportunities” around homegrown talent and hear from clubs who have “optimised their elite talent development model”.The memo also states the objective is to focus on the “current reality” facing Scottish football.Part of the conversation will be around improving the prospects for homegrown Scottish talent…

PSV coach Peter Bosz is surprised that United States international Ricardo Pepi has not moved elsewhere, but he is happy to keep someone he regards as a “real goalscorer”. Pepi has been strongly linked with Fulham for months, and he appeared to be on the verge of joining the Premier League club on two occasions. A move to Craven Cottage collapsed in January, and it was a similar story when Fulham renewed their interest in the 23-year-old earlier this summer. Fulham have since turned their attention to other targets, bringing in Real Madrid youngster Gonzalo Garcia in a €40m (£34m)…

WBO featherweight champion Rafael Espinoza may finally have his next opponent, with top contender Lorenzo Parra in line to challenge him on the Canelo Alvarez versus Christian Mbilli undercard in October. Fernando Barbosa of ESPN KnockOut reports that the fight is being planned for the card, with the Venezuelan challenger getting his opportunity through the mandatory route. Parra (24-1-1, 18 KOs) has worked his way to the No. 1 position in the WBO rankings at 126 pounds. That puts him directly in Espinoza’s path, providing the champion a mandatory defense after a lengthy spell on the sidelines. Espinoza (28-0, 24…

A cavalcade of blacked out Mercedes, flanked by police cars, rolled into the Fifa headquarters in Rabat, Morocco, earlier this week.Infantino had summoned a select few members of the Fifa management board to discuss his plan to sell off 21% of the commercial and ticketing business to a private equity firm.This is how the Swiss-Italian travels – in between flights on the Qatar Airways Executive jet which has been made available to him. The plane enabled him to take up to three flights a day, watching two games, throughout the 2026 World Cup. That type of arrival does look presidential…

The Hundred men’s competition, EdgbastonSunrisers Leeds 169-7 (100 balls): Rickelton 65 (37); Tariq 2-28Birmingham Phoenix 124-8 (100 balls): Dickson 34 (27); Carse 3-17, Potts 3-22Sunrisers Leeds won by 45 runsScorecard. TableSunrisers Leeds moved up to second in The Hundred and eliminated Birmingham Phoenix with a 45-run win at Edgbaston.Opener Ryan Rickelton hit 65 from 37 balls as Sunrisers reached 169-7, while Brydon Carse and Matthew Potts took 3-17 and 3-20 respectively as Phoenix finished well short on 124-8.South African Rickelton, who struck six fours and three sixes in his 37-ball innings, put on an opening partnership of 52 with Mitch…

Gianni Infantino’s alleged lover was given a severance payment over the affair by Uefa while he was its general secretary, according to a Daily Telegraph investigation, external.A spokesman for the now Fifa president was reported to have told the paper Infantino “strongly denies these categorically untrue allegations”.Uefa, for whom Infantino was general secretary from 2009 to 2016, issued a statement confirming “a departure payment was made to the individual in question”.The allegations come as Infantino fights for his future as Fifa president following his aborted plans to sell off stakes in the World Cup to private investors.BBC Sport has contacted…

The National League North outright title winner odds have been revealed for the 2026/27 season now that fixtures are out. Preparations for the division’s 24 teams are now in full swing with pre-season friendlies done with, new shirts being revealed and new signings being brought in and the league begins on Saturday. Relegated from the National League – Brackley Town, Morecambe Promoted from the Northern Premier League Premier Division – Hebburn Town, Hednesford Town Promoted from the Southern League Premier Division Central – Harborough Town, Spalding United Promoted to the National League – AFC Fylde, Kidderminster Harriers Relegated to the Northern…

Paulie Malignaggi expects a focused Ryan Garcia to make short work of Conor Benn when they meet on September 12, insisting Garcia operates at a higher level as a boxer. Garcia has attracted attention outside the ring throughout his career, but Malignaggi maintains that legitimate talent lies beneath the distractions. Garcia’s extensive amateur background gives him a boxing foundation that separates him from fighters who came into the sport through streaming. “I think Ryan is a world class fighter who’s just distracted. He’s a YouTuber, so he’s very distracted streamer, but he’s a fighter. He’s a world-class fighter,” Malignaggi said…

PIF London Championship – round two-11 A Huang (Can); -10 C Hull (Eng); -8 L Hall (Wal); -7 K Bennett (Aus), A Donegan (Ire); -6 A Hewson (Eng), A van Dam (Ned), S Tan (Sin) Selected others: -4 E Young (Eng); -2 C McGinty (Eng), C Gainer (Eng)Full leaderboardCharley Hull equalled the lowest round in Ladies European Tour history and broke the course record at the Centurion Club to move within one stroke of the lead at the PIF London Championship.The English golfer fired a bogey-free 62 to climb into second place, a shot behind Canada’s 17-year-old Anna Huang and…

“Don’t bite off more than you can chew, big dog. You thinking Boots is soft, man. You thinking Boots is easy work, man,” Bradley said on his YouTube channel. “I promise you, man. I’m telling you, that’s a bad style matchup for Devin Haney.” Devin’s ring intelligence would give him periods of success, in Bradley’s view, but Ennis’ length, strength and punch output would eventually become too much. “He can match his output, all of that, man. He long, a lot longer than Dev. Yeah, Dev is smart. Yeah, Dev is more calculated with his approach. Yeah, he will have…