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Maresca is part Italian, part Spanish in his approach to coaching and life.His Spanish influence stems from his family, and his exposure to Guardiola’s Barcelona while he was at Sevilla and Malaga during the peak years of his playing career.Facing a Barcelona side regarded by some as the greatest club team of all time opened Maresca’s eyes to a new way of playing, and helped spark the trend for technical, possession-based teams dominating at the highest level.In Spain, Maresca also met his trusted assistant, Willy Caballero, and his children were born there. Spanish is now the main language spoken at…
Enzo Maresca is the new Manchester City manager, and it’s created quite the juicy drama for Chelsea. 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. It was looking like a pretty quiet Monday on the Chelsea beat – but then an announcement from Man City changed everything. City announced Enzo Maresca as their new manager, and that was immediately followed by a statement from Chelsea. In it, the club explain in detail “what happened” back in…
Unbeaten Australia meets a wobbly West Indies in the first semifinal of the Women’s T20 World Cup 2026 at the Oval in London on Tuesday.A victory for Australia will send the six-time champion to the final, keeping alive its bid for a record seventh title. West Indies has made the final only once, in 2016, and won that edition, beating Australia in the final.Where will the Australia vs West Indies ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2026 match be played?The Australia vs West Indies Women’s T20 World Cup 2026 match will be played at the Oval in London.When will the Australia…
Terence Crawford will be ringside to watch Errol Spence Jr’s comeback fight against Tim Tszyu. The fight marks Spence’s long-awaited return after three years out of the ring. The former unified welterweight champion has not fought since suffering the only defeat of his professional career, a ninth-round stoppage loss to Crawford in their undisputed showdown in 2023. Now 36, Spence moves up in weight to face Tszyu at a 158lb catchweight, having linked up with renowned trainer Ronnie Shields following the end of his long partnership with Derrick James. Tszyu enters the bout in far more active form. The Australian…
South American football expert Tim Vickery felt a typical Paraguayan spirit shone through on the day.”Paraguay love adversity,” he said. “If you’re looking for someone to relate to in this World Cup, look for Paraguay. That Welsh word ‘hwyl’, that grit and drive, when it gets difficult, that’s when they come alive.”They’ve come through adversity to knock out a giant of European football. It’s not always pretty, they play within their limitations, but what drama, what a story.”The objective in this tournament was to make Paraguay feel represented and they’ve done that in full.”Paraguay now play either two-time champions France…
Big news and an early crowd pleaser as West Ham United announce they are to launch a club crest fan consultation. Plenty of changes going on at the Hammers at they prepare for life back in the second tier for the first time since the 2011–12 season. One of those changes, long urged for by fans, is the club crest, many wanting to revert back to include the castle and to drop ‘London’ from the logo. Should a change happen, and the Fan Advisory Board as well as season ticket holders all agree on a new design, the crest will…
Terence Crawford expects Errol Spence Jr. to make a successful return when he faces Tim Tszyu on July 25, and he says the Australian already knows where he stands. Crawford will be ringside in Sydney for the 158-pound catchweight bout and has thrown his support behind the man he stopped in their undisputed welterweight championship fight nearly three years ago. The retired Crawford didn’t hesitate when asked for his prediction. “I’mma be supporting Spence, rooting [for him]. I just like to support fighters. Of course [I’m picking Spence to win]. I told [Tszyu] to his face,” said Crawford to Shawn…
Former Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp, working for German television during the World Cup, likened Tah’s disallowed goal to many which Premier League champions Arsenal had scored throughout the season. Klopp told MagentaTV: “If the goal is illegal, then Arsenal won’t be English champions. They’ve scored 60% of their goals that way.”We [Germany] win the game when the ball goes in. So, of course, this is brutal.”As the game restarted, former Premier League assistant referee Darren Cann shared his views on the decision.”This is soft, in my opinion,” Cann said on BBC One. “But judging by what we’ve seen in the…
France face Sweden in the World Cup 2026 Round of 32 at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey on June 30, kicking off at 5:00 PM ET. The French are heavy favorites at -365 with BetOnline, while Sweden are available at +1050 to cause one of the tournament’s biggest upsets at this stage of the World Cup 2026 bracket. France topped Group I with three wins from three, scoring 10 goals and conceding just two. Sweden advanced as a third-place finisher from Group F, their campaign including a 5-1 win over Tunisia offset by a 5-1 defeat to the…
Dana White has not ruled out staging a heavyweight showdown between Oleksandr Usyk and Deontay Wilder on his Zuffa Boxing platform. Nor has he stood down on his claims that he knows exactly where a fight between Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury will take place should the heavyweight rivals get as far as sharing a ring.Eddie Hearn, on the request of Turki Alalshikh, had said he will this week head to a ‘summit’ where White and the Saudi Arabian financier will be present to resolve the growing divide between Matchroom and Zuffa.The British promoter last week also claimed that White…