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Filip Hrgovic believes Moses Itauma has yet to prove he deserves the enormous expectations surrounding him before their August 29 fight at The O2 in London. Hrgovic sees himself as the opponent who will finally probe areas of Itauma’s game that have remained largely untouched. The Croatian points to his experience, endurance, toughness, and power as qualities the 21-year-old has not encountered in a single opponent. “I think I’m the best opponent he’s faced. I think he’s never been until now in the ring with someone like me, with that kind of experience and endurance, toughness, power. So let’s see…
It has never been a straightforward journey for Myles Lewis-Skelly into the Arsenal first team.The 19-year-old’s development has been rapid since his breakthrough in the 2024-25 season – he took his chance when injury was rife in the Arsenal squad to become one of the best young full-backs in the Premier League.That form led to him breaking into the England squad and, in March 2025, Lewis-Skelly became the youngest man to score on England debut when he claimed the opener in a 2-0 win against Albania at Wembley.A few months later, the academy graduate was rewarded with a new five-year…
With almost two weeks to go until the Premier League campaign gets underway, there’s no Eddie Howe, no Bruno Guimaraes, no Anthony Gordon, no Sandro Tonali and rumours beginning to surround Lewis Hall’s future. Newcastle United have descended into a nightmare of chaos. Left to pick up the pieces is new manager Mathias Jaissle. He arrives hoping to go from unknown manager to Geordie hero, but must be backed in the rest of the transfer window – starting with the addition of Felix Nmecha. Players Newcastle have sold in the last 12 months Position Sold to Approx. fee Alexander Isak…
Callum Simpson has admitted he has “no respect” for Troy Williamson ahead of their long-awaited rematch on August 8 in Leeds, England.Simpson suffered the first defeat of his professional career when Williamson stopped him in the 11th round of their first meeting last December, surrendering his British super middleweight title in the process.The victory earned Williamson a mandatory shot at the vacant IBF world title, but he was unable to accept the offer due to a rematch clause with Simpson. Williamson was then frustrated again when an injury to Simpson caused their rematch to be pushed back, and was further…
BBC Sport NI has agreed a new three-year broadcast deal with the Irish FA and Northern Ireland Football League to ensure the continuation of extensive free-to-air coverage of international and domestic football across BBC iPlayer, online, radio and TV.The new deal means BBC Sport NI will show 30 live Boyle Sports Premiership streams per season – starting with Friday night’s north Belfast derby between Cliftonville and Crusaders – as well as 10 senior Women’s Northern Ireland international matches and action from domestic cup competitions.Finals of the Clearer Water Irish Cup and BetMcLean Cup will be shown live on BBC television…
Maghnes Akliouche felt honoured to “join a club as prestigious as Paris Saint-Germain” after completing his move from Monaco on Thursday. PSG signed Akliouche for a reported €50m from their Ligue 1 rivals, while the winger put pen to paper on a five-year deal at the Parc des Princes. The 24-year-old made 139 appearances for Monaco after rising through the youth ranks, scoring 23 goals and providing 27 assists. Across the last three seasons, Akliouche has directly contributed to more goals (48) than any other Monaco player, while only Folarin Balogun (31) has scored more often than the France international…
Tony Incenzo looks ahead to the 2026/27 EFL Championship relegation fight, assessing the clubs that may be involved in the battle to avoid dropping down to the third tier. OUR totally absorbing EFL Championship is football’s greatest division in my opinion. It provides a promotion route to the Premier League golden riches. And competition is so fierce that football betting enthusiasts often fail to predict Championship results. Furthermore, there is intense pressure to remain in the second tier rather than dropping down into League One. So which teams will be looking over their shoulders in the upcoming 2026/27 campaign? Here…
Mark Wilson believes the aim of returning Partick Thistle to the Scottish Premiership was a huge factor in midfielder Ben Stanway signing a surprise one-year deal to stay at the club.The 21-year-old had been widely expected to leave Firhill in the summer after a standout campaign of 12 goals last term.Thistle narrowly missed out on promotion, losing out to St Mirren in the play-off final.”He wants to be part of something special here at Thistle,” said manager Wilson.”He’s been here since he was 11, so 10 years at the club.”In his tenth year, if he can get promotion, it would…
“Boxing is boxing. There’s so much bigger things in life than boxing. Boxing is just a moment,” Romero said to YSM Sports Media. “It’s a moment where he’s going to feed his family. I’m going to feed my family, where I’m gonna be able to achieve my legacy, and he’ll be able to achieve whatever his legacy he wants to achieve.” Rolly does not believe friendship requires either fighter to manufacture hostility before they exchange punches. “There’s obviously no enemies, no nothing here. I mean, clearly you could tell. You could clearly see this is a boxing fight for our…
Vipotnik, 24, has been linked with clubs across Europe in the wake of his spectacular 2025-26 campaign, but Swansea have indicated there have been no bids yet for the Slovenia international.Republic of Ireland player Idah, 25, will be aiming to make a bigger impression in his second year at Swansea having played second fiddle to Vipotnik – and suffered a serious hamstring injury – last term.The arrival of 30-year-old Stewart, who was a free agent after failing to agree a new deal at Southampton, means there will be fierce competition for a place in Swansea’s attack.But Matos is adamant the…