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Martin O’Neill knows Celtic must improve when they meet Rangers after the pair both secured narrow victories in Wednesday’s Scottish Premiership action. Mika Baur’s first Celtic goal was enough for the champions to maintain their perfect start in the competition, scraping to a 1-0 win away at St. Johnstone. It seemed for large parts like Celtic would be punished for a profligate performance, with Sam Johnstone having to make a fine save down the other end to deny Joe Cotterill from close range. Indeed, Celtic had a massive nine shots on target – worth a significant 2.22 expected goals xG – but were forced to…
Cacace and Samedov were originally ordered to meet after the Belfast fighter defeated Jazza Dickens for the WBA belt in March. Queensberry Promotions planned to stage that mandatory defense in Northern Ireland, but the British Boxing Board of Control declined to license Samedov because of issues involving his Russian citizenship and residency documentation. The ruling handles the immediate licensing problem without resolving the championship dispute. Instead of stripping Cacace or sending him abroad, the WBA has created two champions in the same division. Cacace benefits most. He keeps a Belfast date that offers home support, stronger ticket sales and a…
Joe Cole has called for calm over Estevao, who gets a chance to start tonight in the EFL Cup against Leeds. 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. Joe Cole has been on TalkSport today talking some sense about Estevao. The young winger is reportedly already unhappy with a lack of first team action this season at Chelsea. But Cole thinks everyone needs to calm down. “He just needs a bit of time. Like we’re…
National League club Forest Green Rovers release a statement on their “position on Palestine” and the decision to fly its flag. Re-shared by club owner Dale Vince, it explains why they are in support of the Palestinian people, and stresses that it is not anti-Jewish or anti-Israel, but instead anti the government of Israel and its armed forces. In April 2022, Forest Green flown the Palestinian flag in solidarity with the people of Palestine during their game against Oldham. Dale Vince said at the time: “We flew this flag at FGR’s game in solidarity with Palestine. The conflict there has…
WBA super-featherweight champion Anthony Cacace has been elevated to ‘super’ champion for his title defence against Nick Ball, with the winner mandated to face Russia’s Elnur Samedov in their next bout.The 37-year-old Belfast man will face Liverpool’s Ball at The O2 in his home city on 19 December, having been given special exemption by the sanctioning body, with Samedov upgraded to ‘regular’ champion.In June, the WBA ordered Cacace to face then ‘interim’ champion Samedov in a mandatory defence but while an offer to stage the bout in Belfast was made to the Russian’s team, the “British Boxing Board of Control…
Four Indian cricketers are featuring in the 2026 Women’s Caribbean Premier League (WCPL), with Shikha Pandey and Yastika Bhatia representing Trinbago Knight Riders, while Pooja Vastrakar and Kiran Navgire are playing for defending champion Barbados Tridents. While Shikha is playing her third WCPL season, Yastika, Pooja and Kiran are making their debuts in the competition.The WCPL features four teams this season: Barbados Tridents, Trinbago Knight Riders, Guyana Amazon Warriors and new franchise Jamaica Empress. All eight matches, including the Playoff and Final, are being held at the Kensington Oval in Bridgetown, Barbados. Each team plays the other once in the…
Fighters like Eddie Machen, Zora Folley, Cleveland Williams, and almost Sonny Liston didn’t have other options to pursue, so if the champion didn’t give them a shot, it was too bad, so sad. The likes of Machen and Williams would get their shots later, but they weren’t in their primes. Today’s subject finds the spotlight on boxing’s marquee warriors who *never* captured the big one. Immediately, the likes of David Tua may come to mind, but there are many (MANY) more to go over. Some of the best to grace the ring just never managed to win the title, undisputed…
Tottenham’s start to the season has been rocky to say the least, and that’s despite a summer that saw the club spend big and overhaul large parts of the squad. For all the optimism that came with the incoming business, results and performances have told a different story so far, with Roberto De Zerbi still very much in the process of piecing his new-look side together. Action Images via Reuters/Andrew Boyers Speaking after the game against Nottingham Forest, the manager was honest about where things currently stand: “We are not happy because we didn’t win, but I think this is…
Making weight differs entirely from recovering to compete. Water weight returns within hours, but cellular dehydration drains stamina, focus, and durability. Replacing fluids overnight cannot automatically restore quick reactions, reliable legs, or punch resistance. Kell Brook remains the blueprint for this danger. Brook moved up to middleweight against Gennadiy Golovkin in 2016, then dropped back to 147 eight months later for Errol Spence Jr. Brook boxed well early, yet faded when Spence applied body pressure. By round 11, Brook sat out with a broken left orbital bone, having fractured the right against Golovkin. Spence earned his win, but Brook later…
Keith Andrews is confident Jannik Schuster can fill the gap left by Nathan Collins after the Brentford captain sustained an injury against Sunderland last weekend. Collins was forced to be withdrawn in the 17th minute of Brentford’s 1-1 draw with Sunderland, with Schuster thrown into his Premier League debut at Gtech Community Stadium. The 20-year-old, who signed from Salzburg this summer, was tasked with keeping Sunderland striker Brian Brobbey quiet, a task he passed with flying colours. During the match, no player made more clearances than Schuster’s nine, while he also won four of the eight aerial duels he contested.…